The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-21
One of Features of Ceremony
Was the BestoWal of Doc
tor of Laws Degree to Will
liam G. Dennis.
MAKES REPUTATION
AS II. S. DIPLOMAT
Announcement of Successful
Result Of the Debt-Lifting
Campaign Was Greeted
With Much Applause.

William Cullen Dennis, son OF Prof.
David Dennis, of Earlham college. who
has gained much renown in the state
department OF the United States for his
diplomatic services in international
disputes in which the United States
was involved, was Wednesday morn
| ing given the honorary degree of doc
tor of laws by Earlham college at its
annual commencement, at which the
Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks. Of
indianapolis. former vice president
and United States senator from Indi-
ana. was the principal speaker.
Mr.. Dennis received his A. r. de-
gree from Earlham in 1896, his A. NJ.
from Harvard university in 1898, and
l.. l.. Il. cum laude, Harvard Law
school in 1901. 1t was with much
pleasure that President Kelly, who pre-
sided at the commencement exercis-
es referred to Mr.. Dennis achieve
ments in. the past ten years, such as
serving as permanent secretary of the
Lake Mohonk conference on 1nterna-
tional Arbitration, professor of laws in
four universities, assistant solicitor of
the state department. representative Of
the United States before the perma-
nent International Tribunal at The
Hague. author of legal papers and
constitutional and international law
yer Of considerable fame.
AppIauded BY Crowd.
Following his acceptance of the hon.
l.
ter, more than a thousand people who
were present at the commencement
joined in giving hearty appreciation to
the comforting of the merited degree
upon one of the institutions most fa-
nous graduates. But one other hon.
orary degree was conferred. James
Marmaduke Gluys. for thirty years SUI
perintendent of construction and engi-
neer at the college. during which time
the work Of his department has gone
on without single interruption, was
rewarded with the honorary degree of
Master of Science. Mr.. Gluys Is a
prominent Friend, little past middle
age.
Subsequent to the award of the di
plomas to the fifty-two graduates.
President Kelly made few an
nouncements, the most important of
which was relative to the successful
termination of the debt campaign. Ap-
plause for about five minutes inter-
rupted the presiding officer. so rejoiced
were the friends of the college. when
they learned instead of $4,000 more
than $5S,OOO had been raised. The
president had no announcements to
make relative to the endowment fund.
Two Faculty Changes.
Helen Brown Keyes. instructor in
German and French, and associated in
the sculptoring course has withdrawn
from the faculty. The appointments
OF Miss Elizabett Conrad as assistant
professor of French, and DR.. Charles
II. Halle as assistant professor Of
Greek. were announced. Both come
highly recommended and were quail
fled to carry on the work OF these two
departments.
The address of the Hon. Mr.. Fair
banks concerned the opportunities
which are offered to college graduates
in particular, and to the young people
of America in general. At no period
in the worlds history. he said. have OPP
portunities for the young been so un-
limited. and he announced that the
fields of advancement now are. and
perhaps always will be inexha Nstible.
His address which was characteristic
of the honored Hoosier was we'll re-
ceived. The Rev. Lightbourne. pastor
of st. Pauls Episcopal church and the
Rev. Morton Pearson. of indianapolis,
on whom rested the responsibility for
raising the college debt, pronounced
the invocation and benediction respec-
lively. The program was further fea-
tured by several pleasing musical rem
ditions.
Praises the Glass.
President Kelly in a brief statement
before proceeding with the issuance
of the diplomas and honorary de-
grees. expressed his own. the college
faculty's and the trustees great pleas
ure in looking back at the successful
work done by the class and in eXpec-
tation of the attainments to be real
lied by them as the fruits of their
college careers. OF the fifty-two
graduates, thirty-five received de-
grees in bachelor of arts and seven
teen were given degrees of bachelor
OF science. The graduates are as
follows:
Edith Barnett, Mooresville, A. B.:
Carl w. Ackerman, Richmond, A. B.;
Lulu NJ. Bateman, Auburn. A. b.;
Florence NJ. Bond, Richmond. A. B.;
J. Philip Bruner. Greenfield. B. s.:
Rachel G. Calvert. Selma. Ohio. A. B.;
Arthur W. Clevenger. Economy, B. S;