The Washington herald., 1909-06-04

While the 'Hoya. Hoyal saxaT' yell
rang almost without cessation through
CASTOR Hall from the leather lungs OF The
undergraduates. nineteen men Of the class
Of % kissed the hand Of Cardinal Gibbons
last night. and received from him the
bachelor Of arts diploma OF Georgetown
College at the annual commencement ex-
ercises.
Two distinguished alumni who have
added luster to the name OF the institu-
ton. one in politics and craftsmanship
and the other in the liberal arts. were
decorated with the insignia Of the hon.
orary degree Of doctor Of law.
The gathering on the platform was rep
resentative Of the three phases OF the re-
suits of a Jesuit place OF learning-ths
matriculauon. the fruition. and The prac'
teal application Of an education sur
charged and anointed with a reverent
Catholicism.
Cardinal in the Center.
In the center sat Cardinal Gibbons n
the red robe and biretta OF his high &c
! cIesiastical office. In a crescent line tc
right and left OF him sat the young mer
about 10 be graduated IN black cap and
gown with the hoods on their arms that
were to be hung about their shoulder:
when the time came for the summation
1 OF the ceremony. Next 70 the cardina
sat the TWO men upon whom the hOnorar,
degree was 70 be eonferred-former Gov
Higgins, OF Rhode Island, the consistent
antagonist OF Senator Aldrich. and Henr1
Walters. Of Baltimore. a patron OF ar
and owner OF the largest private art col
lection in the United States. With tht
last two men sat the president o. th'
university. Rev, Joseph Himmel % th'
I Society OF Jesus.
The members OF the graduating clas.
are:
joseph Ennst BoIsnd. PENNSYLVANIA Thomas Nav
rice Boyle. Pennsylvania; Vincent Augustine Cor
coran Illinois: William Purcell CUlkin. Illinois; 10
I seph Russell Dsly New York; James Alrhonsu
Dukes PENNSYLVANIA. John William Eckenrode
| Pennsylvania Edmund Fitzgerald r.. New YORK
Francis Petrival FitzpatrcS, Massachuse,ts, Pan
Eumet Golden Pennsylvania, Fraucls joseph Hart
Ia PIsnte Indians Thomas Elgene LareIle. Mon
tara: Anthony Yirccnt Lynch. New York Frsnci
Thomas 4iarsden, District q Columbia joseph Wes
Montgomery. louisiana George Holland Mullins
Washington; Herbert Nicholas M1nhaI- Peunsyi
yan!a and Laurence Dick smith, Illinois.
Others on the platform were Repre-
sentative Ransdeu. Of Louisiana. unCl'
OF Joseph West Montgomery. valedic
torian Of the class. Michael Jenkins. O
/ Baltimore, President Of the Merchant
and Miners Transportation Company. DR.
! George NJ. KOber. dean OF the medica
school. Dr. William y. COgan. dean o
the dental school: Richard Watkins
secretary Of the law school; Rev. J
I Havens Richards. former president o
the university; Rev. DR.. Schrantz, Of TIT
/ Catholic University: DR.. William c
I Gwynn, Rev John J. Fleming, s J.
vice president Of the university; Rev
Charles Macksey. s J.. prefect Of studies
Rev James Becker. 6 J., treasurer; Rev
James J. Carlin, prefect OF discipline
and the following members Of the faculty
Rev John \ Conway. s. J.: Rev Ed
ward l. Dewitt. 5. J. Rev. John T. He'd
rick. s ]: Rev. John A Moore. s J.
Rev Aloysius p BrOsnan. S J.; Rev
Francis A Tondorf, s J: Rev. Henri
y. Shandelle. S. J.: Rev. Richard Martin
s J.; Rev. John Neary. s. J.; Rev Pete
Archer. s. J.: Charles Arnold, 6 J.
Joseph A. Farrell. s. j; Thomas z. Tully
S. J., ard Ernest Lent.
OratIOns of Graduates.
The orations by members Of the gradu
ating class were devoted to a discussio
Of the relation OF education 10 the family
the state and the church -'Edueatio
and the family was the theme Of Fran
els Joseph Hartnett- He introduced tn
subject by pointing out the economi
value OF education as a preparation 70
the problems Of life. In connection wit
his contention that religious develOpmer
and mental training ought 20 go hand
hand. he attacked the proposition c
state ownership OF children" or III
policy OF the dictation by the state q
the form OF education OF children.
He believed most earnestly in the sound
ness of the system Of education at
Jesuit institution. such as Georgetow
University, for the reason that it C
o-dinated the religious and mental fes
lures in its training While he admitte
: that the State had en- interest in I'll
education OF its children. he maintaine
that the interest stopped when the mean
: were supplied, and should not extend
the point of Gictation of the form an
Z substance OF the curriculum. He cor
= tended that the family. having the mos
vital interest in the child should
given absolute control Of its education.
John Baptist Edmund la Plsnte spok
Of Education and the State" Taking U
the subject where his predecessor hs
left it. ne declared that a State whiC
takes the child from its parents ar
/ places Il in a State school violates II
rights Of the people BY which the Stat
: itself exists The State. he said. ougl
to encourage education. and should pr'
vide the most efficient means for its a
. tainment but should not usurp the rigl
I Of parents and their children to choo:
the nature OF the training.
Education and the church was treai
ed by the valedietoTian. Joseph We.
Montgomery. Starting from the prem
ises that the state was not the agent [
dictate the form Of education, he wer
further with the question, and Shove
l that the family itself was not equal I
the tast Of providing efficiently for n
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