Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-23
DIPLOMAS FOR FOURTEEN
Annual COmmsnosmsnt Exercises Held Al
Creighton University.
MASTERS DEGREE FOR FRANCIS P. JtNAl
Bishop scannen Delivers Address TO
Graduates on "suceess" and Points
Oat what Real Success
Consists OF.

Fourteen graduates received diplomas last
night at the annual commencement eXer-
cises Of Creighton university, held in the
college auditorium. They were: Edward
Donnelly Edward Gaute, John Gaute, Nor
gan Hanrahan, Amos Henely, Andrew
Hobbs, j. Lucen Hobbs. Louis Kane,
Francis Keeshan. Norbert Leary. George
McCracken, Robert McNulty, William Mul-
len and Francis Whalen. The degree Of
master of arts was conferred on Fraucis
+. Jenal of the class of 1904.
Two Of the class had places on the pro-
gram. Louis NJ. Kane talked on "Our
Country. Danger threatening" and
George f. McCracken replied on our
Country, a Hope Sustaining" afterward
delivering the class valedictory.
Anarchy and socialism, begotten out OF
the absence OF the teaching OF God i'm the
schools. were the dangers to the republic
which Mr.. Kane mentioned in his address.
He spoke of the strife between labor and
capital as contributive force. Mr.. Kane
was not pessimistic but he declared that
the public is not awake to the danger, and
urged that all men should keenly analy re
the situation.
Mr.. McCracken held that anarchlstlc ten
denotes are bound to prevail to some ex-
tent in all nations, and that this country
is freer of the evil than others As long
as the majority Of the people believe in
the fundamental principles of the consti-
tuition, liberty, equality and justice, he
said, and the majority certainly does be-
lieve, the stability Of the republic will
not be endangered
Francis P. Jenal delivered his masters
grafton on the subject of Collegiate
Training He urged the broadening in
| Of -
/ expects to enter a profession. He severely
! criticised the elective system, and de-
cared that II a man has not time to take
the tlme-honored classical course he had
better take no college course at all than
one elected at haphazard. The classical
course is one arranged by the Judgment
OF, learned men, he said; the elective
course. a group Of studies selected by the
caprcious within of the student.
Comforting of Degrees.
Bishop Scannell, assisted by President
Bowling and Father OConuor, conferred
the degrees and awarded the honors. The
! honors consisted of gold medals, the honor
medal to Amos Henely, given by the
Knights of Columbus, Omaha council No
652; the intercollegiate Latin medal ia
Eugene Noonan, given by Very Rev Henry
Moeller, s. j., and the eocution medal to
George F. McCracken, given by Tom Nc.
Shane
The address to the graduates was dellv-
cred by Bishop Scanned. He said Amer.
lea offered better and more opportunities
for success than any other country, and
that the man equipped with knowledge
was most likely to win success To achieve
success-tbat success which spells happi
\ ness and which Is the only success worthy
the name-it is necessary to have a goot
heart, to be broad, unsel1sh and inspired
by higher motives 1t is also necessary
to work, for those achievements whitl
4 come merely the result of intellectual
cleverness have no abiding value Be
i coming dissatisfied with ones lot and
yearning after the lot of another will
never bring success, said the speaker.