The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-17
GOV. FORT AND
OTHERS HONORED
BY SETON HALL
Honorary Degrees Conferred
Upon Prominent Men at
Commencement.
SIXTEEN GRADUATES
ARE GIVEN DIPLOMAS
Many Notable Clergy and Lay
men Present at Exercises
Today.

the campus fronting Alumni Hall and
beneath the shade of the swinging elms
the fifty-second annual commencement
of Seton Hall College, at South Orange,
was held today, when sixteen young
men received certificates of graduation.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop John J. O'Con-
nor, of the Newark diocese, presided,
and the Hon. Luke D. Stapleton, A. M,
Supreme Court judge of Brooklyn, de-
livered the address to the graduates.
The bishop was seated in the centre
of the pretty stage, with the Rev. DR..
James f. Mooney, president of the col
lege. To the left were the faculty and
glee and musical clubs.
A feature Of the exercises was the
comforting of the honorary degree of
doctor of laws by Bishop O'Connor, as
sisted by DR.. Mooney, upon Judge
Stapleton, Governor John Franklin
Fort, Senator James f. Minturn, of
Hoboken, and the Hon. Peter B. Col
lier, of Eatontown. All were present
except Governor Fort, who is attend
ing the Chicago convention.
Degrees for Graduates.
The degree of A. b. was conferred
F. Burke, John H. Donnelly, of this
city; Robert G. Fitzpatrick, OF Jersey
City; Leo l. Gardner, of Jersey City;
John r. Hart, of East Orange;
William A. Hayes, of Hoboken; Rob-
ert F. Hillock, of Morristown; William
j. LanCers, of Jersey City; William F.
Lawlor, of Paterson Henry b. Lynch.
Of Bayonne; Thomas A. Lynn, of this
city; Charles J. Mccarthy, of Pater-
son; Thomas A. Mullins, of Jersey City;
William E. O'Gorman, OF Jersey City;
Michael ]. Whalen, of Jersey City, and
Joseph d. Mulligan, OF Providence,
r. l. William Hayes is president of
the class.
The degree of A. NJ. was conferred on
Edward J. Barrett, Thomas B. Larlzln,
John F. Maxwell Michael A. Mechler,
John F. Mulligan, James E. Mcdonald,
John j. Ratigan, Maurice r. Spillane.
John A. Stafford, Charles w. Tichler,
Lawrence ]. Travers and Bronislaus L.
Poznalski.
Previous to the opening of the exer-
cises the trustees of the college met
and conferred vote of thanks to the
Rev. DR.. James F. Mooney, president,
for his good work in conducting the
college affairs during the past year.
The notables at the commencement
included the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Joseph M.
Flynn, of Morristown; the Rt. Rev.
Mgr. Charles ]. Kelly, of Hoboken;
the Rev DIR. M. A. McManus of St.
AIoysius's Church, this city; the Rev.
Isaac p. Whelan, of st. Patrick's Ca
thedraI; the Rev. NJ. A. McGinnis of
Franklin Furnace; the Rev. John A.
McGeary, of Montclair; the Rev. John
M. Mcdonald, of Our Lady of Sorrows,
South Orange; the Rev. G. d. LaPonte,
of Orange Valley; the Rev. A. L. Clark,
of st. Josephs this city; the Rev
William ]. Mclaughlin. of Union Hill;
the Rev. Mark J. Duffy, of Jersey
CITY; the Rev. w. A. Brothers, of
Montclair; the Rev M. j. Farley, OF
Jersey City; the Rev. e. L. Carroll, of
this city; the Rev. James Reynolds,
of Bed Bank; the Rev DIR. William
Cantwell of Long Branch; the Rt.
Rev. Mgr. John A. Sheppard, V. g.,
of st. MichaePs, Jersey City; the Rev
William Dunn, of Jersey City; the
Rev Thomas Walsh, of st. Michaers
this city; the Rev. Patrick Brown, OF
+bie citv and A. j. Feretti, of Shady
Side; the Rev. George Brown FORMER
vice -president of Seton Hall, of st.
Mary S, RaHWdy' inc NOhS IsSN' =
Smith. of Jersey City; Edward ]. Kelly,
A M. of this city; the Rev. Francis
Reillv. the Rev. DIR. Charles II. Mackel,
the Rev. Thomas ]. Martin, vice-pres-
ident of the college; the Rev. Cornelius
r,ufford the Rev. L. r. Mclaughlin
and the Rev. DIR. John S. Kiernan, OF
the college faculty.
william j. Landers made American
vdeaIs,, the subject of his Grafton, and
concmded with very finished vale
dictory. 4,no
&c loss national conceit in the American
80, than in times when he had less
10 be proud of" said ne IN ms
grafton. "Whatever the future hoios
tn store for us politically, one
nav safely say that our espe-
aiai form of democracy is likely TO re-
main the inspiration and the pride OF
tbo normal citizen. For, in the eyes Oh
An,ericans. democracy represents an
ideal. the advantages OF whIch mo-
tbau atone for its demerits The great
educational. moral and practlcai
echievements of the democratic spirit
have heen discerned by the elder ma
t,ons across the sea hardly less ihteiii-
gently than by ourselves.
IN his vaIedictory he said;
..rro- saton Hall has been and must
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