Evening star., 1933-06-14
ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN
CATHOLIC j. DEGREE
President Characterized as
"Doer of Great Things"
at Ceremony.
The list of graduates mill be
found on page BIZ.

Characterized as "a doer of great
things whose very doing is his worthiest
praise" President Roosevelt today was
awarded the honorary degree Of doctor
Of laws by the Catholic University Of
America at its forty-fourth annual
commencement.
The degree was conferred upon the
Chief Executive by Most Rev. Michael
j. Curley. archbishop of Baltimore. who
is chancellor of the university.
In brief informal address President
Roosevelt expressed his very deep
thanks from the bottom Of my heart
for the great honor the university has
conferred upon me-" He said he was
glad to be with his old friend and
neighbor, Patrick Cardinal Hayes OF
New York, and Msgr. James Hugh Ryan,
rector, and Archbishop Curley.
The President said he was glad also
to meet a new friend and new
neighbor here in Washington whom I
hope shall see a great deal during
the next four years." the new apostolic
delegate.
The graduation, he said, was not only
a commencement day, but was also Flag
day, which means so much to all
Americans" It was particularly fitting
the President said, that there should
have been assembled at Catholic Uni
versity today "the great dignitaries OF
the church, and among them the Presi-
dent Of the United States"
Accompanying the President to the
university was Mrs Roosevelt, Secre-
tary Of Commerce Daniel c. Roper and
Postmaster General James A. Farley.
Associate Justice Pierce Butler OF the
Supreme Court also sat on the stage
with the presidential party. The
church dignitaries attending commence
ment included Most Rev. Amelto-
Giovanni Cicognani, apostolic delegate
to the United States; Right Rev. John
M. Mcnamara, auxiliary bishop OF Bal
timore, and Rev. DR.. w. Coleman Nevis,
president of Georgetown University.
Welcoming President Roosevelt to the
exercises, Archbishop Curley cited the
quiet, prayerful visit to his own church
with which President Roosevelt pre-
ceded his inaugural oath on the day Of
his Inauguration.
I'VE add our prayers to yours Tor the
blessing of God upon you and your ad-
ministration-to the end that we and
all mankind, drawing near to the foun-
tain of life, may truly live and safely
walk in the light of His divine coun-
tenance," the archbishop said.
In comforting the degrees in course,
the traditional reading of individual
candidates names was omitted. The
deans of the various schools merely pro-
posed for their respective degrees the
program, and in like manner the de-
grees were conferred by Archbishop
Curley.
The President was presented for the
degree by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward A.
Pace, vice rector of the university. In
his citation of the candidate for the
doctorate, Msgr. Pace said OF Mr..
Roosevelt:
"a man we hail-our foremost fellow
citizen and. as well, a citizen OF the
world: man outstanding among men
for upright living. faithfulness to God
and country, breadth of thought and
warmth Of kindly feeling; for skill In
the handling of public affairs and the
settling of vital issues; a doer of great
things whose very doing is his worthiest
praise-Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
Continuing, Mgr. Pace said that
in electing Mr.. Roosevelt to the Presi-
dency, the American people realized
they had chosen "a President, not an
emblem; Wielder, not merely holder
of power" This welding of power was
not merely for the American people
alone, he said, but for the many stricken
nations.
Heavy, indeed, the burden, heavier
with the weight of the sad time" Mgr.
Pace declared. "Yet he saw in the well
fare of the people the overruling law,
putting his whole trust in God, sprang
straightWay to the pressing work, took
up quickly task on task outstripping
the best and boldest, shedding new
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