The Washington times., 1903-06-20
PROUD DAY FOR BOYS
OF ST. JOHNS COLLEGE
Lafayette Theater Crowded at
commencement.

The annual commencement exercises
Of ST. Johns College attracted a Ca
pacity house" to the Lafayette Theater
yesterday afternoon. The Rev. D. J.
Stafford. d. D.. presided. and the prin-
cipal address was delivered by w. H.
De Lacy, d. c. L. The hundreds of
students presented a splendid literary
and musical program. Augustus F.
Dreka. Louis r. Freeman, John A.
Schultz. William r. Marr. and Francis
S. Milovich, graduates OF the commerce
| department OF the institution. were
awarded diplomas.
The following program was carried
out:
Opening chorus. Jolly Students" St
John S College; concert recitation, The
Cavalry Charge" (Steadman), third aca-
demic class; chorus. Jacks Return, "
fourth academic and preparatory
classes; concert recitation. The Moral
| Warfare first and second academic
classes; chorus, Come Where the
Lilies Bloom" St. Johns College Glee
Club; recitation, The Finding of the
Lyre.' John A. Schmitt; chorus.
Gathering Shells from the Seashore. .
ST: Johns College Glee Club: essay.
| The Bard Of Thornbrook," Joseph T.
Fitzgerald; chorus, Moonlight on the
Lake, st, Johns College Glee Club:
essay, Action, Use and Abuse Denis
Z. Connell.
Awarding the Diplomas
Inc president of the college intro
duced Mr.. De Lacy. who. after paying
high tribute TO the brothers in charge
of ST. Johns and their work. turned 10
the graduates and gave them some prac-
tical and useful advice as to the course
to pursue in order TO succeed in life.
At the close of the address certificates
of promotion were awarded to those
who made the required average in The
examinations held throughout the year.
I Those who received the certificates Of
promotion are:
Sophomore class-Denis L. Connell
Joseph h. Ebert. Emmanuel A Chat
fOtt, and Daniel A. Ryan.
Freshman class-Adolph Y Schafhirt
James A. O'Toole. Joseph T. Fitzgerald.
and James z. Nolan
First academic class-Bernard p
Hessler. Michael W. Flynn, Ferdinand
T. HUM. Lewis A. Payne, John J. Hur-
ley, Gerald W. DoOnan, William J. How
ard, Harold J. Taltavull. John j. Curtin,
James I. Ryan, Albert d. Esher and
/ Horatio Walker.
Second academic cIass-William J.
Neuland. W Edmund Freeman. Alfonso
). Hughes. Leith l. Sinclair John A
Quinn. Felix G. DAILY, William J. Hoover,
J. Bowden Duryea. Cornelius E Lana
han. Martin J. Junghaus, Daniel f.
Foley. Oswald J. O'Neil. and John J.
Barry.
Third academic elass-A. Charles
Smith. William B. DAILY. Jules Lix, Ar
thur McFadden, Paul a. Hines. Aubrey
J. DAILY. Patrick Mahoney. Paul n.
French, J. Edmund Cammack. Reuben
Ford. Francis Madigan. Maurice S. May.
James Coulehan. George Quinn. Godfrey
J. Dreka. James /. Biheld, Peter J. Ha-
gan, Rene Ruiz. Joseph Heath. Francis
!. Howard. and John Widmayer.
Fourth academic class--Read Bailey.
Lawrence DAILY. Vincent Smith. Charles
Loughran. Charles Dorr, William Nell
gan. John Shugrue. Arnold Engel. De
Sales Wheeler, George Riley. Fulton
Smith. William Quinn, Arthur Dutton.
Lawrence Widmayer, Hamilton Wilson
Edwin Chapman, Michael Cannon. Will
lam Madigan. John Nolan, Thomas Rid
gate. and William Brown.
Preparatory class-Henry V. Nolan. II.
Leo Hughes, Guy R. Livingston, Edgar
J. Orme, Richard c. Birmingham. Law
renee f. Hoover, J. Irwin Barbour. Fran
els p. Cannon. Edward J. LAwler. VIII
liam Ryan, George Gatsau. and Thomas
J. Long.
Primary class - Jerome Crowley
Charles Streeks. Willie Bronson. Gard
ner Orme, Leo Daily, Willie Nolan. Rob
ert Thomas. Robert Ralph Edward
Brosnan. Daniel Morse, Thomas Crowley,
and Charlie Bailey.
The program closed by a grand chorus.
Edwards My Own United States" sung
by the entire school. Prof. Henry Mil
Ter accompanied the vocal numbers.
The members OF the glee club who took
part in the program are:
Sopranos-Paul a. Hines, James Coul-
chan, William J. Newland, John Wild
mayer, Paul y. French, Peter J. Hagan.
Francis J. Howard Charles A. Smith.
William B. DAILY, Arthur MCFadden.
Maurice s. May, and J. Bowden Dur
yea Altos-James J. O'TooIe, Adolph
Y Schafhirt. James z. Nolan. John J.
Hurley, John J. Barry, Jules Lix. James
l. Biheld. TenCrs-EmmGnuel A. Chat
flot. Joseph T. Fitzgerald, Bernard p
Hessler. Michael w. Flynn. Lewis A
Payne. Harold J. Taltavull. James T.
Ryan. and Albert d. Esher. Bassos -
Denis E. ConRell. william p. Dorr, Louis
r. Freeman. Francis s. Mllovich. John
A. Schmitt. +. 7. HUM g. W. DOrnan.
william J. Howard and John J. Curtin.