Evening star., 1937-05-23
c, j. WILL HONOR
F0RDHAM HEAD
Rev. Dr.. Henry !. Cannon,
Jr., an A|umnus, to Re-
celVe Degree.

Georgetown University will confer
an honorary degree Of doctor Of lit
erature at its commencement exercises
the afternoon of Sunday, June 6, upon
one Of its most prominent alumni,
Rev DR.. Henry l. Cannon, S. j., presi-
dent OF Fordham University in New
York.
DR.. Cannon, brother of DR.. James
A. Cannon, prominent Washington
surgeon, and of Edward Cannon, an
other Georgetown alumnus, also will
deliver the address to the graduating
class Of approximately 500 seniors.
Plans for the 138th commencement
week, which starts on June 4, about
= week earlier this year, were an
nounced for the first time yesterday
by Very Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. j.,
president Of the university. George
town will confer only the one hon.
orary degree at its commencement,
DR.. O'Leary said, because the univer-
sity has already bestowed four de-
grees this year.
Cardinal Pacelli, papal secretary of
state, and Commonwealth President
Manuel l.. Quezon of the Philippines
were awarded degrees, as were Dr.
Percy D. Hickling of the School of
Medicine and Charles Albert Keigwin
Of the School of Law.
Program to Be Changed.
BY holding the commencement on
Sunday it will be necessary to
change the usual order OF events
Scholastic prizes will be awarded
honor students in all departments Sat-
urday evening, June 5, in the college
quadrangle. More emphasis also will
be placed this year, DR.. O'Leary said,
on class reunions. Alumni meetings
and dinners are being arranged.
DR.. Cannon was appointed presi-
dent of Fordham, largest Catholic uni
versity in the country, last June as
successor to DR.. Aloysius j. Hogan,
S. j.. who was transferred to George
town on the expiration of his term to
become dean of the Graduate School.
He Is we'll known in Washington and
graduated from Georgetown College
In 1918.
For six years prior to last June DR..
Cannon had been dean Of ST. Peters
College In Jersey City, which, like
Fordham, is Jesuit institution. He
taught at Fordham in 1921 and later
lectured in its Graduate School. 1t
was not until 1926 that he was or
dained a priest.
Recognized rs Educator.
The year after his graduation from
Georgetown, DR.. Cannon entered the
Jesuit order, and at a years of age
Is widely recognized as scholar and
educator.
Among his degrees are a master of
arts from Cambridge University, Eng
land, and a degree Of doctor Of sacred
theology from Woodstock College,
Maryland. After his ordination, DR..
Cannon went to Europe to study edu-
cational methods at Oxford, Cam
bridge. the Sorbonne and the Uni
versities Of Perugia and Louvain.
At St. Peters College he was sue
cessful in organizing the Hudson
College of Commerce and Finance
and more than doubled the student
body of the institution.
Announcement also was made at
Georgetown that the commencement
exercises for the School of Nursing
Of Georgetown Hospital and the De-
partment of Dental Hygiene will be
held Thursday afternoon at AIS
O'Clock in CASTOR Hall. DrI O'Leary
will present the diplomas to the
two classes of young women, and the
graduating address will be given by
Dr.. Leo Briscon Norris, a member OF
the Medical School faculty.