Evening star., 1939-06-05
500 Will Receive
Diplomas al 6. u.
Exercises Today
Prizes Given Honor
Students and Winners
Of Competitions

Georgetown University will hold
its sesquicentennial commencement
exercises at o'clock this afternoon
on the Hilltop campus when nearly
500 seniors in all departments will
receive their diplomas.
Charles H. English of Erie, Pa,
an alumnus of the law school, will
deliver the commencement address.
He is chief bar examiner of Penn
sylvania and past president of the
State Bar Association. Because of
the honors conferred at Saturdays
convocation there will be no award
Ing of honorary degrees this aft
ernoon.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached yesterday morning in
Dahlgren Chapel by the Rev. Ed
ward L. Stephens, IL. B., 16,
director of the Diocesan Missionary
Fathers of Richmond, Va. In the
afternoon the president of the uni
versity, the Very Rev. Arthur A.
OLeary, S. j., held a reception for
the seniors and alumni. and last
night at the class day exercises for
the college William j. Driscoll, jr.,
of Massachusetts, delivered the Co.
honguroton Grafton, the valedictory
based on early Indian traditions
associated with the Potomac River.
Prizes were awarded to honor
students and winners of academic
competitions in all departments of
the university last night as follows:
College of Arts and Sciences.
The Pulaski Medal in open COM
petition in all departments for best
essay on a subject relating to Po-
land-JameS F. Pierce, Graduate
School, of Massachusetts,.
The Horace Medal for the highest
grading in an oral examination in
odes of Horace - William Joseph
Driscoll, jr., of Massachusetts, and
Frederic James Fuller, jr, of New
York. The award made, eX aequo.
The American Institute of Chem
lists Medal washington, D. C. Chap
ter for the highest average among
seniors II. chemistry-Joseph Burne
Bohannar Of District of Columbia.
The Quicksall Medal for best oral
examination in plays of Shakespeare
Martin Schofield Quigley Of Con-
nectiCut.
The Garvan Oratorical Medal for
winning annual oratorical contest
John Thomas Flynn of New York.
The Merrick Debating Medal for
best debater in the annual Merrlck
contest-Richard Kelley Martin of
Massachusetts.
The Bellarmine scholarship lead
Ing to degree of Ii. B. at George
town Law School. for best essay
on "Bellarmine's Teaching on the
Relations of Church and State
William KerWin English Of New
York
The Ryan Medal for the highest
average in examinations during the
year in psychology, natural theology
and ethics-Martin Schofield Quig-
ley of Connecticut.
School of Law.
Graduate course-ChetWood Medal
for eXcellency in graduate study,
Joseph Aloysius Hoskins. Missouri;
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cent Depaul Dillon. U. S. A.
Faculty prize of $40 for best
thesis-Paul Emery Hadlick of Min
nesota; honorable mention, Edward
Anton Doering of Ohio.
Undergraduate course-The Lucey
Medal to the student in the senior
class attaining the highest general
average during the entire course,
1t John Floyd Mccartney, U. S. A:
honorable mention. 1t. William
Price Connally, jr., U. S. A.
Hamilton prize of $50 for the
best paper on legal ethics-Lt. John
Floyd Mccartney. U. S. A; second
prize of s24 awarded eX aequo to
Henry c. Rubin of Pennsylvania
and Walter w. Hanes of Ohio
Faculty prizes of $25 each to coun-
sells on the winning side of the final
debate-Woodruff j. Deem of Cali
Island.
Faculty prizes of SIS to each of
counsels on winning side of the four
preliminary debates-Woodruff j.
Deem of California: Clarence j.
Hauck, jr. Of Maryland: William P.
Keegan of Pennsylvania. John M.
Maloney of New York, Fred Tour
kow of Ohio, James F. Foley of
Rhode Island and Carl J. Schuck
of California
Prizes for class standing-S4O
highest average in senior morning
class, 1t. John Floyd Mccartney;
$40 second prize, 1t. William Price
Connally, jr, U. S. A: $40 highest
average in senior afternoon class,
Gerald Patrick O'Grady of Vermont :.
$40 second prize, Wilbur Churchill
Nichols of Maryland
Law Journal keys for scholarship
and consistent work for the Law
Journal-Edtor in chief, 1t. William
Price Connally, jr.; associate editors,
1t. John F.. Mccartney and Gerald
P. O'Grady of Vermont; assistant
editors, James G. Boss of Maryland,
Henry W. Sweeney of New York.
David HoroWitz of Rhode Island,
William j. Shaughnessy of the Dis
trlct OF Columbia, Franklin N. Parks
OF District of Columbia, Sidney 2.