New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
DIR. ELIOT'S GREAT DAY
1T HARVARD EXERCISES
Rece;ves T5ro Degrees and Is the
Central Figure at Commencement.

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loyal alumni assembled, and with the hrs @eL
ezo.rit1,s in attendance. commencement at harvard
University to-day notable oooaSioH- ,
The candidates for degrees in course nufnoeIeo
80 and while they supposed 10 De N1e pi III III
FINALS ~ the exercises nevertheless Dr Cna[les w
r1;o. ,bo had rided the universitys destinles TOT
fo-fv Years and who was honored on Monoay oy
being made president erneritus-lhe nls' III Hie '
1,.rritv,s bistory-sttracted unusual attention
The nrocession formed in the college yard before
Massachusetts, Hall, at 10 o'clock ana heaoed oy
~. ort,f marshal and a band. marched TO Sanders
7rss+re where the exercises were held In1rne-
dtstelv behind the hand came the speakers OF the
-. a,5 candidates for degrees President A. Law
reno. Lowell. DR.. Eliot officers and members OF the
faculty of the university. Governor Eoen 5.
T1rsner and staff, the invited guests, public on
caIs military and naval officers and heads of many
educational institutions while the rear Of the
procession was made up Of alumni OF more than
fuenty-fve years standing. N the order Of their
classes
After the customary prayer the usual commence
raent ors1ions were delivered by the students
Fletcher y. Robinson. Of Southern Pines, n g.
gave the Latin Grafton: Godfrey Dewey OF Lake
Placid ". Y. delivered dissertation on Old Eng
ush Spelling: Hans Won Kaltenborn. Of Madison.
Wis. spoke on The College and the Press Sid
nev Fiske Kimban. Of Dorchester. spoke on Team
PLAY in College Studies and Pslfrey Perkins or
Salem gave an address The Worship Of the
Understanding Heart"
HONORARY DEGREES
The honorary degrees conferred were:
rsS1s5oT eFnorer and missionary Thomas Frank
In Waters. antiquarian and investigator Ipswich
Doctor Of scienoe-san1uel Franklin Ernmons
Eeologist Harvard gTause and fGr psny sTveT TSS
Doctors Of Divinity-Charles Lothrop Moves, pas
+o- Wfnter F5iu Conversational Church. Sonerville
Ss.s IF F-sncis G-eerwoo6 Peabody head Of the
HarTard Divinity School and college preacher-
.o- rversftv Of Berlin. Berlin. Germany. and ex-
change professor with Harvard - -,-,,,,..
Eliot former president OF Harvard - to--oe-
Doctors Of taws-ath3n MattheEs ras,on 59 IorzI1 E
Mayor Of Boston, and chairman OF me oSson ,he he
snoe Commission. which recently S
citv's affairs: Charles William Eliot former MAI
ward president
In hestozVing upon Dr. Eliot the oesIee u Ho-
Of Medicine President Lowell said:
81, has mt been our custom TO confer the degree
of Doctor of Medicine. honor1s oausa- out an -
ception is fitting in the case Of one VINO IN lhs
nninion Of professors Of medicine has accohPlse
NO.. ,o- the progress Of medical education in this
country than any other living man. Charies NllaIll
F1iot Not in its buildings alone, but also IN the
Instruction and research within its walls ne louha
our medical school brick and ieft IL n1arole.
7, connectioD with the degree Of Doctor OF LAWS
President Lowell designated his predecessor as:
Teacher administrator, orator, propne1: IoI'S
wears the leader and guide Of Harvard ana N 'lIe
eingle-rninded elevation Of his character Inooe to
her sons: the father Of the present American uni
Of every lover Of his country.
MANY RICH GIFTS.
Al III, alumni dinner this afternoon ex-President
Eliot presided and introduced President Lo~eil'
The other speakers included Governor Draper. Dr-
f--e7feU ex-Navor Mathews Of Boston. Dr hunne-
mann and Rev Dr.. George A. Gordon. OF Boston.
Dr. Eliot said in part: The university must
grow The new administration faces the most
difficult Of ali problems-the problem Of securing
she recognition Of scholarship The principal
thing 10 attain here is the power to DO something
effective with the mind"
President Lowell said You have laid on me the
greatest task Of any college president in the land
II OUT know have the support Of the faculty
and / hope have the support of the alumni We
want TO turn out men developed in body, mind and
soul but We also want men who have developed
the social side
He announced that during the last year the uni
versity had received $4,000, including S4sn for
immediate use, in addition the first instaIment
OF the Mckay fund. amounting TO Sc|o.06o- The
present applications for he said. promise
the largest freshman class next fall Of recent
years
The alumni cast their votes throughout the day in
Massachusetts Hall for members OF the board of
overseers Of Harvard University Five members
were elected for six years follows:
William L Richardson. Boston; n. J. Howard
Elliott. 81. Paul. George Wigglesworth. Milton:
Francis J. sVayze. Newark. and !. Pierpont Nor
gan. jr-, New York
To fill vacancies caused by death Lawrence z.
Sexton. Of New York. elected to the board for
two years and John u. Farley, Of Boston. for one
gear