The Washington times., 1902-06-22
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.

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CASTOR Hail. at Georgetown Univer-
sity. was never the scene OF more in
spring event than the graduating exer-
cises OF the class OF 1902. held in that
famous old room last Thursday morning.
Hon. Elihu Root. Secretary OF War,
was the orator OF the occasion. An au-
ldience of exceptional brilliance was
lpresent that packed the hall from wall
to wall. Senator Louis E. McComas. OF
Maryland: ex-Judge Charles C. Cole. of
the District Supreme Court. and Hon.
Bellany Storcr. United States minister
to Spain, received degrees of doctor OF
laws. while representatives Of fourteen
other States and Territories OF the
Union received diplomas as masters or
bachelors of arts.
In the course of his remarks Mr. Root
said
Young gentlemen. there is another
prize, another degree, which may be
conferred upon you besides that which
you have just received. That degree
cannot be received until after you have
been out in the world and faced its
stern realities and have come back in
after years to show the faculty and
officers of this college that you have re-
hected naught but honor and dignity
and distinction upon this grand old in
stitution.
In order for you to succeed in life
you must do whatever you have chosen
as your life work better than IL is be-
ing done today. You must be better law
yers, better doctors, better engineers
better men.
I'm the old days, when the methods
and principles of life were simple, gov
ernment was simple. But since that
time the government of the nation has
become a great and complicated ma
chine. And in these busy days. these
days of hustle and go-ahead, IL is diff
cult for the average man to understand
the workings Of this monster machine
1.-The duty OF you educated and INTEL
ligent young men is to master those
workings and in public address or
writings help your fellow-men to under-
stand the machine.
Let patriotism and duty to your
country with allegiance to no creed or
church be your controlling motive and
lead you to hand down to posterity the
spirit of American liberty and patriot
ic love for the good government of the
nation. We old fellows are obliged to
going out into the world with undaunt-
ed courage and unlimited faith In your
own powers contain within yourselves
the elements which may in time mako
you the controlling powers Of this great
Government. / wish you all the sue
cess in your future work"
Considerable disappointment was ex-
pressed by the students owing to the
fact that popular "Old Joe" Lynch, Of
~. l.
ent to receive his diploma, as he is
away with the crew. He was, however,
given a tremendous ovation when his
name was called. His sheepskin was
laid aside for him.
Diplomas Awarded.
The following were awarded diplomas:
Master of Arts-George Thatcher Des-
lodge st. Louis. Mo-: Hugh Joseph Fe-
gan. Washington. D. c.; Asa Greed
Oracle. Little Rock, Ark: James Ber-
nard Horigan, Washington. D. c.; Henry
Joseph Mohrman. st. Louis, Mo-; Will
lam Randall Owings, Gaithersburg. Nd;
Tisdale Joseph Touart. Mobile. Ala;
John Loyola Wolfe, Clinton. Iowa.
Bachelor of arts-Paul Joseph Brown.
Watertown, Wis; Frederick Aloysius
lEIl3DapoiIS, lHu-, lSndlluS JOHN
Joseph Costigan. Washington, d. c.;
Daniel Joseph Devlin, New Orleans, La;
jeremiah Richard Duggan, Norwich.
Conn: Preston Paul Edmouston. John
Baptist Fay, jr.. Walter Schell Gilchrist,
and George Francis Ha-bin, jr., Wash
ington. D c.; Francis Thomas Kanaley,
Weedspurt, N. Y; Joseph Aloysius
Kuhn, Washington, D. c.. Joseph Thos.
Lynch, South Hadley Falls. Mass; Jas.
A NcE pr;I
Charles Vincent Moran, Washington. D.
c.; John Maxwell Murphy, Suburba,
Tenn; Thomas Joseph Nolan, Reading.
Pa: Edward Plus O'ponnell, Heck
Pa; George Augustine
Quinlan. Houston. Tex; George Conrad
Reid. and Stuart Aloysius Tschiffely,
Washington, d. c.
College Prizes.
The regular college prizes were
awarded as follows:
Graduate School-Cash prize of SIS
(given by the college for the highest av-
erage in the courses of the Graduate
SCHOOL,, awarded to Hugh Joseph Fe-
gan, A. B., Washington, D. G. Average
s6.s. Cash prize of $25 (given in mem
ory of Bernard 4. Kengla, IL. B., to
the student of the Graduate School gain
ing the second highest average In the
graduate course). awarded TO William
Randall Owings, Gaithersburg, Nd. Av-
erage 9S.2. Cash prize of SIS tgiven by
In "old friend of the college," to the
best student in Biology. awarded to P.
B. johnson, Washington, D. c.
Undergraduate School, Senior-Medal
or rational philosophy (given by
riend of the college. in memory Of Rev.
William F. Clark. S. J) awarded to
Daniel Joseph Devlin, Louisiana. Prize,
PAUL Joseph Brown. Wisconsin. The
,hysics medal (given by William v. Nc
irath. B. s., of Philadelphia. Pa.,)
Iwarded to George Conrad Reid, District
Il Columbia. Prize. Paul Joseph Brown,
The Kidwell medal for me-
hanics (given by Edgar Kidwell, Ph-
J.. NJ. E.) awarded to William Henry
3yrnes, Louisiana. Prize, Paul Joseph
Brown. Wisconsin.
Junior-Gold medal (given by Mrs.
O'Brien. of New York. in
memory of her son, Francis X O'Brien,
4 the class of 1eoo). awarded to
,icholas. Herman, New York. Prize,
'yril Ginther, New York.
Sophomore-Silver medal, Hall Stoner
.usk. District of Columbia. Prize,
ozach Miller, Jr.. Texas. English lit
rature and composition: ex aequo, Hall
et of CoI,t-,1hsta