Evening star., 1943-05-24
6. u. Presents Degree
To Gen. Ho|comb al
Graduation Exercises
Head Of Marine Corps
Points to Opportunity
To Win Lasting Peace

1t. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, COM
mandant of the United States
Marine Corps, congratulated grad
uateS of Georgetown University yes
terday afternoon on their oppor-
tunity to help win a total war for
the gaining of lasting peace.
Most of the graduates, comprising
40 from the school of foreign serv-
ice and five from the graduate
school, are joining nearly 5000
Georgetown sons who are already
in the armed services. Ten of them
are now on active military duty,
having received leaves from their
posts to get their degrees in person.
The Very Rev. Lawrence C. Cor
man, S. j., president, conferred a
degree of doctor of military science
upon the Marine Corps command
ant, veteran of 43 years of active
service at home and abroad.
In brief address to the class,
Gen. Holcomb told them that war
time graduation has double i'm
portance
Latin Citation Presented.
1T is a valued step both in the
building Of and in the protection of
the American way of life" he said.
To-day you young men leave this
university to put your training and
your knowledge at work in the VIM
ming of a total war. to the end that
YOU may then use that training and
that knowledge to help project
lasting peace"
Gen. Holcomb reminded the grad
yates that when they enter the
armed services they Will find that
what you do becomes more i'm
portant measuring rod than what
you have done"
A Latin citation accompanying
the honorary degree brought the
lines of the famous Marine hymn
up to date, in paving tribute to the
corps and its commander.
Among the foremost soldiers of
the Republic stands that legion of
intreped sons, the United States
Marines" the Latin inscription read
From the halls of Montezuma
to the shores of Tripoli, from dis
tant islands of the Pacific to Arctic
wastes of land it has merited to be
known as the terror of every foe
and the hope of every free man.
wherever peril threatens. there
it straightway disembarks-falthful
afoI q fnor yvotpl,
man of the night and advance guard
on the flaming battlements of the
world Today Georgetown salutes
the commander of that heroic band
who. in his person and distinguished
service record. symbolizes the gen.
ius, loyalty and stamina of the
United States Marine Corps
The Rev. Edmund A. Walsh. S. j.,
regent of the school of foreign
service, pal dtribute to two recent
graduates of the school, who had
upheld the highest traditions of
the military forces of the United
States
Brings G. U. Dead to rs.
They were men from this area, 1t.
Harry Luther Champlain. U. S. N,
class of 1889, and 1t. Victor w. B.
Wales. U. S. A., class of 1941. whose
deaths were announced last week,
bringing to 26 the number of George
town men who have given their lives
in this war. Each of the two had
been cited for gallantry in action.
Earlier in the day, at the bacca-
laureate mass, Father Walsh had
said in his sermon that so long as
religion imposes the discipline
of mutual respect for fellow citizens,
so long will the American way of
life survive The moment it's reli-
gious foundation is undermined,
your political democracy will COL
lapse, your social and economic lib
critics will disappear and Caesar will
mount his ancient throne once
more"
The following academic honors
were awarded at the commencement
exercises to Foreign Service seniors:
The Delta Sigma Pi gold scholar
ship key to William E. Katon of In
dianapolis; the w. Coleman Nevils
Medal in Foreign Relations of the
United States, and the Edmund A.
Walsh Medal in International Law
to Charles Stanton Kloman of Phil
adelphia; the Geopolitics Medal to
James Joseph Brennan of Sante Fe,
N. Mex, and the Medal in Political
Economy of Total War to John Law
lor Quigley of Chelsea, Mass.
Presented for Degrees.
The Rev. Edward C. Phillips, S. j.,
dean of the graduate school, pre-