The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14
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PRINCETON, June IA The degree ~ doc.
tor ~ laws vas conferred by Princeton
University NJ lie i5eth annual commences
ont to-day upon Elihu Root, q Horaca
Porter and " u. MacksnEle, preaident of
Hartford Theological Seminary. Tbs do
gree ~ doctNr Of sciences was conferred
upon Arthur p. Shlplsy, fellow Of Christ
College. and the degree Of master Of science
upon W. ?. Allen. editor, metrologist and
authority on railway operations. The hon
orsry degree ~ doctor Of divinity was con
ferred upon Rev. J. q NJ Clure, president
Of Mccormick Theological Seminary Of
Chicago. and the honorary degree Of master
Of arts upon =. O.. Philips Of Washington.
d. c.
The academic procession formed at 1880
o'clock and marched to Alexander Hall.
At the head Of the PROCESSION was the Hon.
Grover Cleveland. and behind him came
the trustees. faculty and students, all bright
with their various colored hoo de. In the
absence Of President Wilson, Prof, Hibben
presided. The Latin salutatory was do
livered by W, W. Hay OF New York. after
which the awards Of prizes and fellowships
were announced. Then came the oon
ferring Of the homo rary degrees. The
exercise 8 closed with the valediotory by
Julian B. Beatty OF North Carolina.
In introducing Elibu Root for his degree
Dear Andrew West said:
Il present Ehhu Root, born in a little
college town, the son Of a notable professor
and we'll schooled in the clear and strict
classical course Of the old fashioned Ameri-
can college. His. career, crowded with
achievement in the theatre of national
affairs. has illustrated the %soundness Of his
training and the brilliancy of his powers.
Relinquishing the highly valuable practice
of a lawyer OF the very first rank. twice as
Secretary Of War and now as Secretary Of
State, he has revealed his dutiful obedience
to the belief that the claims Of public SER
vice are higher thar any private interests"
OF Gen. Porter Dean West said;
Horace Porter. a graduate. OF West
Point, who served his country throughout
the civil war, rising through every COM
missioned grade from the lowest to the
highest rank OF Brigadier. General, receiv,
bravery on the battlefield, writer on military
topics, deviser and securer Of important
permanent memorials OF American patri-
otism, decorated by the French Republic
with the Grand Cross of the Legion Of Honor.
and for eight years an Ambassador to
France. honorably maintaining the in:
terests of his country and the cause OF
international friendship
The announcement of the men elected
to the Phi Beta Kappa Society from the
of the exercises. These men are always
chosen from the twenty who have attained
the highest standard throughout their
college course. They were:
J. b. Beatty. +. f. Calverly. G. H. Crosse. ". s.
Dawson. D. Edwards. J. Wilmore. X. s. Goodman.
c. w. Greene. D. s. Hammock. A. Harris, W. w.
Hay. r. c. Hoag. r.. n, Jones. X. o. klenbusch
z. J. MoKimmie, c. NJ. Robert. o. s. spohn, B. O..
Stanley, r.. Sunstein, p. G. Urban.
1t was also announced at the exercises that
$7s, 900 had been donated to the university
recently besides h 500 900 from the Swami
estate, the $500. 900 from the Brown estate,
the gift OF Patton Hall, costing, $3.50 900, and
MoCosh Hall, costing $3.50 900, and the ex-
tension of Blair Hall, all Of which were
made public earlier in the year.
Henry B. Thompson, u. of G~reenville,
Del, and Joseph B. Shea, 'sS, were elected
The prizes, fellowships and the names OF
the men to whom they were awarded are as
follows:
J. s. K. mathematical fellowship, George Hon-
man Crosse: Southeast Club University fellow.
ship. Raymond Blaine Fosdick: class OF lTT uni
verslty fellowship. Harvey Ernest Jordan; Charles
Scrbncr university fellowship. George Samuels
hotAAAt
Clarence Ward: the Chancellor Green mental
science fellowship. Charles MuthArt Robert; classi-
cal Fellowship. Henry Bartlett Vanhoesen: Boudi-
not fellowship In modern language, Alexander
Anderson McKimmie Alexander Guthrie McCosh
prize. Charles Muthart Robert; Lynde debate
przes-nrst. Paul MoClanahan: second, Walter
Seaman DAWSON: third. Julian Bonar Beatty: class
OF 1859 prize. Percy lnwood Urban: Baird prize.
Elias Sunsteln; prize for oratory, Walter Seaman
DAWSON: prize for delivery, George Hoffman Crosse;
prize for poetry, Kenneth Sawyer Goodman: prizes
for disputation FIRST, Clayton wellington Greene;
second. Kenneth Martin McEwen; George Potts
Bible prizes. Percy Linwood Urban and Oscar
Harmon McPhenon: Lyman X. Atwater prize In
political science, Paul Mccianahan; Frederick
Barnard White prize In architecture, Thomas
Henry Atherton. Jr.; Theodore Cuyler prize in
economics, Julian Bonar Beatty: New York Hertld
prize, Neal McClanahAn: Junior orator medals
FIRST. Robert Sin pson Stdebotham: second. Walter
Abraham Hendricks; third. Howard Conklin
Baskervllle; fourth. Robert John SSerrtt; Maclean
prize, Robert Wallis Kellogg; Dickinson prize.
Robert Wallis Kellogg; class Of 1875 memoria prize.
Robert Simpson Sdebotham: class o! 1870 Junior
prize In old English. Herbert David John Weiser:
class OF 1870 sophomore English prize Henry Emil
JOY; Thomas B. wanamakcr English language
prize, James Arthur Muller: Junior German prizes
nrst. Arthur Knpp Krause: second, Herbert David
John Weiser: class OF 1881 prize. David Cush-
man Coyle. with honorable mention TO Charles
Donald Carey; Francis Biddle sophomore essay
prize, Roy Petran Lingle; Francis Hinton Maule
biological fellowship. George Lester Kite. special
fellowship IN English literature Percy Linwood