Commencement Exercises The University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana SUMMER SESSION. 1947 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 Washington Hall At 8:00 p. m. (Central Daylight Time) August 12, 1947 "- Program Overture by the University Orchestra Conferring of Degrees. by Rev. John J. Cavanaugh. C.S.C.. President of the University Commissioning of N.R.O.T.C. Students. by Capt. Anthony L. Danis. U.S.N .. Commanding Officer Commencement Address. by Rev. John H. Murphy. C.S.C.. Vice President of the University National Anthem Orchestra and Audience Recessional by the University Orchestra ---------------·------ DEGREES CONFERRED IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL The University of Notre Dame confers the following degrees in course: The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy on: John Edward Reith, Wilmington, Delaware B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1941; M.S. ibid., 1942. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Preparation of Some Derivatives of 1- Isoquinoline-Carboxylic Acid. The Degree of Master of Arts on: Rev. Ignatius Paul Bechtold, of the Congregation of the Passion, Detroit, Michigan B.A., St. Paul's Seminary, Detroit, 1937. Major subject: English. Disser­ tation: Mark Twain's. Attitude Toward Religion. Sister Mary Imelda Boyle, of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Bay City, Michigan A.B., Western State Teachers College, 1933. Major subject: History. Dissertation: Early History of the Catholic Church in Saginaw Valley. Rev. Walter Joseph Buckley, of the Society of Mary, New Orleans, Louisiana S.T.D., Angelico, Rome, 1931. Major subject: Philosophy. Dissertation: On the Last End of Man in the Natural Order. Brother Remigius Bullinger, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1936. Major subject: English. Disserta­ tion: The Imagery in the Poetry of Thomas Lovell Beddoes with a Biographical Portrait. Sister Marie Eugene Cavanaugh, of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Nazareth, Michigan A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1939. Major subject: Latin. Disserta­ tion: Clausulae in the Works of St. Caesarius. 5 Brother Alfonso Comeau, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1944. Major subject: History. Disserta­ tion: Study of the Trustee Problem of St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1842-1844. Sister M. Hieronyma Donohue, of the Order of St. Dominic, Grand Rapids, Michigan A.B., Central State Teachers College, 1933. Major subject: Education. Dissertation: The Daily Missal as a Source of Christian Education in Later Elementary School. Sister M. Clara Ann Gatzemeier, of the Sisters of St. Francis, Mishawaka, Indiana B.S. in Educ., St. Francis College, 1943. Major subject: Economics. Dissertation: The Reception of the Papal Labor Encyclicals in America since 1919. Sister Moira Greene, of the Sister~ of Charity of Nazareth, Louisville, Kentucky A.B., Nazareth College, 1936. Major subject: English. Dissertation: The Poetic Theory of Gerard Manley Hopkins· and Its Relation to His Own Work. Richard Longley Kilmer, South Bend, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1943. Major subject: History. Disserta­ tion: South Bend, 1820-1860: The. Foundation of the Early Community. Sister Margaret Cecile Longan, of the Order of St. Dominic, St. Joseph, Michigan A.B., Siena Heights College, 1936. Major subject: Latin. Dissertation: Interplay or'Rhetoric and History Among the Romans Especially in Cicero. Sister Rose Mary McElroy, of the· Order of St. Dominic; Adrian, Michigan Ph.B., St. John's College, Toledo, 1928. Major subject: English. Disserta­ tion: Edith Wharton: Social Historian. John Richard Murphy, Monson, Massachusetts A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1946. Major subject: History. Disser­ tation: The Quaestio de Repetundis and the Emergence of the Jury in the Western World. Sister Mary Jerome Nelson, of the. Religious Sisters of Mercy,· Grand Rapids, Michigan B.F.A., University of Notre Dame, 1937. Major subject: Englis'h. Disser­ tation: The Artistic Connection between the Sonnets and the Paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 6 Louis August Radelet, South Bend:, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1939. Major subject: Political Science. Dissertation: Public Welfare Administration in St. Joseph County, Indiana. Sister Mary Edna Walsh, ~f the Order of St. Dominic, Springfield, Illinois A.B., Catholic University of America, 1925. Major subject: History. Dis­ sertation: Land Routes in Southern TI~nois, 1763-1830. The Degree of Master of Science on: Charles Edwin Greene, Walkerton, Indiana B.S. in Ch.E., University of Notre Dame, 1941. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Preparation of Some Derivatives of Diethyl Silicon Dichloride. Joseph Carl Kremer, Detroit, Michigan B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1942. Major subject:!, Metallurgy. Dis­ sertation: A Study of Grain Growth in High-Purity Aluminum. Joseph Anthony Pappalardo, Lawrence, Massachusetts B.A., University of Colorado, 1944. Major subject: Chemistry. Disserta· tion: The Preparation of 3,6-Dimethyl-Hepten-2-Al. John Joseph Taylor, Yonkers, New York B.A., St. John's University, 1942. Major subject: Mathematics. Disserta· tion: Limit Cycles of Poincare. The Degree of Master of Science in Education on: Sister Mary Constance Allen, of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Detroit, Michigan A.B., Western State Teachers College, 1933. Major subject: Biology. Rev. William Donald Borders, New Orleans, Louisiana Ordination, Notre Dame Seminary, ·1940. Major subject: Education. Brother Dunstan Bowles, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1942. Major subject: English. Rev. Luke Floyd Fazi, of the Order of St. Benedict, St. Bernard, Alabama Ordination, St. Bernard's College, 1939. Major subject: Latin. 7 Sister Marie Louise FitzPatrick, of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Nazareth, Michigan A.B., Nazareth College, 1934. Major subject: History. Brother Octavius Franke, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, !~diana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1933. Major subject: Education. Brother Luis Galvez, of the Brothers of Christian Schools, Quito, Ecuador, South America A.B., Colegio de LaSalle, Cuenca, Ecuador, 1930~ Major subject: Edu­ cation. Brother Berchmans Gibbons, of the Congregation o{ Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1937. Major subject: History. Smith Higgins, Jr., Notre Dame, Indiana B.E., State Teachers College, Geneseo, New York, 1942. Major subject: Mathematics. George Theodore Koch, South Bend, Indiana B.C.S., University of Notre Dame, 1925. Major subject: Economics. Rev. Jerome Matthew Koval, of the Order of St. Benedict, Cleveland, Ohio B.A., St. Benedict's College, 1940. Major subject: Sociology. Brother Eric Landers, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana B.S., University of Notre. Dame, 1937. Major subject: Physics. Sister Mary Leonard Lynch, of the Order of St. Dominic, Grand Rapids, Michigan B.E., National College of Education, Evanston, lllinois, 1935. Major subject: Sociology. ' Brother Paulus McGary, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1936. Major subject: Education. Brother Nivard Meichtry, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana · · B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1939. Major subject: Physics. Sister Mt,lry Martina Meister, of the Sisters of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois B.S., University of Illinois, 1937. Major subject: Education. 8 Rev. William Terence Morrison, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Portland, Oregon A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1937. Major subject: Education. Brother. Jarlath O'Brien, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1931. Major subject: Latin. Gerald Charles Orosz, South Bend, Indiana B.S. in P.E., University of Notre Dame, 1942. Major subject: Education. Francis Edward Rey, Cincinnati, Ohio B.S. in Ed., University of Cincinnati, 1943. Major subject: Economics. Sister Mary Joanna Ryan, of the Sisters of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois ~.A., University of lllinois, 1938. Major subject: Education. Sister Rose Marie Saner, of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Bankston, Iowa A.B., Loras College, 1925. Major subject: History. Jean Francis Schneider, Racine, Wisconsin A.B., Loras College, 1938. Major subject: Sociology. Rev. George Splonskowski, of the Order of St. Benedict, Richard­ ton, North Dakota B.A., Assumption Abbey, 1940. Major subject: Education. Sister Mary Bernardette Sullivan, of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Waterloo, Iowa A.B., Loras College, 1928. Major subject: Education. Sister M. Ellen Cecile Tazelaar, of the Order of St. Dominic, Adrian, Michigan . B.S.E., St. John's College, Toledo, 1932. Major subject: English. r r Rev. Lloyd William Teske, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Portland, Oregon A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1933. Major subject, English. Sister Mary Peter Vaillancourt, of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Grand Rapids, Michigan . A.B., Western State Teachers College,_ 1933. Major subject: History. 9 Sister Mary Arthur Van Lancker, of the Sisters of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois A.B., St. Ambrose College, 1936. Major subject: Education. Cyril Marcel Witte, Hebron, North Dakota. B.A., Assumption Abbey, 1941. Major subject: Education. The Degree of Master of Sc_ience in Chemical Engineering on: Henry Livingston Adam, Terre Haute, Indiana B.S. in Ch.E., University of Notre Dame, 1944. Major subject: Chemical Engineering.