Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-07
Georgetown Denial
Graduates 10 Get
Diplomas Today
Seniors in Medicine
Will Get Degrees
On March IA

Will Set Degrees
On March IA
Commencement exercises for the
Georgetown University School of
Dentistry will be held this afternoon
at ; o'clock in CASTOR Hall, when
the president-elect Of the American
Dental Association, Capt. c. Ray
mond Wells, U. s. N, delivers the
address to the graduating class
At the same time announcement
was made that the School of Medi-
cine will conduct its graduation ex-
erctses at the same hour and place
next Sunday.
The Very Rev. Lawrence C. Cor
man. s. j., president of Georgetown
University, will confer honorary de-
grees at each commencement. Capt.
Wells Is to be awarded a doctor of
science degree. while at the medical
exercises week hence he will confer
q doctor of laws degree upon William
E. Leahy, chairman of the Board of
Appeals Of the Districts Selective
Service.
Two Commencements.
Arrangements for the two COM
mencements were announced by the
Rev. David v. McCauley, S. j., regent
of the schools and dean of, medicine.
They end the winter commandments
OF the university under the accel-
Grated program.
The dental exercises will be pre-
coded by a baccalaureate mass at
10 o'clock this morning in Dahlgren
Chapel on the university campus, at
tended by members of the faculty
headed by DR.. Joseph L. B. Murray,
dean OF the school, the graduates
and members of their families. The
sermon will be preached by the Right
Rev. Asgr. George johnson of Cath
OHIO University, who is chairman of
the National Catholic Educational
Conference.
DR.. Murray will present prizes to a
number Of honor graduates at the
commencement exercises. Capt,
Wells. the speaker. is the dental rep
resentative of the Selective Service
System serving with the Navy, which
he Joined about q year ago. He has
been q leader In his profession for
many years and also served with the
Naval Dental Corps during the First
World War. His home is in New
York.
Baccalaureate Mass.
Georgetown University has been
closely connected with the Dental
Corps Of the Navy in former years
through Dr.. William N. Cogan, dean
emeritus of the school of dentistry.
DR.. Cogan helped organize the Naval
Dental Corps and served actively in
It Tor many years.
The commencement exercises for
the school of medicine also will be
preceded by q baccalaureate mass
next Sunday ct 10 o'clock in the
university chapel. The Very Rev.
William J. Murphy, s. j. president
OF Boston University, sister Jesuit
institution, viii preach the sermon.
Mr.. Leahy, q. Georgetown alulmnus
and leading member of the Dis
trict bar, will address the medical
graduating class at the commence
ment. He is I graduate Of Holy
Cross College, worcester, Mass. and
obtained his kk B. degree from
Georgetown IN 1912. He has prac-
ticed law here ever since. Mr..
Leahy also holds the master Of arts
degree from Georgetown and taught |
on its law school faculty for num-
Der Of years.
Some years ago he became dean
and later president Of Columbus
University law school in this city.
During the first World War period
Mr.. Leahy served as assistant
United States attorney for the Dis
trict. He has also been associated
with the Department Of Justice In
the past, first as a special attorney
and in 1925 as a special assistant to
the Attorney General.
Going Into Service.
approximately all of the dental
and medical seniors about to gradu-
ate viii take active commissions In
the Army and Navy Reserves.
The Rev. Stephen F. McNamee.
8. j., dean Of the college of arts
and sciences, announced last week
IN honor roll Of six seniors, sopho-
mores and freshmen who had made
straight AS in ali subjects during
the semester ended January 80.
There was no junior on the list.
The honor seniors were Edward
j. Callahan OF Minnesota and Leon
A. LIE Buffe of the District of CO.
lumbia. Donald F. Diekman of
New Jersey was the only sophomore
listed. Honor freshmen were
Georges Edelen of Maryland and
Karl F. Ockert and Bernard L.
Rosenberg, both Of the District OF
Columbia.