Evening star., 1935-06-09
CLASS APPLAUDS
c. j. HONOR MEN
80 Seniors Praised for At
tainments-472 to Get
Degrees Tonight.

Thirty-three seniors of Georgetown
University, honor men among the 472
graduates who are to receive their
degrees at the final commencement
exercises this evening, were awarded
medals and premiums last night for
outstanding scholarship achievements.
CASTOR Hall. where the program
was conducted, was crowded with
graduates from all departments and
visiting alumni who had come to take
part in the traditional class day feS-
tivities. Preparations for colorful
outdoor celebrations were voided by
the rain.
George H. Guilfoyle of New York
City. president of the Students
Council, delivered the Cohonguroton
Grafton, the valedictory of the college
seniors. Dressed in Indian regalia.
his address was the seniors farewell
to the Potomac River, the name Co
honguroton, or River of Swans.
having been applied to it by the early
Indian tribes
In the event of rain tonight, the
commencement program will be held
in Constitution Hall, but. weather
permitting. the graduation will be
conducted on the college campus from
the esplanade of the White-Gravenor
Building in a glare OF flood lighting.
Announcement of any change IN
plans will be made at the university
at 2 pm The outdoor program is
scheduled for 6:45 pm.
Hurley to Deliver Address
The commencement address will be
delivered by Lieut.. Gov. Joseph Leo
Hurley of Massachusetts, a graduate
of the law class of 1920 and 1921.
President Coleman NevilS. S. j., will
confer two honorary degrees of doc
tor of laws upon prominent alumni.
The recipients of honors will be Chief
Justice William j. Millard of the Su-
preme Court of Washington State
and Charles H. English of Erie Pa,
member of the Pennsylvania State
Board of Law Examiners and gradu-
ate also of the law school and col
lese.
At 10 o'clock this morning the
graduating class will assemble in
Dahlgren Chapel for the baccalaure-
ate mass Rev. Henri J. Weisel, S. j.,
sermon. The celebrant will be Right
taught at Georgetown, will preach the
sermon The celebrant will be Rt.
Rev. Peter Guilday, professor of
church history of the Catholic Uni
versity of America.
DR.. Edmund A. Walsh. S. j., vice
president. and Lawrence H. Cooke of
Monticello, N. Y, senior college class
president, had charge of last nights
program.
Graduates Outstanding.
One of the outstanding class
records was made by Thomas Douglas
Schall, jr.. of the Law School, son
of Senator Schall of Minnesota. He
received the Francis E. Lucey Medal
for the senior attaining the highest
general average during his entire
course: honorable mention in legal
ethics and a $40 prize for the high
est average in the morning class dur
ing the past year He also received
$40 prize as winner of preliminary
debate
A foreign service senior, Robert c.
Wilson. of Forest Hills. Md. received
three special awards. He was award
ed the Delta Sigma Pi key as the
senior attaining the highest scholar
ship during his entire course, the
Coleman Nevils Medal in foreign re-
lations and the Jean Labat Medal in
French.
The son of the Minister of Panama.
Rogelio E. Alfaro was awarded the
Prince Albert de Ligne Medal in the
Foreign Service School for Belgium
history. John D. Lane of Washington.
another foreign service student and
assistant secretary to President Nevis.
received an award in French.
In the college outstanding awards
were the Merrick Debating Medal
won by John S. McKenney of Massa-
chusetts, who also received the Gar
van Oratorical Medal. Philip A.
Tumulty, son of Joseph P Tumulty,
former secretary to the late Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson, was winner of
the Ryan Medal in philosophy offered
by the college.
Arts and Sciences Prizes.
Rev. John E. Grattan. S. j., dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences.
awarded prizes in the college as fol-
lows:
The Garvan Oratorical Medal, John
s. McKenney, Swampscott, Mass.
The Brennan Medal for the best
examination in apologetics, George H
Guilfoyle, New York City
The Morris Historical Medal, Law
renee H. Cooke, Monticello. N. Y.
The Dickinson Medal for elocution,
Charles A. Gildea, jr., Saddle River,
N. J.
The Ryan Medal in philosophy,
Philip A. Tumulty of Washington
The Merrick Debating Medal, win
ner of annual Merrick contest. John
s. McKenney, Swampscott, Mass.
Additional Awards.
Rev. Francis E. Lucey S. j.. regent
OF the Law School, awarded the fol-
lowing prizes:
The Thomas Bradbury Chetwood
Medal. founded by class of 1928,
for eXcellency in graduate study, to
Charles Vinton Koons of Washington.
Honorable mention to Francis Carroll
Nash, Rochester, N. Y.
The prize of $40 for the best thesis
in the graduate course. to P. Ten
nent Norton, jr. of Calvert. Tex. Hon
orable mention to Francis Carroll
Nash.
Rev. Francis E. Lucey Medal, Of
fered to the senior student who at
tains the highest general average dur
ing his entire course, to Thomas
Douglass Schall, jr., Faribault, Mimi
Honorable mention to Howard Boyd,
jr.. of Washington, Philip Paul Maren-
berg, New York City. and William
Lawrence Morrow, Archibald, Pa.
Legal Ethics Prize.
A prize of $50, offered by Dean
George E. Hamilton to the student
in the course in legal ethics writing
the best paper on legal ethics, to