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Xavier University Centennial CommencementXavier University, Cincinnati, OH

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Centennial ComnunC!ement

WEDNESDAY EvENlNG, JuNE THE FIFTH

XAVIER FIELDHousE, CINCINNATI, OHio

XN commemoration of the Quadricen­

tennial of the Approbation of the Society of

Jesus by Pope Paul Ill in the year 1.540. and

in commemoration of the Centennial o£ the

Establishment of the Jesuit Fathers 1n the

City of Cincinnati in the year 1840, Xavier

University, in her Centennial Year, rededi­

cates herself and hers to the ideals and in­

spiration of St. Ignatius of Loyola and his 400

years of Jesuit followers, and to the loyalty

and accomplishmetits of ~00 years of Xavier

Jesuits. Alumni. and Friends.

Procession . ... . . . ............. ... . . .... . Laurence J. Lynch, S.J., Marshal

Star-Spangled Banner ....... . ............................... . . Audience

Invocation ..... .. ... Rt. Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Sherry, M.A., S.T.L., J.C.D.

Valedictory ... ....... .... ..... ....... ... ........ John James Bruder, '40

Commencement Address ... . George Hermann Derry, K.C.S.G., Ph.D., LL.D.

Academic and military awards

Conferring of degrees in course

Conferring of degrees, cau.ra honoriJ"

Announcements .. .. ........ ...... ...... .. . President Dennis F. Burns, S. J.

Felicitations . . .......... The Most Rev. John T. McNicholas, O.P., S.T.M.,

Archbishop of Cincinnati

Xavier for Aye ......................................... . ..... Audience

Recession

At the Console .... Miss Helen Gough

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THE DOWNTOWN COLLEGE

JOHN C. MALLOY, S.J., Dean

The First Place in the Jesuit Centennial Writers Contest ... Dorothy M. Coyle

The J.D. Cloud Accounting Award ........................ Herbert L. Bill

The Kappa Sigma Mu Accounting Award .......... Lawrence P . Haverkamp

The Philosophy Award, in. honorem William T. Burns, LL.D. John B. Connaughton

The Kappa Sigma Mu Academic Award . ...... . .... .. . . Robert J. Partusch

The English Award, in. memoriam Peter J. O' Donnell, Ph.D. Alma R . Cunningham

The Kappa Sigma Mu Membership Award .... . .. .. . . .. Helen E. Blessinger

THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AT EVANSTON

JOHN J. BENSON, S. J ., Dean

The Archbishop McNicholas Philosophy Medal .. Jerome Marcellus Graham,' 40

The Junior Philosophy Key, founded by Martin G. Dumler, LL.D. Joseph Henry Schuster, '41

The David Snyder Religion Medal, founded by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Snyder ...... . ...... . Irvin Franklin Beumer, '41

The Freshman-Sophomore Religion Key . ......... James Leahy Lemkuhl, '42

The Alumnae English Award .............. .. Jerome M arcellus Graham, '40

The Ragland Latin Medal, founded by Howard N. Ragland Edward Aloysius Foy, '40

The French Award, gift of Mrs. Frederick Wallis Hinkle, LL.D. Robert Matthew Weigand, '41

The German Award, gift of the Germanistic Society of Cincinnati Paul Joseph Centner, '40

The Biology Key . . . . .... . .. .... ...... .. . ........ James Joseph Clear, '40

The Alpha Chi Sigma Award .. .. . ..... . ... ... .. Russell Norman Clark, '42

The Alpha Chi Sigma Award .......... , ... . , Robert Anthony Benkeser, '42

The Colonel Charles F. Williams Military Scholarship Award William John Francis Roll, Jr., '41

The Alumni Oratorical Medal ...................... William Leo Blum, '42

The Verkamp Debate Medal ..................... Melvin Joseph Tepe, '40

The John P. McNichols, S.J., Intramural Debating Award Robert Edward Inkrot, '40

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY SCIENCE

MAJOR A. M. HARPER, F.A., Director

Certificates and commissions as Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States, announced by Major Frank Carom, F.A.

Bernard Lawrence Baumann Paul Clement Beckman Leonard Alfred Bernens Raymond John Bockerstette

John James Bruder Bernard Joseph Brungs Francis Philip Burke Paul Joseph Centner James Joseph Clear Frank M. Duda

Otto Charles Ernst, Jr.

Eric Joseph Espel

Fred George Konersman, Jr.

Edward Bernard Krekeler Vincent Harold Linz

Don Daugherty Moore Edmond Henry Niesen Harold Anthony Ritzie Harry James Russ Robert Louis Saxton Richard Thomas Schmidt

Francis Xavier Schwegmann Clarence Joseph Steuer Melvin Joseph Tepe

William Joseph Gessing, ] r. Richard Paul Trauth

Elmer Joseph Gruber Robert Eugene Tuke Paul Firdinand Hallbach Richard John Weingartner

Daniel William Kernen Raymond J. Wilson, Jr.

John Walter W oestman

Certificates and commissions as Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States, as of July 29, 1939, at: Fort Knox:, Kentucky

Robert John Antonelli Robert Walter Blum Richard Leo Dooley

John Paul Geers George William Leugers John Albert Low

George Ambrose Martin, ] r. Robert William Oker Lawrence E. Rack

William Joseph Rielly, Jr. John Thorman Schuh Lawrence George Summers

Carl William Tillman

JoHN C. MALLOY, S.J., Dean

CERTIFICATE IN ACCOUNTING

Frank H. Bill Walter E. Giesting Walter J. Goeltz Richard E. Grace Ferdinand G. J ohansing Alvin Lang

DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING

Jack J. Flynn

Raymond B. Lunne Michael R. Mayer Charles B. Rieger Ralph F. Ries H. Jack Rotert G. Calvin Siegle

Robert J. Partusch

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE

William Albert Kiley, cum laude

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION, as of August 4, 1939

Sister Marguerite Beckmeyer, O.S.F. Sister Mary Dolorita Broering, S.N.D. Sister Mary Leonette Dietrich, S.N .D. Sister Mary Francesca Fischer, O.S.B. Sister Mary Gertrude Hum.ig, O.S.F. Sister Mary Sophia Knodt, S.N.D. Sister Mary Theresette Schomaker, S.N .D. Sister Mary Adelma Weidner, S.N.D.

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Harold Cook Freking

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY, as of August 4, 1939

Sister Mary Carmel Brockman, O.S.F. Sister Mary Miriam Dobbelho:lf, S.N.D. Sister Mary Fidelia Hambaugh, O.S.B. Sister Mary Hortense Hoppenjans, S.N.D. Sister Mary Fleuresita Schriever, O.S.B. Sister Mary Evangela Stottman, S.N.D. John A. Hock, Jr.

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, as of August 4, 1939

William Francis Moore

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS, in ab.rentia

Sister Mary of St. Tarcisius Blust, R.G.S. Sister Mary St. John Evangelist De Gries, R.G.S. Sister Mary John of the Cross Heilbock. R.G.S. Sister Mary of St. Sylvester Killoran, R.G.S.

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS, as of August 4, 1939

Sister Mary Bertilla Ahlhaus, O.S. U. Sister Mary Maureen Bauman, S.N.D. Sister Mary Romilda Bertsch, S.N.D. Sister Mary Regina Brueggeman, O.S.B. Sister Mary Teresa Doyle, S.N.D. Sister Mary Agatha Fischer, O.S.B. Sister Mary Angeleen Grady, S.N.D. Sister Mary Cornelia Hill, S.N.D. Sister Mary Edward Meyer, O.S.F. Sister Mary Bonaventure Nunner, S.N.D. Sister Mary James Owens, O.S.B. Sister Mary Edwin Paetzold, S.N.D. Sister Mary de Lourdes Schroder, S.N.D. Sister Mary Laura Stechschulte, C.D.P. Sister Mary Alice Stein, C.D.P. Sister Mary Augustin Stockman, S.N.D. Sister Mary Tharsilla Swis, S.N.D.

JuLIAN L. MALINE, S.J., Dean

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LITERATURE

Albert Jerome Clifford, S.J., cum laude Joseph Joel de Vault, S. J ., magna cum lawk Delmar Robert Dosch, S. J. John Joseph Drolet, S .J. Vincent Cornelius Horrigan, S.J., magna cum Laude Louis Stephen Kaluzsa, S.J. Douglas Peter Keller, S.J. John William Malone, S.J., cum lawk Norman William Moeller, S.J., magna cum laude George Edward Powers, S.J., cum laude Paul Vincent Siegfried, S.J., cum Laude Daniel Joseph Sullivan, Jr., S.J.

Cffu Cof~e c:( _tifrewf cfl'l.tj_ at Ec:ran~ton JoHN J. BENSON, S.J., Dean

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE Bernard Lawrence Baumann Raymond L. Grogan, Jr. Herbert Carl Beckert Edward Herbert Heitzman Leonard Alfred Bernens Thomas Patrick Hogan Robert William Berting Theodore Joseph Homan, Jr. Charles Joseph Blunt Daniel William Kernen Andrew Ramon Craffey Fred George Konersman, Jr. Albert William Efkeman, cum Laude Stanley William Lattner Otto Charles Ernst, Jr. Robert Martin Nordmeyer Eric Joseph Espel, cum laude Emmett Anthony Ratterman Stanley Aloysius Flick Donald Louis Rlley Albert William Geselbracht Frank Edward Ruprecht Robert Paul Goesling John Brian Sweeney Robert Joseph Goldcamp Charles William Wetterer

Edward Henry Willenborg

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY Thomas William Anderson Don Daugherty Moore William Joseph Gessing, Jr. Robert Glenn Randal Joseph Aloysius Gladstone Harold Anthony Ritzie Thomas John Harper Harry James Russ David Philip Heekin Robert Louis Saxton Robert Edward Inkrot Francis Xavier Schwegmann Edward Leo :Kluska Eugene Louis Schwetschenau Frank Louis Luken, cum laude Joseph Michael Sweeney

-'C. Robert Eugene Tuke

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Roland Wilson Bergamyer Raymon~ John Bockerstette Paul Joseph Centner James Joseph Clear, cum laude Giles William DeCourcy Fred Dehner Dr.oege, cum laude Frank M. Duda Harry Gold, J'umma cum laude Paul Firdinand Hallbach Ralph Herman Klingenberg Edward Bernard Krekeler

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Vincent Harold Linz Edmond Henry Niesen Robert John Piening,

magna cum Laude Richard Thomas Schmidt, cum laude Robert Joseph Schumacher Clarence Joseph Steuer,

magna cum Laude Robert Emmett Tracy Richard Paul Trauth,

J'umma cum laude Nicholas Joseph Weiler

Paul Clement Beckman Jerome Marcellus Graham John James Bruder, .rumma cum laude Elmer Joseph Gruber Bernard Joseph Brungs .Melvin Joseph Tepe Francis Philip Burke Richard John Weingartner Edward Aloysius Foy Raymond J. Wilson, Jr.

John Walter Woestman, cum Laude