Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-22
MIOWINTER CONVOCATION
EXERCISES TODAY AT GEORGE
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
Address by United States Senator
Burkett Of Nebraska-Presen-
tation Of Degrees.

The George Washington University held
its midwinter convocation at the Belasco
Theater this morning, at which sixteen
student degrees and two honorary degrees
were conferred and the birth Of George
Washington was commemorated in an
appropriate and impressive manner. Sen
ator Elmer ]. Burkett of Nebraska made
an address. using 1.-THE Protest OF
Americanism Against Government Owner
ship Of Railroads. as his theme. Charles
w. Needham, president of the university.
presided.
President Needham. the faculty. trustees
and more than 200 students of the univer-
sity marched from the administration
building Of that institution, on 18th street,
to the theater. On the platform aside
from the officials of the institution and
participants in the program, were Justice
Harlan of the United States Supreme
Court. Justice Anderson Of the District
Supreme Court, John B. Larner. s. w.
woodward. John JOY Edison. Senator
Joseph w. Bailey and Percy Foster.
The interior Of the theater. including the
stage, was appropriately decorated for
the OCCASION chiefly with the national col
ors and the colors of the university.
Above the stage were hung two large
American flags. with the blue and buff
bearing the seal Of the university between
them. At intervals during the program
several excellent musical numbers were
furnished by a section of the United
States Marine Band. under the personal
direction of Lieut.. William II. Santlemann.
Masters of Music Science.
Lieut.. Santlemann was honored with a
degree of master of music science by the
university. The other honorary degree
was conferred upon Percival Reubens OF
Columbia University, which, like Lieut.
Santlenann's, was the degree Of musical
science. In presenting Lieut.. Sanflemann
with his degree. Dean Munroe said the
honor to Lieut.. Santlemann was in recog-
milton of his efficiency as leader of the
Marine Band and in recognition of his
ability as musical composer
The exercises weer opened by invocation
offered by Rev. C.. Ernest Smith, DID.
D. c. L. Following Senator Burkett' s
address, Fritz Mueller gave a violoncellc
solo.
Order of Exercises.
The presentation of the degrees was
made in the following order:
Presentatio by Dean Wilbur of candi-
dates for degree in Columbian College
Bachelor Of arts, Claude Carville Jones,
Maryland; bachelor Of science, Charles
Henry Tyler Townsend, District of CO.
lumbia.
Presentation by Dean Hodgkins o. cam
didate for a degree in the Washington
College Of Observation-Disclosures of
science in civil engineering, David Albert
Molitor, Wisconsin,.
Presentation by Prof. Ash Of candidate
for degree in the division of architec-
ture-Bachelor of science in architecture,
Charles Russell Lombard. Maine.
Presentation by Dean Veditz Of candi-
date for degree in the College Of tolit-
ical Science-Master of diplomacy, August
Friedrich Wilhelm Elder. A. M. Germany
Presentation by Dean Phillips of candi-
dates for degrees in the department OF
medicine-Doctor of Medicine, Thomas
Alexander Lee. jr., District of Columbia
Franz Carl Waldecker. Kansas.
Presentation by Dean Vance Of candi-
dates for degrees in the department of law
Bachelor Of laws. Arthur George Baker
B. A.. Massachusetts: Louis Nelson Duff
fey. Virginia: Paul Rankin Ha1lam, Ken
lucky; Charles Meyer Morris, Utah. Ed.
win Augustus Packard. B. s., Massachu-
sets. Master of laws, James T. Simpson
LIB, New Hampshire. Doctor of civil
law, Roscoe ]. c. Dorsey, LIN, M. Dip
Pennsylvania.
Presentation by~Dean Munroe OF candi-
dates for degrees under the faculty OF
graduate studies - Master Of science
George Nelson Coffee. Phi. B., North Caro-
lima Doctor Of philosophy. Clara South
mayd Ludlow. BIS, MS. Mississippi.