The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-23
NEW DEGREE FOR GOV. HUGHES
UuiItu> COLLEGE, HEN CHEER
ND SHOTT APPROVAL.

NrrIAusrowN. Mass. June g7.-It's
rharc, Fyans Hughes, L. ~, Williams
thew gave tho Governor a electorate 81
AS here today on che occasion of the
i,eh announcement of Williams College
II 40 rdCCs hy the way the gradu-
,,s, lni their families shouted when the
..,.~ rS name was read "a on the
commencement platform one would say
,bs, 10 vas a mighty popular ssleoiio ION.
,rI a, ,.lr the Governor himself he looked
as though he enjoyed the honor thor
ough.y
Wums'rwn u always hot on oom-
reruement day. It's what the alumni
,-e ,a.Ebt to expect, even from the time
vnrr. hey themselves heard their names
read % by the dean a. new made gradu
stos
The Young persons who always come
around a. commencement time 10 see
Arthur NJ George get his degree looked
uIt wilied. hut on the whole they we're
4 pretty happy lot. and what difference
di % make. anyhow. whether the COnRre-
sati1na. church was tOrrid or not' II
Vas all for the sake Of George and Arthur.
rasy say that before they have another
commencement here. or az most two.
Alfred e. ChApins new quarter million
dollar auditorium will he finished. and
then all she Williams alumni and the
young things who cone to commence
neut Will he cool.
me reason why everybody felt pretty
veIi piayed out to-day was because the
ssairr prom held on until two hours after
daylight this morning Of course me
c1uli1 think % leaving until It was
oil ryer and when one has got thirty-Rve
~ forty dances behind one ono doesn't
Hsc 20 ce' up for an II O'Clock ceremony.
d1ss due' Not at all. And anot her dis-
trsssng thing was that Prof. Milhams's
gym clock was all O'it of kilter and struck
u clock when II was only midnight.
That q course makes mother an xiouA
q sc' home. and the nervous strain was
Simply awful. And ~ do you wonder
thai Wl.Ltnstown tonight has sloughed
a iaIo q quiet somnolence?
u WAS 10 o'clock this morning when
She-N Nicholson Of Berkshire county
syT-ared IN his hluetailsd coat 10 take his
place az the head Of the commencement
PROGRESSION. Sheriff Nicholson is one Of
H., stock features II Williams com
rr1ccment and besides his bluetailed
cat be- wears a pale WAistcoat with brass
buttons and carries a long white wand
- a symbol Of his ShrievAlty. Its a
great thing "a have an academic nroces-
.iou headed by somebody a. impressive
a. sheriff Nicholson and Williams makes
the most q him
The sheriff led the procession Il alumni.
IarI'ty. TRUSTEES and snnior- across the
WIS of the campus aud ruught II NJ
rus.ly IN front 81 President Garflrld's
horse There was n hand AZ the head uf
u hat played in hail time and you knew
= thout reasoning Il out that u was drawn
from the same lady % InusiCiaps Nho
IlvNd for nine hours az tho prpin last
night II was very solemn music
h"n they we're settled IN thn church
After hymn had boon sung and a prayer
aid. stuart John lsmrletnn. WIN b.
-'tt-r known a. PLAIN Stu iempIrtou
aptaih q the baseball tram. made thl
int adlreRs. 1empkt0n has been lust
about as gOod student as b. wa. n
pitcher He took a practical suhi-ct iuT
he talk and the alumni seemed ~ 10, Ia
i-rcst Il IN ~ u was on The F'uupmy
~ lAbor' and h. foretDid a muyumnut
N favor 81 conservation II human er.rsy
and human hfe which would h. a Whuls.
Do hotter than the fuss We arr having NV
about the conservation 81 natural r.
Hubert William Fowle gave the philo-
sophical oraiion In which he ClnlTast ~
he turkey OF the PAST with the turkey
q the future.
Clarence OrInan Hicks Of North Adams.
Mas was the yAledictorian. but WA
unable "a speak. EoWle read the ale
dr'ory for him.
After the degrees in course hal been
conferred Prof Richard A. Rics propos@i /
'Fe candidates Tor honorary degrees
Prof Rice always does this job al VIII /
ans oJmmencements. ard the way he I
.lles ~ a mans work m the World which !
,a.y-- a. a basis FOR the degree, H. well F,
sa0Wn 70 all Williams alumni Besides /
he Governor. the men who received |
degrees were Francis y Ieupp a grad |
yale NJ Williams In $50. Who was Com /
missioner of Indian Anairs In the Sword |
Roosevelt administration: Francis Cabot |
NllN " INV NNNNHN fNNMNfNH lNN'IlIN
0ur' IN Boston and a fellow Of Harvard
journalist They all received Lid = l
sIcapf George KEENAN,. who was made a
Doctor II letters
This IL how Prof Rice introduced the
Governor.
fanny deem II greater 20 he the Governor
o. 10 state Of New York than 10 he the
Governor 0f the COmmonW ealth % Massa-
tr-s'r, this cannot he for reason n larger
Area ~ ampler resources. but berause tho
'rr...'an' conduct Of politics In further
A. ~ The public welfare may scem 70
tAr" nightier forces aFrAyed AGAINST II
.r 'rr me than In the other
'." triumphant issue 81 this conduct %
'n.r'. iE The reelection Of Gov. Hughes
'H on m the carrying Of important meas
90 ~ -efprm. has not only quickened the
a- s.'ion ~ evil " has aiso brought into
ss-ar light a fact % vastly greater i'm |
n-'ar.a that the real working majority |
o. voters. tho backbone Of the State. can be |
s.a' 900 20 secure the triumph ~ such |
.l. NJ politics. based on integrity and |
s's-rr"i By sound thinking And with |
-r-' -hall Ne ash for more emphatic |
p '---, '" ne power Of personality In all
pa goes 20 make history?
'"' n tsn this - aid America. conscious
~ boo sa1Is tor invention. for creation. /
seems 'pp often content With the success /
10 ."r "vpeuments Having shown her
a.a '. for producing the invlnciOle
s'1a-. 'r- IDEAL commissioner. the dis
'"r..'"I statesman and political leader. |
oil" breaks ri'h careless sxtravagance the
".. .' NJ moral torres. or a. nov trans
Old" rsr. ~ sovereign state b. the
mo-. u' H YdfciaI halo.
..a'".-r ragret may be felt by sincere