The San Francisco call., 1910-05-19
OLD and new
GRADUATES ARE
GIVEN DEGREES
Honorary Titles Conferred on
DR.. Wiley, President Had
ley and Seven Others
Class of 1905 Dedicates Chairs
to President Wheeler and
Professor Stephens

The chasm OF the half century was
bridged yesterday morning when DR..
Samuel Hopkins Wiley founder of the
old College Of California, stood with
the young University of California
graduates on the stage Of the Greek
rheater in Berkeley and received the
honorary degree Of doctor Of laws. The
SHOWS Of 80 years upon his head, he
had lived, in the words of President
Wheeler, ito see the hilltop vision
transmitted into the mountain Of full
hllment"
The 1000 persons in the Greek the
ster stood in reverence during the
ceremony unto the concluding words
Of the university executive: Upon you,
the foremost benefactor of California,
first citizen of the state, L confer the
degree Of doctor of laws"
Eight other distinguished citizens
shared in the honorary title of doctor
Of laws. President Hadley of Yale,
who had come to the coast 10 deliver
the jubilee address, was selected for
special recognition. The other awards
went TO men identified with the origi-
nal College of California. They were:
Prof George Davidson, scientist and
geogra pher, who has served both as
regent and professor at the university.
Prof William Henry Brewer. pro-
fessor Of chemistry in the College of
California in 1863 and 1864; since then
a professor in Yale.
Prof williams Phipps Blake, pro-
fessor Of mineralOgy and geology in
the College of California in 1864, since
1894 professor in the University of Ari-
zons.
John r. Glascock. graduate of the
College of California in 1865. at one
time member Of congress and later
mayor of the city of Oakland.
Rev. Albert Franklin Lyle. member
OF the first class that entered the Col
iege Of California and graduated in the
class Of 1864.
Gardner Fred Williams, graduate of
the College of California IN the class
OF 1855. general manager of the De
Beers mining company in South Africa.
Clinton Day. graduate Of the College
Of California, designer of buildings at
Stanford university.
HIGHEST IN SCHOLARSHIP
OF the 40 students completing their
undergraduate course, Clinton c. Conrad
was ad5udged highest in scholarship
and was awarded the university medal.
He had combined his engineering stud
les with classical pursuits, attaining
the highest standing in both.
The exercises began promptly at $3.50
o'clock when the procession OF faculty
members and students wended its way
across the campus to the Greek theater.
On the stage were the regents, pro-
fessors and guests of the university
Lieutenant Governor Warren Porter
acting in place of Governor GiIlett, oc-
cupied a seat to the right of President
Wheeler. On Doctor Wheeler's left sat
President Hadley of Yale. Among those
on the stage were Mrs. Phebe Hearst
President Carson Of Mills college and
DR.. Edward r. Taylor, former mayor
OF San Francisco and dean of the law
college
Rabbi Martin A Meyer pronounced
the invocation. The first student
speaker was Miss Marguerite ogden,
who chose as her topic, "A Training
for Womanhood." She was followed
by A J. Eddy, who spoke TO the theme,
The Training Of the Future Engineer
Stuart OMelveny discussed The Duty
of an Undergraduate TO the State.
Maurice Z. Harrison of the law col
leEe devoted himself to THE Study of
the Classics as a Foundation for the
Study OF the Law"
WHEELER TO GRADUATES
President Wheeler spoke at some
length TO the graduates. He said in
part:
Here is your world. It's tasks
call for more venture and hard
ship than the old worlds tasks.
You more than the sons of the old
world will have to shape your own
ways There viii be heavy grades
and some broad streams to cross,
but II is q challenge to your man
hood and a summons to your faith
the same stout faitt with which
your fathers laid in the wilder
ness the foundations of the state.
II is the faith that we are inevi-
tslbly moving toward higher and
better things, and that sooner or
later the right and the truth and
the best will prevail The splendid
optimism Of this faith is the vital
breath of American democracy.
Here is your World-rough, broad,
perilous, abundant. Enter in. Live
IN IT. Lead It.
Members Of the state university class
OF 1905 yesterday afternoon marked the
spots where two marble chairs viii be
located-One dedicated TO President
Wheeler and the other TO Professor
Henry Morse Stephens of the history
department. The Stephens chair will
be located in the Greek theater and the
other under the senior oak on the lower
campus in Berkeley.
William Clark Crittenden, the first
Rhodes scholar Of the state, and q
member OF the class Of 1905, was the
theater. Professor Stephens was un-
able TO be present as he is on hi:
sabbatical leave of absence in Europe
On the chair Will be inscribed:
In gratitude to Henry Morse
stephens, teacher and friend, the
class Of 1905 has placed this seat
for q testimony. 1910"
The small band, after marking tn,
spot below the diazoma in the theater
where the bench viii be built in aftel
its completion in Italy, marched to tn
senior oak near the Phelan football
statue. where ground was broken 70
the chair for Doctor Wheeler.
Gus Ringalsky, a prominent membe
OF the class, acted as spokesman and
6. J. Anloff a former member of tn,
varsity crew, broke the ground.
The class Of 1900, at meeting hel,
at the Claremont country club, decided
to erect marble chair in the Greel
theater to the memory of Prof JOSEPH