Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-10
LEFT BLOODY TRAIL NO LONGER ON DUTY
Police Follow Slender Clue in Dr. GaIIaudet Reres From
Shooting Case. College Bearing His Name
HOTEL GUESTS AROUSED SERVED FIFTY-FOUR YEARS
Two Negroes Are Arrested After Board Directors and the Alumni
Early Morning ARRAY Present Testimonials.
SAY THEY WERE ATTACKED HIS SUCCESSOR INSTALLED
He Dr.
Men sitution-Features Of
ton Day
Dr.. GaIIaudet Retires From
College Bearing His Name.
SERVED FIFTY-FOUR YEARS
Board Of Directors and the Alumni
Present Testimonials.
HIS SUCCESSOR
INSTALLED
DR.. Percival Hall Now Head Of In
stitution-Features Of Presenta-
ton Day Exercises.

DR.. Edward Miner Gallaudet. for ffty-
-FOUR years executive head Of Gallaudet
| College and Kendall School Of the Colum.
| bian Institution for the Deaf, this after.
| noon formally relinouished the presidency
| or that institution, and his successor, DR.
Percival Hall. was inducted into ONCE
| All OF the student body of the college
and school took part in the exercises, as
did scores OF members Of the alumni from
all over the country. and DR.. Gallaudet' g
associates on the board of directors of
the institution and his co-lahorers In the
field of educating deaf children to be use
full members Of society.
| According to the official program, 1t
| was Presentation day at Gallaudet. the
day which corresponds to the commence
ment In other schools. but the merely form
al exercises incident to the introduction
| OF the candidates for degrees assumed
| secondary importance. The day was
fraught with deeper meaning to all Of the
| pupils and teachers OF the school, to the
speakers and to the friends Of Gallaudet.
Manifestations Of Regret.
DR.. Gallaudet said yesterday that, in a
sense he welcomed the release from the
burdens and cares which had been his
part during the long years in which he
has been at the head of the school and
college: but when 1t came to the formal
| severance today Of the ties Of life
time, the shifting to other shoulders OF
the responsibilities which he had carried
for more than a half century. DR.. Gal
laudet was manifestly affected, and
scores OF eyes in the great assemblage
were moist with tears.
In the form Of a visible token of the
deep appreciation Of his devotion to the
| cause and Of his unremitting energy in
the upbujlding of model institution for
the education Of the deaf, the board of
directors of the school presented q hand
some silver loving cup to DR.. Gallaudet.
And the presentation was only a re-
affirmation Of the sentiments expressed
in a series Of resolutions adopted by the
board fqHEs years ago IN connection with
the cefebration Of DR.. Gae54dd8tses fiftieth
anniversary as head of the college which
bears his name. These resolutions were
cHsI O6SSu duu PISSChtCu " IiA1i ot tuot
time.
John W. Foster. oldest in point of serv-
ice OF the members Of the board Of di-
rectors. presented the cup. and in his
which the board felt in seeing DR.. Gal
laudet relinquish control Of the school,
and spoke also of the great loss which
the college would sustain in the depar-
ture of It's founder and long time presi
dent These same sentiments were ex-
nv AoooH IN fha deonlv sc0rod fnScrfntinn
on the shining white metal Of the cup,
the inscription reading as follows:
To
Edward Miner Gallaudet,
President of the Columbian Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb for fifty-four years,
from the
Directors Of that Institution
AS q token of their esteem
and affection for him
AS Educator. Philanthropist and Man.
Washington. D. c., May. 1911.
Testimonial From Alumni.
Still another presentation was made to
DR.. Gallaudet, this second gift coming
from the alumni Of the college. 1t was a
magnifcently hand-illumined book, given
as testimonial to the founder and presi-
dent of the Columbian Institution by
those who had spent the school years of
their lives unOer Ills guidance ANO lN-
struction. In further testimonial the
| book contained the signatures Of prac-
tically all Of the members Of the alumni
Of Gallaudet, living in all parts Of the
country. DR.. Robert Patterson, a grad
uate of Gallaudet College with the class
| of 1870, who is now principal Of the Ohio
School for the Deaf, made the presenta-
ton.
The exercises Of the day were held in
the chapel OF Gallaudet College, and were
| ~,
Rev. Herbert Draper Gallaudet, son Of
DR.. Edward NJ 0allaudet and associate
minister of the Central Congregational
Church, Boston.
Degrees Conferred.
Brave all; conquer ALL" was the motto
of the class Of 1911 Of the college. and
the presentation day program, which in
cluded the formal presentation Of the
graduating class and all candidates for
degrees at the end of the present term.
came first The members of the 1911
class, including the candidates for de-
grees. were brought forward by Or. Ed
ward A. Fay, vice president of the col
llege. Its members included the following:
For the degree OF master Of arts-Mary
Ress Michaels, B. A., Vassar College
New York. and Madison Jefferson Lee.
B. A.. M. A.. Central University Men,
For the degree of bachelor Of arts
George Hubbard Bailey, Ethel Fannie
Eaton. Leslie Andrew Elmer. Homer Earl
Grace, John Tom Hover. Henry Stevens
Morris. tr: Goldie Annie Newman. Edwin
Winfred Mes, Emma Lovina Pike and
| Elmer Dovico Talbert.
For the degree of bachelor OF science
| I-Wtlliam Baxter Mosey.
For the degree OF bachelor OF philos-
ophy--Bird Lee Craven and Iva Merritt
| Robinson
For the degree Of bachelor of letters
Mary Matilda FOssan.
Normal students-Maude H. Peet.
Yonkers High School. N. Y: Elwood
A. Stevenson. Brooklyn High School.
NJ Y, and Carl p Bowles. Colgate Uni
| versity, N. Y.
OF the class Of 1911, Miss Michael
and Mr. Lee, normal fellows. and Miss
Peet, Mr. Stevenson and Mr.. Bowles.
normal students. are preparing to be-
come teachers OF the deaf.
All visitors to the presentation day
exercises were received by q reception
committee Of school pupils. which was
made up as follows: Vernon Sterling
! Birch, marshal: Tom Lewis Anderson,
william Henry Arras. Ora Harrison
Blanchard, Luverne Stephen Byrne.
| Harry Gardner. Shelby Wynne Harris
william Ferdinand Schafer, Adolph
Nicholas Struck. Hubert Beck West.
Archibald Wright, 3r.. and Leon Put
nam Jones.
| Titles Of Papers.
| The class grafton. written by Leslie An
drew Elmer Of California, on the topic
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