New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-09
COLUMBIA GETS S25O,OOO
sDOLPH LEWISOHN GIVER
Nudge Core Critic;ses Lasos- Gift
for TripS TO st. Louis.

.solrh Iewisuhn, ~ Colu-nbia's 10th annual
announcement yesterday. President Butler
.,so ,D:imated that next fail definite inforrna-
,on would be forthcoming IN regard 10 the
.bortenlng Of the college course
Nine hundred and eighty-ave degrees were con-
..-red. the largest number in Colurbia's history
Tb.re were 979 degrees IN course and six hon
orav degrees The six 20 be recognized were
T-Ihu Root. Judge Alfred c. Coke. of the United
states Circuit Court: Bishop Coadjutor David
y Greer. Charles T. McKim. Professor Hugo
4, yries and Howard Jason Rogers assistant
s,sts Commissioner OF Education One OF the
-,os. interesting speeches OF the day was that
!, J;dge Coke. IL which he attacked the present
srzns Of judicial administration
socn after 10 O'clock the procession of the
,sculties. trustees graduating classes, guests
and the recipients OF the honorary degrees.
marched 10 the gymnasium TO the clicking OF
many cameras Once gathered in the gym
nssiurn. which was filed 10 overlooking with
nearly twenty-five hundred guests, the chaplain,
ne Rev Dr. George r. Van De Water. delv-
sre5 q prayer. which was followed by an adj
apess BY President Butler. He said
his an anxious moment when an engine long in
building is nnaly 10 De p-t 10 its practical test.
ise.y executed! The steam is let into the cylinder
he piston rod moves and ne Wheeis oegln 20
~ r1-16 While TIE BEHAVIOR % the machine in
-sct,ce IS the supreme ties; az the wisdom and
Wa.t : 1rue Of an engine is yet more true Of
men and women The university scans closely the
s4ces ID those who pass OFT OF its gates from year
NJ year lE thaI IL may, i possible forecast
he future. Wan these men and women work IN
r-seticee Has :hei- training been wisely planned
nd skilfuly eNec-ted? II so. the univ erslty mas
done IFS part l3ut enc crucial question remains
Can ana VIII each individual student who bears the
university name Worthly as the training ~ i,As
r1ven rhern2 This Is the question OF personal re-
snongbility. ana il cannot be shlrked.
Il IS not a al hard TO bring home me Tee!ins
Of resp0nS billy ID the abstract b-t II i oilyh
mater OF extreme difficulty TO enforce II IN the
concrete We are always reacy TO legis.ate stand
ards fer others. sut not 50 Gulek 20 IpliS llt 10
ourselves. hold a feeling OF high responsibility
and training 10 be an essential part Of educa-
ton thar is genuine subtract shat teelng ana the
.1esra without a governor with it. even i'm
perfect intellectual machine viii accomplish useful
The college End university graduates Of today
sporst5iliry. The parable Of the talents applies
m then, They must give some return for what
has been so freely given to them. Moreover. they
1nast feel the responsibility for giving this return
These graduates owe 20 themselves and TO their
communi5v many things one is intellectual hon
esfv You who have studied logic and you who
have applied scientific method 10 the solution OF
innumerable problems know the relation between
premise and conclusion ana you know that tle
truth loving and truth seeking mind WI! hot per
nit contradiction between the one and the other
i Is your 6ounden duty 70 e1empIIy TINS n [ ,,
teal life. Fashion, lear AInbiJoI- aEdIlce' az VIII
tempt you TO deny your honest beliefs. II yoI
you thereby renounce your responsibility Tor the
use which you put thai education
said Of truth that you cannot have both il and
repose. You must choose between them. He IN
whom the love Of repose predOminates viii accept
the first creed. the frst philosophy the first po-
htical party ne Heets.nost Likely his tather 5 IL
responsibilitv whatever his belief IN action-Or
rather iaacton-he denies responsibility.
No educated man can AFFORD 10 prefer repose 20
Eeousiy ard with all the light that his education
las given him. Then. and then only, can he app
high praise that Matthew Arnold gave 70 soph-
Who saw life steadily. and saw :; whole
There IS university visible and a university IN
ings Of The throng Of teachers and students. OF
t ne reu.ng oeTsmo1ials The 9teS e1S5 ch
Overpassing these near bounds, inspires and guides
Won are crossing the lire beyond wnich lies the
university invisible over there you are none the
hse Hencefort6 il is yours 10 share the response
hity Tor that school OF the higher learning which
called into being q century and a half ago not
only promote a liberal education. but 10 make
that education las beneficial as may be. May use
fitness and happiness attend you al
Following this address was the comforting OF
the regular degrees in their order: Bachelor Of
Arts. Columbia College and Barnard College;
Bachelor Of Laws, Doctor Of Medicine, Engineer
Of Mines Civil Engineer. Electrical Engineer,
Mstalurgical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer.
Bachelor Of Science in Chemistry, Bachelor of
Science IN Architecture. Bachelor Of Science in
Education. Master OF Arts and Doctor Of Phi
osophy. Then came the comforting Of the hon
oTary degrees. For the Degree OF Master of
Arts, Mr. Rogers was presented by Professor
Franklin Henry Giddngs: for the Degree OF
Doctor Of Science Professor de Vries, professor Of
botany in the University Of Amsterdam. was
presented by Professor Lucien Marcus Under
wood. Professor de Vries is Director of the
Amsterdam Botanical Garden. and the originator
Of the mutation theory Of the origin Of species.
The Degree Of Doctor Of Laws was next con-
ieFred ea Judge Coke He was presented by
Professor Francis Marion Berdick.
The Degree Of Doctor Of Laws was given to
MI Root. John ". Burgess, dean Of the School
:" PHILOSOPHY 81 presenting him, said:
You know. sir. and they ali know. that as man
Ss citizen he is. like the knight Of old without
"a ana without reprOach. that a lawyer and
sa.4sI n stands IN the very forefront of the
D sso- par; that. as an orator he has no SUI
1907 snc thar a a statesman and admins
Two great lessons al least two-one that an Amerl-
nS - S'!i@E con organize the armed force Of his
ever produced deu5onetratinz anew and in pc
~ ossAssIy significant way the fundamental principle
the military sni-iI are sI1Iordinate 70 the civil
re- and the civil spirit; and the other, that a
oessr, sSyuone can discharge imperial duties sue
ing o. lmperilling its own historic liberties.
rFoiessor Alfred Dwight Foster Hanlin pre-
,ei'ed Mr. MeKim for the degree Of, Doctor Of
letters The last OF the six degrees was that Of
-Octor Of Sacred Theology. conferred on Bishop
o'aaiutor Greer. lie was presented by Dean
van Amringe. who said:
tor PRESENT 70 yea for the honorary degree OF Doc
sis,~. sacred Theology a devoted priest OF rare
d'rS ~ instituting. and skill ia sustaining and
thoss s, societies that aim 10 cheer and quicken
fHs-Fs ,Nhom hard fortune has depressed and aid
an ~ helping themselves. relieve the needy
FORE .5ort the afflicted. to whom nothing is
al - saat makes for the amelioration OF the lot
u--nass te4loN men and their spiritual elevation;
De- ing q hmsel@, and eloquent with tongue ana
Of Master. & leader