The Washington herald., 1911-02-23
GREAT UNIVERSITY
FOR THE DISTRICT
National Institution Is De-
manded by C. F. Adams.
G. W. U. CoNvoCATIoN ADDRESS
Declares He Has MarveIed that Such
an Educational Establishment Has
Long AgO-Too Much Money Spent
in Preparing for War.

Charles Francis Adams, a lineal
descendant of President John Adams,
made a strong appeal for a great ma
tional university in the Capital in an
address yesterday morning at the winter
Convocation of George Washington Uni
versity at new Masonic Temple.
"A university is a place of concourse,
he said, 'and its site must be in some
spot like Washington, where students
may come from every quarter for every
kind of knowledge
Mr. Adams declared he had marveled
that such an institution like George
Washington University was struggling
for existence. when nearly $5OO.OOO,0oO was
being spent yearly for war, past, present,
and to come
Waste of Money.
He deplored the waste of money IN
preparation for war. and warned against
the "maddening rush of nations TO pre-
vent wars by warlike measures. The
cost of one Dreadnought, he declared,
would more than establish great uni
versity in the country, and do more for
the country at large than all the Dread
noughts in the world.
Washington, he asserted, is the logical
point lot d great hdlloAiol
because of its environments as the seat
of government.
Where, let me ask, can a university
find a more fitting home than here in
the administrative city of a mighty
people, or a more inspiring name than
that of Westinghouse" he concluded.
Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton.
president of the university. presided. and
introduced both Mr.. Adams and former
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank
Warren Hackett, who also made an ad-
dress Mr.. Hackett's address embodied
a eulogy of Washington, and dealt with
living topics and their relation to public
men. He deplored the attacks upon
officials. declaring that in Washington
more than anywhere else public senti-
ment should be radiated to uphold and
support them in their public duties.
Rev. DR.. George Williamson Smith de-
Iivered the Invocation and the pro-
gramme was interspersed with musical
selections by a section of the United
States Marine Band. Members of the
faculty were seated in caps and gowns
on the platforms, while the front row
in the auditorium was reserved for the
graduates. Admiral Stockton presented
the diplomas, and the degrees were con-
ferred as follows:
Degrees Are Conferred.
BY Dean Willis of candidates for de-
grees in the college of political sciences
Bachelor of arts, John Knox Arnold,
Kentucky. and Chen Shii Fan, China
By Dean Hough of candidate in the
teachers couege-Teachers' diploma, Mil
dred Floyd Johnston, A. B., District of
Columbia
BY Dean Borden of candidates for
degrees in the department of medicine
Doctor of medicine, Audrey Goss. Dis
trict of Columbia.
BY Dean Lorenzen of candidates for
degrees in the department of law
Bachelor of laws. Walter Eames Blount,
District of Columbia; Robert Lundie Mac
kenzie, Oregon: Claud Henry McCray,
New York; Herbert William White, Iowa,
and A. Lapin Cohen, Wisconsin. Master
of laws, Charles Hermon Patterson, New
York
Presentation by Dean Munroe Of can
didates for degrees under the faculty of
graduate studies-Civil engineer. Glenn
Rupert Lawrence, District of Columbia
Master of arts, Joseph Plass, Germany.