Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-17
14O STUDENTS SAY
GOODBY TO j. s. c.
Eight Colleges of University Par
ticipate in Brilliant Com
menCement Exercises
DR.. SCHERER MAKES ADDRESS
Day Is RepIete with LunCheonS,
Receptions and Formalities.
Decorations Elaborate
DR.. SCHERER MAKES ADDRESS

With 14O graduates from the eight
colleges in line, together with the pres
ident and faculties, as we'll as the trus-
tees of the University of Southern Cali
fornia, the academic procession preced-
ing the commencement exercises yes
terday morning was very impressive.
clad in the academic caps and crowns,
with the black relieved by the red ano
gold of the doctors gowns, the process
sion started from the First Methodist
church, headed by the heralds, and two
by two wended its way to the olive
street entrance OF the Temple Audito-
rum and thence down the two aisles
to the stage, where seats had been
placed for the graduates, faculties and
officials.
Dean William Skeele of the college
of music played as the professional the
"Triumphal March" from "Naaman,
which was followed by the singing OF
"America," with the two last stanzas
as written by DIR. Henry Van Dyke.
The commencement exercises, the
largest held in Southern California,
opened at 10 o'clock, but long before
that hour the Auditorium was COM
pletely filed with interested spectators.
In9 stage WAS DbIlhGu lll6Al NASll ACAS "a
tributes for the graduates.
Dr. Warren f. Day, pastor emeritus
of the First Congregational church,
was the commencement chaplain and
offered the opening prayer.
DR.. James A. b. Scherer, president Oh
Throop Polytechnic institute of Pasa-
dent, was the commencement speaker,
delivering an address on "Lincoln's
Books" DR.. Scherer spoke in an in
teresting and instructive manner of the
importance that books play in human
lives, and referred particularly to the
early struggles of the martyred presi-
dent and of his books, mentioning the
Bible, Shakespeare ana Euclld as tle
special favorites of President Lincoln.
In referring to the Bible DIR. Scherer
said:
II point to the example of Lincoln
and his books as an inspiration for you
to drill your minds. Cultivate your hu-
man sympathies. Remember the Bible
and keep its craven pages ever peIote
you in your minds.
Garry the Bible out into life with
you; drill your intellect and bring into
practice the precepts of right in intel
lect, sensibilities and will, and you will
carry out the principles Of him who has
been called the first American"
LAUDS GILLETT
DIR. Scherer's reference to the action
of the governor in regard to the pro-
posed prize fight brought forth contln-
ued applause. He said: "CaHIornla Is
the grandest state in the Union, ana
can ouen the brutal prize fight"
Following the address of Dr. Scherer
the awards and degrees were conferred
by DR.. George Finley Bovard, president
of the university, to the candidates
from the colleges of pharmacy, dental
surgery, law, medicine, divinity, arts
and sciences, fne artS' music anu oAa-
tory as follows:
Los Angeles County Dental society
medal for excellence in theoretical
work, Charles Grant Ashmore; college
OF law alumni medal for scholarship
Charles L. Bagley; college or physl-
clans and surgeons prizes as follows
Faculty, Harry James Hoafre; Sey-
mour. Clifton Early Gage; Bryson'
Frederick Watson Parrish; senior,
walter Christians S. Koebig; Jones ana
Junior, Phil Boiler; sophomore, William
Lawrence Yager; freshman, Chester II.
Bowers; intercollegiate oratorical med
al (won March 19, 1910, Benjamin ID.
Scott Lottie Lane prize FOR scholar-
ship, Grace Alice Willet.
The graduates were as follows:
College of Oratory-Alma Swain.
College of Fine FArts-Edna Chess,
Georgia Nieman, Freda Wirz, Martha
Schmierer Vesta Smith, Bessie Ed
wards ana FTeQ a. <LlllliiiSA hAtbiA'
College of Music-Evah Lulu Webb,
piano: Esther Maria Bowman, organ;
Emma S. A. Williams, Ella M. Plant,
Ruth Martens, Ella White Foster and
Junia Nave, plano.
College Of Pharmacy-Rocco F. c.
DeNubila, Hesman Joseph Deragisch,
Arthur Eugene Finster, Frances Eliza
beth Harden, Oscar William Heying,
Ralph H. Hougaard, Lacy Benjamin
Richards, James Leslie Swope and
Emory Wright Thurston.
College of Dentistry-Charles Grant
Ashmore, Earl Lionel Clark, Joseph
Pettee Copp, Hugh Mortomore Davis,
Maxwell Talbot Green, Warren Mat
thews Hendrickson, Hollis S. Jarvis,
John Vincent Male, Ernest Michael
Messner, William Stoneman O'Connor,
William Aaron Riggs, Robert Waters
Schuessler, Daniel Eugene Turrentine,
Roy Meredith White and Milton Titus
Whitmore.
College of Law-Medford Roop Ar
mold, Charles L. Bagley, Alfred l.. Bart
lett, Cornelius Cole Brown, William s.
Baird M. D., John Edward Biby,
Maurice j. Finkenstein, James Henry
Howard, Raymond w. Heffelfnger,
Melville p. Hopkins, Alonzo d. Hitch
cock, Charles p. Hopkins, James H.
Hutt, Albert A. Kidder, jr., e. D. Ly-
man, A. b.; Walter Holbrook McClenon,
Neely Claude B. Morton, Lucretia H.
Norman, Aram H. Ohannesian, Samuel
Hollins Pardue, X. K. Parrot, George
M. Pearson, William J. Poole, Frank
Hull Richardson, John Schlegel, Arnold
Edward Wall, Arthur Alexander Weber,
Earle L. Winnett, Floyd S. Warning, V.
Hodgen Watson, Clair Enyeart, Stephen
Monteleone, Dell A. Schweitzer, Ewald
e. Selph and William II. Willis.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Addie Brown Allen, Arthur Charles
Carlson, Edwin Morenhout Clinton,
Clifton Earl Gage, Harry James Hoare,
Walter Christian S. Koebig, A. b.;
Charles Espy Mordoff, Frederick Wat
son Parrish, Herbert Augustus Rosen-
kranz, A. B.; Clayton CRUDE Stadfeld,
James Thornton and Ewald Alfred s.
Werner.
Maclay College of Theology-Clyde
Monroe Crist, A. M.
College Of liberal arts-Porter Conrad
Blackburn, Gordon Boiler, Phil Boiler,
Frederick Raymond Brown, Edgar
Kapp Brown. Emma M. Burmeister,
Sadie Ethel Bridges, John Clyde Colli-
son, Leon James Crooker, Nina May
Chadwick, Frederick Allen Cogswell,
Morris Allen Cain, Hugh Hueng-wo
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