Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-11
DR.. FEGAN SPEAKS
TO C. u. GRADUATES
Calls Upon Them to Be
Worthy of Those Who
Have Gone Before.

Calling upon the graduates of George.
town University to be worthy of the
men who have gone before them from
its academic halls, DR.. Hugh j. Fegan
assistant dean of the Georgetown Schoo
of Law, in his address at the one hun
dred and thirtieth annual commence
nent ves~sre.-~~sfternoon declared that
conege DIssS - Neing entrusted with
leadership hSk a. never before.
The TeShG OF our country was never
gresCgf, StsA Se are at peace with the
world" Dr. rNsgan said. In the leader
ship which psS.duced this prosperity and
influence college men may claim large
share.
For the past so years the Presidents
of the United States have been college
men, and in the SEVENTEEN Congress
which adjourned on March 4, college
men made up three-fourths of the men,
bership both of the Senate and House
1--WE do not think of these facts in
any snobbiSh or unworthy spirit" he
added. If much has been conceded to
the college man, much more will be de-
manded from him. The only work the
world really respects, the only work
that brings to the doer of it permanent
peace, is work that is unselfish. That
opliII ID SyIlDOllHeu ny JOllIl SdlIOll, tllt
founder of our college"
Confers 445 Degrees.
President w. Coleman Nevis confer
red degrees upon AS graduates of all de-
partmentS in the presence of about
1900 friends and relatives of the seniors
whe had assembled on the collebe cam
pus for the outdoor exercises. Here
after, on March IS, Georgetown will
celebrate that date annually as Foun-
ders' day, President Nevis announced
A Millburn Petty of the District OF
Columbia, Edward A. O'Shea of New
York and Joseph v. Henlock of the Dis
trict of Columbia received first, second
and third prizes. respectively. for the
best series of essays on ethics, awarded
by Rev. j. I. Moakley, S. j., in the senior
class.
Mr.. Petty also won first prize for the
best series Of apologetics essays, awarded
by Father Moakley. Second and third
prizes were given to Francis>1. McGar-
raghy of the District of Columbia and
j. Emmett Pare of Illinois. The prizes
for both series were $50, $50 and $40.
The dean of each department read
the names of candidates for degrees,
each standing when his name was
called. In this way the university dis
pensed with its former custom of pre-
senting the diploma to each of the
graduates in person.
The deans of the various departments
who presented the candidates for de-
grees are the Rev. r. Rush Rankin of
the College of Arts and Sciences, DR..
John A. Foote of the Medical School,
DR.. George E. Hamilton of the Law
School, DR.. William N. Cogan of the
Dental School, and DR.. William F..
Not 80 he oh 81 fry. d.
Lieut.. Col Augustus F. Dannemiller,
q. S. A, whose assignment in charge
of the r. o. T. c. department expires
next month, presented IS candidates
for commissions In the Officers Reserve
Corps of the Army as follows:
Second lieutenants. Infantry. Will
liam G. bennett, jr.; Malcolm j. Brady,
Eugene T. Brennan, Richard K.
Charlesworth, Samuel Colman, John B.
Dineen, James L. Dorgan, John F. Cor
don, Rogers G. Horton, Leo r. Kundz,
and Edward A. Aloysius.
First Lieutenants.
First lieutenants, Medical Corps
Walter E. Beattie, Robert J. Began, Jo-
seph j. Butenas, Francis w. Dunno, Ed
ward r. Egan, John H. Fountain, Joseph
@. Hayes, John A. Kennedy, Domingo
II. Monserrate, Mark l.. Redding, Wade
s. Risk, Joseph w. TODD, John zintcho-
fer. jr., and Louis ,. zinterhofer.
Certificates of eligibility for commits
sion as second lieutenants of Infantry
were given to James E. Brady, Edward
G. Cantwell, Paul L. Delaney, Edward
j. Kelly, James F. McKenna, jr.; John
V. Regain and George H. Rico.
Medals for scholastic honors were
awarded to the graduates of the College
Of Arts and Sciences as follows: Charles
Porter Maloney of Buffalo, N. Y, the
Hamilton extempore debate medal and
the Merrick debate medal; James P.
Quinn, jr.. of Sedalia. Mo-; the presi-
dents medal for debating; Francis L.
McGarraghy of the District of Column
bia, the Morris historical medal; John
d. Wolfe, Norwalk, Conn. the Ryan
medal in psychology, natural theology
and ethics; Arthur j. Browne, Phila-
delphia, the Lynch Pendergast medal
for English literature.
School of Law Awards.
The School of Law bestowed scho-
lastic awards as follows:
Faculty prize of SIS to the senior of
the morning course maintaining the
highest scholastic average, to william
Francis Illig. with 92.6 per cent; second
prize Of $40 to Joseph Patrick Cooney,
with 9l.6 per cent. Same cash awards
TO seniors Of afternoon class, Donald
Leonard Stumpf, with 9233 per cent,
and Daniel w. O'Donoghue, jr., Dis
trict Of Columbia, 92l1 per cent.
Four debating prizes Of $25 each to
Robert Granville Burke, Leo Newton
MCGUIRE, Donald Andrew Rock and
Alfred Joseph Loda, winners of pre-
linfSnary debates, and $50 awarded to
Robert @. Burke, winner Of final prize
debate.
Prize Of $50 awarded by Dean George
Z. Hamilton to William Francis Illig