The times., 1897-06-08
SOME EMINENT GRADUATES
Distinguished Scholars Receive
High Degrees.
Glass of Thirteen, Many of Whom
Are Well Known in Special
Branches.

The fourth annual commencement of the
"SchooI OF Graduate Studies of the Co
lumbar University was held yesterday aft
| ernoon in the hall of the institution, and
the event ma rked the conferring of the
higher degrees of doctor and master upon
thirteen graduates of various colleges OF
| the land
| Upon the stage were DR.. Beniah L
| Whitman, president of the university; Dr.
| Charles Monroe, dean of the graduate
school; Rer. DIR. GcKim. Dr. Huntington,
Prof. Montague, Prof. Sterrett, Prof
Craven, Prof. Hodgkins, Prof. Ramsey.
Prof. Swischer, Prof. Pollard, Prof VIII
bur, Prof. Lodge, Dr.. Otis Il. Mason, and
| Mr.. a. b. Neeham.
The graduates, in cap and gown. were
| seated in the front row OF seats of the
auditorium The stage was decorated with
palms and ferns, and festO0Rs OF orange
/ and black, the colors OF the class
| The exercises were opened with an In
! vocation by Prof. A. j. Huntington, d. d..
/ which was followed by an Grafton by Rev
| Randolph Z. McKim, d. D.. in which he
| impressed upon the graduates the i'm
| portance of having life-work in view
| Three young ladies and half score men,
some of them doctors and professors,
were then presented by the dean, Mr.
Charles II. Monroe, TO President Whitman,
who, with a few brief remarks, appro-
pirate TO the occasion, conferred degrees
and delivered diplomas upon the folio W.
ing:
Masters Of Science Joseph William FeI,
s. s., Trinity College, 1889; subject. chem
istry; thesis, "A Systematic CIassifica-
tion of the Artificial Organic Colorlne Mat
ter"
Anne Lewis Pierce. B. s.. Columbian Uni
versity, 1895; subject, political phfIos-
ophy; thesis. The Industrial Revolution
OF the Eighteenth Century in England"
In 1895 Miss Pierce was a member Of the
editorial staff OF Public Opinion.
Frank Darius Simons, A. B., University
of Indiana, 1896; subject chemistry; thesis,
Tie Action of Certain Bodies on the Dr.
gestive Ferments"
Thomas Alfred Witherspoon. graduate
United States Naval Academy; subject
chemistry thesis. The Phenomena A ttend-
ing the Practice of the Art of EleetroIysis." i"
He was cadet midshipman. passed two
years at sea, and passed the examination
examiner of the Patent Offfce in 1887, and
principal examiner In 1895.
Masters of Arts-Mary Katherine Chapin,
A b., Columbian University. s96; subject,
the British constitution; thesis, The Dia-
LOCUS de Scoccario."
Harry Hampton Donnaily. B g.. Colun-
bian College, 1895; subject, the Brit
ish constitution; thesis, THE Development
of the British Constitution"
Nancy Jacobs Mcknight, B. A, weilesIy
College 1887; subject, ma thematies: thesis,
"Some Proofs tnat Every Numerical EQua-
ton Has Root
George Washington Peterson, 3. A, Uni
versity OF Minnesota, 1898; subject. Latin:
thesis, The Roman La W in It's Relation 80
the Law OF England.
Rev George Edmund Traver Stevenson,
Columbian University, 1 S96; subject poat.
le;,l philosophy; thesis, The Development
of the House of Commons to the Time of
the Commonwealth
Rev. Hugh Thomas Stevenson, Columbian
University. 1896; subject. sociology; thesis,
The Socialism of Jesus
The following having passed the neces-
sary requirements at the public disputation
were granted the degree OF doctor of
philosophy:
Charles Arthur Hollick, Phi. B. CoIurr-
bia College, n. Y. 1889; subjects, geology,
botany and uiineTalngy; thesis, ''Paleobot-
any OF the YeIIcw Gravel at Bridgeton. n.
j." Mr. Hollick was an instructor In
geology in Columbia College. y. Y
! 800, and since 1879 has contrihu.ed
many valuable papers on the flora of New
York. Colorado and Southern Virginia
John Scott johnson, 3. 8, A. NJ, Column
bian University; subject, political philoso-
ply, economics, French philosophy: thesis, |
THE Influence OF French Thought on the
Formation or the Constitution OF the United |
States"
Timothy William Staunton. B. s., NJ s.,
JOHNS Hopkins University; subject, paIecn- |
t0logy, zoology and mine ralogy. He is |
a member of the United States Geological |
Survey and recognized authority on the |
,Tetaceous formation of the United States,
having described % new species of fossil !
TEE feature IF the exercises was the con- |
erring Of tive honorary degrees, which are |
said To he the fist conferred by any South |
,rn university. Those thus honored are |
Sa;ah Maria Burnham, Cambridge, Mass: |
given degree of A. NJ: Otis T Mason, and |
Lester F. Wand, Of this city, given degree |
f LII. d and William B. Rice of South |
Carolina, given degree OF D. d.