Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-11
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL.
Papers Read by Post Graduates OF
Columbia College.


The commencement Of the graduate
school CT ehe Columbian University. took
place this afternoon at o'clock In the
main hall of the University building. corner
of 18th and III streets. Although the school
has been liz operation. only a year, 1t has
met with the most fattering success from
the beginning. and it raay now fairy be
looked upon as one Of the strong features
in connection with the work of the univer-
sity. Degr ees were given In course this
afternoon to fifteen students. who have pu--
sued advanced stn1i.s for the past year.
The degree Of master Of scien -e was con-
ferred upon three. that of master of arts
Upon eight. whila four were given the de-
gree Of doctors in philosophy
The exercises in the hall this afternoon
were rather brief and simple. but of a most
interesting character. The candidates for
degrees were seated upon the platform, to-
gether with number of the faculty OF the
graduate scnool. There was no music nor
mowers, and the exercises were OF a rather
business-like sort. They were opened with
an invocation. which was followed by the
address to the candidates This WAS de-
livered by DIR. 7. c. Mendenhall, Grief of the
L. 5. coast and geodetic survey The de-
grees were then conferred b. President Jas
e yelling. who is the professor Of the
philosophy Of history in the graduate school
As the applicants for the three degrees
were called UP Prof Charles E. Munroe
dean OF the faculty. told briefly of the work
that each student hsd completed in ad-
Vanced studies Each applicant, in addition
TO passing the prescribed examination had
Submitted tn isis. and these had eli been
passed. upon and accepted by boards of
eATet's appointed for the purpose. These
lheses We're read by title this afternoon.
The Theses Read.
The applicants for the various derrees
with their course and theses were as fol-
lows:
Master OF science-Jesse Claire McDon-
aid. philosophy. The Ethics Of Aristotle"
Herbert Louis Rice. Quarternions, .,Solu-
ton OF Linear and Victor Functions"
oscar John Schneider. chemistry, The Es-
timation of Manganese"
Master Of arts-Edmund Clark Hudson.
the English Drama" Z. Hilton jackson,
International law. The Assumed Right OF
ASYLUM: John Scott johnson, political
philosophy. Jean Jacques Rousseau" VII
nam hamilton. advanced English, The
Earliest English Epic Anna Madeleine
Letterman. advanced English. The Celtic
Elements in English Literature" Frank
Bowers Littell, theoretical astronomy .sTh.
Constant OF Abei ration With a Determina-
ton III Its Value" Henry Rogers Pyne,
Greek. Thucydides as a Historian" Fran
ses Estelle Ihrockmorton. Latin. "MarcI
Tulh Ciceronis Vita. operoque"
Directors In philosophy-Edward Far
quhar. trst minor, philosophy: second
minor, English; major, Greek: Elements
OF Unity in the Homeric Poems" Walter
Scott Harshman, first minor pure mathe-
mates; second minor, mathematical phys
les: major theoretical astronomy; ''Investi-
cation Of the Motion of the Pericentre of
Demos. Frank Hall Knowlton, first minor
zoology; Second minor. geology; major.
paleobotanY; THE Flora of the Laramie
Group and Allied Formations" Claude Au-
gustus Oscar Resell first minor physics;
second minor, mineralogy; major cherris-
try; Investigation Of the Properties of
Ferric Acid
Honorary Degrees.
AT the conclusion Of this part of the exer-
cises of the afternoon DIR. yelling con-
ferred a number of honorary degrees Rev.
G. c. Meador of this city and Rev. A. ]. s.
Thomas Of South Carolina were given the
degree of ID. ID. Pref. Theodore N Gill;
Ph.D., given the degree of LID.
Prof James Seth was given the degree of
S. ID. and Prof. Harry C. Davis AN that
of l.. II. ID. Prof. Charles Edward Munroe
s. d.. was given the degree of Ph.D, in
course for distinguished scientific achieve
ments. The program was concluded with
the bepediction