The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-13
Georgetown To
give 400 TITLES
Commencement Week Exer-
cises Open at University
This Morning.
DEGREEFOR GEN. GORGAS
Burlesque Parade of Graduates and
Alumni Will Be Held
Tomorrow.
DEGREE FOR GEN. GORCAS

III. honorary degree of doctor Of laws
will be conferred on Surg. Gen Wiiiiah
Crawford Gorgas. L. S. A, by george
town University at the annual Srdoua-
tion exercises to be held Tuesday AFTER
noo.., This is in recognition of the great
work Gen Gorgas has accomplished as
an expert in sanitation in the Panama
Canal Zone. Cashmere Dessaules. A b.
az the second oldest member or the
alumni. who was recently appointed Sen
ator nv the Governor General of Canada,
and Eugene s. Ives. a. B. IS. A. NJ. ".
Phi. D. 50. will be honored with the same
degree The degrees of doctor OF PM
Nelson Hume and Martin Conboy, LII. B.
'as. LII NJ % Degrees in course will
also he given to over 400 graduates In
the several departments, according to an
announcement made by the faculty last
evening.
Committee Is Appointed.
The plans for the graduation exercises
have been completed. At recent meet
ing of the general committee Of the
alumni on the exercises for graduation
week. the following special committee
was appointed to take charge OF the pro-
cession of graduates on commencement
day: Hugh J. Fegan. law. chairman: DR..
E. ]. Doe. dental: DR.. Charles Griffith,
medical, and Francis McQuade. S. j..
college. The committee will look after
the order of exercises on Tuesday and
and provide for the comfort Of the grad.
yates during the comforting of degrees.
II will be assisted by the marshals from
the four graduating classes.
commencement week exercises viii
open this morning, when the baccalau-
reate sermon will be delivered in Holy
Trinity Church by Rev. H. Augustin Gay
nor. S j.. at II O'Clock. This evening
at 40 o'clock the president and faculty
OF the university receive the graduates
and their friends in the parlors Of the
Hirst Library on the college grounds.
Following the reception there will be
concert in the quadrangle, where sec
ton of the Marine Band will render col
leee songs and choruses.
BurIesque Parade.
Tomorrow afternoon the burlesque
parade of the graduates and alumni
will be held about the walks of the
college grounds. Following this parade
there will be a farce baseball game
between the members of the alumni.
in which many Georgetown's old stars
will take part.
Tomorrow night the alumni will ten
der a smoker to the seniors. following
which a formal dance will be given
the graduates by the faculty in Ryan
Gymna sum- The committee on the
dance headed by Barry Mohun. an
nounces that tickets and information
concerning this affair may be secured
either from him or John Conrcy, tr., at
the college building.
Tuesday afternoon will be given over
to the formal exercises OF comforting de-
grees and awarding diplomas when Hen
~ S Boutell formerly minister to the
Netherlands will deliver his address to
the graduates.
Special notice has been given to the
members of the Georgetown University
Alumni that the last opportunity for vot-
ing in the elections for the new board
Of regents. which are now being held.
will be tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
when the polls will be closed.