New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-08

1[GR[E FOR GOV. BALDWIN
coIumbia Gives Diplomas to
SssrIy Fifteen Hundred Students
=
MANY HONORARY DEGREES
p.es;dent Butler, in Address,
Makes Sharp Attack on
pemagogues of To Day.

,,,a University held its 18th annual
tcor,ent Yesterday. The various
the procra NINE lasted from morn
IN night. and among the participants
spndreds Of professors. students and
trar,ous hard Of alumni
o,,asion was eulivened by the usual
.~,ics Of the graduates. who brought back
- ,ner1 plenty of enthusiasm. manifest
their brass bands. fife and drum corps
mr. burlesaue costumes Of many
-. .olors IN which they paraded about
-e.@ campus 10 their hearts content.
~. tho morning the commencement pa
,ook place. followed by the formal ex-
- in the gymnasium. Conspicuous in
r-a ~ march were several notahleS
~sesivei applause from time to time
w.. Simeon f. Baldwin. Governor Of
.-ss,,i,rt. was one Of these. the New
--.,,rd iurist receiving the honorary de-
- Doctor Of Laws. Miss Alice Mar
20, O'Gorman. daughter Of Senator
t'corr,sn received especial attention In
-. rarch. as did Miss Margaret Rosalind
lean blind gir'. who has worked her
a.v through college.
..,o-5 was broken IN the number Of de
f'.-.ss conferred hy the university. no less
q, Students receiving their diplomas
. ..,,s,,.e NJ the honorary degrees. There
- .7-e'vo - the latter the candidate
80 rreserted by Professo- William Peter
s.,5 Treut. They were as follows
W,s,s- NJ science. Daniel Edward Moran
- s,ruer " Fairchld; master OF arts
rsovo Peisineer: doctor Of science. 'haries
e
r,sirsor. doctor OF sacred theology. blshop
p,r.p - New York and Bisnop Id" i7'''
=. Massachusetts, doctor OF laws Alon|'
p,r,or Hepburn Simeon Ehen BALDWIN
a., D'Fstou-neues de constant Charies
frederick chandler and Ernst DaeneH.
Numerous Prizes Awarded
TIE principal prizes were awarded as fO'-
lows
GEORGE William curtis medals-Gold
-5si George vs. 4 Scott, silver meudI
'ss-sbanl VI Grill; Alumni Assoc a'l ~
r-.7e. Ralph Randell stewart; mares e VI
po-,,e- Jr. prizA. William Murray Lee :
brITTrisvisn centennial prize. Dixon Ryan
e., P~-zes In ues-Lettres-tlrst prize'
p.-dolnh S1iuar Bourne. second pil|V'
A1-ah7m VI. Grill
william, cullen BRYANT Kemp. who mas
,eso in attendance a. the university Tor
ora- twenty years. received his fourth oe-
.-ss -,a- NJ bachelor Of science. Mr.. Kemp
-so.frss an annuity as long as he IS IN Al
.s,5s~oe ar the university. being well
srov-r squire on the campus among the
Undergraduates even though he Is over
,s,,,,. YEAR. M axe A provision in his faith
!. az ~ provided his income should 20
eu, % n he left college
President Butler IN his commencement
address % The graduates took for MS SUD
,A-t The Age of Irrationa ism. He mayed
,bs 5sragogue. speaking I'm part as follows.
torrent Of talk is abroad in the land.
--e crowd Just now. The world over, SWAY
from right 20 left in policy. IN oehet ana
II. action. and cries out with wild entuuS.-
ssr1 today for the dsmagosues- political
rfsra~, or reliEiOus-fnat T. trampleS lnurI
foot tomorrow. The art or being q deInd-
gosue appears 10 be easy ana qul.N -e' ~, ~
issrr and 'he rewards ~ the success III
--scrioe If the art have strange fascn3uon
fo- minds AMI characters that ole WoIIu
ike 70 think In an respects wort n}. bul
Va ara under no obligations either 70 Iun
with the crowd or - follow every oeiiid-
gogue
A. the olose ~ tho exercises N tire gym
rssum. the cornerstone II the new Avery
ar,snectursl Library Building was laid by
Professor lanes Regrall Wheeler. dean r.
the architecture faculty The principal ar
dress va delivered by Henry =. Horn-
hostel r-eeider- ~ the Columbia In'rer-
sitv Architects. Sooietv Following his.
John Vernon Bowler. i~.. on behalf = the
cass ~ ',s. Arts and Mines presented the
university with granite eXedra facing
'1e chanel and "a similar Presentation Of a