Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1935, Page 23

v ‘ ~ ’ N CLASS APPLAUS | .U HONGRWEN 33 Seniors Praised for At- tainments—472 to Get Degrees Tonight. Thirty-three seniors of Georgetown University, honor men among the 472 . graduates who are to receive their degrees at the final commencement exercises this evening, were awarded medals and premiums last night for outstanding scholarship achievements. Gaston Hall. where the program | was conducted, was crowded with graduates from all departments and visiting alumni who had come to take part in the traditional class day fes- | tivities. Preparations for colorful outdoor celebrations were voided by the rain. George H. Guilfoyle of New York City. president of the Students’ Council, delivered the Cohonguroton cration, the valedictory of the college seniors. Dressed in Indian regalia. his address was the seniors’ farewell to the Potomac River. the name Co- honguroton, or “River of Swans.” having been &pplied to it by the early Indian tribes. In the event of rain tonight, the commencement program will be held in Constitution Hall. but. weather permitting. the graduation will be conducted on the college campus from the esplanade of the White-Gravenor Building in a glare of flood lighting Announcement of any change in plans will be made at the university at 2 pm. The outdoor program is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. | Hurley to Deliver Address. The commencement address will be delivered by Licut. Gov. Joseph Leo Hurley of Massachusetts. a graduatec of the law class of 1920 and 1921. President Coleman Nevils, S. J., will confer two honorary degrees of doc- tor of laws upon prominent alumni. ‘The recipients of honors will be Chief | Justice William J. Millard of the Su- preme Court of Washington State and Charles H. English of Erie Pa.. a member of the Pennsylvania State Board of Law Examiners and a gradu- ate also of the law school and col- lege. At 10 o'clock this moming the graduating class will assemble 1in Dahlgren Chapel for the baccalaure- ate mass. Rev. Henri J. Weisel, S. J sermon. The celebrant will be Right taught at Georgetown, will preach the sermon. The celebrant . will be Rt Rev. Peter Guilday. professor of church history of the Catholic Uni- versity of America Dr. Edmund A. Walsh. . president. and Lawrence H. Cooke of Monticello, N. Y.. senior college class president, had charge of last night's program. Graduates Outstanding. One of the outstanding class records was made by Thomas Douglas Schall, jr.. of the Law School, son of Senator Schall of Minnesota. He received the Francis E. Lucey Medal for the senior attaining the highest general average during his entire course: honorable mention in legal ethics and a $40 prize for the high- est average in the morning class dur- ing the past year. He also received a $20 prize as winner of a preliminary debate. A foreign service senior. Robert C. Wilson, of Forest Hills. Md.. received three special awards. He was award- ed the Delta Sigma Pi key as the senior attaining the highest scholar- ship during his entire course, the Coleman Nevils Medal in foreign re- lations and,the Jean Labat Medal in French. The son of the Minister of Panama. Rogelio E. Alfaro. was awarded the Prince Albert de Ligne Medal in the Foreign Service School for Belgium history. John D. Lane of Washington. another foreign service student and assistant secretary to President Nevils. received an award in French. In the college outstanding awards were the Merrick Debating Medal won by John S. McKenney of Massa- chusetts, who also received the Gar- van Oratorical Medal. Philip A. Tumulty, son of Joseph P. Tumulty, former secretary to the late Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson. was winner of the Ryan Medal in philosophy offered by the college. Arts and Sciences Prizes. Rev. John E. Grattan, S. J., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, awarded prizes in the college as fol- lows: The Garvan Oratorical Medal, John 8. McKenney, Swampscott, Mass. The Brennan Medal for the best examination in apologetics, George H. Guilfoyle, New York City. The Morris Historical Medal, Law- rence H. Cooke, Monticello, N. Y. The Dickinson Medal for elocution, | Charles A. Gildea, jr., Saddle River, N.J. The Ryvan Medal in philosophy, Philip A. Tumulty of Washington. The Merrick Debating Medal, win- mer of annual Merrick contest. John 8. McKenney, Swampscott, Mass. Additional Awards. Rev. Prancis E. Lucey. S. J., regent of the Law School, awarded the fol- lowing prizes: The Thomas Bradbury Chetwood Medal, founded by class of 1928, for excellency in graduate study. to Charles Vinton Koons of Washington. Honorable mention to Francis Carroll Nash, Rochester, N. Y. The prize of $40 for the best thesis in the graduate course. to P. Ten- o hent Norton, jr.. of Calvert, Tex. Hon- N orable mention to Francis Carroll Nash. Rev. Francis E. Lucey Medal. of- fered to the senior student who at- tains the highest general average dur- ing his entire course, to Thomas Douglass Schall, jr., Faribault, Minn. Honorable mention to Howard Boyd, jr., of Washington, Philip Paul Maren- | berg, New York City, and William Lawrence Morrow, Archbald, Pa. Legal Ethics Prize. A prize of $50, offered by Dean | George E. Hamilton to the student in the course in legal ethics writing | .the best paper on legal ethics, to Herbert O. Eby of Washington. Hon- l orable mention to Thomas D. Schall, | Jr. and Russell Preston Kramer, Rugby, N. Dak. | A prize of $20, offered to the win- | ner of the final prize debate, to Wil- liam Joseph Schall, Omaha, Nebr. The following were awarded $20 as | winners of the preliminary debates: | Thomas D. Schall, jr.; William Mi- chael Whelan, Hastings, Nebr.; Joseph Vincent De Paul Dillon of New York and William Joseph Schall. Thomas Schall, jr., was awarded a prize of $40 for maintaining the high- est average in the Senior Morning Class for the year. William L. Mor- | row was awarded second prize of $20. Philip Paul Marenberg, New York City, was awarded prize of $40 for the student in the Senior Class (after- noon sessions) maintaing the highest average for the year.: John Patrick | ‘Wholihan of Washington was awarded second prize of $20. Medical Awards. Rev. David A. McCauley. S. J., re- | gent of the Medical School, awarded | theA following prizes: I er memorial medal for profi- THE_SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. JUNE 9, 1935—PART ONE. Honored by G. U. MISSOURI FLOOD CRISIS SUBSIDES Crest Said to Have Passed. Damage Set at $41,- 000,000. By the Assoclated Press. | ST. LOUIS, June 8—The crest of the Missouri River’'s second most dis- the Mississippi here fonight as a new | but probably trivial flood menace | lurked in its tributaries. | The Missouri still measured 5 miles across in places, but danger of fur- ther wholesale inundatioa was passed, | Government forecasters said. “ Unofficial estimates of flood damage in Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri were fixed at $41,000,000 and indications were the loss would go | even higher. | Valley Threatened. | The waters of Big and Little Cabin Creeks and Bull Creek, which inun- dated a fcurth of the residential dis- | trict of Vinita, Okla., passed into the | Grand_River, which in turn threat- | | ened dwellers along i.s valley A new rise was coming down the flooded Osage River in Missouri from | Kansas and forecasters predicted “very high stages” for the next few probably equal to this week's crests. Virtually every major levee on the | Lower Missouri was vatiered down by | flood waters, which coursed over the Chief Justice William J. Millard of Washington State, who will re- | ceive a doctor of laws degree from | Georgetown University this evening | at commencement excrcises | Charies H. English of Erie. Pa, | another doctor of laws candidate. | Both are graduates of the law school and Mr. English.also is an mnus of the college. ciency in anatomy to Donat Paul Cyr. Lille. Me., first year, and Walter J Duksa, Southington, Conn.,, second year. Kober medal for excellence in hy-' giene. to Hyman Jaffe. Passaic, N. J. Surgeon general's prize for excel- lence in military tactics, to Luther W. Gray of Washington. Prizes in Dentistry. William N Dentistry. Dr School of lowing Father Tondorf Memorial Prize of $100. donated by Dr. Michael L. Mul- laney of Providence to the member of the Dental Students’ Sodality with the best record in scholarship throughout his entire course, to Jose E. Munoz, Puerto Rico. Dental Sch 1ze of $25 the member of the ss with second honors Whitebread of Washington Prize of $25. donated by Dean Wil- liam N. Cozan to that member of the Dean Cogan Dental Society who has contributed most to the develop- ment of the society, William J,Hogan of Williamsbridge, N. Y. Cogan. dean of awarded the fol- awarded graduating Joseph B. to Foreign Service Honors. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh. S. J.. of the School of Foreign awarded prizes to the students: The Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key. awarded by Mu Chapter to the senior attaining the highest scholar- ship throughout the entire course Robert C. Wilson, Forest Hills, Md The Coleman Nevils Gold Medal to the students having the highest rec- ord in the course in foreign relations of the United States (basic), Robert C. Wilson. The Coleman Nevils Silver Medal to the student having the highest record in the course in foreign rela- tions of the United States (current), | William T. Carpenter, jr., of Wash- ington. The Edmund A. Walsh Gold Medal, founded by Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Fraternity., for the highest average in international law, Leo J. McCoy, Fond du Lac, Wis. The Jean Labat Gold Medal, founded by friends of the late Prof. Labat, to the member of the gradu- ating class for outstanding interests and activities in the promotion of the study of the French language and culture, Robert C. Wilson. regent Service, following Medal in Economics. The William F. Notz Gold Medal, founded by Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Fraternity for the highest average in the course in economic principles, Chester S. Davis, Chevy | Chase, Md. The Daniel E. Casey Prize, founded by Prof. Casey for the highest year average in the classes in exporting, Robert A. Kilpatrick, White Post, Va. The J. DeS. Coutinho Prize to the student accomplishing the most in Portuguese, Michael V. Calandra, | Baffalo, N. Y. | The Prince Albert de Ligne Gold Medal, founded by former Ambassa- dor de Ligne of Belgium for the best essay in the courses in political and diplomatic history of Europe on some phase of Belgium history, Rogelio E. Alfaro, Panama City, Panama. The Kappa Alpha Phi Prize, founded by Alpha Chapter for the ll);gh;sl dsverage in accounting I and . Frederick A. v S A. Marsteller, Chevy Prize offered through the Dist. g ¢ chapter of the American Association of Teachers in French, gift of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, | awarded for the outstanding record in French in the evening class, John D. Lane of Washington. o “GIFT OF GOD” PAGEANT READY FOR ENACTMENT | Thousands Expected in Nebraska | Town to Witness Passion Play of the Prairies. By the Associated Press. CHIMNEY ROCK, Nebr., June 8.— Thousands of worshipers from many | States are expected here next week for | the Passion Play of the Prairies—the | ninth annual “Gift of God” pageant. Here on the plains of Western Ne- braska it will be presented Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. The audience will sit on a hillside before a natural stage behind which towers a bluff several hundred feet high as 16 episodes portray the birth, | life, crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. Although the pageant is based en- tirely on the story of Jesus, there Is | no characterization of the Savior. | There is no charge. Rev. Mr. Kaub stipulated in the original script that iigmust never be as a profit-making venture. | once fertile St. Louis-St. Charles County bottoms to a depth of several feet. Mississippi Is High. In these two counties alone. where the flood covered 48.000 acres, the loss was fixed at $850,000 by farm agents today. The Mississippi was running along the top of the St. Louis levee tonight. but it was believed at or near crest and there was no danger. Ladies’ Aid Plans Fete. CHELTENHAM, Md. June 8 (Spe- cial) —A strawberry festival and baked chicken supper for the benefit of the Ladies’ Aid of Cheltenham M. E Church will be held at the House of Reformation Wednesday evening, starting at 5:30 o'clock. Mrs. Eva Smith heads the committee in charge of arrangements. ARMY ORDERS Neuman, Maj. David L., Engineer Corps, relieved from assignment and duty at Fort Belvoir, Va, about July ‘15. McMahon, Maj. William C., In- fantry. directed to report to com- mandant of Army War Colleze for duty not later than June 30 Kelly, Capt. Frank J. Engineer Corps. ordered to active duty at Fort Humphrey. Va.. June 15. Matheny, First Lieut. William A, Air Corps, to report to the command- ing officer at Bolling Field not later than June 30. Billings, Second Lieut. Victor L., Engineer Corps, ordered to active duty at Fort Humphreys June 17. ‘Walker, Second Lieut. Edwin.A., Field Artillery, from Fort Myer, Va., to Fort Sill, Okla.. about September 1. 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From fossil plants discovered by the Swedish explorer, Sven Hedin, and his own observations of the plant life and early climate of the regions in which the bones were dis- covered, he deduced that they sub- sisted on pond lilies, cat-tails and grasses growing on the edge of swamps food in steam-shovel fashion. “The food and feeding habits of the shovel-tuskers were clearly un- tike those of elephants of today, which eat large quantities of vegetation plucked with the tip of their trunks, and crushed and ground with flat, ridged teeth,” Dr. Chaney says. President Henry Fairfield Osborn of the American Museum of Natural History had suggested the possibility that the lower jaw was used to scoop up swamp vegetation, but this was held unlikely by many of his col- leagues who recalled that the bones | northward to Asia Minor, across Mon- | golia and the Bering Sea land bridge | into North Africa, where their re-| mains have been found in California, | Nebraska and Kansas Two questions which puzzled pale- | | ontoiogists since the bones were dis- overed several vears ago Wwere: What did they eat?” and “What was the lower jaw used for?” These | complete breakfast outfit, including a 5-piece peg maple set, drop leaf table and 4 chairs; an 8-piece luncheon set in natural colored woven crash in choice of colors, and a 21-piece Beetleware set (unbreakanle of 4 cups, 4 saucers, 4 dinner plates, 4 fruit dishes, 4 cereal dishes, creamer and sugar. The entire outfit is worth far more than this special Quantity limitec were discovered in localities having an extremely dry climate. Working on Dr. Osborn’s theory, Dr. Chaney examined petrified leaves found by Hedin in rock strata which indicated that they were growing at about the time the shovel-tuskers flourished. Close study showed that, in addi- tion to the leaves of elms and poplars, and lakes and were only able to sat- | isfy their colossal hunger by scooping | the species still found in the dry| Aares leaves of the tuberous pond | lilies, cat-calls and grasses were in the collection, all indicating that swampy conditions once prevailed in the sec- tions where they were found. “Could there have been shallow lakes in a region as arid as that indi- cated by the trees?” Chaney asked. He found the answer in recalling the driest parts of Asia and North Amer- |ica which he had explored, remem= | bering that even in the Gobi Desert | and Death Valley, Calif.. numerous lakes occur on the borders of the | | mountains with abundant water vege- tation present. So, Dr. Chaney concluded, “we have | {only to summon the shovel-tuskers, | |lead them to the shallow lakes, and |let them feed.” These elephants became extinct millions of years ago as the result of | the drying up of the lakes in which | they fed and the extreme specializa- | tion of their jaws, which prevented | them from obtaining food in any other way except scooping. e w— @ Luncheon to Be Tuesday. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., June 8 (Special) —A luncheon and card party will be given Tuesday, under auspices of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Capitol | Heights Volunteer Fire Department, in | | Firemen's Hall here. The luncheon will be served at noon and the card party will begin at 1:30 o'clock. Mrs. Irene A. 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