Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
CARDINAL GUEST
| AT V|[[ANOVA
prsides at Commencement
Exercises of Main Line COL
Iege This Afternoon
n. OF P. MAN H0N0RED

cardinal Dougherty presided at the
..venty eighth commencement at villa
so,a College this afternoon. Both col
49,, and preparatory school took part
n the exercises.
Nore than 400 collcgians, led by the
nav George A. O'NIeara. o. S. A..
x,ce president of the college. escorted
n.rdinal Dougherty to the college this
mgrr ~ John A. Kolmer. Of the Graduate
s.tao, of Medicine of the University OF
Pennsylvania, was the only man
awarded an honorary degree. he re-
niaaJ Tho degree of doctor Of science.
ce, No women were honored. They
-. sister Mary Eulnla, of the Sisters
sNercv. Of Wilkes Barre. who won tho
:. s..rse of doctor of philosophy in course,
ara Mother Mary 1gnntius Carroll. Of
-. Sisters OF the Sacred Heart. OF
sharon Hill. who won the degree master
Of arts in course.
Awarded 800 in Gold
A, innovation was the award Of
s,oio IN gold to the student who repre-
sarts tbe finest type Of Villanova man.
n,sN6cotions included general excell-
scca in morality, scholastic work and
stSietlcs. It went to Joseph Leo
P,ennan, Pleasant Mount, Pa. cap.
t.;n of this years baseball team and
tormer football and track star. He re-
csived bachelor Of science degree in
civil engineering. =, -,
Other awards for college men follow !:
no,d modal for evidences of religion,
Charles August Mculler, 30, of Phia-
Selnhia; next in merit, Alfred Kane,
al of New York City; gold medal for
nbiIosophy, Francis Joseph McManus,
vi Of Locust Gap: gold medal for the
classics Paul J. Stokes, of Moorestowr,
n A.: next in merit. Andrew j. Nc"
Ginnis. '23. Of Philadelphia.
Medal for English literature-John
Patrick Donovan, %. Of Philadelphia
next in merit, Gerald Mumford. of Ma
Mpoy City. and John Mccormick,
Iyocs medal for excellence in cleo
tricsl engineering. Alfred Ferdinand
Kane. '21. New York City; medal for
general excellence in engineering, Felix
Edward Mcguire, 81, Villanova I; medal
FOR organic chemistry, Alfred Purifi-
cato. Of Cohoes. y. Y; next In merit,
John Kielty, Of Wilkes Barre.
Preparatory school awards follow
Medal for evidences Of religion, Joseph
A. Dewitt. Of New York City medal for
English literature. George Daniel Casey,
o. Hartford, Conn. medal for mathc-
matics. Augustine Maloney, of Will
mington medal for general excellence,
Edward NJ. Dwyer; medal for English,
Michael O'Donnell, Of Philadelphia.
*. Delivers Salutatory
The salutatory was delivered by
John Hadance Crawford, Lawrence.
Mass. and the valedictory by Alfred F.
Kane, of New York.
The degree Of bachelor Of arts was
conferred upon j. ii. Crawford,
Emmett Ambrose Flynn, Coatesville,
Pa: Francis Joseph Kenney. Law
renee. Mass. Francis Joseph Nc
Manus, of Locust Gap, and Francis
Bernard Touey, Of Philadelphia.
Bachelor Of philosophy degree was
given to Cornelius Leo Delohery, OF
Danbury. Conn.
Degrees Of bachelor Of science in civil
engineering were awarded to Francis
George Braham, of Hoosick Falls. y.
Y; Joseph Leo Brennan, Of Pleasant
Mount, Pa. John Joseph Mcguire, OF
Newport, r. J., and Francis Xavier
Robinson. of Philadelphia.
Bachelor Of science in electrical
engineering degrees was given to AL
fred F. Kane. Of New York. and Felix
Edward Mcguire, Of Nillanova.
Pre-. medical certificates were awarded
Abysious Joseph Blakely. of Phila-
delphia Dennis Edward Burns, Halle
ton; Joseph J. Oallaghan. Law
renee, Mass. Joseph Hollahan. of Co.
hoes, n. y; John Thomas Kielty, Of
Wilkes Barre; Patrick McFadden, of
'Williamsport; Alfred Purificato, Co.
hoes, N. Y, and Pierce X. Russell, Of
Renoya, Pa.
Certificates from the preparatory de-
eartment were granted to James p.
Barrett, Of Erie; George Daniel Casey,
lawrence, Mass. James Edward Cas-
sin, Mechanicsville. n. Y: Thomas
Collins, Of Philadelphia George Craw-
ley, Hartford. Conn. : Thomas P. Fox,
q Chestnut Hill; William J. Gleason,
Bryn Mawr; Edwin Grelis, Philadel-
pnia Philip Holland, Lawrence. Mass.
Joseph Hughes. New York City, and
Francis c. Pickett, New York.