Evening star., 1922-06-11
CLASS NIGHT HELD
BY c. J.. GRADUATES
President Creeden Main
Speaker at Meeting of
Alumni.

In the presence of distinguished visit
Ing alumni. the 123d commencement
week of Georgetown University opened
auspiciously last night with double
celebration in which the $50 seniors who
are to receive degrees participated.
The graduating classes from the col
Iege. medical, dental and foreign service
schoosN combined to make class night
on the hilltop a ng-to-be-rernembereo
event % Georgetown history Ihe ms
toric Collage quadrangle was ablaZe with
lights and decorations. john ), McCanh
of Maine. president of the senior class,
delivered the Cohonguroton address. the
farewell of all Georgetown seniors 10
the Potomac river, as the stuaenl coay
chanted the weird Indian swan song
Then the seniors turned the quadrangle
over to the juriors.
Alumni Hold Meeting.
Events at the Hilltop opened with
the annual meeting of the Alumni
Association. at which James \. Far
rell. president of the nlted states
Steel Corporation and Rev Edmund
A. Walsh. former regent of the For
eign Service School, We're the special
guests.
President Creeden. in an address to
the alumni, appealed to them TO sup
port the Georgetown College journal,
which celebrates its golden luoiiHs
next year, so that eventually II may
be transformed into an alumni pub
lication All graduates of George
town. he urged. should join with the
alumni in an effort to cooperate
with their alma mater.
Speaking of Russian conditions In
the great famine regions. Father
Walsh just returned to Washington
from work with the American Relief
Commiss said there would be no
more deaths from starvation in the
volga district this year. The greatest
conservative force in solving the
Russian problem" he added. lis the
charity and good will of the Cnited
States.
Class Poem Read.
James J. Sweeney of New York.
foot ball and track star. recited the
class poem. Fred Gillis of the
Foreign Service School delivered the
salatory or masters GRAFTON. other
numbers on the program We're Simon
Rourke. who recited My Mate;
dancing: John Walsh. piano solo;
James O'Connell. Italian songs:
Lawrence X. Downey. songs, and
Richard and Joseph McDonough.
banjo duet.
The exercises closed in spectacular
manner, with John ). McCann in the
Cohonguroton role.
Charles A. DAILY was chairman of
the general committee, consisting of
Joseph O'Connell. John Walsh. Simon
II. Rourke. Robert Ward. George VI.
Carney, Timothy n keenan, and
George E. Brennan.
The baccalaureate sermon will he
delivered this morning at 1890 o'clock
in Daghlgren Chapel by the Rev.
Charles L. O'Brien of Philadelphia.
Following will be the meeting of the
regents and in the evening the
hn1 oil
ing exercises at the college.
Justice Gould's POrtroit.
A. portrait of the late Justice
Ashley VI. Gould of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia was pre-
sented to the faculty of the George
town Law School. of which he was a
member for many years, by the grad
uattng members of the law class of
1922 at the law school last night
The presentation was made by
Joseph \. Cantrel. president of the
senior class during a special equity
Georgetown Law School. Mr.. Cantrel
declared that the gift was made as
token of the respect and gratitude
Of the class to the character and
memory of the late justice. JUS
tice Gould was professor of contracts
and equity at the university for many
years: The portrait will hang in the
law library among those of other
distinguished legal celebrities.
The class day exercises of the law
class of 1922 took the form of a
court session for the construction of
the class will. and the speakers, in
the role of justices of the court, de-
livered their speeches in the form of
opinions rendered from the bench
The members of the court and their
opinions We're as follows Chief
Justice Norman l.. Kane. who deliv-
cred the opening address in which he
reviewed the history of the uniyer-
sity. and Associate Justice Leo A
Codd, bachelors ovation: Associate
Justice John ]. Courtney, class his
tory: Associate Justice John c.
Blackall. class prophecy: Associate
Justice Howard Brecht. class poem;
Associate Justice Joseph A. Cantrel,
Gould memorial presentation: Asso-
ciate Justice John F'ihelly. valedictory
address. The officers of the court
were: Clerk of the court, Harry
Flanders; marshal, Lester b. Griffith;
deputy marshall. Roland A. Bogley.
The attorneys before the court were
Patrick ]. F'riel and Frank J. Albus.