The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03
Jan de Ia Montapne. Harmanus q Ho-
hoken and Evert Petersen"

Jan de Ia Montapne, Harmanus q Ho
boken and Evert Petersen.
Chancellor MacCraoken referred b
the one notable contribution 10 the schem,
Of education here made during the Eng
lish regime. This wa the founding o
Kings College, now Columbia University
and the plan Of William Livingstone fol
II / am asked to name any one American
as tho originator Of the university idea fol
America l name William Livingston. Wher
the tablet that I have proposed for the
seven public school teachers Of the DutCi
century shall DO erected 1t ought to be
balanced BY Q tablet upon the other sIdl
Of the entrance portieo Of the university
building at Washineton Square containing
q memorial to william Livingston. the
broadest minded educator Of the English
century. / suggest ths following .ssorz-
ton:
"In honor Of william Livingston, l7as.i7eo
who 1rst 10 America planned q university
on broad, undenominltionsi. patriotic ,inei
and %eloouentIy. albeit prematurely. urged
the colony Of New York to establish the
same = century and . half ago.
At the conclusion OF the CHANCELLOR
address the awarding Of academic prizes
to scholars In tbs school of law. In the
university and Bellevue Hospital Medical
College and the school Of commerce fol
ring Of degrees upon graduates OF all the
departments OF the university apart from
the college OF art and pure science and the
school Of applied science.
The honorary degrees were bestowed
upon the following men:
For the degree Of doctor of commercial
science-Sekisoro Higashi. professor OF
accounts and commercial practice In the
Government Higher Commercial School.
Kobe.
For the degree Of doctor Of divinity
John Stanley Lyon, N. Y. u. A. B.. 70.
pastor Of the Second Baptist Church.
Holyoke. MSS: Frank De witt Talmase.
N. Y. u. A. B.. 90. pastor Of the Chambers
Wylie Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia.
Pa.
For the degree Of doctor Of laws-Her.
mann Michael Disss. N. Y. u, M. d.. IS,
professor OF clinical medicine and adjunct
professor Of the principles and practice
Of medicine in New York University. gen
eral medical oflcer OF the Department OF
Health OF tho city Of New York: Borden
Parker Bovine. N. Y. U. A. B., II. A. NJ. -.
professor Of philosophy and dean OF
the graduate school in Boston University
james Aloysius O'Gorman, N. Y. u, LII. b..
80, Justice Of the Supreme Court OF the
State Of New York: william Russell Wilcox,
chairman Of the Public Service Commis.
sion OF the First district Of the state OF
New York.
Candidates for the degree Of doctor Of
philosophy were:
Anees Tannus BAroody. Brooklyn;
Charles Granville Cole. Orange, N. j.;
James Albert Hamilton. New York city;
Charles Il. Hesselsrave, Chatham. N. j.,
Samuel KATE. Brooklyn: Paul Klapper.
New York city; David Klein. New York
city: Michael Henry Luoey. New York city;
Alexander Lyons. Brooklyn; Arthur
Selwyn-Brown. New York city. and Giles
John Swan. Brooklyn.
Candidates for the degree OF doctor OF
science were Frederick E. Breithut. New
York city. and David Keidou Ray. New York
city.
Those who won the degree Of doctor oil
pedagogy we're: william Adolph hoffman,
B. g.. LII. B.. Pd. NJ. New York city: VIII.
lam Henry Perry. A. B.. A. NJ. Pd. B., Pd,
NJ. Dobbs Ferry. N. Y: Lynn MateeI
Saxton, B. g., NJ. g., Pd. NJ. Edsewater,
N. j.: Frank De witt Simons, B. g., Pd. H.,
West Orange. N. j.. and Mary Elizabeth
Thompson, NJ. A., Bedford. Mich.