The Washington times., 1913-01-19
FOSTER GENIUS"
IS ADVICE GIVEN
TO GEORGETOWN
1ne Famous Man Better Than
Many Hundreds of Defec-
tives, Says AIienist.

TT is much more important that one
senius should come into his own than
hat thousands of defective children
'hould be taken care Of"
This was the declaration of DR.. Will
lam A. White, superintendent of the
Government Insane Hospital, before
he Founders Day banquet of George
own University last night. The ban
iuet was held in the Willard Hotel on
;he 177th anniversary of the birth of
archbishop John Carroll, founder of the
astitution
DIR. White made an appeal for the
Development of the child of genius in
stead Of the mentally deficient He
nraised the work of sectarian institu-
ions as builders of character and splri-
'nal nature. His advice to Georgetown
University was foster genius"
Tribute To Founder.
One hundred and fifty alumni paid tri-
suite TO the memory of Archbishop Car
roll. George E. Hamilton. president of
The alumni association, presided Among
me guests were prominent justices;
legislators, and Washingtonians
The Rev. Father Donlon, university
rector, spoke in high terms of the work
.ind life of Georgetown's founder. Car
ron stood out pre-eminently as a man
"i purpose" said Father Donlon. while
the forefathers of the university were
buildings its body, Carroll planned to
iafuse II with a SOUL
Father Donlo3 urged the separation
ct the preparatory school and the uni
T~w- -.
Versity, and the support of the medical
fchool. which has raised its standard
90 the highest. He called upon the
eumni the country over to Join in a
movement which would be for George
towns development and advancement
Justice Gould. mingling with his hu-
morous stories bit of seriousness de-
ciared that Georgetown's law graduates
are all successful practitioners or
Judges
ne hoped that the religious and political
liberty taught at Georgetown would
e the means of carrying our starry
TANNER across the seas to greet the
IN IN every other land
Stirring Songs Sung.
The toastmsster declared that the
spirit of the founder of the institution
ead come down through, the years with
richness and strength and that today
il involves the same loyalty and sac
E;fice that characterized Carrolrs days.
Sons of Georgetown" and other
stirring songs Of the university were
sung by l5o voices during the course
of the banquet.
The committee on arrangements was
as follows:
Charles ]. Murphy, chairman; Hugh
J. Fegan, DR.. John Foote, DR.. J. A Can
non, John J. Hamilton. Thomas NJ. Har-
sey. Harry K. Hickey. John z. Laskey,
James W. Murphy, Charles E. Roach.
Joseph ]. Weller, and DR.. Prentiss Will
SON
Guests Who Attended.
Among those present were DR.. S. S.
ADAMS. d. w. Baker, DR.. Frank Baker,
I:alph Barnard. DR.. William NJ. Barton,
4. Z. Berry, Howard Boyd, Edmund
Rrady. Rev. Cyril Briones, S. J.; A. B.
browne, DR.. B. L. Byrnes, James +.
RyTnes. DR.. ". F. Byrns. J. Percy
campbell, Justice Harry NJ. Clabaugh,
lanes E. CoIlifower, John F. Costello.
rev. J. B. Creedon, s. J.; F. E Cum
bingham. Judge w. II. De Lacy, Will
gam H. Dennis, DR.. ]. Ryan Devereux,
Dr. J. II. Digges.
Rev. William Dolan, s. J.; Rev. A. ].
DonIon. S. J.; Vernon NJ Dorsey.
Charles A. Douglas, DR.. H. c. Duffy,
Dr. G r. Dufour. ]. S. Easby-Smith,
DIR. johnson Eliot Charles II. Farrell,
Clarence E. Fitzpatrick. ]. S. F'lannery
DR.. John Foote. DR.. Joseph A Cannon,
Robert Cannon. W. Gwynn Gardiner.
5ohn W. Glennan. DIR. William r. Good
man, Justice Ashley NJ. Gould, Henry
r. Cover. Rev. William Graham, S. J.;
Dr. Charles /. Griffith, DR.. William c.
Gwynn. George E. Hamilton, John ].
Hamilton. DIR. Charles NJ Hammett,
Leonard T. Haney, Leo p. Harlow,
Thomas NJ. Harvey. Raymond A. Heis-
L. ~ - n
Others Present.
Frank J. Hogan, James B. Horrigan
Dr. William ID. HorrigGn John C. How
ard, Thomas ]. Hurney, c. Clinton
James. Or. 4. p. Jameson, James *
Jones, Charles J. Happier, Dr. George
=. Kober, John r. Lang, DIR. r. Ed
esard Larkin. John L. Laskey. A. Il.
l.. Leckie, DIR. Thomas S Lee DIR.
Thomas r. Lowe. James S. McDonoueh,
!. Nota McGill, G. Percy McGlue, Ed
win j. Mckee, John NJ. McLachIcn.
Robert L. Mcnamara, Rev. Mark J.
IcNeal. S. J.; c. s. McNer. DR.. Z. p
Iagruder, NJ +. Msngan, F. S. Ma
.-Uire. F. p. Martin, Senator James F.
iartine. DR.. s. 5. Mari, c. c. Miller,
Iir. John +. Moran, W. II. Moran,
charles J. Murphy, James W. Murphy
Frank b. MulhaI, Charles II. New
man, Rev. J. F. y. o'Conner, S. j.; u.
W. O'DonoShue. DIR. John A. O'Donog-
llue. Dr. S. Logan Owens, J. Lynch PEN
q tiergast, Senator Atlee Pomerene, Will
Lam =. Quicksall, Ralph Quinter, Fran
cis II. Rainey, Conrad Reid. Charles T.
Roach, William y. Roach, jr.,' p. J.
Ryan, Philip J. Ryan, Leo A. Rover.
commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph, John
A. Saul. Francis p. Sheehy. Justice Seth
shepard, c X. Sherwood. T.. J. Stell-
waRen Thomas a Stephens Fred
Stohlrnan.
Or. ID. d. v. Stuart. George f. Sulli-
van. w. c. Taylor. ]. Edward Thomas,
DR. William Tindall. James A. Toomey,
Clement S. Ucker, Fred :. Van Dyne,
DIR. Joseph Wall, Z. J. Walsh, p. ].
Walshe, Arthur J. Wand. Joseph l.
Weller, Vernon z. West. c. Albert
White, Chief Justice Edward ID. White,
Dr William A. White, and DIR. Prentiss
Wilson.