Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11

AT VILLANOVA
Marshall Will Speak at
Commencement and
Receive Degree
MARK DIAMOND JUBILEE
Mass by Apostolic Delegate
Begins Second Day of 18th
. Anniversary

Vice President Marshall will be hon
bred at the commencement exercises and
diamond jubilee of villanova College to-
day.
He will receive the degree of doctor
Of Jurisprudence, rarely conferred by
villanova, and will be the third to re-
ceive II. The others were Grover Cleve-
Land and william Howard Taft, each of
whom was honored while President Of
The United States.
Precedents will be shattered when,
FOR the first time in the history of the
college. degrees will be conferred on
women.
Sister NJ. Cosmas and Sister NJ. Do
1ora, members Of the congregation of
the Immaculate Heart. will be thus hon
0fed. They will be given the degree of
Bachelor of arts.
Senator Joseph f. Randell, of Louis
lana, who will deliver the address to
the graduating class on the college lawn
At 1880 o'clock this afternoon. will be
honored with the degree of doctor Of
laws. as will +. de Cartier, Belgian
minister to the United States.
Vice President to Speak
Vice President Marshall and Minister
de Cartier will deliver short addresses
during the exercises.
Eighteen of villanova's alumni. two
of whom are in the service of the United
States. will receive the degree of master
of arts. Twelve others, two of whom
Also are in the service. will be given
the degree of bachelor of arts, and ten
graduates will receive the degree of
Bachelor of science. Three of the latter
are in the service.
The concluding event of the exercises
will be the meeting and banquet of
the Alumni Association In the college
dining hall, preceding which there will be
the raising and blessing of a service
n nag with 245 stars. Chaplain George
Z. Waring, a captain in the Eleventh
limited States Cavalry. for many years
in active service. will be the speaker
II on this occasion.
The Rev. A. j. Plunkett, 90, will be
POSTMASTER at the banquet.
Mass by Apostolic Delegate
Solemn pontifcal mass was cele-
brated at 9 o'clock this morning by
Il Archbishop John Bonzano. Apostolic
Delegate the Rev. Charles NJ. Driscoll,
provincial of the Augustinians in the
United States, was assistant priest !;
\ the Rev. James F. Green. president of
st. Rita's College, Chicago. was deacon
of the mass. and the Rev. John S. Leon
ard. prior of Villanova Monastery, SUBJ
deacon.
Deacons of honor were the Rev. James
r. O'Reilly. rector of st. Mary's
( Church, Lawrence, and the Rev. f. G.
Dohan, rector Of st. Joseph's Church,
Greenwich, N. Y. formerly president of
viljanova.
The Rev. George S. Walker and the
Rev. Charles j. Melchoir were masters
of ceremonies.
Archbishop Bonzano was assisted by
the Ri. Rev. Philip r. McDevitt. Of Har-
risburg the Rt. Rev. Michael ]. Ho-
- ban, bishop of Scranton, and the Rt.
Rev. John ]. Monaghan, bishop of Will
mington.
The Rev. John I. whelan, class of '93.
editor of the Brooklyn Tablet. delivered
the jubilee sermon. Luncheon in the
college dining hall followed the morn
ing services.
College Seventy-Hve Years Old
Edwin Stanford, bachelor of arts. will
deliver the salutatory at the commence
ment exercises. Joseph ]. O'Leary,
bachelor of science, will be valedic-
torian.~
The Rev. Francis A. Driscoll, vice
president of Villanova, will present the
candidates for degrees, and the presi-
dent. the Rev. James j. Dean. will con-
fer the degrees in the name of the col
lege.
The commencement today rounds out
v%illanova's s~eventy-hfth year of edu-
cational work.
From a small beginning with a small
star of teachers the college has enlarged
its courses and branched out in it's en-
beavers until today 1t is among the
foremost Catholic colleges of the
try.
Besides art courses the school af.
fords opportunity for education In
civil. electrical and mechanical engi-
neering. There Is also a pre-medica'
course, a preparatory and a commercial
school.