Evening star., 1933-06-12
|DR. WALSH ASSA|LS
MACHINE SCHOOLS.
Regent Addresses Gradual
ing Class of "a at
Georgetown Prep.

Modern educational tendencies as a
product of the machine age" were
sharply criticised by DR.. Edmund A.
Walsh, s. j., regent of the Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service.
In addressing the graduating class Of
the Georgetown Preparatory School,
Garrett Park, Md, at its annual COM
mencement exercises yesterday.
| DR.. Walsh declared the machine
| age" had introduced the time-clock
| system into American universities as 1t
had done In industry. 1t has trans
ferred to universities a horror" be
said, under the name Of the credit
system" only to lower the credit OF
academic degrees computed in semester
hours.
cit displaced humanism from aca-
demic halls and installed cafeteria
Of bizarre elective studies" he said.
"It seduced education from the pro-
duction Of leaders to leadership in pro-
duction.
"Too often, it transformed college
presidents from scholars to go-getters
of endowments and reduced deans to
the status of referees of eligibility con-
tests and overseers Of filing systems"
Twenty-four graduates received their
diplomas from the headmaster OF the
school, Rev Robert s. Lloyd, s: j;
Cohan, jr, Of New York, a son Of
George M. Cohan, the actor-play-
writer. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Cohan
came down to see their son graduate.
Prizes were awarded to honor men
among the graduates, Daniel j. O'Conor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, leading the class
with three honors. He was awarded the
general excellence medal, the trigo-
nometry premium and the French
premium. Honorable mention for gen.
eral excellence was given to Frank M.
Foley Of New York and Peter AnsbeTy
of the District of Columbia.
The George E. Hamilton medal was
awarded to Joseph c. Sheehan OF Bal
timore as the most representative boy
in the class. Other awards were the
Spanish premium to Charles j. Atewart
Of New York and the Quicksall Shake
spearean medal to John w. English Of
Pennsylvania.
Students participating In the senior
exercises were John W. English, who
spoke on "The Movement in the Angf1-
can Church." and Frank M. Foley, who
spoke on 1.-THE Movement and the
Catholics Of England" both addresses
bearing on the centenary of the Oxford
Movement.
Diplomas of graduation were awarded
to the following students:
Timothy Peter Ansberry, District Of
Columbia; John James Barry, jr., New
York; George Michael Cohan, jr., New
York; Andrew Joseph Cummings, jr.,
District Of Columbia; Joseph Bernard
Darr, District Of Columbia; Stephen
Benton Elkins, District of Columbia;
John William English, Pennsylvania;
James DuBose Ferguson, jr., Maryland;
Frank Martin Foley, New York; Grant
Edward Friday, Pennsylvania; Ziba
Foote Graham, Indiana; William Dand-
ridge Haden, jr., Virginia; James John
Keating, New York; Francis Joseph
Kelly, Pennsylvania; Robert Edward
Koch, New York; Justin Carmody Nc
Cam, New York; Martin Joseph O'Con-
nell. jr., Virginia; Daniel Joseph
O'Conor, r., Ohio; Nicholas Joseph
Scatuorchio, New jersey; Jack Spalding
Schroeder, Georgia; Joseph Chester
Sheehan. Maryland; Charles Joseph
Stewart, New York; Carl Louis Varesio,
New Jersey, and William Joseph VII
liams. Ohio.