The Washington herald., 1908-05-28
GREETED BY HANLY
Governor Addresses Howard
University Graduates.
ADJURED TO UPHOLD LAW
COlOred Young Men and Women
Urged to Lend Their Support to
Good Government and to Battle
Against the Liquor Traffic-Onc
Hundred Receive Diplomas.

With an address replete with predic-
tions of future glory for the negro race
and congratulations for past achieve
ments, Gov. J. Frank Hanly, OF Indiana,
last night welcomed nearly a hundred
graduates Of Howard University at the
forty-hrst commencement exercises Of the
institution, held in the First Congrega-
tional Church.
Gov. Hanly appealed TO the graduates to
strive for the uplifting and upbullding Of
their race. He asked for their support on
behalf of the American people in honoring
and obeying the law, and their support In
crushing the liquor trade. The negro race
is more susceptible TO the influence Of
liquor than any other race on earth. he
said.
Rev Walter II. Brooks. ID. d. delivered
the invocation. after which Rev. Dr. VII
bur Z. Thirkield, president of Howard
University. called Commissioner Macfar-
land To introduce Gov. Hanly Gov. Hanly
said IN part;
Milestone OF Progress,
we plant another milestone In the
progress Of your race. but as yet newly
enfranchised. History for you has just
begun.
The problems Of your race have not
been overcome or its difficulties over
come. Your responsibility was never
greater or your destiny more in your own
keeping than at this hour. Others may
seek 20 deprive you Of your rights under
the law and the Constitution Of the
United States but II you do but live up
10 your opportunities, you and yours will
snrtfl On nj ftfafr,f faft, rrIr- guru
mo race having filed with scrupulous
care its measures Of responsibilities Will
have long to appeal TO this nation with
out redress Of wrongs. We may some
times forget, but the abiding spirit of
the American people Is love of right and
| Justice"
List of Graduates.
After Gov. Hanly's address. President
ThirlSield formally conferred degrees on
the following graduates:
Bachelor of Arts-Bcrtha Clay Mcneil. samuel
David McCree. John Oliver Morrison. Aubrey w.
Morton. Annie NJ Powell. Lucy ID. Sl0we Charles
T.. Smith. Ferdinand D. Whitby Marie A. Wool
folk William A. 5 Wright Daniel w Bowlcs.
Julia +. Brooks Bculah r. Burke. Lille p. Burke.
Maurice W. Bush. James r. Chase. Margaret A.
FlarE. Mai0ri A. Hill. Edward II. Lawson.
Bachelor Of Pedagogy Katherine RctccCa Martin.
Kate Celeste Lewis Maria Louise Jordan. Corinnc
Esteile Martin.
Bachelor Of Divinity -willism v Mitchell. Edward
=. Tyler. Edmund H. O1ley. Charles = HaTcr
Charles W. Jordan
Bachelor q Laws-Thomas B. Miller Richmond
Milton Joseph ?. Neal Milton T. Oldham. r. g
Leslie Paige. Philip ]. G. Randall Henry W.
Smith. Isaiah II. Spears. Robert 4. smith William
II. SYKES. Occa Taylor. ir.. Clarence W Tguor
Lewis !. Umstead William A. Bailey Charles W
Barrett. Joshua r. Bennett Frank A. Byron
William A. Coleman. Chesley F. Cortett, Frederick
J. Douglass. Matthew T. Green, William c. Green
Richard 7. Jones. Luther d. Kane, James NJ. Har
riscn.
Doctor of Dental surgery-stanley A. Fraser Cyri
Graham. Amos o. Wint. BENJAMIN J. Anderson.
Austin O. Counell
Doctor Of pharmacy William A. Forsythe. Evelyn
{ Go0dlett Houston. Luther Eugene Mcneil. Richard
W. Matthews Paul Napoleon Bailey William II.
Doctor Of medicine-Newlyn l. Cashin, Calvin
Paul Davis. Lee A. Gill; Chester &. Arthur Gordon,
Allen Bouthrod Graves. William Henry Hag. Henry
Clay Hargrove Thomas Harrison Hilton. Robert
Alexander Logan. Edward c. St. Clair McConncy.
Ulysses Grant Baldwin Martin. Charles Leander
Mellon, Laura Anna Ugce Penn, James Andrew
Porter. Jesse =, Proctor. Jesse Mitchell Seabro0k
Richard Gilbert SCwol John Jay Hamilton Smith.
Elizabeth Sohon. Bennett NJ Starks. George w
Thomas. r.. Wlsm Henry Washington. William
Edgar White, Edmund Charles Adolphus Wilson,
Honorary Degrees Conferred.
The honorary degree Of doctor Of divin-
ity was conferred on the following: Rev.
Daniel +. Wiseman, A. NJ, pastor of the
Church of Our Redeemer for more than
twenty-five years; Rev. Alexander c.
Garner, =. D., pastor of the Plymouth
Congregational Church; Rev. Shelton Mil
Ter. pastor Of Baptist church Of Wash
ington for thirty years, and Rev. George
W Moore, A. NJ. Of Nashville. Tenn,
field secretary Of the American Mission
airy Society.
Music was furnished by the Lyric Or
chestra, under the direction Of Charles
l.. Giles.