Evening star., 1925-06-07
GEORGETOWN FINAL
EXERCISES TODAY
Rev. Francis K. Keenan, of
Woodstock College to Deliver
BaCCaIaureate Sermon.

Dehlgren Chapel at Georgetown
University will be the scene of i'm
pressive services at 1890 o'clock this
morning when the graduating classes,
numbering approximately 500 men.
will assemble to hear the baccalaure-
ate sermon by Rev. Francis K. kee-
nan, S. j., of Woodstock College.
Shortly before the mass, faculties of
the university, headed by President
Charles w. Lyons, S. J., and the deans
of the various departments, together
with the regents and alumni. will as
semble in the college walks. Followed
by the seniors they will march in a
procession to the chapel in keeping
with the universal custom at George
town.
Father keenan, returns TO old
scenes at Georgetown, for he was a
graduate of the class of 1907 and has
many acquaintances among the facul-
ty and local alumni.
With the one hundred and thirty
sixth commencement in full swing, ac-
tivities of various kinds will feature
the closing of the Scholasti year. The
three-day program will come to an
end tomorrow night when the Medical
School will hold its banquet in honor
of it's diamond jubilee anniversary.
Distinguished alumni upon whom the
university will confer honorary de-
greeS will be among the guests.
Plan Elaborate Banquet.
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared for the banquet, which will be
held in Ryan Hall, at o'clock. DR..
James NJ. Cannon of the medical staff
will be the toastmaster and DR..
George NJ. Kober, veteran dean of the
school, will deal with the significance
of the jubilee celebration and the
founders of the school.
Each of the speakers will deal with
some special phase of the work of the
Medical School. Rev. Patrick H. Bren-
nan, s. J., "a, of Holy Trinity Church,
will speak on THE First Quarter Cen
tury." DIR. William c. Woodward,
former health officer of the District of
Columbia, who graduated in 1889. will
address himself to the second quarter
century. The record of the third
quarter century will be related by DR..
Wilfred NJ. Barton, '92.
DIR. John A. Foote of the class of
1906, member of the hospital staff, Is
on the program for an original poem.
which he composed in honor of the
occasion. Other addresses will be
given by Gen. Walter D. McChw, as
sistant surgeon general of the Army,
who will speak on Georgetown in the
Service of the Army; Rear Admiral
Edward r. Stitt. surgeon general of
the Navy, Georgetown in the Service
of the Navy" and Gen. Hugh S. Cum
ming, surgeon general of the Public
Health Service, who will take as his
subjec :, Georgetown in the Service
of the Community"
To Describe Future School.
The closing address will be by Rev
Charles w. Lyons, S. j., president of
the university, who will give a version
of the medical school of the future.
In this he is expected TO outline the
university'S plan for developing the
medical school in connection with the
general endowment fund.
Following the annual meeting of
the board of regents early in the
afternoon, a reception will be given
at 4 o'clock this afternoon to the
alumni and the graduating classes by
the president of the university and
the faculties of all departments.
At o'clock in the evening the
quinquennial classes will hold their
reunion supper, followed by a band
concert and college songs in the quad
rangle.
Weather permitting. the commence
ment exercises will be held on the
spacious lawn in front of the Healy
Building tomorrow afternoon at 4:15
o'clock. In event of rain. the eXer
cises will take place in Castor Hall,
where admission will be by card only.
Father Lyons will preside for the
first time as the head of the institu-
ton. A distinguished gathering
rivaling in point of numbers the vast
throng that greeted President Cool
idge at last years commencement,
will mark tomorrows closing eXer-
cises. To Georgetown alumni the
meeting will have an additional sig
nificance, since Frank j. Hogan of
Washington is to be singled out for
special honors.
To Take Degree.
Mr.. Hogan not only will make the
address to the graduates, but he also
will receive an honorary degree of
doctor of laws, conferred upon him
in recognition of his achievements
before the bar and on behalf of his
Alma Mater. Another honorary de-
gree is to be conferred upon Col.
William N. Haskell, U. S. A, former
chief of the American Relief Mission
to Russia.
Ordinarily Georgetown conferes
only a few honorary degrees at its
commencement, but in view of the
diamond jubilee anniversary of its
medical school, an unusual number
will be given out this time.
In addition to the degrees and di-
plomas, commissions as second lieu
tenants in the Reserve Officers Corps
will be given to 2S cadets of the
r. o. T.. c. unit by Capt William f.
Bergin, L. S. A, retiring commandant
at Georgetown. The deans of the
various departments also will award
special medals and prizes to honor
students. Among those is the newly
endowed medal for Apologize. which
will be presented to John d. O'Reilly,
jr., son of Mr.. O'Reilly, Georgetown
athletic director and track mentor.
The medal was found by the Rev.
Patrick II. Brennan, S. J., of Holy
q Trinity Church, a graduate of 1864
=- Father Brennan is a veteran of the
) Civil War and for years has drawn a
pension from the Government. When
Re joined the Jesuit Order he allowed
this pension to accumulate and in this
manner contributed the sum for the
endowment of a perpetual medal at
Georgetown to be known as the
Patrick H. Brennan medal.