The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-11
GOV. ODELL A COLUMBIA Ii. D.
one or 4 NOTABLE GATHERING
UONORED AT INFRINGEMENT.
The French Ambassador. Prof. Thomson
and r. Cooper Hewitt Also Receive
DeErees-(:ifts Of S4OO,OO 10 the
University nnOunceti-EONcrnOr An.
swers the Question Does Politics Pay:"

French Ambassador; Prof.. j. d. thomson OF
cambridge University, President Alex
ander Crombie Humphreys of Stevens
Institute and several Others received hon.
orarv degrees at Columbia University's
,4ath commencement exercises yesterday.
Announcement was made of the acquisition
or The 81 900 600 plot known as South Field,
Of gift Of $500 900 for the first Columbia
dormtory and Of anot her 100000 benefac-
ion for he school Of law. and other impor-
tant announcements will be made regarding
the medical school.
The indoor exercises were opened with
rraver by the Rev. DR. George r. Van De
Water. chaplain of the university. Then
President Butler delivered his annual adj
dress to the graduating classes. He said
among other things:
There u.s. ! feel sure. neither happiness nor
usefulness to be found in cutivating in
difference cynicism or pessimism. IL edu-
cation and training are to- unfit men mem
tally for sympathetic participation in the
every day life of the nation. then the less of
education and training that We have. the
better.
This university would put upon its gradu-
ates the stamp of earnestness. not paltering:
of enthusiasm, not indifference: of hope and
cheerfulness. not despair and gloom: OF
active interest in our fellow men, and not
supercious contempt for them and their
affairs. Do not fear to be in earnest. and
pay no heed to the whisper that it is bad
form" to be enthusiastic. Be human: be
real
May you en- CHI in his own way be a bearer
Of the tradition which you have come to know
May you all find usefulness. and II it be Gods
will happiness also Mere success. as the
world Judges success by outward signs
pass by 1t /. not worth having save as an
incident to usefulness
For the degree of bachelor Of arts the
college presented l0l graduates and Bar
nard At. The degree OF bachelor Of law
vas conferred upon IFS. OF doctor Of medi-
cine upon 1893, OF mining engineer upon 10,
civil engineer, IS; electrical engineer, II;
metallurgical engineer, 2; mechanical engi-
neer, 10; bachelor Of science in chemistry,
10. bachelor Of science in architecture, 7;
bachelor OF science in education and Teach
ers' College diplomas, l54; master OF laws.
Ernest A. Cardozo): master of arts, IA
and doctor Of philosophy. 80. Two women,
Grace Harriet Macurdy and Ida Helen
Opilyie, received the doctors degree.
The university orchestra played between
the awards The applause for tho WON on
graduates was very enthusiastic. Among
the recipients Of scientific degrees was W.
RAYMOND Morley the football coach.
When the honorary degrees were awarded
John Britton caldwell. head Of the Ameri
can Art Commission to the Paris Exposition
was presented for Master Of Arts by Prof.
A. d. F. Hamlin. Moses Taylor Pyne a
trustee of Princeton. Peter Cooper Hewitt,
Prof. Thomson, the Rev. DR.. G.. A. Gordon
Of Boston and President Humphreys OF
Stevens Institute were honored in suo-
In Introducing Gov. Odell for the degree
of doctor OF laws, honoris CAUSE, Prof.
Franklin H. Giddings Of the School Of Poll
men Of college and university training who
have given their lives to the service Of the
state When the hood was placed on the
Governors head tho students arose and
gave the college yell. linked with tho
Ambassador Jusseraud was introduced
BY Prof Brander Matthews for the same
degree, a. a historian OF English literature.
who IL also the Ambassador OF the French
Republic Some amusement was caused
whom the Ambassador was cheered, by the
varied pronunciations Of NJ Jusseraud's
AZ tho nnal incident university honors
and prizes were announced as follows.
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Tess6e coeEsnPsn. ~, , 81 the Society Of
s ssaa of po,slea se'.ne. . Gordon Ben
son ne 81 he Ep R.vau,ien .Gd
medal Tor general proficiency, Leonard F. Fuld.
Thirty-two graduate classes, from "a
to 'o2, met in the Alumni Memorial Hall
At luncheon Dean o van AhmTc1 ssx eG T Gs
pored the dissertation of public sites by
mechanical sculptors, and praised France
for it's friendlinees to- art. President
Humphreys made plea for technical and
scientific education and urged that academic
The ot,,dents Who live in the artificial acad-