Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-10
c. j. GIVES CLAUDEL
HONORARY DEGREE
Institution Graduates 432
= Students in Forty-second
Commencement.

emic degrees in course in the institu-
tion's forty-second annual commence
ment.
TIL commencement was marked by
an address by DR.. William john cooper
United States Commissioner of Educa-
ton, who declared that science OF
education is developing entirely apart
from any consideration of philosophy
of education" This science of educa-
ton" DR.. Cooper declared, "has been SO
objective and so detached from the use
Of schools for the promotion OF any
kind of program that 1t has aroused no
antagonism and opened no controversy
along political, social, economic or re-
ligious lines"
Curley COnfers Degrees.
In comforting the honorary degree of
doctor of letters upon Ambassador Clau-
del. Most Rev. Michael ]. Curley, Arch
bishop of Baltimore, characterized the
diplomat as being distinguished by
ability. faith and upright living, whom
France gave to the world and whom
she sent, worthy representative of an
tllustrious mother. as Ambassador to the
United States of America" M Claudel,
he continued, has devoted himself to
public affairs in such way as to merit
the praise of both nations. In particu-
lar by his example and his published
service to religion, good morals and the
refinements of life"
Other scholars who received honorary
degrees were Right Rev. Paul Ladeuze.
rector of the Catholic University OF
Louvain, doctor of laws and Very Rev.
Agostino Gemelli, o. F. M, rector of
the Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, doctor of laws.
In his address on THE Science of
Education" DR.. Cooper declared that he
proposed to place before the graduates
some Of the problems which confront
those who administer schools in our
country, in order that they may evaluate
more accurately the work of the Ameri-
can public school and understand the
purposes which actuate those who pro-
mote its interests"
Warns of Prejudice.
Citing the difficulties involved in set
ting up teaching programs, DR.. Cooper
declared that book publishers frequently
sell one volume of history to schools
north of the Mason and Dixon line and
another work, purportedly covering the
same era, to schools below the line.
Since all the facts of given period
cannot be taught to students of any
grade, a selection of facts must be
made. and this selection may be made,
DR.. Cooper asserted, 'in a way to leave
o prejudice in the minds of children"
Besides the differences between the
history used in the South and those
studied in the North, the commissioner
declared that histories in secular schools
frequently are different from those in
Rarochial schools.
In the first of these situations" he
said. at is clear that American history
is treated in the light of the prejudices
OF the adult generation. In the second,
1t Is obvious that the Church desires to
have its own history taken into con-
sideration along with the history of
other social institutions. And the pub
lie school, to avoid the realm of con-
troversy, prefers to let church history
stand separate as to the history of art
and the history of music. When We
leave the field of methods of teaching
OF controlled experiments in psychol-
ogy of learning and in careful and ac-
curate measurements of individual diff
ferences-we find difficulty in divorcing
education from the other affairs of life,
and accordingly increase our complica-
lions in subjecting it to scientific treat
ment. since inevitably the necessity of
selecting fragments of subject matter to
be taught permits the element of bias
to enter the picture
Teach Adaptability.
Continuing. DR.. Cooper declared that
the public school is concerned with the
individuals abilities to adjust himself
tt the natural and social environments
in which he finds himself, and in SO far
as he can change or modify his environ
mentS to do so in an intelligent manner,
with some consideration to the outcomes
of these changes.
This leaves the question Of the de-
velopment of the soul and any adjust
ments which it must make to religion"
ne declared. 1T does not in any way
deny the Importance and place Of re-
ligion in human life"
Joseph Francis Carven delivered the
valedictory and Archbishop Curley,
chancellor of the university, pronounced
the benediction.
Degrees were conferred as follows:
The School Of Engineering.
Bachelor of science in chemical engi-
neering-Paul Andrew Parent.
Bachelor of science in civil engineer
ing-James Christopher Bradley, John
Richard DeLacy, Charles James Hen
Messy, Edward Patrick Meehan and
Sargent White.
Bachelor of science in architecture
Albert Edward Alexander, Guy Lane
Dlnges, Charles Jerome Dorman, John
Louis Rochon Grand, Robert Leslie
Bachelor of science in electrical engi-
neering-David Francis Doody, Albert
O'Rourke Raeder and Nicholas Wistar
Smith.
Bachelor of science in mechanical en-
gineering-James Joseph Bowe, Edwin
Hobart Richards and Edward Florent
van lamont.
The Catholic Sisters College
Bachelor of arts-Of the Sisters of st.
Benedict-Sister M. Josephine and Sis
ter M. Vita. OF the Bernardine Sisters
Sister M. Romuald. OF the Sisters OF
Charity-Sister M. Francesca. OF the
Sisters of st. Dominic-Sister M. Alloy
STA, Sister M. Eileen, Sister M. Henry,
Sister M. Thomas Aquinas and Sister
M. Xavier. OF the Felician Sisters-Sis-
Francis-Sister M. Archelaus, Sister M.
Borgia, Sister M. Clotildis. Sister M.
Edelwalda. Sister M. Ermengild, Sister
M Eva, Sister M. Ferdinand, Sister M.
Giovanni, Sister M. John, Sister M.
Lucy, Sister M. Mercedes, Sister M.
Pancratius, Sister M. PreSentina and
Sister Virginia Marie. OF the Fran
ciscan Sisters of st. Kunegunda-Sister
M. Bogumila. OF the Sisters of the
Holy Union of Sacred Hearts-Sister M.
Christopher and Sister Stanislaus Jo-
seph. OF the Sisters of st. Joseph
Sister M. Adelgunde, Sister M. Agnes
Regina, Sister NJ Concepta, Sister M.
Dorothy Agnes, Sister M. Edwina, Sister
M. Lucien, Sister M. Ludgarde, Sister
Mary of Mercy and Sister M. Maurice.
OF the Sisters of st. Mary-Sister
Claire, Sister Dorothy and Sister M.
Gonzaga. OF the Sisters Of Mercy-Sis-
ter M. Antonio, Sister M. Camillus, Sis
ter M. Carmelita, Sister M. Ellen, Sister
NJ. HildeGarde, Sister M. Mechtilde, Sis
aag M. Thomas and Sister M. Veronica.
a. the Sisters of Notre Dame-Sister
ff. Alexine. OF the Sisters of the
rTecious Blood-Sister M. Antoinette.