Evening star., 1937-05-28
GRADUATES GIVEN
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President 0'Leary of G. U.
Unable to Preside at Ex"
erCises for Nurses.

A satisfactory report was given to-
day on the condition of Very Rev.
Arthur A. OLeary, S. j., president Of
Georgetown University, whose serious
illness from major operation was
reported for the first time late yester-
day at the annual commencement ex-
ercises for the university's nurses and
hygienists.
Dr.. R. M. lie Comte, Georgetown
surgeon, who performed the operation
last Monday for removal of gall stones,
said the university official was recov-
eri1g satisfactorily. There had been
considerable anxiety over his condi-
ton on the part Of many friends.
DR.. O'Leary was to have oficiated
at the commencement exercises in
Castor Hail. where 20 graduates Of the
Georgetown Hospital School of Nursing
and IL girl hygienists of the School
Of Dentistry received their diplomas
From his bedside in the university
hospital, DR.. O'Leary conveyed to the
young women graduates his gratitude
and congratulations" on their attention
to duties and successful completion
OF their courses The message was
given by DR.. David " McCauley, S. j.,
dean Of the School OF Medicine.
DR.. Norris Gives Address.
Another address was given at the
exercises by Dr. Leo Bricson Norris of
the medical school.
Sister Mary Euphrasia, O. S. F.,
superintendent of the hospital, award
ed cash prize to Miss Juanita Irene
Byrnes for the highest efficiency in
nursing among the graduates Miss
5yrnes is from Virginia.
The Georgetown Dental Hygienist
Aumnae Assertion prize for the high
est scholastic average was awarded to
Miss Mabel Owen Scott of New York.
Miss Alivel E. Forzano OF Pennsyl-
vania and Miss Louise Hope Walker of
West Virginia, hygienists, won the
Mary Olive O'Connell awards in voice.
The DR.. Louise c. Ball prize essay
awards In nutrition we're given to
Maryalice Redding of Connecticut and
Miss Laura D. Dudek of Pennsylvania,
also hygienists.
Graduates of the School Of Nursing
were:
School of Nursing.
Margaret Edith Beattie, Virginia;
juanita Irene Byrnes, Virginia; Mary
Margaret Carles, Pennsylvania; Vir-
ginia Genevieve Cotton, District of Co.
lumbia; Marietta Mae Coughennour,
Maryland; Gladys Moverine Crissman,
North Carolina; Ann Estelle Daniels
Pennsylvania; Margaret Ludmila Du-
das, District of Columbia Ann Teresa
Dunn, Maryland; Sarah Ellen Ganley,
Maryland; Julia Alene Grattan, Penn
sylvania: Edith Bell Kinard, Missis-
sippi; Lila Lembie LaMond, New York;
Ruth Ella Latin, District of Co.
lunbia; Catherine Agnes Magner,
Ohio; Rita Patricia Murnane, Con-
necticut; Hazel Marguerite Palmer,
South Carolina; Doria Ann Pender-
CAST, District of Columbia; Virginia
Eloise Routzahn, District of Columbia
snd M. Antoinette Troxell, Penn
sylvania.
The class of dental hygienists follow:
Dental Hygienists.
Martha Irene Becker, Baltimore,
Nd: Helen Olivia Briggs, Washington,
d. c.; Laura D. Dudek, New Castle,
Pa; Alivel E. Forzano, Akron, Ohio:
Barbara Marie Keefe, Ithaca, N. Y;
Betty Jane Keefe. Ithaca. N. Y:
Bernadette J. Lange, Washington, D.
c.; Maryalice Redding, Waterbury,
Conn; Mabel Owen Scott, Wellsburg,
N. Y: Gwendolyn Marese Truluck,
jacksonville, Fla: Reba E. Turley,
Leesburg Va. and Louise Hope Walker,
Huntington. W. Va.