New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-29
HARVARD GETS S1,2OO,0OO
Gifts to That Amount Announced
by President Lowell.
CHANGES IN COMMENCEMENT
Alumni Meeting Held Outdoors
for First Time-Many De-
grees Conferred.

cambridge Mass June 2s-Gifts to the
.oo,,nt Of ~ 2oo. mn received by Harvard
1.r,vArsitv during the last year were an
rounced by President Lowell 10 the two
thousand or more Harvard men gathered
for the alumni meeting in the quadrangle
beh,nd Seaver Hall late to-day.
Almost simultaneously with this an
,ovncernent William c. Bovden. Of Chi
fszo handed 70 President Lowell a check
fo- 600 mn as the gift Of the class Of Sc
70 the university. the sum to be invested
IN rNe college funds and only the income
70 be used.
The meeting was presided over by Major
Henry L. Higginson. class IF 81. spd for
the first time women were admitted, some
,vo hundred being present
Governor Foss divuged plan nv which
Re hopes the state will set aside sun,
annually for the creation Of a large num-
her II scholarships TO be awarded by com
petitive examination IN Young men and
women Of Massachusetts, the recipient of
such scholarship to choose tho institution
IN the state which they will attend"
This plan he intended. he said. as mid
die course between universities supported
entirely by the state and others aided by
state grants
Meyer Elected Trustee.
George Won / Never 20. Secretary 81
tac Navy. on whom the honorary degree
q LID was conferred. said he wished the
College might encourage students 10 go into
hubble life and to that end have courses
tdat would aid them in such work. Mr.
Never heads the list Of five new over
seArs Of Harvard elected TO-DAY 70 serve
for six wears The others chosen are United
states Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. II: Je-
ron1o 4. Greene. 96 Of New York, William
G Rovden. So. Of Chicago. and Lawrence
2 Sexton 81 of New York.
While changes were made this year in
some Of the details Of the commencement
Observance in the main the affair con
formed n the dgnifed ceremonial which
mas become traditional
An innovation was the out-of-door exer-
oises If the Harvard Alumni Association
which for wears have been held in Memo
rial Hall on the afternoon of commence
nent day. on account Of the limited seat
inc capacity Of The hall. which made nee
essarv the barring Of most of the Younger
alumni. II was arranged this year 10 hold
the afternoon affair in the quadrangle be
hind Seaver Hall. where large wooden stands
were erected 10 accommodate the great
UouG
The commencement speakers we're Will
lam g.. Greene. of Baltimore; Frank r.
crawford. Of Cambridge. and Frank Stern,
Of Boston. candidates for the degree OF
Bachelor of Arts, Arthur +. Wood of Do
chester, candidate fol- the degree of Bach
elor Of Divinity. Tskashi Komatsu. OF
Monmouth. Ill. candidate FOR the decree OF
Master Of Arts, and John :. Fitch, OF Al
bany. candidate for the degree Of Bachelor
Of Law
At the close Of the addresses President
Lowell left his elevated seat under the
canopy of the stage of Sanders Theatre
and. seating himself in the ancient chair m
which Harvard presidents have conferred
degrees for two centuries. awarded the
degrees 10 the candidates who have con-
pleted the prescribed courses in the OH
ferent departments OF the university. ana
then conferred the honorary degrees.