Evening star., 1916-06-13
MR., TAFTFEATURE
OF G. U. PROGRAM
Former President to Lecture
on League for Enforce
ment of Peace.
COMMENCEMENT REVELS
OF STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
Ball Game and Stunts" River Ex-
cursion and Glass Dinners
Keep All Busy.

varied activities, graduates. alumni ana
the faculties of Georgetown University
are late this afternoon to listen to an
address by former President William
Howard Taft on the foreign relations
of the United States and his views con-
cerning a league of nations for the en-
forcement of peace.
This is the closing event on the
Georgetown commencement program.
1t is the address to the graduates fol-
lowing the conferring of degrees on
nearly 400 young men, and the two
honorary degrees of A. NJ. on George H.
O'Connor and LII. D. on John P. Madi-
gan, justice of the supreme court of
Maine. The exercises are to be held
on the university lawn.
Mr. Taft's theme is Our World Re
lations in Their Bearing on our Mill
tary Defense and International Ar
rangements to Enforce Peace" Before
the formal exercises. during the band
concert and while the academic process
sion was being formed with Joseph ID.
Sullivan as marshal, Mr.. Taft gave an
impromptu reception, at which he was
greeted by many prominent officials
and members of the diplomatic corps.
Win Graduation Honors.
The highest honor in the graduating
class came to D. Greth Gardiner of
Washington, who was awarded the gold
medal for rational philosophy. The
science medal was won by Edward ].
Sweeney of New York. and the faculty
medal for evidences of religion was
taken by Francis w. Sullivan OF Cape
Elizabeth. Me.
honors also was won by a Washington
youth, Francis 8. Lusk of the junior
class. His subject was Fhat there
should be established union to SAFE
guard the independence and promote
the prosperity of the sovereign states
of America" Marlyn ]. Brown OF PM,
adelphia won the Dixon elocution medal
for the senior class
other commencement medals were
awarded to members of the junior class,
as follows:
Murphy meda1-Awarded to William
B; Movery. ~. Minnesota' ..rdsd 70
William j. Burlee. IT, Virginia. Sub
ject. THE influence of De Smet on the
Indians" %.
John Garwood, II, Texas. Subject. Re
solved. That the President Of the United
States should be nominated by direct
primaries" .o
Ernest E. Blau, IT, District of Colum.
bia- Subject, Suggestion in literature.
Garvan oratorical medal-Awarded 10
w. St. John Garwood. II, Iexas' ouo-
ject "Stonewall Jackson.
Stunts Provide Fun.
"stunts, by the returned alumni, the
erotesuue parade about the university
"haunts," athletic contests, a base ball
game that was a cross between sport
and vaudeville, general festivities and
the class-day program of the seniors
from the college of arts and sciences
furnished all sorts of entertainment
during the forenoon
A commencement innovation was a
water-polo game in the new swimming
pool, which furnished much amuse-'
ment. -
graduating class from the four schools
arts and science. law. medical.
dental and "has-beens," who during
the last twenty years have won ath-
lethic fame for Georgetown-was one
of the best enjoyed events on the en-
tire commencement program
. c. Moran Berry of Norfolk, Va, who
was captain of the "has-been" aggre-
CATION was frequently reminded of the
days when he really had athletic abil-
ity, and on several occasions he showed
flashes of the dexterity that used to be.
Barry is best remembered at George
town as being a half-back here of the
great foot ball team of 1901 when he
helped beat Virginia 1916.
Norman Landreau was captain of the
senior team. Though both mines"
called more than twenty players into
the contest. and though both claimed
an overwhelming victory, the board of
strategy decided it was a tie at the
seventh inning and called the game on
account of general fatigue.
Leads "Horrible" Parade.
Joseph D. Sullivan lost much of his
wonted dignity while marshal of the
horrible" parade. in which the more
active alumni. in class groups. wear
ing fantastic costumes. made merry
pilgrimage to the shrines of their early
devotion along the famous college
walk" through the woods. The story
of the tramp sculptor and his angelic
masterpiece in the north wall of Dahl
gren Chapel was feelingly told. The
"oId boys" visited the back door Of
the bakery in search of cinnamon buns
and a jug of buttermilk. FIR. Torn
dorff was serenated in his bug house"
The dirge was sung at the grave of
Virgil Cor was it Homer?) and the
open-air theater in the grassy dell was
made to echo and reverberate with
class yells and songs long untried.
Every one was happy and Horace's old
adage, "Haec olim neminlSSe Juvabit,
was frequently quoted.
The doWn-river outing, consisting of
q forty-mile sail the steamer St
Johns, accompanied by wives, sweethearts,
mothers and others. and the alumni
dinner at the University Club last
night were preliminaries that reused
the comeback spirit Conrad Reid
and his cohort of funmakers was in
charge of the river excursion and kept
merriment constantly flowing.
All on Equal Footing.
Rev. A. ]. Donlon. president of the
college; Wilton Lackaye. Judge NJ. j.
Doyle, Dan A. O'Donoghue, Rev. John
D. Whitney, a former rector and old
sailor: Rev. ]. B. Creedon. the vice rec
tor, and James P. Duffy of Rochester
n. Y, were some of the distinguished |
guests" who were treated like any of |
the other alumni and forced to get |
into the merriment game"
George H. OConnor and Matt Horne |
and the band We'd for popular favor.
The Law School seniors were there |
in full force. There are 800 in this |
class and most of them had their best |
girls" with them. They spent all their |
time dancing except when they were
eating the generous luncheon provided |
by the committee from the National |
Alumni Association.
Series of Glass Dinners.
John Foote. NJ. D. Chat maens din
eta c1 In,