New-York tribune., 1906-06-14
PRINCETON HONORS ROOT.
Honorary Degrees Conferred on
Him. General Porter and Others.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribun..l

TBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Princeton, n. J., June 13-Elihu Root, Secre-
tary of State, and Horace Porter. ex-Ambas-
sador to France, were among those honored with
degrees at the 15sth commencement exercises
of Princeton University this morning in Alex
ander Hall
The academic procession was marshalled by
Professor William Libbey. Ex-President Cleve-
land sat on the platform. The exercises opened
with the Latin salutatory by William Woodruff
Hay. followed by the announcement of awards
of prizes and fellowships. Professor Hibben
presided in the absence of President Wilson.
Dr. Hibben announced that the ladies' auxil-
larry had raised $4,000 toward the endowment
of the Isabella McCosh Infrmary. and said
that the Sayre viii had been decided in favor
Of the university. The Brown residuery estate,
il was explained, amounts 10 over 100000 and
the Graduate College. residuary legatee, will get
100000 Mrs. Lansing. 1t was further an
nounoed has given $4,000 found a scholarship
to the memory of II. s. Gansvoort. The COM
mittee of fifty in charge of the funds for the
preceptoral system raised 100000 in the last
year for current expenses. DIR. Hibben also said
that Patton Hall. the dormtory. will be
completed and opened in September. The plans
for the Blair Hall extension discussed and
DR.. Hibben spoke earnestly of the need Of
another dormitory. He said he believed plans
for one would soon be under way.
Julian B. Beatty delivered the valedictory ad-
dress. The exercises closed with the singing Of
"Old Nassau"
Honorary degrees were conferred as follows:
Doctor of Laws. on Elihu Root, Secretary of
State; General Horace Porter. ex-Ambassador
10 France and the Rev. DR.. William D. Mac
kenzie. president OF Hartford Theological Sem
mary. Doctor of Divinity. the Rev. James
Gore King Mcclure president Of Mccormick
Theological Seminary; Doctor Of Science, on
Arthur Everett Shipley, A. NJ. fellow of Christ's
College Cambridge. England; Master of Science,
on William Frederick Allen. meteorologist and
editor; Master of Arts. on Samuel Lewis Phil
lips, OF Washington.
Alexander Van Rensselaer,. of Philadelphia, a
member of the class OF IL elected
alumni trustee to serve until June, 1911. Henry
B. Thompson Of Greenvine, Del. of the class Of
IL and Joseph B. Shea of Pittsburg, of the
class of SO, We're elected life trustees
The resignation of George Macloskie. professor
Of biology since 1874, presented and
cepted Professor Macloskie was appointed
professor of biology emeritus
The following awards of prizes and fellow
ships were made:
The ]. S. X. Mathematical Fellowship, George
Hoffman Cresse, Of New Jersey: the Southeast
Club University Fellowship Raymond Blaine
Fosdick, Of New Jersey; the class Of ~ Univer-
sity Fellowship Harvey Ernest Jordan of New
York; the Charles Scribner University Fellow
ship. George Samuel Spohn, OF Pennsylvania; the
University Fellowship in Archaeology. Clarence
Ward OF Connecticut; the Chancellor Green
Mental Science Fellowship, Charles NJ Robert,
OF Pennsylvania; the Classical Fellowship,
dehly BaItlett van HoeseIl. or New YORK: the
class OF 1860 Experimental Science Fellowship,
not awarded; the Boudinot Fellowship in Mod
ern Language, Alexander Anderson McKimmie.
Of Nova Scotia; the Alexander Guthrie McCOsh
prize Charles NJ. Robert of Pennsylvania: the
Lynde debate prizes: First Paul McClanahan, Of
Iowa; second Walter Seaman Dawson of New
T,ll liap oF Con ~, ~
olina; the class of 1893 prize, Percy Lnwood Ur-
ban, of Pennsylvania; the Baird prize, Elias Sun
stein of Fennsylvania prize for oratory, Walter
Seaman Dawson, Of New Jersey prize for deliv-
cry, George Hoffman Cresse. of New Jersey; prize
for poetry. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman Of Illinois,
prizes Tor dlsputation. first. Clayton Wellington
Green, Of New York second. Kenneth Martin
McEwen, Of New York
The George Potts Bible prizes: Percy Linwood
Urban, OF Pennsylvania; Oscar Harmon Nc
Pherson, OF New Jersey: the Lyman II. Atwater
prize in political science Paul McClanahan Of
Iowa; the Frederick Barnard White prize in
architecture, Thomas Henry Atherton. jr OF
Pennsylvania Theodore Cuyler prize in eco
nomics, Julian Bonar Beatty, of South Caro-
INA; the New York Herald prize, Neal Nc
Clanahan, of Iowa; Junior orator medals: First
,d no9erI simpson sidebotham. OF Michigan sec
ond walter Abraham Henricks of Pennsyl-
Eania third Howard Conklin baskerville Of
south Dakota; fourth. Robert John Sterritt OF
pennsylvania; the MacI.ean prize. Robert Wal
lis Kellogg, Of New Jersey: the Dickinson prize
Robert Wallis Kellogg, OF New Jersey; the class
. Of 1876. memorial prize. already awarded to
/ Robert Simpson Sdebotham. of Michigan: the
] class Of 1870 junior prize in old English Her
/ bert David John Weiser. of Pennsylvania; the
cIass or 1910 sophomore English prize Henry
/ Emil Joy. or New Jersey; the Thomas r Wan
anaker English language prize James Arthur
Muller, OF pennsylvania. the junior German
/ prizes; First Arthur Krupp Krause Of Penn
sylyania; second, Herbert David John Weiser
OF Pennsylvana; the class Of 1851 prize David
cushman Coyle. OF Massachusetts; honora BILE
mention OF Charles Donald Carey. of Pennsvl-
| vania; are Francis Biddle sophomore essay
prize Hoy Petran Lingle, of Pennsylvania: the
! FRANCIS Hinton Maule biological felIowsbtn
Heorge Lester Kite. Of Virginia; the special fell
io~ship IN English literature Percy IInwood
| Urban, Of Pennsylvania
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