Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-19
WILL BESTOW DEGREES
CONVOCATION OF GEORGE WASH
INGToN UNIVERSITY.

The list of students who win receive de-
grees at the midwinter convocation OF the
George Washington University next Thurs
day, as approved by President Needham' S
council, is announced to be as follows:
Master of science-Eyelyn Groesbeck
Mitchell, New York, B. a. 1902, Cornell
University. Thesis: Keys to the Adults.
Pupae, Larvae, Eggs of the North Amer1-
can Mosquitoes
Bachelor of science IN architecture-wil-
liam Henry Irwin Fleming District of Co.
lumbia; Delos Hamilton Smith, District OF
Columbia.
Bachelor of laws-John Sherman Biggs
Kansas, LII. B. 1901, Kansas City School Of
Law; Frederick Transon. Pennsylvania.
B. S. In mechanical engineering. 1895. Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; William Franklin
Waite. Alabama: David Whitcomb. New
York, B. A. 1900 NJ. A. Amherst College
Master of patent law-George Elias Kirk,
Ohio; b. S. 1904 NJ f. 1905, George Wash
ington University.
Doctor of mediciEe-Chares Clark AM
norman, New York Philip Eugene Garrl-
son. New Jersey, A b. 1900, Wesleyan Uni
versity; James Edward Hagerty. New
York. Timothy Francis Murphy, Maine;
Benjamin Hallowell Swain. North Carolina.
Master of diplomacy-WinfieldS Scott Cald-
well, New York, LII NJ. 1905 George Wash
ington University.
The convocation exercises will be held In
the Belasco Theater. beginning Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock. Shortly before that
hour the president, trustees invited guests.
deans. members of the faculty, alumni.
candidates for degrees and the senior stu
dents will meet at the university buildings
and march to the theater in procession.
Secretary Shaw Will Speak.
Mr.. Leslie NJ. Shaw, Secretary of ;he
Treasury. will make the principal address.
His theme Will be Evolution in Seif-Gov-
ernment." Rev. DIR. Frank NJ. Bristol Is
to deliver the Invocation, and the intro
ductlon will be by Mr.. Wayne MacVeagn,
chairman of the university board of trus-
tees. President Charles Willis Needham
will confer the degrees in course and make
the announcements, and Rev. DR.. Ulysses
G. B. Pierce will speak the benediction.
Vice President Fairbanks will be among
the invited guests, as will be also the Brit
tsh ambassador; Senior Calve, the Porto
Rican minister. and Senior Bermudez, the
charge d'affaires of Uruguay. The entire
south eide of the first floor will be reserved
for the members of the Sons OF the Revo-
luton. the Daughters of the American
Revolution and the Sons of the American
Revolution.
Special music will be rendered during the
exercises by the Marine Band and by the
Girls Giee Club of the university. The
former Will render Suppe's Jolly Eel
lows" melodies from 1T Happened in
Nordland," Rosey's Anniversary" MassI-
nets Dream of the Virgin" Won Blon
Whispering Flowers" Luiginis "Egyp-
tan and other selections: while the glee
club will render Chadwicks Behind the
Lattice" The national anthem will be
sung by the audience. with Mr.. Otis ID.
SWEET as precentor.
New Rule Relating to Scholarships
The presidents council of the George
Washington University met Friday last and
made several changes in existing conditions
Regulations were adopted affecting holders
of scholarships in the university under
which a scholarship viii be revoked upon
the recommendation of the faculty in case
the holder of it fails to obtain a general
average of So per centum on the work of
any term or whose department is unsatis-
factory.
This action will result In the expenditure
of such benefactions In a way to insure
the greatest returns, both for the university
and the scholar.
An official pennant was adopted and q
different form was authorized as a field
pennant. The official pennant measures
three feet in length by one foot across at
the staff end 1t displays a cross in CONT
mental buff on both sides on a field of con-
tinental blue, extending to the sides and
both ends, with the center line of the trans
verse arm eight inches from and parallel
with the staff end of the pennant. and
carrying on one side, occupying the space
formed by the intersection of the two arms
of the cross, a line print of the seal The
field pennant shows the letters &c. w" in
continental buff on field of continental
blue.