Evening star., 1923-05-29

DenOunces Athefsm.
Senator King also denounced strongly
modern materialism, explaining that
many college graduates finished their
education with no thought of God or
religion. 1T is time to call a halt to
the pernicious principles and propa ganda
too often found in big universities OF
this country" he declared. This is a
Christian country founded on Christian
principles and dissent from the teach
ing of atheism, false philosophers that
are destructive to our form of govern
ment''
Rt. rev. Mgr. P. c. Gavan of Sacred
Heart Church opened the exercises
Gillett introduced Senator King. A
special musical program was render
ed by Minister'S Orchestra, the feature
or which was a march. dedicated to
Victor Herbert and played for the
first time in Washington,
Many Get Degrees.
Degrees were conferred on the fol-
lowing graduates by Dean Gillett:
Degree of bachelor of laws-Harry
clifton Ames. Harry Coleman Barron,
Mary Esther Barry, Mary Lillian
= Bass, Gerald Odell Baum. Alice X
Bough, James Gordon Boyle, Frank
Brazner. Edna Bulman. Orilla Cooper
Chaney. HELEN Mary Considine. AL
word Calvin Devoe, Attilio NJ. Di
Girolamo, Peter Duguid, Philip Ebert,
Clarence r. Ellis. Helen Esgate. Wal
ter Maxwell Evans. Leonore Byrnes
Fuller, Alice E. Gaylord, Hilda E.
Crock, Madge Lee Guard. Norman H.
Jensen, Thurston B. Johnston, Mar
garet Mary Kelly. Grace Bunnell
Knoeller. Gertrude c. Lyddane, Cath
Nerney, Gertrude Alice McVey. Anna
Day Maher. Anthony A. Maisano. Vic
tor V. Martin, Harry David Murray.
Laura Norris. Macario r. Obana-
Mary c. Senart, John Hale Smith. Ella
Josephine Sullivan, Sue Shelton White
Louise Shallcross Wilkerson. Emma
Void, Arthur Worischek and Maude
Hamilton Yates.
Degree OF master of laws-Anne
Boyle, ]. Roland Follmer, Elizabeth
Marye Smith Keith. olga .Elvira
Marseglia. Agnes Louise Minick. Paul
G. Robin. John Chester Spencer and
Albirtie Wright.
Gerald OdeH Baum, Alice X. Bough,
Anna Boyle. Alice f. Gaylord, Ger
trude c. Lyddane. Anthony A. Maisano.
Mary Grace McVey, Adele Virginia
Smith and Arthur Worischek.
Prizes were presented by Lucian Fl.
Vandoren as follows: Highest stand
Ing in scholarship during the entire
course of three years. First and sec
ond prizes tgold medals) awarded to,
first, Harry. c. Ames; average. 1854
Second, Alfred G. Devoe: average,
94.93. Honorable mention. Lillian
Bass: average, 1892.
Best work in legal research train
ing course (by member of post tgradu-
ate and ;senior classes). set Of
Corpus Jiurls-Cyc," fifty-five volumes
offered by the American Law Book
Company of Brooklyn, N Y. Awarded
4n l. t,.Na - -
who had perfect paper. 100 per cent
Honorable mention, Helen II. Esgate.
Highest record for scholarship In
senior year. Prize. one-year scholar
ship In, the Washington College Of
Law for graduate work. Awarded to
orable mention, Alvord c. Devoe; av-
erage, 1888.
Best work in practice court tby
member of senior class). Thompson's
Title TO Real Property" offered by
Bobbs-M Merrill Company of Indianap-
oils. Awarded to Clarence r. Ellis
Honorable mention, Laura Norris.
Highest record first and second
year. Given to woman student in sec
ond-year class, $40. offered by Beta
Legal Fraternity, Washington College
of Law. Awarded to Minnie Margaret
James; average, $3.50; honorable men
ton, NJ. E. Crosby; average, 1886;
margaret X. w llSon, average, 9b.46.
Highest record in second year "Cy-
clopedfa Law Dictionary" offered by
Callaghan & Co., law publishers Of
Chicago. Awarded to Matte w
Tompkins: average, s7.4. Honorable
mention. Minnie Margaret James, av-
erage, s7.2; Margaret r. Wilson, ay-
erage, 81.
Highest average in first year. Ave
dollar gold piece. Awarded to Eliza
beth Hyde, average. 97.06. Honorable
mention. Gertrude Coyie: average
1926: Carrie Lawton, average, a5.11.
Best oral argument tmember of
first-year class) at annual public de-
bate. First and second prizes (goId
pieces: first prize given by Mrs. Sarah
T. Andrew. Awarded to-First, Mary
q. Linkins; second, Charles w. Peck
ham: honorable mention, Grace NJ.
WheIan.
Highest scholastic standing in pat
ent and trade mark (class 1929.
Patents for Designs" offered by Alva
d. Adams and Lester G. BudlonE.
Awarded to Gertrude G.. Lyddane:
average. 94.56: honorable mention,
Alice E. Gaylord. average, 90.
Best work in practice court (patent
law). "Semmes Patent Procedure"
offered by Alya D. Adams and I,eeter