Evening star., 1943-01-31

of Philadelphia and Washington
At 10 o'clock this morning the
seniors will attend the baccalau-
reate mass in Dahlgren Chapel
The Rev. James J. McLarney, o. P.
of the Dominican House of Studies
in Washington, a Georgetown grad
uate, will preach the sermon.
Cadet Major Wins Medal.
Among the outstanding awards
of last night was gold medal pre-
sented to Cadet Major Earle H
Dooley of Clayton, Mo, commander
of the infantry battalion. Father
German founded the medal and it
will be awarded annually to the
senior who has done most for the
advancement of the ROTC.
Senior class day exercises found
John B. Ross of New York city
and Robert c. Napier of Rochester,
N. Y, in the stellar roles. The
former delivered the salutatory
while Mr.. Napier gave the Cohon-
guroton oration The latter is the
Indian name for the Potomac River,
meaning the River of Swans and
it is a Georgetown tradition that
the seniors pay their farewell to
the river beside which they have
lived for four scholastic years.
Mr.. Napier, in keeping with the
traditional role, appeared in Indian
costume and spoke from tepee
erected on the stage This was the
only feature retained during the
commencement program, which
omitted all phases of alumni ac-
tivities.
Both the college and Foreign Serv-
ice School awarded gold and silver
medals to its students who attained
the highest number of points in the
achievement test in compulsory
physical training This is a war
time program imposed to meet re-
quirements of the armed services
for physical fitness before induction.
John j. Egan of Newark, N. j.,
retiring president of the Yard, won
the gold medal for first place among
the college students The medal for
second place was awarded to John
r. Walker of Little Neck, N. Y.
The foreign service awards were
made to Francis l.. Markey of Staten
Island. N Y, first place, and John
j. Donohue of Sioux City, Iowa
Several seniors from the District
area won scholastic awards in both
the college and foreign service
school.
College Awards Made.
The Rev. Stephen F. McNamee,
s. j., dean of arts and sciences, pre-
sented the college awards as follows:
Garvan Oratorical Medal to Carl
r. Bunje of Manila, P l.: Hamilton
Philodemic Medal to Edward T.
Hogan. jr., of Pawtucket R. l.;
Dahlgren Medal in Calculus to Osler
l.. Schwartz of the District of Co.
lumbia; Quicksall Shakespearean
Medal to Daniel j. Sullivan of the
District, Morris Historical Essay
Medal to Robert c. Danaher Of the
District; Brennan Religious Medal
to William L. Harding of Omaha,
Nebr.: Ryan Medal in Psychology,
Natural Theology and Ethics and
the Merrick Debating Medal, both
to Edward J. Callahan, jr., Of Mime
apolis. MINI.
From the foreign service school
the Rev. DR.. Edmund A. Walsh,
S. j., regent, presented the follow
ing awards:
Delta Sigma Pi Gold Scholarship
Key to the senior attaining the
highest scholarship throughout the
entire course, awarded to Harry
E. A. Zimmerman of Arlington
. Va.
The w. Coleman Nevis Gold
Medal in Foreign Relations of the
United States, to John Edwin Nc
Connell of Pampa, Tex.
The Edmund A Walsh Cole
Medal in International Law to Mr.
Zimmerman.
The Thomas H. Healy Gold Media
for Spanish to Louis Desloge of St
Louis, Mo.
The Jean Labat Gold Medal fol
French to Edwin D. Crowley O.
Arlington, Va.
The Military Geography Golc
Medal to Donald William McIlvan'
of Pittsburgh, Pa.