Evening star., 1924-06-08
260 C. U. STUDENTS
WILL GET DEGREES
Archbishop Curley to Make Pres
entation at Exercises Tues
day Morning.
CEREMONY IS SET TODAY
Baccalaureate Sermon to Be Given
by Rev. DR.. Cooper.

Catholic University will celebrate
Baccalaureate Sunday at 1890 o'clock
this morning, with solemn pontifical
mass in the crypt of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Bishop Shahan will be the celebrant
and Rev. DR.. John NJ. Cooper will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon to
the seniors. who will attend in
academic costume.
The thirty-fifth annual commence
ment and comforting of degrees will
be held Wednesday morning at 10:3O
bishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore,
chancellor of the university, will
preside, and confer the degrees
Bishop Shahan, rector of the uni
yersity, will deliver the principal ad-
savannah, Ga, will deliver the
valed1ctory. An academic procession
from Caldwell Hall to the gymnasium
VIII precede the graduation exercises
260 to Get Degrees.
Degrees will be awarded to $50
students. Doctorate degrees will be
given to 20; doctor of sacred theology,
!; doctor of canon law. 5: doctor of
philosophy. in the school of phil
osophy, 8: in the school of letters, l:
In the school of science. 2, and in the
school of philosophy, in the Sisters
College. 2. The licentiate in sacred
theology Will be granted to 8. and
the bachelors degree in sacred
theology. to 10. Sixteen will receive
the bachelors degree. and 9. the
llcentiate in the school of canon law.
In the school of philosophy. the
bachelor of arts will go to %, and the
BACHELOR of philosophy, to /. Twelve
Will be master of arts. In the school
of letters, bachelor of arts degrees
and III master of arts will be granted
In the school of science, 55 degrees
VIII be awarded as follows: Bachelor
OF arts, 5; bachelor of science. 6:
B. s. in chemical engineering, 5:
b. s. in architecture. 4; b. S. in civil
engineering. 5; 3. S. in electrical
engineering, 3; master of arts, s;
master of science. 3; electrical en-
gineer. /. and Phi. D., 2. In the
schoo! of law, Is will receive the
bachelors degree.
Forty students from the Sisters
philosophy, five the bachelor of
music, fourteen the A. NJ, two the
PHI. D., while five will receive the
normal diploma and four the normal
diploma in music.
Give Concert Today.
meeting of the alumni executive
committee will be held this afternoon
in the gymnasium at O'Clock. At
4 O'Clock the University Music Club
will present concert which will be
held in the assembly room of
Mcmahon Hall. In the evening the
various clubs will entertain the par
ents and friends of the members of
the clubs. The bod Noon Club will
hold reception in the blue room of
the City Club of Washington. At
O'Clock. the alumni will hold smok-
er and reception to Bishop Shahan in
graduate hall.
Last night the seniors held their
annual ball in the gymnasium, which
was colorfully arrayed for the occa-
sion. One hundred and fifty couples
were present. Music was furnished
by McWiIliams' Orchestra.
Tomorrow morning at $50 the
registration of alumni will take place
in the reception room of Gibbons
Hall. At IL o'clock they will hold a
meeting in the assembly room of
Mcmahon Hall, where they will re-
ceive the members of the senior class
into the alumni. The class pledge was
read to the alumni by Thomas J.
Grove, president of the academic
class and Joseph A. Ward.
In the afternoon, beginning at
o'clock an athletic carnival will be
held in the new stadium At 1880 pm.
the Dramatic Association will pre-
sent Macbeth" in the gymnasium.
Immediately after the performance,
the alumnl mop Will De nelu III tue
gymnasium with McWilliams Or
chestra furnishing the music. Tues
day morning at 9 o'clock, the senior
mass will be sung in the Crypt of
the National Shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception. Rev. Francis r. Cas-
sidy, president of Gibbons Hall, will
be the celebrant. In the evening from
to Z o'clock the rector will receive
the parents and friends of the grad
yates in the reception room of Glib
senior class will attend mass in
body in the Chapel of Gibbons Hall
and will receive communion at $50.
The sixth annual lay alumni reun-
ion is expected to bring to the uni
versity more than 800 Already the
halls are beginning to fill with old
faces. The campus has been decorated
in a novel fashion. The main path is
hung with multi-colored row of
jack ola nterns and the class tree
in the center of the campus has been
surrounded with lights. A. huge. sign
of welcome will hang from Mcmahon
Hall