New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
COLUMBIA HONORS MANY
None. However. Who Gets De-
uree So Loved as Dean.
VAN AMRINGE THE FAV0RlTe
Cheer Upon Cheer for Retiring
Veteran-Degrees Awarded
to 1,164 by University.

TO ,lO4 DN bHANeiS SHY
r-,,,-er hundred and sixty-four degrees
-. sD-an1ed hv Columbia University yes
,.,,ss. - the 15sth annual commencement
e,.,rcfses. the number including ten hon
ovsr,- degrees John Howard Van Am
-trse the retiring dean. who was gradu-
.rad from Columbia fifty years ago ana
--bo has been a teacher in the college ever
since. received the honorary degree "1
Doctor Of Laws.
The occasion Of the presentation OF the
f.ono~arv degree 10 Dean Van Amringe was
picturesque. The aged professor rose from
rfs sost v,he,, his name was called ana
e-zr7e6 10 walk across the platform 10
v-l,ere President Nicholas Murray Butter
a. seated Before Dean Van Amringe
had taken TWO steps. however. Dr. Butter
bed stepped down. and. walking quickly
toward the advancing dean, extended HIM
. his hand. With hands ClasPed lr. BuueT
said in a voioe trembling with ernouon;
John Howard Van Amringe. about whose
terson have gathered the love and Loyalty
4 CaI,lnhia's students for over nan d
rert,.r- now retiring 10 years of rest ana
,,eacerul reflection, crowned with every
honor that Alma Mater can bestow, after
g service a unique in kind as IT Is long
IN years. l gladly admit YOU to the degree
of Doctor Of Laws in this university
Cheers for Dean Van Au1ringe.
yz-b.7 nr Rutler had finished by giving
n Dean Van Amringe an engrossed volume
# minutes. which the university trustees
raesad upon the acceptance Of his resigna-
sian lest December. cheer upon cheer broke
from the crowded gymnasium. which sub
s. 7ed only when the orchestra played
america.
Despite the fact that a cloudy sky
foJzencd imminent rain the usual commence
r7e7r dav crowd began TO arrive Al the
gymnasium shortly after the breakfast hour
and there WAS a wild scramble fer seats
vreli the doors were thrown open al
O'Clock. The large auditorium was filed
in a few minutes and then the doors we're
closed again until afte- the graduates and
faculty had taken their places
The Columbia College graduates had the
position of honor in the procession and they
were followed by the Bernard and Teachers
college candidates for degrees. Then in
turn came the graduating engineers. law
students and medical students, the latter
followed by the candidates for the master
Of arts degree. The procession Of students
was brought 70 an end by those who were
70 receive degrees Of doctor Of philosophy.
Then came the various faculties. with the
reunion classes. the university trustees and
the candidates for honorary degrees. Presi-
dent Butler. in a red and gold gown OF
the University of Manchester. brought ur
the rear
President Buffers Address,
After the graduates had taken their
the ceremony Of conferring the degrees.
President Butler made the address Of vel
come. in which he said:
An forms cf thought, as well as all
forms Of social and political life. are just
now undergoing disturbance, upheaval. re
construction There are those who in
1erpret these happenings and changes in
terms II 2 new renaissance. out of which
are 10 coma greater achievements Of hu-
man intelligence and human character than
the world has Yet seen. There are others
who prefer 10 think that We are living in
period Of decadence. and they find in the
history # the decline and fail Of the Ro-
man Empire an analogy TO what IS going
on round about US to-dav.
Tt is more cheerful. at least. and prob
ably more correct, 10 take the brighter
rather than the darker view Of contem-
rcrarv history. But. whatever view he
taken. there is abundant room for the exer-
else % charity. ard abundant demand
f.r T.
The fact probably Is that mankind has
ror Yet become accustomed u its new re
sponsibilities. Dependence was converted
inro independence with surprising speed
during the centuries from the sixteenth 10
The nineteenth, and thereby a heavier load
was Put upon humanity than il had been
trained 70 bear. Self-government. whether
4 he n the individual OF Of the community.
remains after all these long years a prob
lem FUN of perplexity and difficulty. Those
of rs who believe that mankind IS steadily
climbing W hill believe that all the forces
IN the world which make for progress are
ureuarinE men for the better discharge Of
ve-ponsihilitv and for the more generous use
~ opportunity. We cannot deny. however,
r,-e dare not. that there is a long road Vet
IN travel
Ut is Just for this reason that the greater
exercise Of intellectual charity is 50 sorely
needed. Ignorance is not. perhaps. itself
a vice. bu, il is the mother Of many vices.
and that partial ignorance which masQuer-
AIDES IS knowledge is a fruitful parent OF
et er. thing that ought not 10 be
honorary Degrees CohreTeo.
When the degrees had been conferred
uaon the graduates from the various fac
U'riee. Professor William Peterfeld Trent
made IN address of introduction as he
presented those who were 10 receive honor
arv degrees. He said:
And now. Mr.. President, have the
privilege % presenting for the honorary
jegree Of Master of Science Of this uni
rerefry Charles Buxton Going. Of the class
~ =. fer the honorary degree Of Master
re Arts the Rev. Roeuf FIashrouck Brooks,
of the class Of 'oa rector Of ST. Pauls
CrUrch. Albany and William Allen White,
q Emporia Kan. for the honorary degree
q Doctor of Science. Dr. William James
Nayo. II Rochester. MINI. and Sir Will
lam Henry White, X g r. formerly di-
1eCror Of construction Of the British navy
snd associated IN designing the Nauretania
md the LIsirania, for the honorary degree
20 Doctor ~ Letters. William Crary Brown
ell, of NeN York City. and Mrs Schuyler
Nsn Rensselaer,. of New York CITY. for the
--norsry degree Of Doctor Of Sacred Theol-
oc- The Re-. William Newton Clarke p-o-
fessor q theology a. Colgate University.
Er5 for the honorary degree Of Doctor Of
Laws. Dr. William Henry Steele nernareet
Z NJ president Of Rutgers College. and
Tohr Howard Van Amringe Pm D. 7. n
J. dean Of Columbia College"
u vas further noted IN the commence
r-enr programme that the following hon
Crarv degrees we're conferred al the meet
ira II the trustees Of Columbia University
Cr Januarz. s 1910. Doctor Of Science. 10