The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-20

EIGhty-fourth Annual Commence
racnt Exercises Held in CASTOR
HaTI-The Bachelors Grafton De
Iivere.i ny Edward Joseph Smith.
In CASTOR Han. at Georgetown Tniver-
sity. this morning. occurred the eighty
fourth annual commencement exercises Of
the old college The occasion was prob
ably the most brilliant in the history OF
school years in Georgetown and was at
tended hy representative and fashion
able gathering Of men and women
4 very large number of degrees were
conferred ny the Rev J. d. Whitney. s.
J The degree of Doctor Of Laws was
conferred upon two persons -Four others
received the degree of Doctor of Phi
Iosophy-
The degree Of master Of arts was con-
feTTed upon ten students. while twenty
nine others proudly left the han with the
degree OF bachelor Of arts. In all forty
three bright young men were sent out
into the world bearing with them a rec
ommendatiOn from old Georgetown.
CASTOR Hall was mass of sweet flow
eTs. plants, and waving flags. Leg be-
fore 10 o clock every seat in the great
hail was occupied. and within a half
hour the galleries and aisles were packed.
The platform was occupied by the stu
dents receiving degrees. the faculty of the
University. and a large number of prom
inent people, together with many OF the
local clergy. The Marine Band. under
Prof Santeimsnn, discoursed sweet music
between the oratoRs. Every number on
the programme was enthusiastically ap-
plauded and the University year closed IN
q grand blaze Of glory and harmony
Tn. Grafton zz-as delivered
Edward Joseph Smith. of Tennessee. VINO
chose as his theme, ''Forefathers- Day
The masters Grafton was delivered by
a Il TwibilI. A B. Of Pennsylvania
who spoke On The Foundation of Psy-
choIogy.
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 J 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. O'Hara is Pres
ident Of NoEnt St Mary's College. En-
mitsburg. Nd The honorary degree of
doctor Of laws was also conferred upon
Anthony A Hirst. A NJ OF the class Of
I8I.
The following degrees in course we're
then conferred. each recipient being
warmly appIauded:
Doctor Of Philosophy-Henry Victor
Kane. A b CNarquette) A n George
town.; Edward LoughboroUgh Keyes. IT.
A 3 ~ (GeoTgeIoWn). N. D (CoIumbia} ::
Leo Camille Lennon, a B. (St- Ignatius,
San Francisco. a. Ii. tGeorgetoEn);
James Aloysius O'Shea. A & George
town., A NJ. (Georgetown).
Master Of Arts-George Moore Brady. A.
B. tLoyola, BALTIMORE. Maryland; Ber-
nard J. Ford, \ 3. tSt- Mary's. Kan).
Colorado. Philip Augustus Grau A B
t11arquette)- Kansas: Joseph Leo Nc
AleeF, a. =. {CzeOrgetcwn). PeunSyly-a MIA :
Francis James O'Hara. \ & CFIoIy
Crosse. Massachusetts; Francis Charles
Reagan. A B (Holy Cross. Massachu-
tAiaTquettel- wisconsin; FREDERICK Soils.
a 3. Spring HID. Louisiana; AIoysiJs
Holland Tv3ibiIl, a b CSt- Joseph
Pennsylvania, and Michael Joseph
Thompson, A B. (FIoIy Cross, Connecti-
cut.
Bachelor of Arts-Cheevers Moran Bar
~, Virginia; John Stauilaus Brady, New
4oTk; reward Louis ByTne, New York
Vincent Levins Carroll, New York; Steph-
en- Arnold Douglass. North Carolina Ber-
naTd Francis Duffy Massachusetts. James
Joseph Fegan- jr-- District Of Columbia;
Thomas AlDhOnsus FeTneding. Ohio:
Asa CISeU trace, arkansas John
Pierce Oracle. Arkansas George
Chancellor Green. North Carolina;
James Bernard HOrigau. District of Co
Iumbia; Charles Carroll Lee Horsev
Maryland; Rice Winfield Payne Jones
Virginia: Warwick Joseph Herman, New
York. Cortland AloysiUs Herman, New
YORK: Louis Leroy LauTe, 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
Smith (sumrna cum laude) Tennessee;