Evening star., 1933-06-11
CLOSING EXERCISES
ARE BEGUN AT c. i.
Tributes Paid to Late Prof.
Howard Boyd at Law
School Ceremonies.

Featuring the opening of the 134th
commencement week at Georgetown
University. most of the $40 seniors who
are to receive their diplomas tomorrow
took part in class exercises. last night
The Hilltop quadrangle was crowded
with alumni and friends of the gradu-
ates while similar group attended
separate exercises held at the School of
Law. In honor of the occasion the
new Gravenor White Building at
Georgetown and its fountain. spurt-
ing II feet in air, were brilliantly flood
lighted. 1t was visible from Virginia
avenue downtown at the entrance of
Potomac Park.
touch of Solemnity was given the
Law School exercises as tributes were
paid to the late Prof Howard BOYD.
who was stricken last October soon
after having dismissed his class. An
oil painting of the well liked professor
was presented to the school as a gift
from the class of 1888. The presenta-
ton was made by Frederick Barrett
Quirk of Geneseo, N. Y, president of
the morning section of the class, the
gift being received by Dean George E.
Hamilton for the faculty.
Son of Prof. Boyd Presides.
Another tribute was paid to Prof
Boyd as a teacher of jurisprudence by
Bernard Herman Fisgrund of Paterson
N. j., who delivered the class valedic-
tory. A son of Prof Boyd, Ralph
Stewart Boyd, who is president of the
afternoon section of the class, pre-
sided at the exercises.
The bachelors Grafton was given by
Edward P. Arliss of Silver Spring. Md
Glass histories were given by Edward
Leo Cox, jr., of Brooklyn for the
morning section and Stephen A. Fan
ming of the District of Columbia for
the afternoon section. The prophecies
were given by John Joseph Evers, jr.,
of Albany N. Y for the morning sec
ton and Robert w. Criscuola of Tren-
ton, N. j., for the afternoon group.
Seniors who acted as marshals at the
exercises were Edwin Shaw Booth,
Ralph Stewart Boyd, Ross j. Di Lorenzo.
William E. Heaney, John Russell Juten,
Walter F. Kolf, William F. Pielsticker,
Frederick B. Quirk and Edmund Che
nault Rogers
Picturesque Scene in Quadrangle.
The law school exercises closed in
time for the students and alumni to
attend the picturesque scene that was
taking place in the college quadrangle.
Henry E. Herrick, Jr., OF Newtonville,
Mass, garbed in the robes of an Indian
chief, stepped from wigwam and de-
liyered the traditional Cohonguroton
grafton. This takes its name from the
designation given by early Indians to
the Potomac River and translated
means the River of Swans" The ora
tion expresses the seniors farewell to
the river
A class play by members of the Mask
and Bauble Club songs and music COM
pleted the program.
At 10 am. today faculties and seniors
will assemble again at the Hilltop and
march in procession to Dahlgren
Chapel for the baccalaureate mass and
sermon, which will be preached by Rev.
Philip X. Walsh, s. j., of Woodstock
College, the Jesuit house of studies in
Maryland.
Tropaia Exercises Tonight.
The principal event tonight are the
tropaia exercises at 9 o'clock, following
the annual reception of President Cole
man Nevils. Scholastic prizes to honor
students in the various departments will
be awarded and a presentation made to
Dean William N. Cogan of the School
of Dentistry.
Approximately 90 students from the