Comments on: Time warp: Georgetown has been miscounting Commencements for at least 77 years http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/05/18/time-warp-georgetown-has-been-miscounting-commencements-for-at-least-77-years/ The Georgetown Voice Blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:38:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eden http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/05/18/time-warp-georgetown-has-been-miscounting-commencements-for-at-least-77-years/comment-page-1/#comment-317151 Eden Tue, 19 May 2009 17:30:17 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=5262#comment-317151 Jesus Christ, Stoller. Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, Stoller. Jesus Christ.

]]> By: Matt Stoller http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/05/18/time-warp-georgetown-has-been-miscounting-commencements-for-at-least-77-years/comment-page-1/#comment-316801 Matt Stoller Mon, 18 May 2009 22:19:06 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=5262#comment-316801 Strangely enough, marking 1799 as the first college course seems to be a mistake that Nevils may have caught from James Easby-Smith, who wrote a book on Georgetown's history from 1789-1907, or other sources. While Fr. Neale, the fourth President, became President in 1799, he was only able to get the full college course officially approved on July 27, 1801 for the following year. "Georgetown thus had its full curriculum of study," writes John Gilmary Shea in Memorial of the First Cetenary, "and could justly bear the name of college." Thus, the earliest date for commencement could still be only 1801 (I still can't find out if the class actually graduated then, but as they were referred to as the 'senior class of 1801' it's possible they did). Strangely enough, marking 1799 as the first college course seems to be a mistake that Nevils may have caught from James Easby-Smith, who wrote a book on Georgetown’s history from 1789-1907, or other sources.

While Fr. Neale, the fourth President, became President in 1799, he was only able to get the full college course officially approved on July 27, 1801 for the following year. “Georgetown thus had its full curriculum of study,” writes John Gilmary Shea in Memorial of the First Cetenary, “and could justly bear the name of college.” Thus, the earliest date for commencement could still be only 1801 (I still can’t find out if the class actually graduated then, but as they were referred to as the ’senior class of 1801′ it’s possible they did).

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