Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-29

Of comparative jurisprudence and diplo-
macy were next presented by the dean.
Mr.. Needham, and received diplomas, a.
follows:
Master of laws-Jose c. Abreu, A B. ;
Fritz Won Briesen, ABB, LIB. Timothy
j. Butler, LIB; Everett Merrill HaW-
ley, Adolph E. L. johnson: LIB; Ole
Kline, LIB; William E. Mcclure. ABB.
LII. b; Knighton T. Meade. AN; Yetjiro
Nakatsuka, Masatoshi Nishizawa, LIB: :;
Charles tannd NJ; Polk Lib Badley W; o1 nid,,
Rogers. ABB. LIB: Claiming Rudd,
LII. B.. Charles Stephens, LIB: William
II. Stewart, jr., LIB; Albert Rhett Stu
art, B-A;, Ma, LIE John e. TAYLOR,
Vickery Weimer LIB.
At this point Mr.. Harry Stone of the
band rendered trombone solo, Air Va
RE Next the degree of master of diplo-
Schoeverling. LIB, LIN. D.C.L, and
Joseph Gorham Tyssowski, LIB, LIN
and then with marked impressiveness the
following received the degree of doctor of
civil law:
Doctors of Civil Law.
Leroy Stafford Boyd, BIS, MS, LIB:
Joseph Wadden Butts, LIB, LIN; War
rem r. Choate, LIB. LIN; Charles
Cleaveland Clark, LIN; Thomas Fletcher
ris, LIB, LIN. Alfred Tennyson Hawks
worth. LIB, LIN; Glenn Edward Hus-
ted, LIB, LIN; Livingstone Spottis-
woode Johnson. LIB. LIN; Kenkichi
kodera, LIB. LII. NJ: John w. Langley,
LIB, LIN; Franklin Davis Mather;
Ormsby McHarg. LIB, LIN: Charles
Gregory McRoberts, LIB, LIN; Alvah
Worrell Patterson, LIB, LIN; David
Johnson PETERS. LIN: Julius 1. Peyser,
LIB. LIN; Henry Woldmar Ruoff, A. B. !;
Richard NJ. Towson. LIB, LIN; Henry
A. Vieth, LIB, LIN; Charles Drake
Westcott, LIB, LIN; Goldsmith Bern
ard West, LIN; Bayard Wyman, LIB,
LIN.
Each of the candidates advanced to the
front of the stage in turn, knelt on a
cushion and after members of the faculty
had hung over his shoulders an elaborate
hood of orange and blue silk, lined with
black and royal purple, Rev. DR.. Greene de-
livered the diploma.
HOnors Conferred.
The announcement of honors and prizes
to the foregoing was made by Dean Need
ham. A set of the American and English
Encyclopedia of Law had been offered for
the best thesis on THE Constitutional Pow
er of the United States to Acquire New Ter
ritory and the Manner of Holding and Dis
posing of the Same The papers were re-
ferred to a committee consisting Of Inter
state Commerce Commissioner Martin A.
Knapp and Commissioner of Education
William T. Harris. it was reported that
the essays regarded as the two best were so
nearly equal in merit that it had been
decided to award the prize mentioned to
Charles Drake Westcott, LII. B., LII. M, and
a special prize to John w. Langley, IL. B.,
LII NJ.
Honorable mention was accorded the tol-
lowing:
Masters Of laws-First, Fritz Won Briesen,
=. b., LIB. a7S0 per cent; second, Albert
Rhett Stuart, B.A., MA, LIB, 81 per
cent, and Claiming Rudd, LIB, $3.50 per
cent.
Master Of diplomacy-Joseph Gorham Tys-
sowski, LIB, LIN, 81 60 per cent.
Doctors of civil law-First. Glenn Edward
Hustled LIB, LIN, 1913 per cent; sec
ond, Henry A. Neith, LIB, Ii. NJ. 94.50
per cent. and third. Joseph Waddep Butts,
LIB, LIN. so per cent.
AS the gathering dispersed the band
played Malta and the patriotic song,
America"
The commencement exercises OF the Co.
lumbar College, the CorcOran Scientific
School and the School of Graduate Studies
of Columbian University will be held at
the New National Theater this evening,
beginning at o'clock.