104th 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 1 In the University Stadium At 2:00p.m. June 5, 1949 i ~ ( PROGRAM r Processional The Conferring of Degrees, by the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, c.s.c., President of the University Commencement Address, by Mr. John Stephen Burke, of New York City The Blessing, by the Most Rev. John Francis Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne National Anthem Degrees Conferred The University of Notre Dame announces the conferring of the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on: Reverend Paul Bussard, of St. Paul, Minnesota Mr. John Stephen Burke, of New York City Mr. George William Strake, of Houston, Texas IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL The University of Notre Dame confers the following degrees in course: The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy on: Joseph Francis Ackerman, Newport, Kentucky B.S., Xavier University, 1942; M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Further Studies on Kojic Acid and Related Compounds. Thomas Joseph Bardos, Austin, Texas Ch.E., Royal Hungarian University of Technical Sciences, 1938. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Isolation from Blood of Ketonic Substances with Rh Hapten Activity. James Russell Costello, Jr., Denver, Colorado B.S., Regis College, 1941; M.S., St. Louis Univeraity, 1943. 1\.fajor subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Electric :Moments of Some Organic Phosphorus and Organic Sulfur Compounds. · William E. Erner, Dubuque, Iowa B.S., Loras College, 1946. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Action of Sulfuric Acid on Saturated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons. Charles Edwin Greene, Akron, Ohio B.S. in Ch.E., University of Notre Dame, 1941; M.S., ibid., 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Copolymerization of Phenylacetylene. Benjamin Douglas Halpern, Malden, Massachusetts B.S. in Ch.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Preparation and Copolymerization of Several Vinylphenanthrenes. Ralph Lafayette Herbst, Jr., Allentown, Pennsylvania B.S., Muhlenberg College, 1943. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Kinetics of the Thermal Decomposition of Aroyl Peroxides in the Presence of Olefinic Compounds. 3 Donald Glenn Ivey, Vancouver, Canada B.A., University of British Columbia, 1944; M.A., ibid., 1946. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: Propagation of Ultrasonic Bulk Waves in High Polymers. James Otis Knobloch, Thibodaux, Louisiana B.S., Louisiana State, 1941; M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Preparation and Some Reactions of 1,1,1-Trifluoro-2-Alkenes. Sister M. Marguerite O'Connell, of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis, Allegany, New York B.A., St. Bonaventure College, 1927; M.A., ibid., 1935. Major subject: Philosophy. Dissertation: The Relation Between Solitude and Social Action as Lived and Taught by Saint Bernard. Frank Michael Palermiti, Auburn, New York B.S. in Ch.E., Syracuse University, 1943. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Molar Refraction, Resonance and Hydrogen Bonding. Joseph Anthony Pappalardo, Lawrence, Massachusetts B.A., University of Colorado, 1944; M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: A Synthesis of Some a,{J Unsaturated Aldehydes. Edward John Power, Newburgh, New York B.A., St. John's· University, 1942; M.S.E., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Education. Dissertation: The Educational Views and Attitudes of Orestes A. Brownson. Albert Schrage_, Brooklyn, New York A.B., Brooklyn College, 1942. :Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Synthesis of Some' Compounds Related to Colchicine. Robert H. Schuler, Buffalo, New York B.S., Canisius College, 1946. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry of the Alkyl Halides. Clinton Ross Vanneman, Lexington, Illinois B.S., University of Illinois, 1942; M.S., University of North Carolina, 1944. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: A Study of the Properties of Some 2-Keto-Butyrolactones •. j l The Degree of Master of Arts on: I I Richard George Balfe, Richmond, Indiana B.A., Earlham College, 1942. Major subject: History. Dissertation: The ~. Philippine Friar Land Question and the Taft Commission to the Vatican ! in 1902. Robert Eugene Conlin, St. Paul, Minnesota B.A., College of St. Thomas, 1947. 1\Jajor subject: Sociology. Disserta­ tion: A Study of Truancy, with Particular Reference to South Bend, Indiana. Reverend Philip Louis Hanley, of the Order of Preachers, New York City A.B., College of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1936; S.T.B., College of the Immacu­ late Conception, 1939. Major subject: Education. Dissertation: The Catholic Junior College in the United States as a Community College. 4 Reverend Denis Michael Moran, of the Order of Friars Minor, Cincinnati, Ohio B.A., Duns Scotus College, 1935. Major subject: History. Dissertation: Some Aspects of Anti-Catholicism in Seventeenth Century Maryland. Reverend Robert Clifford Newbold, Bristol, Rhode Island A.B., St. Bernard's Seminary, 1942. Major subject: History. Dissertation: Rhode Island and the Albany Plan of Union. Bernard Patrick Norling, Cedonia, Washington B.A., Gonzaga University, 1948. Major subject: History. Dissertation: The Catholic Reaction to the Policies of James II. Cornelius Peter Prinsen, Buffalo, New York A.B., University of Western Ontario, 1933. Major subject: History. Dissertation: The Opposition in the Tribunate. The Degree of Master of Science on: John Philip Conbere, Shamokin, Pennsylvania B.S., Pennsylvania State College, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dis• sertation: The Synthesis of Two 8-Amino-6-Methoxylepidine Derivatives as Potential Antimalarial Agents. Louis Joseph Derner, Honesdale, Pennsylvania B.S. in M.E., University of Notre Dame, 1939. Major subject: Metallurgy. Dissertation: A Study of Grain Growth in Solid Solution Alloys of Mag· nesium in Aluminum and Zinc in Aluminum. Paul August Holle, Fort Wayne, Indiana A.B., Valparaiso University, 1947. Major subject: Zoology. Dissertation: Comparative Studies of the Post-Cranial Skeleton of the Ambystomidae. Manta LaVern Holzworth, Columbus, Ohio B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Metallurgy. Dissertation: Grain Growth in Aluminum-Manganese Alloys of High Purity. Daniel Edwin Maloney, Jericho, Vermont B.S., St. Michael's College, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Esterification Reactions of Some Tertiary Acetylenic Alcohols. William Donald Manly, McConnelsville, Ohio B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Metallurgy. Dis­ sertation: Survey of the Cr-Co-Ni Phase Diagram at 12000 C. John William Riner, Kansas City, Missouri B.S., Rockhurst College, 1947. Major subject: Mathematics. Dissertation: Characters of Finite Abelian Groups. David Jerome Smith, Bloomfield, New Jersey B.S., St. Peter's College, 1947. Major subject: Mathematics. Dissertation: A Study of Degeneracy in Systems of Equations. Rairnond Aldrich Struble, South Bend, Indiana B.S., University of Notre Dame, 19·17. Major subject: Mathematics. Dissertation: On the Representations. of Clifford Algebras. John Arthur Teske, Merrill, Wisconsin B.S. in E.E., University of Notre Dame, 1948. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: A Pressure Recording 'System for Oxide Cathode Research. John Edwin Van Hoornissen, Portland, Oregon B.S., University of Portland, 1947. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: The 30 KV Power Supply for the Electrostatic Generator Stabilizer. 5 The Degree of Master of Science in Education on: Thomas Samuel DcFail, Greensburg, Pennsylvania ( B.S., St. Vincent College, 1947. Major subject: Zoology. Eugene Henry Donahue, Barre, Vermont i Ph.B., St. Michael's College, 1942. Major subject: Zoology. ! I Reverend David Duncan, of the Order of St. Benedict, Peru, I Illinois A.B., St. Benedict's College, 1939. Major subject: History. Francis Joseph Ernst, Elkhart, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1940. Major subject: Education. 1 ~ John William Guddie, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1 Ph.B., Marquette University, 1948. Major subject: Education. Reverend James Leo Martin, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana I ·A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1944. Major subject: En~lish. Forest Edward Smith, Erie, Kansas B.S. in P.E., Loyola University, Louisiana, 1947. Major subject: Educa­ tion •. Wilfred John Snyder, Winona, Minnesota B.S., St. Mary's College, 1946. Major subject: Biology. Reverend Maurice Leo Sullivan, New York City ~.B., St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, New York, 1936. Major subject: Education. Richard Harry Webber, Syracuse, New York B.S., St. Benedict's College, 1948. Major subject: Zoolo~. WaltCl' Joseph Zuber, Canton, Ohio A.B., Miami University, 1948. Major subject: English. The Degree of Master of Science in Civ'il Engineering on: I Guillermo Alberto Dcncgri Luna, Lima, Peru, South America ~ B.S., Escuela Nacional de Ingenieros, 1947. Dissertation: Stresses Under Concrete Retaining Wall. The Degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering on: !' Wayne Albert Beaverson, South Bend, Indiana B.S. in E.E., University of Notre Dame; 1948. Dissertation: Comparison of Carrier Current Circuits. · Daniel Jerome Tomcik, Cleveland, Ohio B.S. in E.E., University of Notre Dame, 1943. Dissertation: Design nnd Operation of the Automotive Oscilloscope. Narayanaswamy Ethirajalu, Yellagomdapaliyam, Bangalore