Evening star., 1925-06-08
c. j. WILL CONFER
q HONOR DEGREES
Nineteen Medical Faculty
Members Among Those to
Be Distinguished.

Twenty-one honorary degrees will
be conferred by Georgetown Univer-
sity at its l26th annual commence.
ment this afternoon in recognition of
faithful end loyal service to alma
mater.
In honor Of the diamond jubilee an
niverssry of the School of Medicine
the university has singled out 19
members of the medical faculty for
honors. Two degrees Of doctor of laws
will he conferred on Frank j. Hogan.
LII. Il. OF, newly reelected president
OF the national alumni association.
and Col. William n. Haskell. L. S. A.,
former CHIEF Of the American Relief
Mission to Russia. At no other time
in it's long history has Georgetown
undertaken to confer so many honors
on distinguished alumni and friends.
AT Ais o'clock the 4S5 graduates OF
the university will assemble on the
college campus in front of the Healy
Building, where the final exercises are
to be held. Rev. Charles w. Lyons,
s. j., president Of Georgetown, will
preside. Frank j. Hogan will make
the address to the graduating classes.
AS chancellor of the university, Rev.
Louis j. Gallagher. S. j.. will con-
fer the honorary degrees, while Presi.
TO the graduates. Medals and prizes
are to be awarded to score or more
of honor students.
VIII Commission Cadets.
Twenty-eight cadets of the r. O. Y.
{. unit are to receive their commits
sions as second lieutenants in the
Reserve Officers Corps through Capt.
William E. Bergin. L. s. A.. retiring
comma ndant al GEORGETOWN. An
nouncement was made that special
prize will be awarded TO the cadet
in the Medical unit attaining the high
est standing for the four-year course.
This prize is offered by the Surgeon
General of the Army.
Following the commencement eXer-
cises the Diamond Jubilee banquet of
the Medical School will be held At s
o'clock In the Healy Building. DR..
George M, kober, dean Of the school,
will describe the Medical Schools long
and successful struggle TO a place Of
high standing among its sister schools
in the country. President Lyons will
visualize the medical school Of the
future. Among the guests will be
Surg. Gen. Hugh s. Cumming of the
Public Health Service and other med
tcal officials OF the Government.
Baccaiaureate Sermon.
The baccala laureate sermon was
preached to the graduating classes
yesterday morning In Dahlgren
Chapel by Rev. Francis h. keenan,.
S. j., of Woodstock College. a George.
town graduate of 1907.
Father keenan, urged the seniors
not to forget their duty TO God in the
race for worldly success. He said, in
part:
Success in business, success in dis
tinguished achievement, success in
the pleasant enjoyment of the goods
of the world are compelling standards
of our careers among men.
1T is true that, In themselves,
factors of life may have their lawful
place in our careers. But the evil
is when they hold such place in
our minds and hearts, when they so
MI up our daily activities and con.
sumo our powers that all other in
terests are crowded out or forgotten
The evil Is when for the sake of these
we forget our duty TO God and our
duty 10 our souls and our duty to the
life which is to come. Life, then. is
out of true perspective.
1T is this that Georgetown has tried
to impress upon your minds while you
have been under her care. She has
wished to help you bring a true per-
Spective into the arrangement of the
things Of your lives. But she has de-
sired, above all else, to convince YOU
thoroughly of your supreme duty to-
ward God and toward your soul and
toward your final and everlasting life. f"
Services SjmpIe
The services were simple but impres
sive. Mass was said by Father Lyons
He was assisted by Father Burtle, 20
deacon; Dennis Comey, S. T., sub
deacon, and George ODonneu. :. T..
master of ceremonies
College seniors who served as AGO.
lytes were Victor ST. Onge Joseph r.
Brennan, John Hays. jeremiah Mini.
han, Robert Hitchcock and Richard
Homan. Joseph de Raismes, another
senior, acted as crossbearer.
Besides the deans of the various de-
partments and members of the facuI.
ties, visiting members of the board OF
regents and out-of-town alumni were
present.
Hundreds of friends Of the univer.
sity attended the reception held in the
afternoon by President Lyons and the
deans or the departments in honor of
the graduating classes and visiting
Alumni. The parlors OF the HeaIv
Buildlng were gaily bedecked with
flowers and palms.
In the evening the quincentennial
classes held their annual reunion ban.
quet, while outside the alumni met in
tne quadrangle. where a band concert
was given and the familiar songs of
student days were sung.
With President LYONS presid;,, ,hn
annual business meeting Of the 6os