Evening star., 1940-06-11
Graduates atG. j.
Are Warned 10 Stiff
Raps satDemocracy
Officers Reserve Corps
Commissions to "a
Recall Alumni in Wars

Commissions to "a
Recall Alumni in Wars
Memories Of Georgetown Univers-
ity students who had volunteered
for military service in every ma
tlonal emergency of their country
during $50 years were evoked yes
terday afternoon at commencement
exercises when "a seniors of the
r. O. T. c. were commissioned as
lieutenants in the Officers' Reserve
Corps. In few days they will
leave their homes for a period of in
tensive training at various Army
camps.
The uniformed men formed
distinctive group of the 473 gradu-
ates receiving degrees and listened
gravely as the commencement
speaker admonished the class that
their choice of allegience lies today
between the democratic and the
autocratic theory Of life, law and
Government.
Sees Fifth Column" Charges.
Justice Stephens of the United
States Court of Appeals. who de-
livered the address. warned that
democracy is under attack" and
advised that the indictments aimed
at it should be examined with a
wary eye" Charges that democ-
racy is inefficient in it's machinery,
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produces poor leadership" he
claimed, may be attributed to "the
false doctrines of a fifth column"
Justice Stephens reminded the
class that the forces of good and
evil OF democracy and of autocracy,
express themselves inevitably
through the thoughts and the ac-
tions of individual human beings.
'Integrating the heart of the in
dividual man in the allegiences OF
Christ and through those allegi-
ences into the allegiences of de-
mocracY," he said" is the solution
of the problem of good and evil and
of the worlds problems today.
1T is told in the Gospel that
when Christ was crucified there
was darkness over the whole
earth,'" he added. In the dark
ness of our very present moment
when the news from Europe makes
the cloud deeper and darker, that
terrifying symbol seems to be re-
peated And the root of the whole
horrible tragedy lies in the char
acter of mems allegiance. 1t is a
question Of mems allegiance to the
Christ or to the anti-Christ."
1890 Grads Congratulated.
The Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
S. j., president, who conferred the
degrees, also presented congratula-
tory certificates to six alumni of
the class of 1890 to whom yester-
days commencement was golden
jubilee" They were DR.. Henry j.
Crosson. Andrew White, Bennett S.
Jones. John A. Sweeney and Paul
E. johnson. all of Washington, and
Charles E. Duross of New York City.
With DR.. Francis A. st. Clair of this
city, who was unable to attend they
are believed to be the only survivors
of their class. Four of the seven
are law school alumni, Mr.. ,Duross
being a graduate Of the college and
DR.. Crosson and DR.. st. Clair being
medical alumni.
Among the law school seniors in
| the graduate course, John William
Kopecky of HallettsWIle, Tex, was
| the youngest graduate of George
town ever to receive the degree of
scientiae juris doctor, the highest
that law school can confer. He
became 26 years old on May IA.
From the law school he also holds
the degrees of LIB. and LIN.
DR.. OLeary conferred an homo
rary degree on distinguished law
school alumnus, Judge George Lam
don Browning, '95 of the Supreme
Court of Appeals of Virginia. The
Right Rev. Msgr. Michael David
Leahy of Lakewood, Ohio, also the
recipient of a doctor of laws degree,
was unable to attend the exercises
due to death in his family.
Thirty-five Jesuit scholastics of
Woodstock College, Woodstock, Md,
which is affiliated with Georgetown
University, received A. B. degrees at
the exercises.
The II cadets presented by Maj.
Charles E. Ravens, U. S. A., pro-
fessor of military science and tactics
for commissions as second lieu
tenants In the infantry, o. r. c.,
included Dexter L. Hanley, COM
mander of the battalion and the
outstanding honor graduate of the
College of Arts and Sciences. The
others were Judson T. Armstrong,
jr.; Francis P. DAILY, Robert E.
Dougherty, James M. Graham, jr.;
Jack B. Harloe, Francis j. Heazel,
jr.; Walter Holomon, Francis G.
Lauro, Thomas Mace. Lewis, John
P. McGrath and Thomas B. Tighe
Twenty-Five members of the unit
were commissioned as first lieu
tenants in the medical o. R. C. as
follows.
Aprile. -Ignatius J. Koch, William j..
Blair, Joseph r. Kramm August H.
Broderick. T c. McNahon. John M.
Calta Robert Martinez. Hector A.
Finegan, Eugene r. May. Conrad G.
Clan chi, M G. Murphy George e.
Hanna, Michael I. Nestor. John o.
Jana, ]. r, jr. owen. Robert F.
Kenny. James J. Sawan, Edward A.
The roll of graduates follows:
Bachelor Of Arts.