Evening star., 1934-04-10
FIVE ARE HON0RED
BY GEORGETOWN.
Ambassadors, Bishops and
Cabinet Members At.
tend Exercises.

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Before the Ambassadors and Min
listers of nearly IS countries, members
Of the cabinet, bishops of the Cath
olic Church and many prominent ed
ucators, Georgetown University last
night bestowed high academic honors
upon five distinguished men and
women in commemorating Founders
day and the tercentennial anniver-
sary Of the founding Of the first
school Of Jesuit education in America.
For the first time in the las years
Of Georgetown 1t broke a hard and
fast rule by comforting a degree upon
a woman. Mrs. Genevieve Garvan
Brady, New York philanthropist and
vice chairman under Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt Of the National Women s
Committee of Welfare and Relief
Mobilization. She was made a doc
tor of laws in recognition Of her out
standing promotion of Jesuit educa-
ton.
Presents Valuable Manuscript.
At the conclusion Of the ceremonies
DR.. Coleman Nevils, S. j., president.
announced that Mrs. Brady had just
given the university Mark Twain's
original manuscript Of Tom Saw
yer" This Is one of the most priced
American manuscripts and had been
acquired by her late husband. Nicho-
las F. Brady, is years ago after a
long search. 1t is insured for $50, 900.
DR.. Coleman Nevils, S. j.. president.
then conferred gold medals Of hon.
orary academies on the following:
Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicog-
mani, apostolic delegate to the United
States, in the John Carroll Academy
Of Foreign Service.
Gov. Albert c. Ritchie of Maryland
in the william CASTOR Academy Of
Law.
Mrs. Padraic Colum of New York,
literary critic, in the James Ryder
Randall Academy Of Letters.
DR.. Sofie A. Nordhon Jung OF
Washington, founder Of the Nordhon-
Jung prize for cancer research, in
the Angelo Secchi Academy OF
Science.
Gov. Ritchie was greeted with the
singing of Maryland, My Maryland"
the author of which was James Ryder
Randall. Georgetown alumnus Of 1855.
Archbishop John Gregory Murray
of st. Paul, Mimi. tolled the historic
bell of the first church OF Maryland,
a relic of the Georgetown archives. in
honor of the founders. Senator John
H. Bankhead of Alabama. class Of
1898. Georgetown Law School, read
l.. In nit
Georgetown traces its earliest his
tory to Father Andrew White and his
companion Jesuit missionaries OF the
Leonard Calvert expedition, who es-
tablished the first school Of Jesuit
education in America at st. Marys
City in 1884. From this seed, Arch
bishop John Carroll Of Baltimore
eventually founded Georgetown on
the Potomac in 1789.
Referring to these early Jesuit
missionaries. the apostolic delegate, IN
the only address of the evening, de-
clared the results Of their efiorts
"have been glorious to the church and
the Nation"
Nor does the church forget" he
added. "that from the Society OF Jesus
came the first saints and martyrs OF
North America, and from her ranks
the first Catholic bishop. John Car
roll, founder of this university. The
spiritual light which they kindled in
Maryland reveals the finer qualities
that lie in the nature of man and OF
things. The greatness Of a nation Is
better measured by the depths Of its
spiritual ideals than by the extent OF
its material achievements"
Pope Conferred Titles.
Mrs. Brady, widow Of Nicholas F.
Brady, New York utility magnate, has
been a foremost benefactor of Catholic
education and is nationally known for
her welfare work. She succeeded Mrs.
Herbert Hoover as chairman Of the
National Girl Scouts of America. In
1925 Pope Plus XII bestowed upon her
husband and herself the title Of duke
and duchess.
AS dean of the diplomatic corps, the
Turkish Ambassador headed the list
of nearly 40 Ambassadors and Ministers
who attended the exercises. Prominent
among the guests were Attorney Gen.
eral Homer s. Cummings, Postmaster
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Commerce Daniel c. Roper, and Jus
tices Pierce Butler, Willis Van De-
vanter and Harlan Fiske Stone of the
United States Supreme Court. George
town regents from New York in at
tendance were James A. Farrell, former
president of the United States Steel
Corporation, and George McNeir.
A number of prominent Catholic
prelates and educators attended. in
rluding Very Rev. Edward c. Phillips,
S. j.. provincial of the New York
Maryland Jesuits; Bishop James Hugh
Ryan of Catholic University Of
America; Bishop Karl J. Alter Of
Toledo, Ohio; Bishop Thomas C.
O'Reilly of Scranton, Pa; Bishop
John M. McNamara of Baltimore,
Bishop John B. Peterson of Man.
chester, N. H.. and DR.. r. A. Pearson,
president Of the University Of Mary
land; DR.. william Holland Wilmer,
director of the Wilmer Institute. Johns
Hopkins Medical School, and DR..
Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller In
stitute Of New York.