Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-22
DEGREES AND HON0RS
Convocation Of George WASH
ington University.
AT THE BELASCO THEATER
Stage Occupied by a Distinguished
Body Of Men.
THE ORDER OF EXERCISES
Addresses by Justice Harlan and Mr..
G. W. Needham, President
Of the University.

| The George Washington University held
| its midwinter convoca ton at the Beasco
| Theater this morning, at which degrees
| were conferred upon twelve students, and
| the birth tof George Washington was COM
| memorated in an appropriate and impress
s.ve manner. President Needham of the uni
| versity, trustees and more than 800 stu
dents marched from the administration
! building of the university to the theater.
The theater was filled with students, their
| relatives, friends and others. The audience
| was also composed of delegations from the
| George Washington Memorial Association,
| Columbian Women, Daughters of the Amer:
| lean Revolution, Sons of the American Rev
olution and Sons of the Revolution. The
stage was occupied by a distinguished body
| Of men, among whom were Chief Justice
Fuller, Justices Harlan, Shiras, Brewer,
White, Peckham, McKenna, Day and
| Moody, James Harlan, John Barrett, JUS
| tice Thomas H. Anderson, Elmer F.. Brown
commissioner of education; Rev Wilbur
Thirkield president of Howard University ::
Rev. D. II. Buel, president of George
| town University; Ri. Rev. D. ]. O'Connell,
s. T. D., rector of the Catholic University;
President Remsen of Johns Hopkins Uni
verslty; Commissioners Macfarland, West
and Biddle, Superintendent W. E. Chancel-
| D. owen, J. e. Thropp, Senator W. A.
| Clark, E. Berliner, c. j. Bell. C. C. Glover,
| Christian Heurich, W. B. King. A. Lisner,
"a No,f M t, Lothrop ~, T J; Mayer, Simon
| The interior of the theater and the stage
We're tastefuly and appropriately deco
| rated, chiefly with the national colOrs and
| the university colors. In the center of the
stage was large steel engraving of Presi-
dent Washington, draped with the Ameri-
can nag, with palms to make more realistic
the scenery surrounding it. In the center
| of the background was a replica of the
| great seal of the university cast in bronze
and surrounded by a wreath and color
StreamerS.
Order of Exercises.
Invocation was offered by Rev George
w. King, DID,, and addresses were made
by Rev. Richard D. Harlan, DID,, LID,
and President Needham. The comforting
| Of the degrees in the courses was particu-
larry impressive, the presentations being
| made by the deans of the various depart
| ments OF the university. The degrees were
conferred in the following order:
Presentation by Dean Wilbur of the de-
gree OF bachelor of arts to Angus McDon-
OLD crawford, Virginia; presentation by
Dean Phillips of the degree of doctor of
medicine to Gerald Van Casteel, LIB.
kalusowski of the degree of doctor OF
pharmacy to Frederick c. Bennett of Eng
land, Addie P. S. Criswell of the District
OF Columbia, Bernard B. Larrick of Vir--
gina, Agnes M. Nordeman of Illionois and
Helen Hazel Nordeman of Illinois; presen-
tation by Dean Vance of the degree of
bachelor of laws to Charles D. Voorhis.
New Jersey; presentation by Dean Veditz
or the degree of master of diplomacy to
Roscoe ]. c. Dorsey, LIB. LIN, Penn.
sylvania; presentation by Dean Munroe OF
higher degrees to August Friedrich Will
helm Elder Abb, Germany. master Of arts;
her Colt
of science, and Warner w. Stockberger,
BIS, Ohio, doctor of philosophy
The honorary degree Of doctor Of laws
was conferred upon Capt Oscar T. Crosby.
DR.. Harlan's Address.
The main Grafton of the exercises was
made by DR.. Harlan, who used as his SUBJ
ject Municipal Patriotism" After ref
erence to the Importance of patriotism and
depicting Washington's birthday as the
most national of our holidays, he INDUCED
in an Interesting and searching narration of
OF the nation and of the present generation
He also bitterly attacked the so-called
honest citizen who lacks in civic pride and
municipal interest He termed certain po-
politics are not concerned as DIR. Jekyll
and Mr.. Hyde" concluding by saving no
man can be personally honest" unless he
is politically honest"
g
birthday has been aptly called our national
feast of patriotism The essence OF patriot
ism is unselfish devotion to the country's
welfare. Virtue gains a hundredfold when
II teaches by example! In Washington pa
trlotlsm became incarnate; he illustrated by
ms conduct how patriotism should inspire
the common soldier and the commander-n-
chief the humblest voter and President.
Il shall try today to emphasize two prin
clples, or phases, of patriotism, spending
most of the time still remaining upon the
second
First, we must. as good citizens, insist
upon applying the same standards to the
conduct of our public men in their public
or political acts as we do to their private
life and private relations.
Synonym Of Bribery and Corruption.
About Two decades ago there lived in
New York city man whose name, in
political matters. was synonym for
bribery and corruption, and for that mis-
use of public Office for private gain for
his associates, If not for himself, which
now goes by the name graft" He was
universally believed often to have traded
ffhis allegiance to his partys guberna-
torial candidates for his control of the
great metropolis; he did not sesitate to sell
MS party out In a presidential election in
order to save his power in New York city,
and for years he had robbed the city and
often the state of the right to govern
themselves: And when that notorious boss
s.
paper in New York. in the effort to dis
criminate between the man and the poll
tician, spoke of him as being personally
honest
Some public men think he is a sort
of DIR. Jekyl and Mr.. HYDE" he con-
tinued, with limited liability or, rather
with no liability at all, resting upon the
the God DR.. Jekyll of private life for the
questionable things which his silent side
partner, Mr.. Hyde, may do in public, po-
litical matters.
1.-The youthful surveyor under Lord Fair
fax, the colonel in the French and Indian
war, the commander-in-chief Of the revolu-
tionary armies, the straight dealing friend
neighbor and private citizen of the con-
federation, the first chief magistrate of the
new republic of the constitution, and the
retired gentleman-pIanter of Mount Yer
non-were all one and the same man.
Therefore, In the name of Washington,
who, in the smallest details of his public
career, exemplified the very same princi-
pies of scrupulous honor that marked his
relations as private gentleman, let us, In
ha1-f TO foryr Ito int do