The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-06-21
Fine Audience Enthusias-
tically Applauds the Essays
OF the Graduates
THE CHURCH AND PROGRESS
MUSICAL SELECTIONS AND EX-
CELLENT THESES MAKE UP A
DELIGHTFUL PROGRAMME =
FATHER MoNAGHAN's AD-
DRESS


Well were they repaid and enthusias-
Nc were they who attended the twenty
esventh annual commencement exercises
of St. Peters College in st. Peters
Hall last night. 1t was brilliant as
semblage that taxed the seating capacity
of the auditorium and the spacious gar
lery that almost encircles the halL
Many hands are sore to-day as result
If excessive clapping in applause of the
efforts of the graduates and the prize
winners of the undergraduates. The
xraduates were Walter Y Mccoy, Fran
as 7. Crowell, John J. Fitzsimmons,
Charles B. Hermans, Thomas J. Kenne-
dy. Philip F. McGlennon, John J. Null
len, and John ]. Mulligan. 'The Cen
eral Attitude of the Church Towards
Progress,'' "The Church and Material
Progress sgThe Church and Intellectual
Progress" and The Church and Moral
Progress,'' were respectively the themes
of John F. Mulligan, Phillip F. McGlen-
non, John J. Mullen and Charles B. Her
mans. The latter was the valedictorian
of his class and his effort was certainly
a splendid one if one is to judge by the
amount of applause he received. But it
must be said that all four shared honors
and reflected credit upon the skill AID
scholarship of their teachers. Each
placed his Church above everything ma
lerial and eloquently advocated the prin-
eiple that the Catholic Church wss the
teacher of nations in all that APPLIES to
material intellectual and moral progress.
The these were interspersed with splen-
did musical selections by an orchestra
The theses were interspersed with SPLEEN
TN Lotus Field Tobane's Romeo
and Juliet" Wolversteints "Constella-
tion," Losch's 'The Peerless King
Hatfeld's "a Stray Sunbeam" and
Deans THE Catch of Toxic
The Rev. Father Fox, rector of St.
Peters Church, presided. At the con-
clusion Of that portion of the programme
in which graduates delivered their vari-
Gus theses he introduced the Rev. Thom-
as F. Monaghan, of Irvington. Father
Monaghan delivered an address to the
graduates. He is young man, but elo-
quent, and his remarks are always to the
point. He prefaced his remarks with
an incident that caused considerable
laughter "When Father Collins called
upon me to. address the graduates" he
said, II asked him what I was to talk
about. The venerable father, with a
humorous twinkle in his eyes, replied:
'Oh, about ten minutes - The speaker
in an eloquent address stretched the time
by a few minutes He alluded to- the
teachers as the Learned, loyal professors
of the Society of Jesus" He advised
the graduates not to run away with the
idea that they were born geniuses and
born leaders, for in order to achieve a
reputation each must paddle his own
canoe"
'1You must do your own propelling,"
he said, .'and each of you will do well
to bring out of you what God implanted
and which these loyal sacrificing mem
bers of the Society of Jesus have help
ed you to cultivate" The speaker paid
a graceful compliment to former Assem-
blyman James HamiH and Prof. Ferry,
the church organist as examples of sue
cessful men who graduated from the col
ege. He advised the graduates that
without God they could accomplish moth
ing, and discussing the difference between
private and public morals advised them to
always to listen to the mentor of com
science, ascertain what is right and what
5 wrong. do right, and he predicted that
zach and every one of them would meet
gitE success in life.
Upon ali the graduates the degree of
Bachelor of Arts was conferred. The
degree of Master of Arts was conferred
apon the Rev. John Maher, A. B., 80:
Rev. William Carlin, A. b., 81; Rev.
Joseph A. Dolan, A. B., '97; John P.
Murray A. B., 81; John j. Treacy, A.
B., 81; Joseph f. Brandt, A. b., '97;
md Alexander Hamill (st. F. x) A. B.,
D7.
The prize winners were:
Senior Metaphy sics-Gold medal, Gift
# Alexander HarniiD Charles B. Her
mans; honorable mention, Philip F. Nc
Hennon, John J Mullen.
Ethics Gold modal, tgift OF John A.
rana) 1Iles 3. Hesmaz; honorable