27 June 1906
Brooklyn Standard Union

DIPLOMAS FOR 18 ST. FRANCIS BOYS
CLASS OF '06 CAPTURES HONORS AND MEDALS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY
ESSAYS ALL INTERESTING
FRIENDS OF GRADUATES PACK THE MAJESTIC THEATRE.

St. Francis' College held its forty-eighth annual commencement 
last night at the Majestic Theatre. 

Those who received the degree of Batchelor (sic) of Arts were: 

Murtha Paul BLABER, Brooklyn
Thomas Francis CARROLL, Brooklyn
Edward Raphael DORNEY, Brooklyn
Robert Valentine DWYER, Fall River, Mass.
John Philip McARDLE, Brooklyn
John Joseph RATIGAN, Hoboken, NJ
George Gaston TYSON, Brooklyn

Commercial diplomas were awarded to:
Joseph Aloysius ARMSTRONG, Brooklyn
James Thomas CANAVAN, Brooklyn
Julius Herbert CARVAJAL, Caracas, Venezuela
Victor Aloysius GREENE, Brooklyn
Samuel Benedict HOWARD, Brooklyn
George Aloysius JACKSON, Brooklyn
Edward Joseph KEARNEY, Brooklyn
Francis Joseph LYONS, Brooklyn
John Sylvester MacCARTHY, Richmond
Joseph John McCARTHY, Brooklyn
John Francis WHITE, Brooklyn

Awards of prizes, consisting of gold and silver medals, were made to the following:

Mental Philosophy, senior class, John P. MC ARDLE (donated by a friend,the McClusker Memorial, $25 in gold)
Excellence, senior class Thomas F. CARROLL (donor the Rev. Joseph P.McGinley, S.T.L.)
Excellence, junior class, Owen J. SMITH (the McCrossin medal)
Excellence, sophomore class, John F. ROSS (donor the Rev. James F. Kehoe,A.M.)
Excellence freshman class, Charles H. SENNETT (donor, the Rev. John A..Hohag)
Excellence, academic, fourth year, George J. LEIBMAN (donor, the Rev. Joseph F.BROPHY, D.D.)
Excellence, academic, third year, Joseph A. CUMMINGS (donor, the Rev. Edward A.Holley)
Excellence, academic, third (sic)year, J. Leo WILLIAMS (donor, John J. Meagher, A.M.)
Excellence, academic, first year,  Edward J. O'TOOLE (donor Miss McCusker, gold medal)
Excellence, commercial,  fourth year, Joseph A. ARMSTRONG (donor, the Rev. John J. Patterson, A.M.)
Excellence, commercial, third year, Eugene F. PAGE (donor, the Rev. John J. Durick  A.M.)
Excellence, commercial, second year, Augustine R. PALMA (donor, Francis X.J. Ulrich, A.M.)
Excellence, commercial, first year, Raul P. TOME (donors Bohue brothers)
Excellence, grammar, fourth year, Charles S. HUGHES (donor, Matthew A. Devlin, B.S.)
Excellence, grammar, third year, John F. SHAUGHNESSY (donor, James Emmett O'Donnell, A.B.)
Excellence, grammar, second year, Maximino MENENDEZ (donor, Miss McCusker)
Excellence, primary, fourth year, William J. CLEARY (donor, John J. LOFTUS, A.B.)
Excellence, primary, second year, Antony GLOE

The awards for contests were made as follows:
The McAleeman Prize Essays - 
First Prize, John F. ROSS, of the sophomore class, $25 in gold;
Second Prize, John J. REILLY of the Junior class, $15 in gold;
Third Prize, Edward A HEFFERNAN, of the freshman class, $10 in gold.

Elocution - Prize, the Cusack medal,
Peter E. KELAHER, of the sophomore class, gold medal
Francis J. MARCHISIO, of the third year grammar class, (donor, Rev. Francis 
P. 
   Connelly, A.M.)

Mathematics - Prize, the Fauss medal, Francis A. WOODS

Typewriting - Prize, the Crean medal, John S. Mac CARTHY.



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