Evening star., 1901-06-20
DEGREES AND PRIZES
Eghty-Ninth Commencement Of
Georgetown University. -.
VICE RECTOR FAGIN OFFlrIAqES
Honors for Very Rev. Wm. Louis
O'Hara and A. A. Hirst.
THE ALUM NJ M E EFT N Ct

THE ALUMNI ME ETIN Ct
| The eighty ninth annual commencement
| of Georgetown University was held today.
| the exercises commencing at 10 o'clock,
| in the CASTOR memorial hall. An un-
| usually large crowd attended, and by the
time the program was opened nearly all
| the seats in the hall were occupied by
| friends of the students.
| The hall was handsomely decorated for
the occasion. At either end Of the stage
were banked palms and potted plants, the
| seats being located in the center. The
members of the graduating class were
seated on the north end, while the invited
| guests occupied the south end. The deco
| rations of the han showed up excellently,
| harmonizing with the general plan of the
| interior decorations originally introduced In
| the hall. The fresco effects showed up to
| excellent advantage, and many or the
panels bore well-known coats-of-arms.
The most beautiful effect was at the rear
| of the stage, which offered the best sur
| face, and which for the first time in the
| history of the hall was not decorated. The
beautiful and artistic work of Brother
| Schroen. under whose direction the work
was QOne, eACteQ ldfOIdUle COiuAACAe IA oAAA
! all present.
| The ladies predominated in the audience.
| and from the main floor the packed bal
| cony presented bright and animated ap-
pearance, with the handsome dresses and
| lively colored head coverings. Music for
the occasion was furnished by the Marine
Band. an overture, The Ameer. being
followed by a march. 1.-The Invincible
Eagle" to the music of which the grad
yates and others marched to the stage.
Guests Seated on the Stage.
Among the guests seated on the stage
| were: Dr. 8. s. Adams, DR.. Edwin B. Beh-
rend. Mr.. Jules Boeufve, DR.. W. Sinclair
| Bowen. E. B. Briggs, DR.. Susan M. Bur-
nett. Rev. J. V. Burns, c. S. c.; Mr.. Man
ueI Alvarez Calderon. Senor joaquin Calvo.
Prof. L. E. c. Colliere, Gen. j. J. Coppin-
ger. U. 8. A; DR.. H. L. Crosson, Rev.
Henry J. Cutler. J: Madison Cults, Or.
Clarence r. Dufour, Rev George A. Dough-
erty. Mr. John Hadley Doyle, Maurice
Francis Egan. Mr.. Frank 8. Cannon, Rev.
Paul Griffith, DR.. William c. Glynn. E. B.
Hay. esq.,. Senior Thomas Herran, Dav1d ).
Hill. assistant secretary of state; MI: John
D. Hird. j. Altheus Johnson, Dr. Wallace
Johnson. DR.. C. H. A. Kleinschmidt. Dr.
George NJ. Kober. Tallmadge A. Lam
Masfarland. DR.. George L. Magruder'
Rev. Joseph F. McGee. J: ,Nota Nc
GIN. Admiral George w. Melville, y. $.
N; Count Won Montegelas, Dr. James Ra bud
ply, Rev. P. ]. OConnell. F. A. Pezet. Col.
George G. Reid. U, S. NJ; C.; DR.. A: B:
Richardson. Seth Shepard. Senior Carlos Car 9:
Martinez Silva, A r. Spofford, Admiral s.
W. Terry, u S. N; DR.. John D. Thomas,
Weaver. U: 8: n; DR., Walter A Wells,
| Major G. N Wilmington, A. A. Wilson.
Percy Wyndham, T. v. Powderiy, Senior
Don Manuel Torres sagaseta, DR.. Emory
w. Reisinger, Dr. W. N. Cogan. DR.. G. w.
Stiles, Mr.. Richard Campbell. Dr.. Joseph pi,
Ashton, Chaplain Pierce, U. s. A; Gen.
D. 8. Stanley, Senior Jose F. Godoy Father
Boniface, o. NJ; Senior Don Manuel de
Aspiroz Mexican ambassador; Rev. Chas.
NJ. Bart. Rev Eugene Hannah. Rev.
Thomas S. Dolan. Herr Won Holeben, Ger
man ambassador; Senor Jose Romero Rev.
Degrees Conferred.
Announcement Of the degrees conferred
was read by Rev. Father Fagin. vice rec
tor Of the college. The degree of doctor of
laws upon the Rev. William Louis O'Hara,
president of Mt. ST. Mary's College, En-
mitsburg, Md. In giving this degree,
Father Fagin said:
1T is the privilege of Georgetown Uni
versity to honor today the Very Rev. Will
lam Louis OHara. president of Mount st.
Mary's College, Emmitsburg, after her
| self the Oldest Catholic institution for nigh
! er education in our country. Founded in
| 1903, when Georgetown was just emerging
| from her teens, the older college has ever
| regarded the mountain as younger sister
| and has followed her growth with loving
| interest-rejocng with her in good fortune
| and mourning with her in her hours of
| trial. On each successive president of
| Mount st. Mary's she has conferred the
| highest distinction in her gift. She has
| made it 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
ipin nd of q in ha cd ia taS
| This venerable custom would be suffi
cient reason for honoring the president of
| Mount st. Mary's here today. but apart
| from the title of distinction which his po-
| sition gives Father OHara, his own con-
| spicuous gifts, as priest and man of
| culture, the years which he has jealous
| ly and ungrudgingly devoted as a teacher
| and as an administrator, to the advance
| ment of Catholic higher education, the sin
! gular success that has marked his rule
| since the day when, with the unanimous
approval Of pupils and alumni, the drec-
| tors of Mount ST. Marys chose him to be
| its president. All these would be sufficient
| Of themselves to entitle him to any aca
demic 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'Hara. president of Mount st. Mary's Col
| lege. Emmitsburg the honorary degree Of
| doctor Of laws.
Son of Georgetown University.
| The degree Of DOCTOR Of laws was also
| conferred upon Anthony A. Hirst, A. M,
class of II, of Pennsylvania. Father Fa-
gin. in awarding the honor. remarked:
Georgetown also honors today one Of her
| own sons. Anthony Arftommarchi Hirst,
| A M, of Philadelphia, Pa. His title to dis
| tinction and honor at her hands Is based
| not only on his personal integrity, his 10y
| atty as man, as citizen and as an alum
nus, but on his success in his chosen pro-
| fession of the law, and more particularly
| on his eminence in his special line of work
probate practice. in which he has won spe-
| cial distinction. distinction all the more
| to be priced and recognized for the fact
that 1t has been conceded to him not 80
nuch by the popular voice as by the suf-
| frages Of his associates at the bar
| THE president and directors therefore
| of GEORGETOWN Irniyersit,n