Evening star., 1939-06-04
Richard Boss, Jr.,
Is vaIedictorian
Al Catholic j.
Commencement Week
Exercises to Stort
Next Sunday

Richard Emory Suddorth Boss,
jr., a senior in the school of engi-
neering and architecture, has been
named valedictorian for the class
OF 1889 at Catholic University.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. R. E, S
Boss OF 3Ol9 Twenty-fifth street
NE. the valedictorian was born in
Washington and entered Catholic
University in the fall of 1885 after
preparing for college in Mckinley
High School and Columbian Pre-
paratory School. He will receive the
degree Of bachelor Of aeronautical
engineering on commencement day
During his undergraduate days he
was an active member of the SEN
ators' Club and its representative in
the Inter-Club Council.
The 50th annual commencement
week exercises will open next Sun
day and continue through Wednes-
day, June IA, according to an
nouncement by the Right Rev. JOS
eph M. Corrigan, rector of the uni
versity.
Baccalaureate mass will be cele-
brated in the crypt of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Concep-
ton on the campus by the Right
Rev. Patrick J. Mccormick, vice
rector, at 10:30 am. next Sunday
The sermon will be preached by the
Rev. James A. Geary, assistant pro-
fessor of Celtic languages and lit
eratures. The mass will be preceded
by an academice procession, with
the faculty forming at Caldwell Hall
and the senior class in cap and gown
forming before Mcmahon Hall.
Alumni Field Day.
The alumni will compete with the
senior classes in a field day in the
university stadium at 3 o'clock that
afternoon. The alumnae will give a
tea for the woman graduates in the
foyer of Mullen Library from 4 until
6 pm. Mrs. Clara F. Purcell, chair
man of this annual event, is in
charge of arrangements.
Monday afternoon, June IL, the
seniors will hold their annual tea
dance in Mullen Library at 5 o'clock
for their families, friends and other
guests.
The senior class mass, the last
occasion on which they meet in
the Gibbons Hall Chapel, will be
celebrated at" $3.50 am. Tuesday
June l3, and the Rev. DR.. George
B. Strateimer, o. P. chaplain OF
the university. will deliver the fare
we'll talk. The School of Nursing
Alumnae will hold their annual
luncheon at 1890 pm. in Pilgrim
mage Hall at the Franciscan Mona
stery Miss Elsie Berdan, secretary
Of the Alumnae Association and a
member of the faculty of the School
of Nursing, will be in charge and
welcome the nursing school gradu-
ates who will be the guests of the
alumnae on that occasion.
Class Day Exercises.
Glass Day exercises for the senior
lay students will take place in Nc
Mahon Hall Auditorium at 4:45
pm. Tuesday, June 13. Judge Ed
ward M. Curran, an alumnus of the
university, will be the speaker on
this occasion. This is the second
time in the history of the univer-
sity that class day has been held
and many of the announcements
and activities pertaining solely to
the lay undergraduates will be made
at this time.
Monsignor Corrigan will preside
at the rector's annual reception for
the graduates and their friends and
families in Mcmahon Hall at 6 pm.
and at 8 o'clock the alumni smoker
for the seniors will be held at a
place yet to be announced.
The concluding ceremony will be
a university convocation in honor
OF the accession of Pope Plus XII,
during which degrees will be con-
ferred upon candidates, presented
by the deans of the several schools
and colleges of the university. His
excellency, the Most Rev. Thomas
j. Walsh, archbishop of Newark, N.
j., will preside and DR.. Richard
Pottee of the United States State
Department will deliver the ad-
dress.