South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-15
NOTRE DAME
GRADUATES 92
AT EXERCISES
Five South Bend Men Includ-
ed IN List-Havey Wins
High Honor.
NEW YORK MAN TALKS
Morgan ]. O'Brien Explains
Some Points OF Con-
stitutiOn.

Ninety-two graduates from every
state IA the union, aid from Mexico
and South America. received their
degrees at the seventy-fifth annual
commencement of NOtre Dame uni
versity. Among them were FIVE
South Bend men: Francis J Vurpil-
lat. S. J. Bielecki. Michael Edward
Doran. +. A. Frederickson and Ar
thur B. Hunter. The DOckweiler
medal for philosophy was presented
10 William G. Havey. OF Indianap-
oils. Roscoe Canaghan, Of Pekin,
i'll. won the Breen Oratorical medal.
The medal for excellence in the
classics went 20 VIM. II. Robinson,
OF Lafayette, Ind Thos G. Duffy,
Of Central Falls, r. l.. was award
cd the Barry medal for Iublic
speaking. Charles A. Grimes re-
Ceived the Sinnot Meyers medal for
excellence in Journalism. and John
Balfe got the gold medal donated
10y Mrs. Ellen Ryan jolly for Irish
history.
Tobin Speaks.
Vincent Fagin, class poet, read
the 1890 eulOgy. The valedictory
was delivered by ThOs. J. TObin.
Tonight" ne said. the class of
1920 must say goodbye to NOtre
Dame. Standing in the doorway be-
tween our college days and our ca
reer. we pause for a moment TO
within us sorrow, mingled with
hope-sorrow that we must leave.
hope that We may be not unworthy
OF the traditions OF our school.
Down the avenue Of four years
association. we now have vista of
the sacrifices which these teachers
Of ours have made for US for the
school. and for humanity. God for
bid that we should prove undeserv-
ing. James A. Garfield once said
that Mark Hopkins on one end Of
log. as faculty, and himself on the
other end, as student, would cOnsti-
tute. for him a university. IL great
teachers make university
that is Obvious-then. truly Nore
Dame is great.
Makes Contrast
We are leaving NOtre Dame,
leaving its pleasant security. for the
ventures of a scheming world, leav-
ing it's calm serenity for the scenes
OF social confusion and industrial
strife, leaving an atmosphere.
charged with faith in God and
trust in man. for a world of
Cynicism and distrust. May the
matchless OF Notre Dame - Our
I.ady-bc the lodestar TO guide US
10 success and eternity.
Honorary degrees OF LID. were
conferred on Morgan J. O'Brien, of
New York city, on Bishop NJ. j.
Curley, OF St. Augustine, Florida,
and on Monsignor NJ. La Vale.
The principal address Of the eve
ming was made by Morgan ].
O'Brien. formerly justice of the
New York supreme court. Speak
ing on whether the constitution
ought TO be preserved. he said:
We are living in an age Of unrest.
agitated by two factors, the dOmi-
nant city and the M tant demOc-
raCy Throughout the rest of the
world. where like causes are at
work. acCentuated as they have
been by the great war and the de
struction OF former governments,
new governments are now in max
ing. In our own country we are
threatened with suggested changes
IN our form of government with
suggested changes in our Constitu-
riOn Widespread dissatisfaction
with present conditions. such as the
high cost of living and the absence
Of order both i'm public and private
affairs. leads some 10 think that
radical and drastic changes are
needed II we would save ourselves
from the storms and turbulence
whose rising waters threaten 20