The times., 1901-05-30
MANY DEGREES CONFERRED
The Last Part of the Columbian
University Commencement.
Students of the College, Department,
Scientific, md Graduate Schools
Receive Diplomas - An Able Ad-
dress by the Rev. DIR. Hitting.

/
coran Scientific School, and the School Of
Graduate Studies, the commencement ex-
! ercises of Columbian College last night
| came to a close.
As on the other two evenings the Ma
| tional Theatre was crowded with friends
! of those who were to receive diplomas
| The decorations of blue and yellow still
in place, and the fresh lunches of roses
and bouquets of spring flowers that hid
| the footlights from view, added color and
perfume to the occasion. The MaEine
Band, while the audience was assembling,
played Suppe's Jolly Fellows over
ture. and Grand Scenes from Bizet's
Carmen" prayer by the Rev. F. D.
| Power, d. D., opened the ceremonies, af-
ter which Waguer's Album Biatt" was
rendered by the musicians
The Rev. w c. Biting. d. D., of New
York. delivered the address to the gradu-
ates. He made a very earnest appeal for
| individuality and originality. taking as
| the topic for his speech, Personality the
determining Factor in Life" He sought
to impress upon his listeners the neces-
/ sity of living their own lives according
as they felt from their INNER conscious
ness the lives ought TO be lived, and
warned them that in the art of life the
greatest sin is initiation.
Success he said, lis simply raising
ones own personality to the Nth power
1t is not being a parasite, a ghost Of
| great name, an everlasting amen to the
precept and example of a noble life We
/ have reached the first milestone when we
/ have come to an un-egOtistic realization
! of the fact that we would rather be our
! selves than anybody else. The second
mark is attained when we realize that
/ there are others in the world, and under
stand that their personalities are as pre-
! ciOus to them as ours are to us. Reci-
procty is the password in the interplay
| of life, and in the realm Of personality
| there must always be free trade"
After an interlude of music the caudi-
dates for degrees in Columbian College
and the Corcoran Scientific School were
| presented by Dean Hodgllins. The fol-
lowing are the graduates in their respeC-
! tive schools and branches:
| The Columbian College-Bachelors of
Arts-Horacc Frost Ashford Cecilia Fran
zoni, Evelyn Estelle Knight, Sara Phebe
! Lynch. Charles Wellington Main, John
! Warren Matson. Frances Howell Ran
! dolph, Nathaniel L. Robinson, jr., Flora
! Warren Smith, Clarissa Brooks Tufts.
/ Bachelors of Science-FIorence Elizabeth
Frisby, Charles Franklin Fuller. Eleanor
Wilson Hance, Boynton Mcconnell Leach,
Frances Sanders, Carl Everett Whitney.
The Corcoran Scientific School-Bache-
lors of Science-In general science-EIla
Nay Ford, Buist Cuthbert Getsinger, Rob
ert Edward Lee Newberne, Samuel Gala
way Reat In civil engineering
Waters Calyer. In mechanical engineer
ing-John Adger McCrary, George Henry
Swygert, Edward Cyrus Thompson. In
chemistry-Roger Green Smith In archi-
tccture-GoOrge Anton Didden
DR.. S. II. Greene, Acting President of
the university, received the candidates,
and presented the diplomas. In a few
well chosen worC2s he bade them under
stand their responsibilities in life, and
gave them godspeed in their new field of
! labor. AT the conclusion of his remarks
a flute solo by the first flute of the Ma
rine Band, Robert Peel. was rendered.
Dean G. e. Munroe, of the Graduate
School, presented to the acting president
the candidates for further academic hon
ors from his branch of the institution.
The following are the students to whom
the higher degrees We're granted
Mechanical engine eer-John Adger Nc
Crary and George Henry Swygert both
Il. s., Clemson Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College.
Master of Science-Aartha Maria Brew
er B. S, Columbian University: George
Steed Edelen, 3. s, Maryland Agricul-
tural College; Edwin Allston Hill, A. B.,
Yale College; Arthur d. Kidder, 3. S,
Rose Polytechnic Institute. Edward jan
ney Sidwell Lupton, b. S, Columbian
University; Thomas Herbert Means, b
S. Columbian University; Robert Ed
ward Lee Newberne, NJ. D., Georgetown
d. d. s. Tacoma College Of Dental Sur
gerry; Charles Matthias Nissen. b. S, Case
81. Of Al Cas
dell, B. S, University of Georgia; Sidney
Fuller Smith, Graduate L. S. Naval
Academy; Thomas Vincent Sullivan, a.
l., Georgetown University.
Master of Arts-Reed Paige Clark, =. /
A, Columbian University; Key. William
Wilberforce Costln, A. B., Mount Ali |
son College; Herbert Ernest Day, Ph. |
T., Brown University; Ella May Ford, !
William Dean Goddard, a. b. Colgate |
University; Rev. RolviX Harlan. 3. n, |
Columbian University Elsie Elizabeth |
PaTkn son, =. A. Columbian University; |
Sarah Harvey Porter. Rev. Herbert Pow |
ell. Ph. g., Taylor University; Avis Lem |
ucl RhOton, a T., Georgetown College; |
Pearl Edna Thonssen, B. s, Columbian |
University; George Liggett Ward, a. &, |
Yale University.
There were two candidates for the de- |
gree Of Doctor Of PhilOsophy-Wiliaml |
Hamilton, B. A. Moravian College, NJ. |
A. Columbian University, who presented !
a thesis on the Expansion of Russia 10 |
Japanese graduate Of DOshisha UHiver- |
siIy, \. NJ. of Yale University, whose |
thesis was on The Commerce Of Japan |
and its Relation TO Civilization
Each candidate, as he WAS presented to |
DR.. Greene. knelt and listened with bowed |
head to the words spoken in comforting |
the degree. The doctors cape was put |
over his shoulders and DR.. Greene, rails |
ing him from his knees, grasped his hand |
and said Il welcome you heartily.
Two honorary degrees were conferred. |
The degree of Doctor Of Laws was given |
by vote Of the trustees and faculty to |
w. F. Mattingly, who received the honor |
because of his fitness, his lifes work, !
and his academic record, which is as fol- /
lows: Bachelor of Philosophy, Column !
bian. 1857; Master of Arts, Columbian. |
1861; trustee of Columbian University |
since 1868, lecturer in the Law School since |
1888. and president of the Alumni Asso- |
citation since 1885,
The second recipient of an honorary de-
gree was Augustus SchuItze Bachelor of |
Arts Moravian College NiesAy SiIesia |
Germany three years in the theological |
seminary at Gnadenfeldt, professor of |
Greek and Latin eight years al Nieslfy
fifteen years professor of Greek and at
n at Morayian College, Bethlehem Pa,
and since 1885 president of the institution
twelve years member of the governing
body Of the Moravtan Church of the
North, d. ID. OF Lafayette College and
a writer of many works. religious and |
dlssertative. He received the degree of |
Doctor Of Humane Laws
The announcement Of prizes and honors
followed the comforting of honorary de-
Srees. after which the exercises closed
with The Star Spangled Banner"
The prizes and honors awarded in the
Columbian College and in the Corcoran
Sol