Evening star., 1901-05-30
COLUMBIAN HONORS
Concluding Exercises of Eghtieth
Annual Commencement.
DEGREES And PRIZES AWARDED
Address to the Graduates by Rev.
w. c. Biting, DID,.
THE CORCORAN SCHOOL

ne CONcluulnS ceremonies OF tne elSnll-
eth annual commencement of the Column
bian University were held last evening in
the New National Theater, when gradu-
ates and candidates for degrees were pre-
sented from the Columbian College. the
Corcoran Scientific School and the School
of Graduate Studies. The commencement
exercises began Monday evening. the first
graduates being from the medical and dem
mencement exercises of the law school and
the school of comparative Jurisprudence
and diplomacy were held
As on the previous occasions, the theateI
last night presented a remarkably hand
some appearance. All the seats in the audi
torium and balcony were filled with the
friends of the graduates. while in the box
es especially invited guests were entertain
ed The stage a bower of green TO-
llage, while the foo-light border was bank
ed with newly cut flowers. Above the COM
pany. seated on the stage, were suspended
several large silken American flags, and 4
floral design containing the monogram &c.
u and the figures 1901" The United
states Marine Band played as the audience
assembled and at intervals during the prog
resS of the program
Among those the stage were Rev S.
H. Greene. acting president of the univer-
Sity; DIR. Howard L. Hodgkins, dean of the
university; DR.. Charles E. Munroe, dean
of the school of graduate studies; Dr.
William A Wilbur. DR.. Huntington, DR..
Carroll. DR.. Sterrett, Dr. Pollard DR.
Schoenfield and Prof. Gore. The graduates
and candidates for degrees, in long black
gowns and mortar-board caps were gath
cred behind the members Of the faculty.
Address to Graduates.
The invocation was offered by Rev. F. D.
Power, after which Rev. w. C. Biting.
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dress to the graduating classes DR. Bit
ting delivered a scholarly address and gave
the graduates to understand the impor-
tant part they are to play in the worlds
history henceforward. The topic of his
discourse was Personality the Determin-
ing Factor in Life" DR.. Biting urged the
young men and women who were being
graduated to lead their lives according to
the dictates Of their own consciences. He
asked that they be original in thought and
action and not merely follow in the foot
steps of others
With the conclusion of the address. and
after a selection by the band, the candi-
dates for degrees in the Columbian Col
lege and the Corcoran Scientific School
We're presented by Dean Hodgkins. The de-
grees We're conferred by DIR. Greene.
Those Who Received Degrees.
In the Columbian College the degree of
bachelor Of arts was conferred upon the
following: Horace Frost Ashford Cecilia
Franzoni. Evelyn Estelle Knight, Sara
Phebe Lynch. Charles Wellington Main,
John Warren Matson, Frances Howell Ran
dolph Nathaniel E. Robinson. jr:. Flora
Warren Smith, Clarissa Brooks Tufts
The following received the degree of bach
elor of science: Florence Elizabeth Frisby,
Charles Franklin Fuller, Eleanor Wilson
lance. Boynton Mcconnell Leach, Frances
Sanders, Carl Everett Whitney.
COrcOran Scientific School.
In the Corcoran Scientific School the de-
grees conferred were:
Bachelor of science in general science
Ella May Ford, Buist Cuthbert Getsinger,
Robert Edward Lee Newberne, Samuel CAL
laway Reat.
Bachelor of science In civil engineering
Arthur Waters Calver
Bachelor of science in mechanical engi-
neering-John Adger McCrary. Geo. Henry
Swygert, Edward Cyrus Thompson.
Bachelor of science in chemistry-Roger
Green Smith.
Bachelor of science in archttecture-Geo
Anton Didden.
Dean Munroe presented the candidates for
degrees from the school OF graduate studies
and they were conferred upon the follow
Ing. all Of the candidates presenting theses
as indicated:
Mechanical engineer-John Adger Nc
Crary, q. g., Clemson Agricultural and
Mechanical College; thesis Measurement
of Power Of Machine Shop and Discussion
of the Advisability Of Installing Smaller
Power Units George Henry Swygert, B.
s.. Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical
College; thesis, Variable Speed Transmits
sion Gear"
Master of science-Martha Maria Brewer
BIS. Columbian University; thesis "a
Study in Filtration, with Tests of Metallic
Felt Filters George Steed Edelen BS
Maryland Agricultural College: thesis, "A
Study of the Carbohydrates and Ash Of the
Germ Of the Maize Kernel" Edwin ALL
ston HILL ABB, Yale College; thesis, "A
Study Of the Properties OF Some Com
pounds of Anthony and Arsenic and Of
Some Tests for These Elements" Arthur
d. kidder, B;S. Rose Polytechnic Insti-
tute; thesis. Determination Of the Merid-
ian. Edward Janney Sidwell Lupton, B.
s., Columbian University; thesis. "The De-
velopment of the Cerebellum. Thomas
sity; thesis. Development of the Knowl-
edge of Soils in the United States"
Robert Edward Lee Newberne ND
Georgetown University: DDS. Tako-
thias Nissen, BIS. Case School of Applied
Science: thesis, Alternating Current Curve
Tracing" Atherton Seidel. BIS. Univer-
tain Electrolytes in Aqueous Solutions Of
More Soluble Electrolytes," Sidney Fuller
Smith, graduate United States Naval Acad-
emy; thesis. THE Nernst Lamp" Thomas
versity: thesis. Investigation of Methods
Proposed for the Separation of Nickel and
Zinc. with Special Account Of Moore's
Method"
Master Of arts-Reed Paige Clark, B. A.,
Columbian University: thesis "Cyrano de
Bergerac." Rev. William Wilberforce Co.'S
tin. A. B.. Mount Allison College; thesis,
'Hegefs Philosophy of History" Herbert
Ernest Day. Phi. B.. Brown University;
thesis. The Eighteenth Century Novelists. u
Ella May Ford thesis, "A Study in Spanish
Case Distinction" William Dean Goddard.
A. B.. Colgate University. thesis. The
Nichomachean Ethics Of Aristotle" Rev.
Rolvix Harlan. B.A., Columbian University:
| thesis. THE Development of the Ida of the
Messianic Kingdom in the Old Testament" +"
Elsie Elizabeth Parkinson. B. A. Column
btan University; thesis. The Growth of
the Arthur Story" Sarah Harvey Porter:
thesis. THE Twentieth Century Writer of
English" Rev. Herbert Harry Powell Phi.
B.. Taylor University; thesis, Influence of
Assyrria Upon the Life and Literature of
Israel Alvis Lemuel Rhoton, A. B.,
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