The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-10
FORTY GRADUATED At
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
Degrees Conferred by Mgr.
O'COnnell, the Rector.
ADDRESS BY DR.. SHANAHAN
Explained Use OF Ring, Cap, and Chair.
Rector Delivered an Eloquent
Charge TO Class.

Forty students were graduated this
morning from ;he Catholic University
of America. Commencement exercises
were held in the assembly room of Nc
Mahon Hall at 10 o'clock, and degrees
in philosophy, law, and theology were
conferred by the Ri Rev. Mons:gnor
Denis OConnell, rector of the univer-
sity
The Introductory address was made
by the Very Rev. f. T. Shanahan, S. T.
D.. dean of the faculty OF theology, whip,
in addition to reminding the students
of the duties which are now before them,
explained the significance of the ring,
cap, and chair which are associated with
their degrees.
The ring denotes the wedding of the
| student to science. the cap signifies his
emancipation from teaching, while the
chair is symbOlical of his fitness to oc-
cupy the chair of learning. DIR. Shana-
! han also presented the candidates for
their degrees in theology.
Prof. w. c. Robinson, LIZ D.. present
ed the graduates in law. while a SINH
lar duty was performed by Prof NJ. l.
Egan, Ii. D.. for the graduates in phi
| tcsophy.
| Monsignor OConnell made the closing
address to the graduates He spoke
earnestly OF the care and time necessary
for the proper preparation of students
for their respective professions, es-
pecially in theology He urged that sufIi-
cient time be spent in perfecting ones
knowledge of the teachings of God.
The Graduates
Degrees were conferred upon the fol-
lowing:
Bachelor of -McQuilkin De-
Grange. Frederick. Nd, A. B.. Johns
Hopkins University. 1900; William Au-
gustine Feuchs. Wurtsboro. ~ Y; Frank
Joseph Noonan. Creston. Iowa.
Master OF laws-James Richard Law
lor, LII. B. Southwestern Baptist Uni
yersity, Jackson, TennD, 1902, Water
bury. Conn.
Doctor OF laws-Kiyomihi Seshimo,
LII. B. CTokyo Hogakuin Law College,
! 1888. Tokyo, Japan.
: Doctor of civil law-Theodore Papazo-
glow lon, Smyrna. Turkey; John Welt
ger Forney Smith. Washington, D. C.
Doctor of phflusophy-Th Rev. Charles
: Albert DUbray, 5. NJ. Washington. d. C.;
the Rev. Thomas Werner Moore, c. 5. P,
New York, y. Y.
Bachelor in sacred theology-The Rev.
John Walter Healy Corbett. archdiocese
! Of Boston; the Rev. John Edward Flood
al chdiocese of Philadelphia: the Rev.
Emil Lawrence Gerard, 9. S. p, New
York y. Y; the Rev John Joseph
Greaney, diocese of Pittsburg; the Rev.
Ralph Hunt, archdiocese of San Francis
&C: the Rev. William Patrick Mcnamara
al chdiocese Of Boston; the Rev Edward
Joseph Mullaly. C. S. p New York, Ny;
the Rev. Michael Joseph Neufeld, arch
diocese OF New York; the Rev. Jerome
Louis OHern. C S. P. New York, n. Y;
the Rev William Ignatius Phelan. do
cese of Springfield; the Rev. John Peter
Ries. S. NJ. Washington D. c.; the Rev
John Gerard Schmidt. archdiocese Of St
Louis; the Rev Henry Joseph Seller. 5
M. Washington. D. c.; the Rev. Henry
Ignatius Stark. c. S. P. New York, y
Y the Rev. Matthew Aloysius Schu-
macher c. S. c.. Washington, D. c.
! Licentate in sacred theology-Th'
Rev william Patrick Clark, archdiocese
OF Cincinnati; the Rev. John JOSEPH
!, Thomas Joseph Gafney archdiocese o
| ! Chicago; the Rev. James AlOysiuS Gal
lagher, archdiocese OF Philadelphia; Rev
James Martin Gillis, c. S. P, New York
: the Rev. William Hugh Grant, arehdio
1 cese of Boston; the Rev Thomas Pat
rick Heverln, archdiocese of San Fran
cisco; the Rev Timothy Peter Holland
S s., Mora, n. Y; the Rev. james
Patrick McGraw, diocese OF SYRIA
cuse; the Rev Thomas Edward
= Michigan. archdiocese Of Baltimore
e the Rev William Bernard Martin, arch.
I diocese Of New York; the Rev. Lee
! Francis O'Neil. archdiocese OF Boston
the Rev. John Stephen Shanahan. arch
y diocese of Dubuque.
e Doctor in sacred theology-The Rev
Patrick Joseph Healy. archdiocese o
>, New York: the Rev. John Webster Mel
= ody, archdiocese OF Chicago; the Rev
Maurice Joseph O'Connor. archdioces
!, of Boston.
e Mgr. O'Connell entertained the facul
e, ty OF the university and heads OF tn
various houses in Brookland at Dime
today in Caldwell Hall.