Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-12
COLUMBUS CLASS
! HEARS COPELAND
Senator Urges Training at
Graduation Exercises.
Awards Presented.

Trained women and men must aid in
solving the problems of this generation,
Senator Royal S. Copeland, Democrat,
of New York, told the graduates last
night at the commencement exercises
of Columbus University, held at the
Mayf1ower Hotel. Pleading for toler-
ance in America and citing the epitaph
of Thomas Jefferson, Senator Copeland
insisted that government does not exist
solely for the projection of property
but in addition, he said. "the province
of government is to do for the individ-
ual what he cannot do Tor himself"
For the first time the university con-
ferred postgraduate degrees. 1t con-
ferred upon William G. Freely, State
deputy of the knights of Columbus the
honorary degree of doctor of laws, and
upon Anthony J. Scullen, District Gov
eminent engineer and professor of en-
cheering at the Catholic University of
America. the honorary degree of doctor
of engineering.
Presides at Exercises.
Charles w. Darr president of Column
bus University and president of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce, pre-
sided at the exercises, at which Rev.
Francis x. Cavanagh, State chaplain
of the knights of Columbus, delivered
the invocation. William E. Leahy, dean
Of the School of Law. conferred the de-
grees in that department of the uni or-
sity. while DR.. Francis J. Hemelt, oean
of the School of Accountancy, conferred
the degrees in that branch
The 500 William E. Leahy prize for
the best three-year average in the
School of Law went to Bernard Morris:
the Judge Nathan Cayton prize of $25
for the best standing for the first two
years went to William Timothy Becker.
while the Charles w. Darr prize of SIS, |
for the best scholastic standing in the
first year, went to John Joseph Nc
Carthy Debating prizes went to Miss
Mary j. Kane as the victor in the first
tntersociety contest: to Byrnes F. Bent
ley. to John j. Mccarthy and the S25
prize went to William K. Hutchinson
as the winner in the final contest. The
Seton Darr prize of SIS went to AL
fred A. McGarraghy as the best extern
poraneous speaker. while Miss Helen C.
HUM won the $50 speaking prize of |
the Pi Chi Sorority Maurice Lubore
won the Robert E. Lynch prize for !
honors in legal photography: the |
Charles A. Iovino prize, for moot court |
excellence went to Thomas A. Doyle |
and the Marry A. Warren prize. for ex- |
cellence in patent law, went to George |
A. Walker.
List of Graduates.
The names of the graduates and the !
degrees conferred follow
Master of laws-John Raymond Fitz- |
patrick, LII. B.: Arthur Gusack, LII B.;
William Joseph Howder, LII B.: Maui /
rice Lubore, IL. B.; John Robert Nc
Donald, LII. B.; William Arthur Millen. |
A. B.. LII. B.. John Joseph O'Leary, |
IL. B.; John Joseph Phelan, B. S. in
G. E., LII. B.; Benjamin Ryerson Pit |
tenger, LII. B.; Edgar Gerard Poisson. |
Ii. B.: John Joseph Seaman, LII. B.:
Elizabeth Sohon, M. D., LII. B.. and Jo- |
seph Leonard Townsend, IL. B.
Master of patent law-John Bernard |
Evans. Ii. B.; John Raymond Fitz- |
patrick, LII. B.; Arthur Gusack, LII B.; |
William Joseph Howder, LII. B.; Maui |
rice Lubore, LII. B.: John Robert Nc |
Donald. LII. B.: William Arthur Millen. |
A. B.. Ii. B.: John Joseph O'Ieary. LII. |
b; John Joseph Phelan, B. S. in c. E.. |
IL. B.; BENJAMIN Ryerson Pittenger, |
Ii. b; Edgar Gerard Poisson, LII. B.;
Elizabeth Sohon, M. D., IL. B.; Joseph |
Leonard Townsend, LII. B., and George
Alvin Walker, LII. B.
Bachelor of lawS-Byrnes Francis
Bentley, John Harrison Bishop. Saidee
6tivers Brawner. John Thomas Burns.
Arthur Alexander Clagett, William Leo
Collins, Henry Loker Combs, Daniel
Arthur Crimmins, Daniel DonoRhue,
Thomas Augustus Doyle, Grace Virginia
DuVal, Russell Harper Foreman.
Patrick Joseph Heveran, Charles
Anthony Iovino, B. C.. S.: Mary Joseph |
Kane, Frieda Anna Kelleher, Thomas
Cornelius Kelleher, George Clement
Lane, Margaret Mary Mccarthy, Ber-
nard Franklin Morris, Edward Paren- |
teau, John Joseph Stanley, Richard
Lee Trainor, James Matthew Votava |
and William Patrick Walsh.
Bachelor of commercial science
Francis Peter Brassor, Ii. B.. LII. NJ:
James Joseph Cook, Patrick James
FitZgibbons, George Buckley Furnan
tr.; Cecil Hall Gardner, Daniel Neil |
Mandell. Benjamin Harrison Sweet and !
Mary Frances Walsh.