One Hundred Sixth 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 2:00p.m. (Central Daylight Time) June 3, 1951 ~ ........... ,.f~~-~~~~~.v: Degrees Conferred The University of Notre Dame announces the conferring of the degree of Doctor of Laws~ honoris causa~ on: The Most Reverend Leo Aloysius Pursley, of Fort Wayne, Indiana Reverend Gilbert Vincent Ferrer Hartke, o.P.~ of 'Washington, D. C. The Honorable Francis Patrick Matthews, of Omaha, Nebraska Mr. Jacques Maritain, of Princeton, New Jersey Mr. Charles Roy McCanna, of Burlington, Wisconsin The University of Notre Dame confers the following degrees in course: The Degree of Doctor of Philosolphy on: Andrew Ateleo Baldoni, Woodstock, Illinois B.S., Bradley University, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Studies on Cycloheptanone Derivatives. Vito Victor Bellino, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1939; M.A., Columbia University, 1948. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Growth Inhibitors; Studies on Un~aturated Lactones. Ernest George Brock, South Bend, Indiana B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1946. Major subject: Physics. Disserta­ tion: E>.:perimental Study of Periodic Deviations from Schottky Theory in Thermionic Emission from Melybdenum and Monomolecular Films on Molybdenum. 5 Robert Smith Codrington, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada B.A., University of British Columbia, 1946; M.A.. ibid., 1948. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Transitions in Polymers. Reverend John Francis Cohol~m, Maryknoll· Missioners, Mary­ knoll, New York Ordination, Maryknoll Seminary, 1946. Major subject: English. Disserta­ tion: The Portrayal of the Moral World in the Novels of William Dean Howells. Sol Davison, Los Angeles, California B.A., Pomona College, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Reaction of Free Methyl Radical with Molecular Hydrogen. Brother Dominic Elder, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Roll- ing Prairie, Indiana . A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1936; M.A.,. ibid., 1942. Major subject: Political Science. Dissertation: The Common Man Philosophy of Thomas Paine-A Study of the Political Ideas of Paine. Joseph William Evans, Windsor, Ontario, Canada B.A., University of Western Ontario, 1942; M.A., ibid., 1947. Major. subject: Philosophy. Dissertation: Development of Thomistic Principles in Jacques Maritain's Notion of Society. Frank Charles Fatora, Jr., Derry, Pennsylvania B.S., St. Vincent's College, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Disserta• tion: The Preparation and Study of Some Acetylenic Amines. Lewis Herman Gevantman, Daly City, California B.Engr., Johns Hopkins University, 1942. Major subject: Chemistry. D1s• sertation: The Identification of Free Radicals in the Radiolysis of Organic Compounds. Louis Alexander Goretta, Portland, Oregon. B.S., University of Portland, 1943; M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1944. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Studies on the Alkylation of Catechol and Phenol. Walter Barber LaBerge, China Lake, California B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Physics. Disserta­ tion: Experimental Study of Non-Periodic Deviations from Schottky Theory in Thermionic Emission from Tantalum and Monomolecular Surfaces of Thorium on Tantal'Um. Daniel Edwin Maloney, Jericho, Vermont B.S., St. Michael's College, 1947; M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: I. The Reaction of Dimethyle­ thynlcarbinol with Hydrochloric Acid. II. The Hydrolysis of 3-Chloro-3- Methyi-1-Butyne and 1-Chloro-3-Methyl-1,2-Butadiene. Jean Patrick Manion, Sheboygan, Wisconsin B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1943. Major subject: Chemistry. Disserta-. ·tion: Radiation Chemistry of Some Hydrocarbon Mixtures. Cornelius Herman Harry Neufeld, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada B.S., Dalhousie University, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: I. Synthesis of N-Substitutcd Piperazines. II. Studies on the Bromination of 1,-2-Cyclohcptandione. 6 Sister Mary Denis O'Grady, of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Chicago, Illinois A.B., St. Xavier College, 1937; M.A., Loyola University, 1948. Major subject: Political Science. Dissertation: The Role of Thomas J. Walsh in Senatorial Contests, 1913-1926. William Leonard Riedeman, Amityville, Long Island, New York A.B., Colgate University, 1942. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Synthesis of Some Methoxyl Substituted Styryl and Phenylethyl Quinolines of Pharmacological Interest. Carlton Alfred Sears, Jr., Somerville, New Jersey >B.S., Michigan State College, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Disserta­ tion: Investigations with Nitryl Chloride as a Nitrating Agent. Raimond Aldrich Struble, Vinton, Iowa , B.S. in A.E., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Mathe­ matics. Dissertation: Metric and Measure in Locally Compact Groups. The Degree of Master of Mediaeval Studies on: V James Joseph John, Browerville, Minnesota A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1948; M.A., ibid., 1950. Major subject: History. Dissertation: A Repertoire of Students at the College of Pre­ montre in Mediaeval Paris. The Degree of Master of Arts on: Reverend Bernard Michael Broderick, Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada A.B., St. Francis Xavier University, 1935. Major subject: Education. William Riley Broderick, Whiting, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1950. Major subject: Correctional Administration. VFranklin Ward Burch, Wadena, Minnesota A.B., St. John's University (Minnesota), 1949. Major subject: History. Dissertation: Religion and Polity in Puritan-Indian Relations, in the Early History of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1629-1651. Ij Eugene Angelo Campanale, Mishawaka, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1950. Major subject: Education. l VReverend Charles Augustine Costello, Rouseveille, Pe~nsylvania A.B., St. Joseph's Seminary, 1918. Major subject: History. Dissertation: I The Episcopacy of the Right Reverend Josue M. Young, Bishop of Erie,• I 1854-1866. l Note: Master students for whom no dissertation is listed are receiving non­ I research degrees. 7 I I I ! ! Frank Joseph Fahey, Lakewood, Ohio ·A.B., University of Natre Dame, 1949. Major subject: Sociology. Elmer Mario Farinella, Middletown, Pennsylvania B.S.E., State Teachers College, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 1949. Major subject: Education. John James Gardzie, Lowell, Massachusetts A.B., St. Anselm's College, 1949. Major subject: English. Thomas Francis Hanlon, Worcester, Massachusetts B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: Education. Major Thomas Jerome Hardy, South Bend, Indiana B.S., Purdue University, 1941. Major subject: Correctional Adminis­ tration. VEarl Clifford . Kaylor, Greenburg, Pennsylvania A.B., Juniata College, 1946; B.D., Bethany Biblical Seminary, Chicago, · 1949. Major subject: History. Dissertation: The Antionomian Contro­ versy in Colonial New England. Reverend Gregory Charles Keleher, of the Order of St. Benedict, Manchester, New Hampshire A.B., St. Anselm's College, 1943. Major subject: Education. Disserta­ tion: An Analysis of the Cumulative Record Forms Used in Institutions of Higher Learning in the State of Indiana. Harle Ferdinand Kise, Reading, California B.S.S., Seattle University, 1950. Major supject: Political Science. David Charles Langley, Amsterdam, New York A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1945. Major subject: Education. Arthur Owen Linskey, Wethersfield, Connecticut A.B., St. Mary's University, 1946; S.T.B., ibid., 1948. Major subject: Education. Augustine Thomas Lynch, Mount Pleasant, Michigan A.B., Central Michigan College of Education, 1949. Major subject: English. James Edward Manahan, Jr., St. Albans, Vermont A.B., St. Michael's College, 1947. Major subject: English. George Douglas Murphy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major Subject: English. Disserta­ tion: The Poetry of Motion in Moby-.Dick. Francis Joseph Ortbal, Colby, Kansas ~ B.B.A., University of Texas, 1949. Major subject: Economics. Disserta­ lj tion: Some Economic Aspects of Group Health Plans with Emphasis on the Cooperative Approach. II Robert Joseph Perillat, South Bend, Indiana . I A.B., St. Patrick's Seminary, 1945. Major subject: Philosophy. iDisserta· tion: Maritain and the Problem of Subsistence. I i 8 !I IJ :I I ! John Sidney Pettingil~ Balboa, Canal Zone B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1935. Major subject: Education. - Reverend Augustine Joseph Peverada, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1941. Major subject: History. Disserta­ tion: George Washington's Attitude Towards the French Revolution. Edward Charles Reardon, Jr., Toledo, Ohio A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: Philosophy. Dean Mills Robertson, South Bend, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1948. Major subject: English. ·Disserta­ tion: The Existentialist and Herman Melville. William Henry Slavick, Bartlett, Tennessee A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: English. Disserta­ tion: The Meaning of Elizabeth Mad ox Roberts. George Nicholas Thoma, Chicago, Illinois B.A., Loras College, 1941. Major subject: English. Dissertation: The Relation of Value to Structure in the Poetics of Five Contemporary American Critics. Reverend Harry Joseph Welp, Covington, Kentucky A.B., Athenaeum of Ohio, St. Gregory Seminary, 1946. Major subject: English. Herbert Anthony