One Hundred Eighth Annual Commencement JUNE EXERCISES THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME NOTRE DAME, INDIANA. THE GRADUATE ScHooL THE CoLLEGE oF ARTS AND LETTERS THE CoLLEGE OF SciENCE THE CoLLEGE OF ENGINEERING THE CoLLEGE OF LAw THE CoLLEGE OF CoMMERCE In the University Stadium At 2:00 p. m. (Central Daylight Time) June 7, 1953 PROGRAM Processional The Conferring of Degrees, by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of the University Commencement Address, by Detlev Wulf Bronk, President of Johns Hopkins University The Blessing, by J. Francis A. Cardinal Mcintyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles National Anthem Recessional Degrees Conferred The University of Notre Dame announces the conferring of the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on: His Eminence J. Francis A. Cardinal Mcintyre Los Angeles, California Mr. Detlev Wulf Bronk Baltimore, Maryland Brig. Gen. Matthew Kemp Deichelmann, USAF Birmingham, Alabama Mr. Bernard J. Vall South Bend, Indiana Mr. Joseph P. Savage Chicago, Illinois The University of Notre Dame confers the following degrees in course: The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy on: Donald Joseph Anthony, Troy, New York B.S., Siena College, 1947. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: Elastic Scat• tering of 1.7 Mev Electrons by Atomic Nuclei. George Julius Baumgartner, Atchison, Kansas B.S., St. Benedict's College, 194>. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Pyrolysis of Some Tetrahydrofurfuryl Esters. Paul Timothy Chang, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania B.A., St. John's University, Shanghai, China, 1946. Major subject: Political Science. Dissertaton: Korea: Ordeal of Liberation. Wing Y ao Chen, Canton, China B.S., National Central University, Nanking, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Stereochemistry of Cydohexane Derivatives. Glover Stewart Colladay, Jr., Hutchinson, Kansas B.S., Kansas State College, 1944. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: The Theory of the Periodic Deviations from the Schottky Line. Dilip Kumar Das, Butte, Montana B.Sc., University of Calcutta, 1935; B.S., Montana School of Mines, 1939; M.S., ibid., 1947. Major subject: Metallurgy. Dissertation: The Constitution and Structure of Some Sc·Ni·Mo and Se·Co·Mo Alloys. 3 Reverend Robert John Dolter, Dubuque, Iowa B.A., Loras College, 1944. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: A Com• parison of Electron Mobilities in Ben%ene and Styrene Derivatives. Sylvester Lee Eveslage, Dayton, Ohio B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1944; M.S., ibid., 1945. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Studies on Acetylenic Acids and Their Derivatives. John Joseph Falvey, Noroton Heights, Connecticut B.S., College of the Holy Cross, 1946. Major subject: Chemistry. Disserta• tion: The Reactions of Trifluoromethyl Carbonyl Compounds with Organome• tallic Reagents. Louis Robert Freimiller, Philadelphia, Pennsylania B.S., University of Michigan, 1948. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Part 1: Studies on the Replacement of Heterocyclic Oxygen Atoms by Nitro• gen. Part II: Growth Inhibitors: Studies on the Synthesis. of Steroid· like Lactones. Richard Galvin Gillis, Victoria, Australia B.S., University of Sydney, 1940; M.S., University of Melbourne, 1951. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Spectra of Unsaturated Sulfides, Sui• {oxides and Sulfones. William Rea Gwinn, Rochester, New York B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1943; M.A., ibid., 1948. Major subject: History. Dissertation: Uncle Joe Cannon, Archfoe of Insurgency: A History of the Rise and Fall of Cannonism. Reverend Adelore Louis Houde, of the Congregation of Saint Basil, Rochester, New York B.A., University of Toronto, 1941; M.A., ibid., 1948. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: An Experimental Study of Periodic Deviations from the Schottky Effect for Tungsten. Floyd Peter Kupiecki, St. Louis, Michigan B.S., Western Michigan College of Education, 1950. Major subject: Chem• istry. Dissertation: Some Reactions of 2·Butyne•1,4·Diol. Joseph Francis Menez, Chicago, ·Illinois B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1945; M.A., ibid., 1946. Major subject: Political Science. Dissertation: A Constitutional and Political Comparison of the Executive Office in Latin America and in the United States. Reverend Robert Clifford Newbold, Bristol, Rhode Island B.A., Saint Bernard's Seminary, 1942; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: History. Dissertation: The Albany Congress and Plan of Union of 17)4. John William Riner, Jr., Jersey City, New Jersey B.S., Rockhurst College, 1947; M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: Mathematics. Dissertation: Topological Groups Associated with Separated Uniform Spaces and Completely Regular Spaces. Donald Ellsworth Rivard, Provincetown, Massachusetts B.S., Tufts College, 1942; M.S., Lehigh University, 1949. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Preparation of Intermediates in the Synthesis of Yohimbine. Albert Hermann Aryeh Samuel, Haifa, Israel B.S., University of Illinois, 1943; M.S., Northwestern University, 1946. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: A Theoretical Treatment of the Ra• diation Chemistry of \Vater and Aqueous Solutions. 4 Theodore Carl Schwan, Valparaiso, Indiana A.B., Valparaiso University, 1941; M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Copolymerization Properties of Cer• tain 1,2·Disubstituted Ethylenes: Eugene Gordon Teach, Hayward, California B.S., Saint Mary's College of California, 1951. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Preparation and Reactions of Some Acetylenic Primary Amines. John Sutton Tuckey, Elkhart, Indiana B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1943; M.A., ibid., 1949. Major subject: English. Dissertation: Mark Twain as a Satirist. The Degree of Doctor of Science on: Francis Masao Kobayashi, Notre Dame, Indiana B.S. in A.E., University of Notre Dame, 1947; M.S. in E.M., ibid., 1948. Major subject: Engineering Mechanics. Dissertation: An Inves~igation of the Force and Movement between Two Ships in Tandem. The Degree of Master of Arts on: Jack Dwyer Alexander, South Bend, Indiana B.S.C., University of Notre Dame, 1947; M.B.A., Harvard University, 1949. Major subject: Education. John Alexander Arthur, Ashanti, Gold Coast, West Africa B.A., University of Portland, 1952. Major subject: Political Science. Panos Demetrios Bardis, Tripolis, Greece B.A., Bethany College, 1950. Major subject: Sociology. Dissertation: Social Background of the American Central Executive. Samuel Jude Bodanza, Fitchburg, Massachusetts A.B., Holy Cross College, 1945; M.A., University of Montreal, 1950. Major subject: Philosophy. Dissertation: A Documentation of Maritain's Philosophical Criticism of Descartes. Reverend Edwin Frank Borntraeger, of the Order of the Friars Minor Conventual, Louisville, Kentucky Ordination, Saint Anthony•on•Hudson Seminary, 1928. Major subject: Politi• cal Science. Charles Ross Bretz, Cleveland, Ohio A.B., Indiana Univer~ity, 1949. Major subject: Correctional Administration. Walter Joseph Chomyn, Sault St. Marie, Michigan B.S. in Ed., Drake University, 1950. Major subject: Education. Reverend Russan Lawrence Cole, of the Order of the Friars Minor Conventual, Chaska, Minnesota . Licentiate, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 1951. Major subject: Philoso• phy. Dissertation: Introduction to the Problem of Ethics in Descartes. Irving Leonard Goldman, South Bend, Indiana B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1942. Major subject: Education. Reverend Blaise Hettich, of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Mein· rad, Indiana A.B., Saint Meinrad's College, 1947. Major ·subject: English. Dissertation: Imagery in the Poems of Father Tabb. Reverend Louis Melvin Kirby, of the Order of Saint Benedict, Canon City, Colorado B.A., Holy Cross College, 1945'. Major subject: History. Joseph William Kuharic, Jr., South Bend, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1951. Major subject: Education. Sister Mary George Langford, of the Incarnate Word of the Blessed Sacrament, Corpus Christi, Texas B.A., Incarnate \Vord College, 1950. Major subject: Education. Miss Geneva E. Long, Osceola, Indiana A.B., Indiana University, 1926. Major subject: Education. Reverend Ernest Aloysius J. Lucas, of the Society of the Precious Blood, Collegeville, Indiana B.S. in Ed., University of Dayton, 1952. Major subject: Education. Michael Schuyler McKinley, Saint Joseph, Michigan A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1950. Major subject: Sociology. Bernard Francis MeSally, Utica, New York A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1952. Major subject: Correctional Administration. John Rqbert Nagy, South Bend, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1952. Major subject: Education. Leslie James O'Day, South Bend, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1?52. Major subject: Sociology. Reverend Elias Rebeiro, Dacca, Pakistan, India Ordination, Saint Albert's Seminary, India, 1949. Major subject: Sociology. Reverend Otho Leo Sullivan, of the Order of Saint Benedict, Atchi· son, Kansas A.B., Saint Benedict's College, 192 5. Major subject: Philosophy. Dissertation: The Obligation of Self·Development. Steven James Tsalikis, South Bend, Indiana B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Correctional Administration. Robert James Walsh, South Bend, Indiana B.S. in P.E., University of Notre Dame, 1952. Major subject: Education. Richard Kent Zumstein, LaPorte, Indiana B.S., Indiana University, 1950. Major subject: Economics. 6 The Degree of Master of Music on: Henry Hussmann Ketterer, Charleston, Missouri B.M., University of Notre Dame, 19;0. Major subject: Music. The Degree of Master of Science on: Robert Eugene Beaton, Niagara