The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03

'o"plh Nu'NeTblty therefore welcomes AnO
gives hearty greeting TO the distinguished
scholar and student Of governmental prob
lens who has assumed the headship OF
that stately seat Of learning around which
clusters no much Of what is best In American
history n tradition. We wish him the
same need OF fame that has been won by
the great organizer and administrator whom
ne succeeds. 1 present 10 you. MIR. Presi-
dent. that he nay receive the degree OF
doctor Of laws. Abbott Lawrence Lowell,
president OF Harvard University.
in q dead silence which broke into
loud and enthusiastic applause a. soon
q he had ceased speaking President
Butler bestowed the degree on Dr.. Lowell
with h following address: ,
Abbott Lawrence Lowell, succeeding
amid universal applause to q post Of great
dignity and responsibility, puhliotAt. au-
thor and servant Of mans highest interests.
president Of Harvard University. I gladly
admit to you the degree OF doctor OF laws
In this university.
Prof. Peck paid a high tribute to the
German Emperor In presenting Count Won
BernstorG for the honorary degree. He
said:
To the omplishei diplomat who repre-
SCENTS his Majesty the Emperor and King
We GLADLY give the Difference that 10 his
due. 1t IL q most distinguished honor to
present him to the president Of this univer-
sity and to ask that there be conferred upon
him the degree OF doctor of laws hoRoris
cou(n. and ! do now 40 present his Excel
lency Johann Heinrich Won Bernstorn
German Ambassador to the United States
Of America.
and the United States were touched on
when DR.. Peck presented Alfred Mosely
for q degree OF doctor Of laws.
DR.. Butler bestowed tho degree with
the following words:
Alfred Mosely. whose fortunate lot IL
has been to receive the applause OF two
sister nations for the service rendered to
both by promoting with wisdom n gener-
Gus assistance the interchange OF visits
between them by representative teachers
and administrator OF education. l gladly
admit to you the degree Of doctor Of laws
In this university.
Former Senator Spooner was then pre-
se1fS 20 i rST shs Gss him 3 p,e aog psek o. LII; avs
The last two decades OF our national
history have witnessed a strong impulse
on the part Of many to reject the guild
ancs Of the past. TO accept peculiar doc
trines and to worship strange gods. An
impotence OF the orderly processes OF
law has afflicted man. minds. Because
Of present evils many have been willing
to incur the danger OF q future cstaolysm.
All the moro honor. then. TO such - have
held fast to that which has stood the test
Of time and sought for remedies only In a
careful. searching study Of our national
Constitution. Such q one we have here with
u sto-day. Above the roar Of faction and the
babble Of impulsive immaturity his voice
IN N q ont In Ciaar u1nYAnaivA fnnea tn which
none could fail to listen. He was elo-
ouent. but his eloquence was not that OF
the mere rhetorician. 1t was eloauence
deeply charged with pregnant thought.
He was a member OF q party, yet he was
not a partisan, for he looked beyond the
welfare OF his party to the safety OF the
State. Where others faltered or bent
before the storm he kept his hold upon
the magma chArta OF the American re-
public. l present that he may receive
the degree OF doctor OF law John Colt
Spooner. for sixteen years United States
Senator from the State Of Wisconsin.
foiews:
John Colt Spooner. for sixteen years a
Senator OF the United States; keen to per-
ceive and alert to defend the principles
of our nations Government. eioduen and
con vincing In ~expoundins the foundations
on which rest the civil and political lib
critics Of the American citizen. ] GLADLY
admit to you the degree OF doctor Of lave
in thlsu university.
The prize OF the Alumni Association
of Columbia College to tho most faithful
and deserving student In the graduating
class was awarded to George Brokaw
Chanler historical prize for the best
eesay on the history OF American civil
government was won by Thomas Pollock
Oakley, with honorable mention to 8 II.
Renton. Louis Grossman Of the class Of
1911 was announced Is the successful
candidate for the John Dash Van Buren,
also OF the sophomore class, won the
prize In bellies lettres. Albert L.: Baum,
George B. Compton, Arthur Gunther and
Paul L. Rapp VOL highest final general
honors.
In the College Of Physicians and Sur
seons f~elio % hssms OF S Is s each were .nd
Daniel r. Lucas. Samuel o. Mast. Nj. D.,
won the Cartwright prize Of the Alumni
Association. The Alonzo Clark scholar
ship Of $500 was awarded TO Augustue B.
Wadsvorth and the Proudft fellowship
was awarded 70 Edward A. Park;
Rineering for general proficiency were
awarded to Preston Erie Locke. George
r. Comstock and Frank Louis Mason.
Harold Edwin Vehslage was selected by
his classmates for the Darling prize in
mechanical engineering.
The Columbia fellowship in architecture
was won by Edward J. Stork. 1908. and
the McKim fellowship was awarded t.
G. T. e. Dieterlein.
Mary Celia Demarest OF Barnard College
received tho Kohn mathematical prize
and Mildred Deshon Schleeinger was
awarded the Herman botanical prize.
The Flarsheim prize for proficiency In
English composition a awarded TO
Helen Hopkins Crandell, 1911. Highest
Anal honors wore won by Alice Catherine
Grant.
After the GLASS OF 1884 had presented
an ornamental doorway and clock to the
university at Hamilton Hall the alumni,
5000 strong. held their annual luncheon
in the gymnasium. Dean Van Amringe
presided.
WYNDHAM IN 1.-THE MOLLUSC."
Sir Charles to Appear Here IN the Play
Tor " Weeks.
When the Caronia finally dooked at the
Cunard pier yesterday Sir Charles Wynd-
No. r.~to~>d N hloot or two from the