Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-16
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ment."
He deplored the present educational
| system the boarding school,, which. he
| asserted, led women from the home to
| learn the petty social conventions taught
| there. He earnestly voiced an appeal TO
! all to dignity the noble work OF the
| farmer and the mechanic, saying that
this is the fundamental source of produc-
4 ton.
Glass Poem by D. v. Chisholm.
The class poem was recited by Donald
Nv. Chisholm. The class exercises ended
with the singing of the class song.
composed by Edward Met. Donnelly.
| The class officers were: President,
George T. Driscoll; vice president
Arthur ]. Shannon; secretary. Hugh
Carter; treasurer. Harold Waters.
| Class-day ommittee-Edward Met.
| Donnelly, chairman; Donald " CHS
holm, j. Henry Healy, William C. Mar
tens and Arthur ]. Shannon.
Gov. Glynn Addresses Graduates.
| Gov Glynn of New York, on whom
the honorary degree of doctor Of laws
lis being conferred, and who is deliver
ling the address to the graduates,
reached Washington at 1870 pm. yes
Iterday, and was met at Union station
Iby a big delegation of New York
lalumni He gave the only serious adj
dress last night at the alumni smoker
Rev. A. J: Donlon presided. Wilton
ILackaye, the actor, made brief
lspeech. James A. Toomey. James O'Shea
and Joseph J. sullivan helped to enter
fof nfy foil In mi moi
land songs, and Edward Walsh gave
| several dramatic interpretations.
| During the festivities one Of the liveliest
groups was the New England delegation.
| The members are here booming the field
I day next Saturday at the Warwick Club,
| Providence, r. I. They booked up for
| the event Father Donlon. president of the
university; Judge De Courcey, president
a dozen other state associations. These
boomers include F. E. Slattery, '96; Ed
ward J. Fegin. '03: Judge De Courcey.
s H ashsT IS % Sf Aagq R Me- 81
DR.. John P. Hussey, 'O3; Joseph NJ.
| oNeil, jr.. '0s: Joseph M. Lawlor, 'Os,
mayor of Hartford; John F. Crosby. II;
Charles Cassidy, II. Of Waterbury.
Mass; Dr. Bernard F. McGrath, '95. the
| old Georgetown base ball star. formerly
| of Beverly. Mass. now with the famous
surgeons, the Mayo brothers. and George
4 ~,
| The alumni tennis championship was
won yesterday afternoon by Stephen @.
| Mayes of Pittsburgh from DIR. Edward
Loughborough keyes, '92 Mr.. Mayes
won, Ga. 81 and g.
| Seniors Give Dance.
| The seniors last evening held their last
social function of college life-a dance in
Ryan gymnasium. 1t was attended by
l FL
| ress of the affair the 1914 men let no one
forget that theirs was the first class to
use the gym for dances. The hall was
decorated with palms and ferns, pennants
and bunting in college colors, with the
! Georgetown pennants hoisted conspic-
uously over that of Virginia. The lights
were shaded by large paper globes in
| boys" and their families watched the
| dancers. The trophy room in the base
| ment of the gymnasium was filled all
| evening, some of the stars of the old days
| recounting the greater prowess of the col
| lege athletes Of their time.
| Barry Mofun was chairman of the ar
| rangement committee. Other members of
the committee were William Prendergast,
William Martens and Edward Devlin.
Gov. Glynn's Address.
| Gov Glynn's address to the graduates
| le, III part.
4 "Georgetown's seal is on your hand,
her spirit in your heart, her laurel on
1 your brow. her stamp upon your man
hood Only the hand of death can
| loosen the seal, chill the spirit snatch
away the laurel or stifie the manhood.
| Go where You will, do what you may.
the atmosphere of old Georgetown will
cling round you still. Climb ever SO high
or fall ever so low. win fortunes gold or
| struggle for existence, gain distinction or
be lost in obscurity, clothe yourself in
the purple of the world or the sandals
of the hermit-far down the corridor of
| years you will hear in the twilight of
memory and the borderland Of sleep the
silvery peal of Georgetown's angelus bell,
the choral song of the morning mass,
the triumphant shout Of collegiate vic
tory on the battlefield Of sport: in the
twilight of memory and the borderland
of sleep you will play the old plays, per-
4 form the old pranks and sing the old
| songs Of the days you end today In the
twilight Of memory and. the borderland
Of sleep you will live anew your college
i DAYS amid these ivied wallis. these state
" trees, these best of boys and these
l goodIy priests-and from the vision and
the dream. the rhapsody and the retro
spect you will draw inspiration to give
strength to your arm and purpose to
your will.
i Be an Average Man, he Urges.
Now, the world expects much of you
both none too much-and you must not