Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-15
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE
18th Annual Commencement
Held This Morning.
ATTRACTIVE SCENE
EXERCISES HELD ON BEAUTIFUL
GREEN CAMPUS.
Orations by Graduates-Degrees Con-
ferred on Those Who Had
Earned Them.
A 7 TRACTIVE seen E

Earned 1Qem.
On the college lawn this forenoon before
q large and representative assembly the
eighty-eighth annual commencement exer-
clses of Georgetown College were held. and
twenty four young men received their de-
gIees. The scene was most attractive
one and the program highly entertaining.
A large canopy was spread the grass
before the central entrance to the college
building and beneath it a long stage had
been erected, on which sat :he graduates
members of the faculty and visitors of
honor, amid decorations of American flags,
flowers and greens. Under the remainder
of the canvas and far out on the lawn were
gathered the parents and friends of the
graduates and the students of the institu-
ton. The orchestra of the Marine Band
played appropriate selections from a posi-
ton beneath a clump of trees close by.
Four orations We're delivered by gradu-
ates, all of which were well prepared and
eXcellently spoken. After the orchestra
had played the Hungarian overture, by
keler-Bela, and the march, "A True Sol
der by Lacalle, Joseph Leo McLeer de-
livered the doctors Grafton upon the sub
jet Uniformity in the Law" ard received
hearty applause. The intermczzo, Moon
light by Moret, then rendered, after
which the masters Grafton on Socialism
was given by Francis Stanton Montgomery.
Mr.. Montgomerys delivery was especially
clear and convincing. He declared that the
evil of socialism is spreading rapidly in
this country, just as 1t is in Europe, and
that 1t is threatening destruction 10 Chris
tianity, the sacred institution of marriage
and the right to hold personal property
The practice of the Christian virtues is, in
his opinion, the only cure for the evils
which socialism seeks to correct.
Christian Socialism was the title Of the
bachelors Grafton, which was delivered by
JOSHnh St aft ri
b. Llewellyn of the Marine Band had play
ed the Columbia Polka cornet solo.
Mr.. Pendergast carried out further the
idea advanced by the last speaker, and ex-
planned how Christianity is the hope of the
nation and of the world. The orchestra
played the romanZa, "Cupids Garden" by
Eugene, following which the degrees were
conferred by Father William Reed Mullan
S. J.
Degrees Awarded.
Those receiving degrees were as follows:
Doctor of philosophy-Joseph Leo Nc
Aleer, A NJ, Pennsylvania; William Ran
dali Owings, A. NJ. Maryland.
Master of arts-Joseph Maria Cuenco. A.
b. Philippine Islands; Alphonsus Richard
Donahoe. a. b. Nova Scotia; Francis Stan
ton Montgomery, a. b, Nebraska: Charles
Vincent Mullen. \. B., Colorado; Albert
Murray O'Neill. A. b, New York; John AL
bert Richmond, A B., Kentucky; John
Master of science-Frederick Carleton
Aver. y. s., Iowa
Bachelor of arts-James Joseph Brennan.
Massachusetts; James Philip Burns, Massa-
Frederick Theodore Carlin, New York;
George Timothy Donovan, Massachusetts;
Maurice Joseph Gelpi, Louisiana; William
Henry Graham. jr., Texas; Harry Thomas
Hall, District of Columbia: Leo Richard
Hicks, California; Edward Sheehan Mono
han. jr-, Kentucky; Charles Callahan Nc
Carthy, Massachusetts; Edward Vincent
Oblinger Pennsylvania; John Parrot, jr.
York.
Petit Bijouterie" Bohm's waltz caprice.
was played, and then the valedictory, en-
titled THE Family and the State" was
delivered by Maurice Joseph Gelpi.
Award of Prizes.
The prizes TO the members of the gradu-
ating class and the other college classes
were then announced BY Father Mullan. as
follows:
Cash prize of SIS (gven by the college
for the highest average in the courses of
the graduate SCHOOL,, awarded to Alphonsus
Richard Donahoe, A W.
cash prize OF so (given by ''old friend
of the college for the second highest aver
age in the graduate course). awarded to
Frederick Carleton Aver NJ s.
Cash prize of $50 (given by IAN old friend
OF the college to the best student In biol
ogy), awarded to Frederick Carleton Aver
b. s., Upper Iowa University
Undergraduate School-Gold medal for
rational philosophy in the senior class (pre
sented by Francis A. Cunningham, A. M.
awarded to Maurice Joseph Gelpi
rTlZe awarded TO Robert Joseph Fender
aeque. ~ GA
Gold medal for physics (given by William
V. MeGrath. b. s., awarded to William
Joseph Vlymon Prize. Henry Thorn Wy
Silver medal for chemistry. awarded tn
francis Edward Keenan, and Thomas Allow
slus McCann, ex aeque. Prize, John Her
Edgar kidwell. A. NJ, awarded to Thomas
Mudd iiiiiii
Silver medal for mathematics in fresh
man class, awarded to Hughes SpaIding
Prize Lee Francis Fitzpatrick
Silver medal for French in freshman
class. awarded to Lee Francis Fitzpatrick
Frize, Ihomas Addie Emmett Harris.
Silver medal for German in freshman
class, awarded to William Robert Pic
Prize, Charles Christian de Guigpe ir
me Merrick medal, founded by the late
T t,snaIo L. 4; Merrlek, LID, awarded to
The Father Murphy medal founded T.,
memory OF Rev John J. Murphy. s. ] bv
his personal friends, for the best metrfcaI
translation OF three odes of Horace, award
The Morris historical medal founded bv
Mr.. Martin F. Morris, LID, awarded In
Maurice Joseph Gelpi, 'OJ. "
The Philonomesian medal, given by the
PhlIonomesian Debating Society to the best
debater in its annual public debate. award
cd 10 Walter Griffin Mudd. 'OS Subject.
RESOLVED, that the United States should
estabnsh commercial reciprocity with
Canada"
The Dixon elocution medal, founded by
Mrs. William Writ Dixon In memory of her
son, William Writ Dixon, jr, of the class of
1888, awarded to George Rex Frye. 'O3.
Other medals, the award of which awaits
the results of certain examinations will be
announced later.
Close Of the Exercises.
The exercises were brought to a close by
the playing OF Sousas march. THE Dip
lomat' by the Marine Band orchestra
About an hour and three-quarters of the
forenoon were consumed, the commence
ment beginning at 10 o'clock. Throughout
the time the undergraduates amused them
selves by applaudfng at suspicious mo-
mems, and when the degrees We're con-
ferred and prizes announced they INDUCED
IN the college and university yels at the
appearance of their favorites