Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08
Glass Exercises This Afternoon.

There was a meeting of the advisory
board of the college this afternoon at
o clock Class day exercises will be held
al 4:30 O'Clock.
His eminence Cardinal Gibbons will con-
fer the degrees at the college tomorrow at
II O'Clock The address to the graduates
will be delivered by Victor J. Bowling of
New York city.
The officers of the class of 1908 are:
Helen Vlymen. president: Mildred Con
nelly vice president: Elizabeth Merkle,
secretary: Anna Butler. treasurer. and
Midren Connolly. chairman. Louise Hobo
han. Anna Butler and Marie Madden con-
stitute the class-day committee
The officers of the Alumnae Association
elected yesterday We're: Miss Eleanor Pa
tricia Griffin New York city. president
Miss Alice Mary Ryan Brooklyn. n. Y.
vice president; Miss Anna Collins NORTH
ADAMS Mass. corresponding secretary
Miss Louise Holohan. Waterbury. Conn
recording secretary. and Miss Edna Made
le:ne O'Crowley, treasurer
New Members Received.
The following were received at yester-
days meeting as members Of the asso-
cation: Helen Catharne Mcnamara
A. NJ. Binghamton. n Y; Mary Rather
inc Murray. BIZ. Troy. \. Y. and the
tricia Butler. Cambridge Mass; Mar
garet Mary callaghan. Haverhill Mass.
| Lillian Callahan. Albany. n. Y. Mary
| Mildred Connolly Bradford, Pa: Ora
Maria Dansby. Fort Smith. Ark: Beatrice
! Antoine,te Gavagan. Los Angeles. Cal
/ Louise Catherine Holohan. Waterbury
! Conn; Agatha Rose Kelly. Penn Yam
~ y: Janet Louise McQuaid, Holyoke
! Mass; Marie Regina Madden. Brooklyn
n T.: Elizabeth VEINS Merkle. Chilli
! Gothic. Ohio, Marie Louise Simon. Phlia
delpha, Pa. and Helen Teresa Nlymen
/ Hampstead. y. Y.
After the election of officers reception
| was held by the association in honor o
! the new members.
/ At the second session this morning a
! 10 o'clock the president. Miss Griffin. an
nounced that the association vas In
| fiourishng condition and its future ex
/ ceedirgly bright. Encouraging report
/ had been received from the chapters a
/ Worcester. Mass. and New York city
she said and in the near future it wa
| hoped that new chapters might be estab
! lished at Boston. Chicago and otne1
points in the middle west.
Former Graduates Present.
The former members of the association
graduates of former years. were in attend
anca: Miss Mary Pagan, 1907 Pittsburg
Miss Eleanor Griffin. 1904. New York city
Miss Edna O'Crowley. 1901 Newark
n j.: Mrs. Peter Grogan. 1903 Baltimore
/ Nd Miss Irene OCroWley, 1907. Newark
] y. j.: Miss Mary Green. 1907. Everett
/ Mass: Miss Margaret Cummings. 1907
| Fall River, Mass: Miss Eliza beth Ken
nedy, 1877. Amsterdam, \. Y, and Mis-
| Mary Connors. 1907 Buffalo. n. Y.
| Very Rev. Edward A. Pace. DID. wa
| the celebrant OF the baccalaureate solemn
high mass yesterday. Very Rev. Thoma
| J. Shahan. D.. and Rev. Thomas E
| Shields. Ph.D. were deacons. with Rev
! William ]. KERRY. Ph.D. as master o
ceremonies The solemn benediction o
the blessed sacrament was performed b.
| the apostolic delegate, the Most Rev. Dio
meda Falconio. DID. in thu afternoon a
4:2O o'clock. Rav. William Turner. DID.
and Rev. Charles r. Aiken ID, wer,
deacons and Rev. William j. Kerry
PAD. master of ceremonies.
The baccalaureate sermon was preacha,
by Rev. John w. Melody. ID.