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WINS
LAETARE MEDAL
Or. James Joseph Walsh Civ
en- Signal Honor by NOtre
Dame University.

The Laetare medal. which is con-
ferred on a Catholic layman who
/ has accomplished a meritoriOus
work. Is conferred upon James Jo-
seph Walsh. NJ. D.. Pm. D.. LII. D..
whose services TO the cause of Cath
olicism and science have won for
Kim among many other distinctions,
the highest honor paid any layman
10y Notre Dame university. The ap-
pointment of DR.. Walsh 10 this honor
was made public by Rev. DR.. Cav
anaugh. president of the university.
this morning.
DR. Walsh was born in Archibald,
Pa. on April 1 .. 1860. and received
his early education at the Sisters of
Mercy parochial school at Wilkes
barre. From 81. Johns college.
Fordham. he received the degree of
A. b. I'm 1884 and A. NJ. in 1885. He
pursued his medical studies az the
university of Vienna. Paris and Ber-
lin. His scholarship and versatility
soon established him in more exalt-
cd and exac5ing stations than score
Of men might have been expected to
fill At various times i'm a career of
unremitting endeavor among many
diversified lines he has been dean of
the Fordham university school Of
medicine and professor Of nervous
diseases and the history of medicine,
lecturer on physiological psychology
AZ Cathedral college New YORK, also
ar ST. Naviers college. New York.
IL, -
studies of the Catholic summer
school of America. editor of the New
York Medical News. collaborating
editor of international Clinics. con-
suIting neuroIogist st. Agnes hos
pital for crippled and atypical chill
dren. consulting physician 10 Ga
briefs sauitarium. the Adirondacks.
New York. and a lecturer and author
of national repute.
Contributes TO Journals.
Dr. Walsh is contributor 20
/, every medical journal i'm America. a
life member of the New York His
tcrical society a member Of the
American Medical association of New
York. State and County Medical as
sociauons. q Fellow of the New York
Academy OF Medicine and Of the
National Geographic society. "A
knight or Columbus and knight
Commander Of the order Of st. Greg
ory He is also an author and lit
terateur of we'll known reputation.
His indefatigable efforts to correct
erroneous historical concepts with
regard To the early centuries Of
church and secular history are eXem-
pliied I'm the Dark Ages. Again
The Thirteenth. Greatest of Cen
turtles The Pope and Science" and
Catholic ChTrchmeu in Science" As
man. scholar and writer, he typi-
fes the Catholic ideal and in giving
the Laetare medal 20 Dr Walsh the
university puts its seal OF approba-
ton upon one of the greatest scien-
tifc and literary geniuses of the age
Others Honorcd.
DR. Walsh's life and labors make
him peculiarly worthy OF a place in
the long roster Of Iaetare medalists
which includes such names as those
Of John Culinary Shea. historian; J.
J. Kelley. architect. r. A. Starr. art
critic, q. J. Newton. civil engineer:
T. " Hickey editor. \. r. Dorsey.
novelist: ". J. Onahan. publicist. u.
DouEherty. orator; Henry Brownson.
soldier and scholar; ?. Donahue.
pioneer publisher: \. DAILY. theat-
rical manager; William Rosencrans.
soldier. Anna T. Sadlier. author,
Thomas A. Emmett. physician. T. r.
Howard. jurist: John Creighton. phil
anthropist. W Bourke Cochran.
lawyer, J. T. Murphy surgeon.
Charles J. Bonaparte. statesman. r.
O.. Kearns. philanthropist: Thomas
Fitzpatrick. philanthropist. F. J.
Quinlan. surgeon; Katherine r. Con-
way. author and Journalist; Edward
douglas White. jurist. and Mary v.
Merrick. social worker