Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-06
RIZES AND DEGREES
COLUMBIAN COLLEGE AND COR
CoRAN SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL.
Exercises Held in New National
Theater-Address by Prof. George
L. Raymond.

ohu SohASiiSu Tic OSSTScS VI tHdt lLStA-
tuition on the successful candidates from
Columbian College and the Corcoran Scien-
tiflc School The exercises were held in
the New National Theater, as were all the
preceding exercises of commencement week,
and marked the close of the university's
graduating exercises for this year. The
attendance consequently included nearly
the entire student body Of Columbian, many
members Of the faculty of each school en-
bodied in 1t, and vast number of citizens
| interested either in the graduates or In
the welfare Of Columbian as a local scho
lastic institution of great dignity and use
fulness.
Rev. Samuel H. Greene D. D., president
Of the university, presided. Near him sat
the members of all the faculties specially
interested in last nights proceedings, all
of them clad in their academic robes, and
Prof. George L. Raymond, l.. H. D., OF
Princeton, who delivered the address of
the evening. In comforting the degrees,
DR.. Greene had the assistance of Prof.
Howard l.. Hodgkins, dean Of the Column
bian College, and Prof. Charles e. Mum
Prof. J. Howard Gore announced the prizes
and the results of the High School compe-
titions for Columbian scholarships
Prof. Raymond's Address.
Prof Raymond's address was delivered
early in the evening. 1t was very intently
| received. 1t excited little discussion be-
cause of it's references to the Cecil Rhodes
gift of scholarships at oxford. He spoke, in
part as follows:
THE most important educational event of
the year is the bequest of Cecil Rhodes es
tablishing scholarships in oxford for Amer
lean students, his object being to influence
| American sentiment and make 1t friendly
| toward all English-speakins people," said
Prof. Raymond. There are reasons, very
obvious reasons, why Americans should
look with favor upon the establishment of
these scholarships. But there are other
reasons why they should not, especially
when considering the pointed effects upon
some of the beneficiaries of the project: No
one doubts the benefits to be derived by
comparatively mature American students
pursuing graduate studies at Oxford, but it
Is not SO clear that 1t would be well for
immature young people, fresh from high
schools. to have all the associations of I'M
dergraduate life connected with the CANA
raderie and customs that would be found
In foreign country.
Young men of that age sent to Harvard
or Yale are apt very soon to become largely
emancipated from home influence, but their
new and sometimes strange words and
ways and wishes do no great harm because
the institution which left its peculiar i'm
press upon them is still American. Would
this be the case were 1t British? For in
stance, every account of oxford life will
tell you how completely they learn to SEN
morning hours, we told, in study: all
the afternoon is devoted to pleasure-golf,
cricket and boating, as the case may be
ana all the evening in social intercourse in
which 1t is considered bad form to mention
any subject connected with study
American Characteristic.
The popularity Of the American has al
ways been-and am not arguing in favor
or 1t, but simply mentioning a fact-that he
does not separate work any more than he
does his religion from his pleasure. He
hnds his pleasure in his work. II you look
at the face Of almost any successful Ameri
can successful in business, you will find in
olcated there not greed, intent upon gain,
So: SO much as interest exacted by the game
Ihe average American must often be able
with equal facility to take off his business
coat and go down into the ditch and ex-
plain methods to his workmen and to nut
on his dress coat and go up into the draw
Ing room and explain things to his en-
ployers.
There are exceptions as well as rules,
out know more than one young man
who, after q few years Of scrapine and
bowling and doing as others do in the old
country, has been impressed with the de-
gree In which a laborer is in a class be-
meath and lord in class above that
he could not play either end of the roles
with that instructive and natural grace
and graciousness which alone can make the
play at either end successful.
II IS not my purpose, however, to dis
cuss these scholarships of Mr. Rhodes and
their possible effects, but a theme naturally
associated with them, fortunately for
those who hope that l may be able to in
terest you, not often discussed-i e., the
effects upon the feelings character and
life of our American Institutions using
this term in a broad sense as contrasted
with the institutions of the old world
Our mingling together as we do is con-
stantly prompting those born in the low
lest positions to strive to obtain recogni-
ton in the highest society by conform
Ing their own lives to the highest stand
ards of manners and mentality. 1t is be-
cause that notwithstanding much that must
appear unsatisfactory in the outward as
pect of our institutions, there is within
the husk the seeds containing possibilities
of harvest full of unlimited promise to
the world, but they worthy of our
profoundest reverence and DEVOTION.
Candidates fol- Degrees.
When Prof. Raymond had concluded
Prof. Hodgkns and Prof Munroe present
ed the candidates for degrees as follows:
Degrees were conferred on the follow
ing graduates from the schools indicated:
The Columbian College-Bachelor of arts.
Bertha Winifred Clark, District of Column
ba; Lola May Evans, District of Column
bia; Lucina Frances McGroarty Alabama;
sperry. Ohio; Mary Elsie Turner, district
of Columbia. Bachelor of science, Mary
Elizabeth Ford District of Columbia; Jo-
sephkne Power Shallenberger, District of
Columbia; Herbert Louis Solyom, Mary
land; Douglass Bovard Sterrett, District
of Columbia
The Corcoran Scientific School-Bachelor
of science in general science, Victor Levi
Dodge, LII. D., LII. NJ, Iowa; George
Henry Sensner, District of Columbia Bach
eor of science in civil engineering, Earl
Gordon March, Ohio Bachelor of science
in electrical engineering, Isaac Allison, Dis
trict of Columbia; Louis Edward Giles,
Michigan. Bachelor of science in chemis.
try, Leroy Mailer Law, District of Column
bia Bachelor of science in language and
literature, Sara West, Germany Civil en-
gineer, Lester Morton Holt District of Co
lumbia Mechanical engineer, Guy Bennett
Marcan, District of Columbia; Edward Cy-
rus Thompson, Iowa. Master of science,
Archibald Webster Brown, Maryland; Cal
vim Grant Church. Maryland; Caroline
Irene Griesheimer, Ohio; Eleanor Wilson
Hance, Virginia; John Bernard Robb, Vir-
ginia; Martin Norris Straughn, Maryland
School of Graduate Studes-Master of
arts, Harry Frye Best, Kentucky; Charles
Allcott Flagg, New York; Carl Hau, Ger
many; Ida Human, Iowa. Motoshi Kato,
Japan: John Royce Laughlin, Maryland;