Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-22
M|DDLEBURY GIVES
OUT "a DIPLOMAS
Largest Glass in History of Col
lege Is Graduated at 111th
Commencement.
EIGHT HONORARY DEGREES
President Thomas Confers IL. D
on Governor Mead-Rev. R.
B. Esten Is Made Doc
tor of Divinity.
EIGHT HONORARY DEGREES

Middlebury, June 2l-The exercises |
Of the 111th commencement Of Middle
bury College were held this morning It
the Congregational Church. Diplom |
were given to "a graduates, the larg-
est class in the history of the college. |
Beside the degrees conferred in
course, the degree Of bachelor of arts
was bestowed upon General Franklin
G. Butterleld of Derby Line. President
| Thomas stated that General Butter
field had been a student at Middlebury
in the class Of 1863 and had left to
enter the union army, and that the
college desired to enroll him as reg
ular graduate Of the class of 1868 in
recognition of his courage and brav-
cry as soldier and his honorable
career as n citizen of Vermont.
To Charles Jay Taylor of New York
city artist and illustrator, who by PEN
ell and brush has increased the joy
of joyous prose and verse and pro-
noted the love of beauty among the
American people was given the degree
of master of arts.
The degree of doctor of divinity was
conferred upon the Rev. Richard b.
Church of Middleburv
l For the first time Middlelurv Col
lege conferred tho degree of doctor Of
science. The recipient was Professor
Samuel Sheldon Of the class of 1888.
for many years professor of physics
in the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
formerly president of the American So
ciety Of Electrical Engineers and au-
n 1eq
science.
: The first recipe :, of the degree OF
. doctor of laws was av1lliam H. Porter.
until recently prcsidcu. Of the Chemt-
cal National Bank of New York. and
, now a member Of J. P. Morgan & Co.
Mr.. Morgan was born in Middlebury
and spent his boyhood in this village.
} Professor Franklin w. Hooper, di-
: rector for many years of the Brook
lyn Institute Of Arts and Sciences, re-
ceived the degree Of doctor Of laws.
In comforting the degree President
Thomas characterized Professor Hoop
er rs one who by mastery leadership
has created an organization which has
brought the light Of learning in litera-
ture' science, art and music into
thousands of homes in the metropoli-
, tan district Of America" Professor
= Hooper is a native of Walpole. ~ H.
, 1t is through his labors that the old
Rockingham meeting house, near Bel
lows Falls, the oldest church in Yer
mont, has been restored, and he di-
rects the pilgrimage there each sum
mer.
a Judge Harrington Putnam was de-
scribed as jurist eminent for learn
Ing IN admiralty law. upholder of the
- rights of those who go down TO the sea
in ships. honored by men OF every
= party for probity and fairness. distin-
fuished judge of the supreme court of
/, he state of New York. He received
. the degree Of doctor of laws.
The second alumnus of Middlebury
TO receive an honorary degree at thrs
. commencement was Governor Mead, OF
the class Of 1864. whom President
. Thomas described as physician. manu-
facturer and leader in public life, SOL
dier in the army OF the republic: ere
ator Of industry which has Increased
the fame and wealth of the State. Gov
ernor of the state of Vermont. He
was made an LII ID.
DEGREES IN COURSE.
Those who received the degrees of
bachelor OF arts in course are:
John Milton Avery, Middlebury; Wayne
Cook Bosworth Bristol Herbert ALFRED
Burnham, sutton; Albert Forsyth Burt
: Middlebury; Walter Henry Cleary, Lyn.
donville; Frederick Ames Coates. Rouse
10 Point, \. Y; Alvin William Coolidge, East
70 Jaffrey. y. H.; Russell Pease Dale
10 Springfield. Mass; Pierce Wordsworth
:, Darrow. William Kinds Darrow an(
n stephen Allen Doody, Middlebury; Wood
= burn Prescott Harris. Waits River
Il George Reed Hemenway. Manchester
Rolo Alvord Kiburn, Pittsheld Mass
Edwin Thomas Maloney. Whallonsburg
n ~ Y; Alfred Martin. St. Louis. Mo
a John William Mcconnell, Valatie n. Y
o Hiram Dunlap Moore, Ludlow; Edward
d Martin Noyes, Salisbury Ralph Fredericl
It Palmer, Bristol; J. Gordon Peach. Brattle
:, Dor; Amerigo Joseph Ratti, Proctor
@ william Richmond Menands, ~ Y
n Frank Canedy Ryder. Bloomingdale
) N. Y; Edwin Sherwood Stowel Sundcr
o land, Middlebury; Harold Stuart Tuck
G Quincy, Mass; Robert ROYAL Twitchell
Bethel
Elizabeth Tupper Adams and Grac
Lillian Allen Ferrisburg; Gertrude
Brodie, Red Granite Wis. Veva Elsi
I, Bullard, Vergennes; Ruth Ida Rurnham
~ Brandon; Alice Eleanor Casey. Bristol
d Elizabeth Caswell, Isabelle Caroline Oar
u row and Emma Gibbs Easton. Middle
~ bury; Louise Genevieve Fellows, Well.
% River; Kathleen Maria Foote Cornwall
" Margaret French, Swanton; Marion
d Adelaide Frizelle. BROOKLYN, n Y; Elizi
30 Hester Hart, bennington; Alice Hemen
way, Bridport; Myrle blanche Uil