Evening star., 1927-06-12
CONVENT SENIORS
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Father Lyons Presides at
Graduation Exercises.
Medals Awarded.

Georgetown Visitation Convent were
held Tuesday afternoon, with the Very
Rev. Charles w. Lyons, S. j.. presi
dent of Georgetown University, pre-
siding, together with Rev. John J.
Toohey, S. j., chaplain Of the instl-
tuition. George N. Shuster, associate
editor of The Commonweal, made the
address to the graduates. and Sarah
Jane Coates of Pittsburgh deliTered
the valedictory. Students from George
town University, in cap and gown.
served as ushers.
The 1927 graduating class from the
college departnsnI included Mary
Cecilia Ahern, Texarkana, Ark; Ellen
Walsh Bates, st. Louis, Mo-; Sarah
Jane Coates, Pittsburgh, Pa; Jane
Wells Coonan, Baltimore, Md; Kath-
crime Irving Corbett, Wilmington, n.
c.: Lillian Julia Dohany, Detroit,
Mich: Susanne Waring Hall, Upper
Marlboro, Md; Alma Maria johnson.
Washington, d. c.; Margaret Louise
Johnson, Salt Lake City, Utah; Del
rena Clair Keith, Little Rock, Ark;
Marjorie Elizabeth Lynch, Paterson.
N. j.; Marjorie A. Ryan, New York.
". Y; Mary Cecilia Talbot, Wash
ington, D. c.; Caroline A. Wilbur.
Charleston, S. c., and Kathryn Rose
mary Wurzer, Detroit, Mich.
Prize medals in the Junior college
department were awarded as follows:
The Loretto medal, given by the late
Miss Marie Patterson of st. Louis, for
general excellence in scholarship,
May Cecilia Ahern, Arkansas; Arch
bishop Neale medal, for scripture
study, given by the late Mrs. Jose
phine Dickson Walsh of st. Louis,
Jane Wells Coonan, Maryland; medal
for bellies lettres, Sarah Jane Coates,
Pennsylvania: medal for psychology,
given by Mrs. 3. +. Saul of Washing
ton, Cecilia Talbot, Washington,
D. c.; medal for studies in ethics,
given by Mrs Mary d. Sherin Of In
dianopolis, Lillian Dohany of Detroit;
medal for modern history, given by
Miss Agnes Golden of Los Angeles, to
Jane Wells Coonan of Maryland;
medal for studies in Shakespeare.
given by Mrs. Elizabeth May Cam
mack of Washington, to Cecilia Tai
bott Of Washington; medal for polltl-
cal economy, given by Miss Lillian
Kelley of Pennsylvania, to Alma john
son of Washington; media! for mathe-
matics. given by Mrs. Myra Knox
Semmes of Louisiana, to Suzanne Hall
of Maryland medal for piano, to Mary
expression, given by Mrs. Marie Moore
Forrest of Washington, to Delrena
Keith of Arkansas; medal for sacred
studies, to Grace Tumulty of Wash
ington.
Prize medals in the high school de-
partment were awarded as follows:
Fidelis medal for church history, CIV
en- by Mrs. Florence Hammond Skae
of Pontiac, Mich, to Virginia Fergu.
son Of Washington; medal for sacred
studies, given by Mrs. Charles h.
Clark of Washington, to Kathleen
O'Connor of Washington; medal for
English, Alice Suzanne Emery of Vir-
ginia: medal for science, given by
Miss Mary Emily Hamilton of Mary
land, to Jessie Bartlett Davis of Illi-
nois; medal for Latin, Kathleen O'Con-
nor of Washington; medal for English
history. given by Miss Elizabeth
Ralph Young, to Ruth Reilly OF
Washington; medal for geometry, Civ
en- by Miss Margaret Moran OF Chi
cago, to Rosemary OFarrell of Flor
ida; medal for algebra. given by Miss
Lillian Seep Quinby of Pennsylvania,
to Norma McNair of New York; medal
for American history, given by Miss
Catherine Anne Vanderpoel of New
ington: medal for physical training,
given by Mrs. May Sullivan Ward of
New York, to Irene Sosnowski of
Michigan.
Certificates for the completion of
the high school course were awarded
to Kathleen O'Connor, Washington,
D. c.; Jessie Bartlett Davis, Illinois;
Eleanor Whitfield, Washington, D. c.;
Jane Gormley, Washington, d. c.;
Elizabeth Scott, Washington, D. c.;
Alice Suzanne Emery. Virginia; Ruth
Reilly, Washington, D. c.; Eileen
O'Meara, Montana; Frances CusicK,
massachusetts; Bernadette Plant,
Minnesota; Katherine Tumulty, Wash
ington, d. c.; Mary Harty, Georgia;
Clare O'Donnell. Washington, D. c.;
Mary Kolb, Washington, D. c., and
Pauline Shinn, Washington, D, c.
Medal for English, given by Joseph
Seep of Pennsylvania, Mary Turre-
gano of Louisiana; medal for logic,
given by Miss Alice Moran of Chicago,
Grace Tumulty of Washington; medal
for political science, given by Miss
Phyllis Campion of Denver, Jean Nes-
bitt of Michigan; medal for history,
given by Mrs. Ellen Walsh Maffitt of
st. Louis, Grace Tumulty of Wash
ington; medal for dramatic art, given
by Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest of Wash
ington, Mary Turregano of Louisiana.
Diplomas of graduation were con-
ferred on Cecilia Talbot, Washington,
D. c.; Jane Wells Coonan, Maryland;
Sarah Jane Coates, Pennsylvania;
Mary Ahern, Arkansas; Alma John
son, Washington, d. c.; Lillian Do
hany. Michigan; Susanne Hall, Mary
land; Caroline Wilbur, South Carolina;
Ellen Bates, Missouri; Rosemary
Wurzer, Michigan; Katherine Corbett,
North Carolina; Marjorie Lynch, New
Jersey; Delrena Keith, Arkansas:
Margaret Johnson, Utah, and Marjorie
Ryan, New York.