Boehmer, Gorman, Tyrone Win Literary Contest
Literary
Supplement
Commencement
Issue
Volume XL IV
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OREGON, MAY 16, 1947
Number 25
RECORD CLASS GRADUATES 130 NEXT SUNDAY
SPEAKERS
From top. Most Rev. Edward D.
Howard, Archbishop of Portland in
Oregon; Rt. Rev. Monsignor T. G.
Stafford; Ben Hur Lam pm an, com¬
mencement day speakers.
NOTICE TO VETS
Important information to ail
students enrolled under the G. I.
Bill of Rights on page 2.
Top Writing
Appears in
Supplement
Bob Boehmer, senior from Port¬
land; Bob Gorman, sophomore from
Woodburn, and Ray Tyrone, fresh¬
man from Portland, have been an¬
nounced as $10 first prize winners
in the Beacon-sponsored literary
contest by Alex Sharbach, instruc¬
tor in the English department,
chairman of judges.
A literary supplement, published
with this issue of the Beacon, con¬
tains their prize winning writing
plus honorable mention works in
all three sectons of the contest;
short story, essay and poetry.
“Winter Rain,” by Boehmer, the
top short story, is a sketch of a
typical Italian peasant’s reaction to
the American army of occupation,
and is described by Sharbach as
outstanding for its graphic concrete
detail and restricted emotionalism.
Ray Tyrone’s “Sad Sack,” which
took honors in the essay division,
is a colorful characterization of a
dogface with a complete disregard
of army customs and discipline, who
quite inadvertently becomes some¬
thing of a hero. The poetry division
winner, "On Omaha” by Gorman,
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Beacon Cops High
Mark in National
Critical Survey
Accumulating 975 out of a pos¬
sible 1000 points, the Beacon cap¬
tured first class rating in the 36th
All-American Critical Service of
the Associated Collegiate Press, ac¬
cording to a scoring received this
week on the issues of the first sem¬
ester. The Beacon was one of nine
of 44 competitors to receive this
rating. Nearly 300 college papers
were entered.
The “first class” award is tire
highest given out in this survey,
since the All-American or Pace¬
maker rating will not be awarded to
any paper until the second sem¬
ester issues have been judged.
Scoring is based on four main
points, news values and sources;
news writing and editing; head¬
lines, typography and makeup, and
department pages and special fea¬
tures. Each of these is criticized in
detail, and rated poor, weak, fair,
good, very good, excellent and, when
the All-American award is being
given, superior. Out of these, the
Beacon garnered 17 “excellents,”
dropping down to “very good" only
four times, and these in points of
make-up and proof reading.
According to Grant Skelley, editor,
second semester issues of the Bea¬
con will be entered in the 37th sur¬
vey, to be conducted soon.
The Associated Collegiate Press,
whose home is at the University of
Minnesota, is the organization that
publishes the Collegiate Digest, na¬
tional photo supplement carried by
the Beacon and distributed to all
member papers.
Archbishop Will
Confer Diplomas
Official climax of the 1946-47 school year will be the conferring of
degrees upon the 130 members of the class of '47 at 4 p. m. Sunday, May
25, in Howard hall, as His Excellency, the Most Reverend Edward D.
Howard, D.D., Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, presents diplomas to the
graduates.
The afternoon exercises will get
under way with the usual academic
procession at 3 :45, and following the
conferring of degrees the graduates
will hear an address by Ben Hur
Lampman, assistant editor of the
Oregonian, Portland daily news¬
paper.
The baccalaureate Mass, to be
held at the Cathedral of the Im¬
maculate Conception, will begin at
11 a. m. Archbishop Howard will be
celebrant for the Solemn Mass, with
Rev. Charles Smith, pastor of Cath¬
edral parish, assistant priest; Rev.
Oscar Hentges, C.S.C., deacon; Rev.
Clarence Durbin, C.S.C., sub-deacon,
and Rev. Michael Gavin, C.S.C., and
Rev. Phillip Schaerf, C.S.C., deacons
of honor.
Music for the Solemn Pontifical
Mass to be sung by the Portland
Gleemen is as follows: Processional,
“Christ Who Once for Sinners
Bled,” traditional; “Ecce Sacerdos
Magnus” by Witt; Introit, “Spiritus
Domini,” Gregorian; “Kyrie Ele-
ison” by Ravanello; "Gloria in Ex-
celsis Deo,” Gregorian; Gradual,
“Alleluia! Veni Sancte Spiritus,”
Gregoran; Invocation, “Veni Creator
Spiritus,” Palestrina; “Credo,” Gre¬
gorian; "Bt Incarnatus Est,” Koch;
"Ave Maria,” Jepkins; "Sanctus,”
Ravanello; "Benedictus,” Ravan¬
ello; "O Sacrum Convivium,” Rem-
ondi; “Angus Dei,” Ravanello; Com¬
munion, "Factus est repente,” Gre¬
gorian, and Recessional, “Praise Ye
the Father,” Gounod.
The Right Reverend Monsignor J.
G. Stafford of Bellingham, Wash.,
will deliver the baccalaureate ser¬
mon.
Music for the commencement ex-
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FRAND LA JOY, Valedictorian
Degrees Set
For Quests
Rt. Rev. Monsignor J. G. Stafford,
Bellingham, Wash., and Ben Hur
Lampman, noted author and asso¬
ciate editor and editorial writer,
The Oregonian, commencement
guest speakers this year, will be
awarded honorary Doctor of Laws
degrees from University of Portland,
according to Rev. Theodore J. Meh-
ling, CSC., president.
Bom in Auburn, N. Y., February
13, 1882, Monsignor Stafford was
ordained by Cardinal Gibbons in
the cathedral at Baltimore, Mary¬
land, in 1910. He came immediately
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COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
May 25, 1947
Morning Exercises— Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ,
N. W. Ylth Avenue and Davis Street
11:00 Academic Procession.
School hall to the Cathedral.
11:15 Solemn Mass.
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Edward D. How¬
ard, D.D., Archbishop of Portland in Oregon.
Baccalaureate sermon.
The Right Reverend Msgr. J. G. Stafford.
Afternoon Exercises on the University Campus
3:45 Academic Procession.
4:00 Conferring of Degrees.
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Edward D. How¬
ard, D.D., Archbishop of Portland in Oregon.
Address to the graduates.
[I Ben Hur Lampman.
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Frank Lajoy
Announced as
Valedictorian
Frank Lajoy, who has compiled
an impressive record of scholastic
and extra curricular achievement
during his college career, will deliver
the valedictory address at com¬
mencement exercises Sunday. May
25. according to Rev. John Hooy-
boer, C.S.C., dean of studies.
Lajoy was bom in 1922 in a small
town near Pendleton, Ore., and
spent most of his early life in
eastern Oregon. After attending
high school for three years, he
moved to Portland where he com¬
pleted high school at Roosevelt.
Frank came to University of Port¬
land in the fall of 1941, after hav¬
ing won the scholarship offered to
a Roosevelt student by Portland.
Lajoy completed two years on the
campus before entering the Navy
under the V-12 program, in which
he attended Gonzaga and North¬
western universities. A near-fatal
bout with rheumatic fever served to
muster him out of the service, after
which he returned to the campus to
finish his undergraduate work.
When Portland began to revive in
the fall of 1945, Lajoy was instru¬
mental in the reactivating of the
Student Activity council, and was
elected president for that year. He
guided student activities back into
a creditable resemblance of their
pre-war importance and served to
make this year even more active
and successful.
During the past year, Lajoy has
served as secretary to Dean A. B.
Peterschmidt of the college of bus¬
iness. He has also spent several
afternoons each week in practice
teaching at Roosevelt. His plans
after graduation are still uncertain.
He will graduate magna cum laude.
He was married in April of this
year.
Scholarships and
Activity Awards
Due (graduates
Awards for scholarship and activ¬
ity will be presented to outstand¬
ing seniors at commencement exer¬
cises Sunday, May 25.
The graduate maintaining the
highest scholastic average for four
years in each of the colleges: Lib¬
eral Arts, Science, Business and
Nursing, will receive a $25 award.
The Harriett Osbom award will
be presented to the nursing college
senior who has achieved the great¬
est excellence in musing. Other co¬
ed honors will include a $25 St.
Vincent College of Nursing award
for loyalty to the school and excel¬
lence in leadership and the St. Vin¬
cent Alumnae award for the muse
who manifests superior aptitude for
administration and organization.
Certificates will also be presented
the 17 seniors who were selected last
fall for recognition in “Who’s Who
in American Colleges”.
