The Washington herald., 1921-05-29
GEORGETOWN U.
TO HONOR STONE
AND GROSVENOR
Graduation to See 500
Seniors Get Diplomas.
DENLY to Speak.

Georgetown university win cor
fer the honorary degree Of doctd
Of laws upon two well know
wsshinetonians. Gilbert II Gro(
venor, president Of the Nation
Geographic society and DR.. Issa
Scott Stone, member Of the medica
faculty. on the occasion Of the I12d
commencement exercises June Il
Announcement Of the selection a
Mr.. Grosvenor and DR.. Stone as n
recipients Of the honors was mad
last night by the Rev. John B. Cree
den. S. J.. president OF the univer
sity.
Edwin DENLY. secretary Of IN
navy. whose father was q George
town student more than half a cen
tury ago. will deliver the address
to the SOC or more graduates who
are TO receive degrees The COM
mencement week will be crowded
With a series Of events taking In all
the activities Of the various
schools.
Mr.. Grosvenor is a son-in-lsv Of
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell. having
married Miss Elsie May Bell in 1900.
He was born in Constantinople.
where he received his boyhood edu-
cation and when he came TO this
country he graduated from Am
herst college
DIR. Stone. whom the unfverrIty
also will honor. has been professor\
Of gynecology at the Georgetown
Medical school since 1899 and at
tached 90 the stan % the hospital,
One Of the unique ceremonies in
connection with the graduation will
be the senior class night at the
college. r. Meredith Reid. Of Penn.
sylvania- has been chosen to make
the Cohonguroton oration. The ora
tion will be delivered by Mr. Reid
In Indian costume. by a vigwam
IRE Awarding OF prizes and med
ais 20 the honor students in all the
schools will be another important.
feature Of the exercises Appro-
pirate action also will be taken BY
the Alumni association on the re-
cent deaths Of Chief Justice Ed
ward Douglas White. Of the United
States supreme court. and Justice
Ashley NJ. Gould. of the District su-
preme court, both having attended
Georgetown.
Satisfied with the success ~ the
r. o. T. c. unit az GEORGETOWN col
lege, the war department il taking
the initial steps looking TO the or
RanizinE Of q cadet unit AZ the med
icai school OF the universfty.when
classes are reconvened in Septen-
Der.
The war department has ordered
a third officer. Capt William T.
Bergen, infantry. to report at
Georgetown before the opening OF
the fall term Capt. Bergen is now
student at the Infantry Ofhcers'
school at Camp Benning. Georgia
The CASTOR medal for the best In
dividusl debater in the Castor De-
batting society was awarded 70 John
O'NeilL 20. Of Mississippi. Sylvan
J. Psuley. 20. Of Montana was
chosen the best public speaker.
The election OF officers resulted
as follows: Francis p. O'Connor. "a,
Of Maine, president: Louis J. slat-
tery, 20. Of Pennsylvania vice
president; John +. Hughes. 20. Of
New York. secretary: Bernard
Tighe. -. Of New Jersey. treasurer:
David Fitzgerald. 20. OF New York.
censor.
The training school for nurses Of
Georgetown University hospital
gave diplomas 10 II graduates last
Thursday at the annual commence
ment exercises. Father Creeden
presented them.
The address 20 the graduates was
delivered by the Rev. J. c. Geale,
S. J.. rector Of Holy Trinity church.
who has taken a deep interest in
the welfare of the training school.
Those who received diplomas were
Elizabeth e. Walsh. of New York:
Helen f. Kelley. Of Maryland: LII
liam L. Lipscomb. Of West Virginia;
Bernice NJ Smith and Mary 4. Cum
ningham. Of Pennsylvania: Evs Hsr-
ris. of West Virginia: Ida r. Miller,
Philippine c. Gross ana Bertha y.
Connolly. Of Pennsylvania. and
Marie Del c. Ordonez. Of Texas.