The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-06-27
SPOKANE, WASH.
Especial Correspondence


: Gonzaga college of Spokane. of which
c Rev. Father Herman J. Collier s. J.. is
r president. conferred degrees upon nine
students composing the class of 1908 in
( its gymnasium the evening of June 10.
the exercises being attended by more
than 500 men and women. The class
motto was Wells ct Remis." John
Hea4ey. president of the class. was mas
ter of ceremonies. Michael A Walsh.
who received the MA. degree spoke
first, his subject being Catholic Higher
Education" The class poem. The
Parting of the Ways. was recited by
its author, Joseph Cold, and Earl Hea-
ley delivered an Grafton on The ApOs-
tleship of the Press"
Social Reform was the Grafton Of
Aloysius P. Hogan. and lighter vein
was touched by Ambrose W. Codd in
Have Animals Intelligence" After a
selection by the college orchestra, Fa-
ther Kenelly. vice president of the col
lege. announced the names of the grad
yates, and each was handed his dipIo-
ma by President Collier as follows:
Ambrose w. Codd. Aloysius p. Ho-
gan. John P. Healey. James f. Healey.
Aloysus ]. Genres. Godfrey F. Bittner,
Joseph w. Codd. Joseph B. Van HON.
issen and Michael A Walsh The vale
dictory was delivered by Joseph Van
HomiSSen. and a short address was
made by President Father Collier. rec
tor.
Awards of medals and premiums were
made as follows
Gold medal for good conduct and ap-
| plicatiOn to study in senior division
Godfrey Bittner: premium, Walter
| Tuchscherer; distinguished. J. Healey.
j. Van Homissen. Leon Galore and
John Geary.
| Gold medal in junior division-Bur-
! CESS Gordon; premium, Albert Stevens:
| distinguished, William Russell, Henry
Costello Everett Robinson.
Medals for general class excellence
Seniro. Joseph Van Homissen; junior.
/ Walter Tuchscherer; sophomore. medal
to John Geary and premium to Paul
Ryan: freshman, medal to NJ German
and premium to Julius La Motto: first
academic class. medal to Ernest Ritchie
and premium to F. McKevitt: second
academic, medal to Leon Boyle and
premium to Louis O'ConnelI third ac-
ademic. medal to Charles Hawkins:
first commercitl. medal to Emmett Kear-
ney; second commercial. Eugene Nc
Clellan and premium to Ray Kelly:
third commercial. medal to Dan Grant
and premium to Flasco Short.
Competitive medals were awarded as
follows: Senior division of Christian
doctrine. Ambrose Codd, and premium
to Frank Sexton; Junior division, EN-
NETT Mcclellan and premium to Emil
kekich. The gold medal for the orator
zeal contest was awarded to Thomas
Flnnigan and the premium to Joseph
van HomiSsen. The medal for the elO-
cutlon contest was awarded to Mervvn
German and the premium to Edward
Carter Those distinguished were Ed
ward Buckley, John Laraway and
John Roberts The gold medal in the
Junior division of this contest was won
oy William Condor and the premium by
John Terry. Those distinguished were
Frank Darlington and Neil Ryrne.
The cadet medals were awarded as
follows: Most proficient officer. Captain
William Mulligan of company A. gold
medal for company A, Thomas Meagh-
er. in company B. Ernest Becker For
general proficiency i'm music the gold
medal was awarded to Everett Kelly.
and the premium to Emmett Hickey.
HOLY Names academy and normal
school celebrated its twentieth annual
commencement the evening of June Is.
when ten names were added To the
alumni association, az follows: Helen
E Bradley. Mary r. Pagan. Mary
Frances Wallace. Theresa X. Farrell.
Alta F. FOuts. Elizabeth A. Turkish.
Rose A. BroCkman, Josephine M. But
Ter Marion Alice Conlan and Cessna
Marie Genres. Matilda furnish PLAYED
with dainty touch Cheshire's Irish mel
)dy Believe Me. If All Those Endear-
ing Charms" which was followed bv
string quartette with harp accompani-
nent in which appeared Eliza beth Tur-
fish, Esther Smailes. Florence Hughes.
Edna Bresnahan and MathiIda furnish
me piano quartet, with Sylvia Clark
at the piano, and with the string in
'truments accompanying. followed An
olnette Leiendecker sang with harp
md violin accompaniment. Two selec-
ions from Wagner were given by the
senior vocal class of twenty-eight. and
elizabeth furnish, who has completed
| five years course. played a violin solo
n way that surpassed any former eff
orts. Margaret Hayward's harp solo
IND symphonic by the violin class
Completed the musical program
Rev Father O'Reilley of Gonzaga col
eye read the announcement of the hon
RS and the medals and diplomas were
by President Collier of Con
aga. The alumni medal for prose com
POSITION, the first of series which will
ereafter be awarded annually. was
nerited by Helen Bradley This award
vas made by judges outside of the in
ttution, to whom the names of the
OmpetltOrs were not known. The 10y
la medal for Christian doctrine went
0 Theresa Farrell. and the honorablv
lentioned were Naomi Galore. Eliza
eth furnish and Gertrude Farrell. A
lnior music diploma was presented to
ylvia Clark, who has taken a special
curse in music. This honor Is seldom
armed by an undergraduate
Our Lady of LOurdes school in Spo-
ane graduated six pupils in the gram
lar grades as follows: Bessie Walker.
larry Cronin. Beatrice Lang. NJ. Laut-
-ein, b. Dufresne and Roy Edwards.
through the generosity of Rev. Father
D. Verhagen a large number of pre-
liums were awarded. Addresses were
iven by the children, which were re-
bonded to by Father Verhagen. There
ere also numerous promotions. The
,hOol year closed with the drama. "a
ouble Throne" by the pupils
Cake Sale Postponed.
The cake sale to be given by the Ia
Of ST Marxr'S