Evening star., 1921-05-29
DEGREES FOR TWO
LOCAL N0TABLES
Georgetown University to
{ BestoW Honors on 1920
! Commencement.

Two well known Washingtonians ms
Ein receive the honorary degree OF
Soetor Of laws from Georgetow n
University June Il, on the occasion
Of the 122d commencement. when
moro than 500 students. the largest
graduating class in the history OF
Tho hilltop will receive their diplomas
krom President John B. Creeden.
Tho candidates for the honorary
Aegrees, whom the board of regents
have selected. are Gilbert H. Gros-
venor, president Of the National Geo
Z Eraphic Society. and DR.. l. S. Stone.
her Of the Georgetown Medical
School faculty. The former will be
honored by the university in recog-
milton Of his geographic studies,
while DR.. Stone has been honored
in the past by the ROYAL Medical
lions to medical science.
Edwin DENLY. Secretary Of the
Navy, will deliver the address to the
graduates of the college. Law. Medi-
schools commencement day. and a
number of distinguished representa-
tives of the bench and bar will at
tend the exercises
justices to Be Missed.
The late Chief Justice Edward
Douglas White of the United States
supreme Court and the late Justice
Supreme Court. both students of
Georgetown University. were in. the
habit of attending the annual COM
mencement exercises, and Their alb
sence on the forthcoming occasion
will be particularly missed by the
student BODY.
Secretary DENLY was invited to ad-
dress the students. because of his
long personal interest in the Hilltop.
as his father. more than half a CEN
nd q q
town. 1t was through him that Mr..
DENLY took a keen personal interest
in the college during the many years
he was a member of Congress
dent body and the Georgetown
Alumni Association for a week of
activities in connection with the
graduation. Each of the schools is
preparing some special program and
chief interest centers in the newly or :
Eanized Foreign Service School. which
will graduate it's first class that day.
The Alumni Association will meet
especially for the purpose of electing
a new member of the board of regents
to take the place of the late Anthony
a. Hirst. who gave to Georgetown the
Hirst Library. containing one of the
largest collections of any college
south of New York.
Future Building Program.
Other questions that will come up
befOre the alumni Will concern the
future building program of the in
stitution. necesSitated by reason of
the rapid growth since the war. There
are approximately 1000 students at
Georgetown this year and the auss-
tion of housing is one that is giving
the university officials grave concern.
The alumni banquet will be held
Saturday before the comm encemeHt
and Sunday morning the baccalaur-
cate sermon will be delivered TO the
graduating classes in Dalghren
Chapel. followed by reception in
the afternoon.
One of the most interesting exer-
cises in connection with commence
ment week is the class day celebra
tion by the college students. The
feature will be the Cohonguraton ora
zion by B. Meredith Reid of Pennsyl-
Sania- 1t gets it's name from the
name given the Potomac river by
the Indians. meaning the river of
swans and. therefore. has been ap-
propriately adopted as the valedictory
or the swan song of the graduating
class The orator oncthe occasion
appears in the guise of an Indian
chief and addresses his farewell to
the river. which flows at the foot of
Georgetown hill.
Announcement of prizes to the hon.
or students of the university will be
made by Rev W. Coleman Nevils. S.
j.. dean of the department of arts
and sciences. graduation day.