The times., 1901-06-21
HONORED BY GEORGETOWN
Degrees Conferred Before a Dis
tinguished Audience.
The EfShty-fourth Annual Conn
mencement of the Tine-Honored
Institution Memorable Occasion
Diplomas Granted Amid Applause

The eighty-fourth annual commence
ment of Georgetown College was held
yesterday in CASTOR Hall Of that insti-
tuition. The affair was an unusually
brilliant one and was attended by many
of the nations most prominent men, be-
( sides a large gathering of the fair sex
/ The roomy 1mphitheatre was mass OF
flowers, plants, and flags. Standing room
was unobtainable before the exercises
began at 10 o'clock, and the galleries and
aisIes were packed with a fashionable
/ throng.
Forty-three young men were honored
by degrees conferred at the hands of the
Rev J. D. Whitney S. J., the rector of
the university The honorary degree of
doctor of laws was conferred upon two
| persons Four students received the de-
! gree of doctor of philosophy Ten others
/ received the degree of master of arts and
twenty-nine were made happy with the
/ cassock of bachelor of arts. A number
/ of splendid orations were delivered by the
graduates, and the applause in the hall
was almost continuous. 1t was a proud
day for the followers of the Blue and
| Grey. and was one of the most notable
occasions in the history of the time hon
/ ored institution.
The platform was occupied by the stu
/
university. and a large number of prom
| inent people, together with many of the
| local clergy The Marine Band. under
| Prof. Santelmann, discoursed sweet music
| between the orations Every number on
! the programme was enthusiastically ap-
| plauded and the university year closed in
a grand blaze of glory and harmony.
The bachelors Grafton was delivered by
Edward Joseph Smith, of Tennessee, who
chose as his theme, "Forefathers' Day"
The masters oration was delivered by
A. II. Twibnl. A. B., of Pennsylvania.
who spoke on THE Foundation of Psy-
| chology.
The doctors Grafton was delivered by
Edward Loughborough Keyes, jr., NJ. D.,
of New York, who chose as his subject
The Present Status of Evolution"
The Rev. ]. D. Whitney rector, then
! conferred the degrees upon the graduates.
! The Rev. Father Pagan, the vice rector.
conferred upon the Very Rev. William
/ Louis O'Hara the honorary degree OF
! doctor of laws. Rev. DR.. OHara is Pres
| ident of Mount ST. Mary's College, En-
mitsburg. Md. The honorary degree of
| doctor of laws was also conferred upon
| Anthony a. Hirst, a. NJ. of the class of
ISL
In comforting the honorary degrees, the
| Rev. Father Hagan said:
1T is the privilege of Georgetown Uni
| versity to honor today the Very Rev VIII
liam Louis O'Hara. President of Mount
st. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, after
| herself the Oldest Catholic institution for
| higher education in our country. Found
| ed in 1905, when Georgetown was just
emerging from her teens. the older col
| lege has ever regarded the Mountain as
a younger sister and has followed her
growth with loving interest, rejoicing with
her in good fortune and mourning with
her in her hours of trial. On each sue
cessive President of Mount St Mary
| she has conferred the highest distinction
| in her gift. She has made it a point of
honor to give this token of her regard for
| the Mountain and of her recognition of
all that has been done there. and so well
done, to advance the cause Of religion and
| of letters in the United States. This ven
| cradle custom would be a sufficient rea-
son for honoring the President Of Mount
| st. Mary's here today, but apart from the
| title of distinction which his position
gives Father O'Hara, his own conspicu-
| GUS gifts, as a priest and as man OF
| culture, the years which he has so zeal
| ously and ungrudgingly devoted as
| teacher and as an administrator, to the
advancement of Catholic higher education,
the singular success that has marked his
| rule since the day, when, with the unani-
nous approval of pupils and alumni, the
directors of Mount ST. Marys chose him
to be its presidential these would be
| sufficient of themselves to entitle him to
any academic distinction Georgetown
could give him.
Moved, therefore. by these considera-
tiOns, and in obedience to a time honored
custom, the president and directors of
Georgetown University have conferred
and do confer on the Very Rev. William
Louis o OHara, President of Mount st.
Mary's College, Emmitsburg, the honor
airy degree of doctor OF laws.
Georgetown also honors today one of
her own sons, Anthony AntOmmarchi
Hirst, A NJ. of Philadelphia, Pa. His
title to distinction and honor at her
hands is based, not only on his personal
integrity, his loyalty a man, as a cit
izen and as an alumnus, but on his sue
cess il his chosen profession Of the law.
and more particularly on his eminence in
his special line Of work, probate prac-
tice, il, which he has won special dis
tinction, distinction all the more to be
priced and recognized for the fact that it
has been conceded to him not so much
by the popular voica as by the suffrages
of his associates at the bar.
The President and directors, therefore,
Of Georgetown University. have confer
red and do confer on Anthony Antom-
marchi Hirst, A. NJ, the honorary degree
of doctor Of laws"
The following degrees In course were
then conferred, each recipient being
warmly applauded:
Doctor Of PhilosOphy-Henry Victor
town.; Edward Loughborough Keyes. jr..
A. B. % (GeorgetownJ, M d. (COlumbia);
Leo Camille Lennon, A. 3. (St. lgnatius,
san IanclScOJ, A. NJ tGeOTBetOWn)i
James Aloysius O'Shea. a. B. George
town. a. NJ (Georgetown).
Master of Arts-George Moore Brady, A
y. Uoyola, Baltimore), Maryland; Ber-
nard ]. Ford, A. 3. (St. Mary's. KanD,
Colorado. Philip Augustus Grau, A. 3.
(Marquette), Kansas; Joseph Leo Nc
Aleer, A y. Georgetown, Pennsylvania;
Francis James O'Hara, a. B. QIoly
Crosse, Massachusetts; Francis Charles
Reagan. a. b. (Holy Cross, Massachu-
setts. Francis Joseph Romadka, a. Il.
(Marquette), Wisconsin; Frederico Soils,
A. 3. tSpring HID, Louisiana; Aloysius
Holland TwibilI, a. B. CSt Joseph 81.
Thompson, A b. (Ioly Cross, Connect
cut.
Bachelor of Arts-Cheevers Moran Bar
~, Virginia; John Stanilaus Brady. New
York; Edward Louis Byrne, New York;
Vincent LeVinS Carroll New York; Stcph-
en- Arnold Douglass, North Carolina; Ber-
nard Francis Duffy, Massachusetts: James
Patrick Bernard Duffy, New York. Hugh
Joseph Fegan, Jr., District of Columbia
Thomas AIphonsus Fernedng, Ohio
Pierce Oracle, Arkansas: George
Chancellor Green. North Carolina
James Bernard Horigan, District of CO.
lumbia; Charles Carroll Lee HOCsey,
Maryland; Rice Winfield Payne Jones,
Virginia; Warwick Joseph Herman, New
York; Cortland Aloysius Kiernan, New
York; Louis Leroy Lauye, Texas: James
Joseph Martin, Louisiana; Timothy Jo-
seph Moran, Pennsylvania; William Ran
dali Owings, Maryland; Michael Joseph
Ready District of Columbia; Edward Jo-
seph Smith, Maryland; Edward Joseph
Thomas William Smith. Tennessee; John
William Timmes, Pennsylvania; Michael
James Walsh Pennsylvania; Richard
PeytOn Whiteley, Maryland, and John