Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
GONZAGA ALUMNI PLAN
LARGER COLLEGE HOME
Association Formed to Promote
Project-Commenc
Exercises.

The sixty-frst annual commencement of
GonZaga College was held last night In
the college theater on | street. Repre-
sentative James NJ. Graham of Illinois
addressed the graduates
He quoted Washington TO the effect
that Morality is the basis of patriotism,
and declared that religion was the basis
of morality. The students of Gonzaga
were especially fortunate, he said, be
cause the principles of religion were in
stilled into them.
Larger Building Project.
At a banquet given by the alumni of the
exercises. movement was launched for
the erection Of greater college building
An alumni association was formed.
pledged to carry out the plan.
The suggestion for the new college
building was made by Rev. Eugene Del.
Mcdonnell. president OF the college. He
explained that the new building was much
needed and that it would cost in the
neighborhood of $lOo,otO to accomplish
the design.
The following temporary officers of the
Alumni ASSOCIATION were elected: Hon
orary president. Rev. f. De l.. McDon-
nell; president. r. F.. Downing; vice
president, Bennett S. Jones; treasurer,
William l.. Soleau; secretary. Harry a.
Hegarty.
A committee of seven is to be named
by President Downing on constitution
future, and second committee Of five on
membership.
Honorary Degree Conferred.
A feature of the commencement ex-
ercises was the comforting of the honor
airy degree of M. A. on John Joseph
Madigan. NJ D.
Addresses were delivered by students,
as follows: The Religion of Christ and
National Prosperity George w. Repetti:
Catholicism and Popular Happiness,
Bernard a. Hummer; The Catholic
Church and Education Donald V. Chris
holm; The Church and the Public Con-
| science" Heroert B. Andrew.
The graduates were Herbert B. An
drew, Donald w. Chisholm, James g.
| Fitzgerald, Bernard A. Garvey, Joseph
| II. Healy, John j. Heenan, Bernard A.
Hummer Thomas J. Marsden, Francis u.
O'Connell and Thomas f. Theodore.
| Medals and Premiums.
Medals and premium awards were
made to the following:
Gold medal, to Joseph p. Madigan OF
the sophomore class, for general class
excellence; the Phocion gold medal, fol
excellence in debate, to Herbert Blase
Andrew; gold medal for elocution. to
Charles Thomas Peck.
ophomore-Premium for general
class excellence, George w. Repetti;
premium for Christian doctrine. George
W. Repetti; premium for Latin studies
Joseph +. Madigan; premium for Greeb
studies Joseph P. Madigan; premium
for English composition, Joseph r
| Madigan.
Fourth-year high school-Silver medal
! for general class excellence. john
Joseph Heenan; premium. Thomas Fran
els Theodore; premium for Chris
| tan doctrine, John ]. Heenan; premium
for Latin studies, Thomas F. Theodore
premium for English composition. Her
bert B. Andrew.
Third-year high school-Silver media
for general class excellence, John Jo-
Winter; premium for Christian doc
| trine, Edward Shlesinger; premium fol
Latin studies, Paul Winter; premium
for Greek studies, John O'Day; pre-
MUM for English studies, John O'Day
Second-year high school-Silver medal
for general class excellence, David Greth
Gardiner; premium, Raymond A. Winter:
premium for Christian doctrine, John
Wright; premium for Latin studies, Ray
mond Winter: premium for Greek
studies, Grett Gardiner. and premium for
English composition, Raymond Winter.
First-year high school-Silver medal for
general class excellence. Leo Smith: pre-
MUM. John Darby; premium for Chric-
tian doctrine, John Darby: premium for
Latin studies, Leo Smith; premium for
Greek studies, Leo Smith, and premium
for English composition, William Hughes.
Special Lstin-Silver medal for general
class excellence. Garnett Nelson; pre-
MUM, John Bond; premium for Christian
doctrine, William A. Kelly; premium for
Latin studies, Garrett Nelson; premium
for Greek studies, Garrett Nelson, and
premium for English composition, Eccles
Gray.
Mathematics - Premiums, trigonometry
and mechanics, George w. Repetti: solid
geometry and higher algebra, Henry
Healy; plane geometry, Paul A. Winter;
second-year algebra, Charles Smith; first
year algebra ca, Garnett Nelson; first
year algebra OBJ, Leo Smith, and chem
istry, George w. Repetti.
Modern languages - Premiums, third
year German, Thomas Theodore; second
year German, James Shea; first-year Ger
man, Bernard Garvey; third-year Span
kh, Henry Healy; second-year Spanish.
John J. O'Day. and first-year French.
William A. P. Kelly.
Flowers fer June Weddings.