New-York tribune., 1912-06-12
Mccormick. Football Player
Gains High Honors.
C.. BELKNAP VAlEDlCT0RlAN
Newark Man Pronounces Latin
Salutatory-Long List OF
Prizes Announced.
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Princeton. y. j., June 1I.--Princeton
University held its one hundred and Sixty
fifth commencement exercises to-day IN
Alexander Hall. and degrees were awarded
to 257 members of the graduating class
while sixty-eight higher degrees were
awarded 10 students In the Graduate
School The degrees were conferred by
President Iibben, after Charles w. Nc
Alpin the secretary of the diversity. had
announced the appointments to fellow
ships and graduate scholarships and the
winners of the prizes The Latin saluta-
tory was delivered by Raymond +. Iiau-
Ienbeek. OF Newark.
The degree OF A. B. was conferred on
11C members Of the class OF ~ The de-
gree of Lit. u. was received by SO. and
the degree OF B. :. by 10. while 35 men
took the degree of e. T.. i2 the degree of
Ph. D., 40 tie degree OF A. NJ, 2 the de-
gree of & NJ. and ; the degree of T. e.
Honorary degrees were conferred as
follows:
4. M.-Charies Henry Butler. Princeton,
81 reporter 10 the United States Supreme
Court.
L. H. D--William Dean tIowells,. au-
thor, and Professor George Herbert Pal
mer. OF Harvard.
LII. D.-Alfrcd Reed. ex-Justice OF the
Supreme Court Of New Jersey; James
Ford Rhodes. Of Massachusetts. student
and writer Of American history, and John
Aikman Stewart. Of New York, senior
trustee Of Princeton.
u. D.--The Rev George 7. Pierson.
Princeton. 50. missionary to Ashigawa,
Japan.
The Candidates Presented.
The recipients OF the honorary degrees
were presented 10y Andrew I. West, the
dean Of the Graduate School who told OF
their accomplishments.
The commencement exercises were
closed with the valedictory. which was
delivered by Chauncey Belknap. OF New
York. followed by the benediction and
hundreds OF voices singing "Old Nassau
At the close Of the exercises tho alumni
assembled on tho campus md marched to
the gymnasium. where luncheon was
served. The festivities there were pre-
sided over by Francis Spier. ~. There
were speeches by President Hibben, 81;
the Rev. Or. William Merle Smith, ~:
Andrew g. Gray. 80. and Alexander J.
Barron. 'Oc.
The ceremonies closed tonight. the
seniors assembling on the steps Of Mas
sau Hall. where they sang before going on
the campus for loving cup exercises pre-
vious TO their final retirement and the ac-
cession OF the class OF II.
II WAS day OF high distinction for
many members OF the class OF II. Cyrus
Mccormick. who last winter was voted
the most intellectual man OF the class, was
accorded highest honors in the depart
rnent of history. politics and economies.
Mccormick has played on the football
team for the last three years. and lie il
the only man who has figured IN athletics
10 gain higheEt honors
The Prizes Awarded
The prizes were awarded as follows.
The George Potts Bible Prizes-James
Thomas Field. Kentucky: James Wilkinson
Mccartney! District OF Columbia
The Class OF ls5s Prizes In English Liter
gnSe Snn eTssy Rs
wick Whittingham. Irving Peter Seery,
Peter Kenneth Emmons, all OF New jersey.
The Baird Priyes-.The Band Prize, Ever
cit Rushniore, New York; Prize for ora
tory. Robert Walter Baskerville New Jer-
ssy. Prize FOR Delivery. Claud Hanbury
Cooke. Missouri. Prize for Poetry, Ray
mond Foulston Hauenheek. New Jersey;
Prizes for Dlsputation-ls... Claud Hanbury
Cooke, Missouri; "a. Edward Renwick
Whittingham. New Jersey.
The Alexander Guthrie McCosh Prize in
Philosophy--Cari Campbell Brigham, Mas
The I. o. JolIno Prize in American Po-
lltical FIistory-Crittenden Hull Adams,
New York: Honorable Mention. Henry
IInfVN ApnanZsllar BennSNlSaD4N
The Glass OF 1893 Prizes in Ethcs-Sam
uel Floyd Franklin: Delaware,
The Dickinson Prze-Chares William
Hendel. Jr. PennsylvaLia Honorable Men
tlon Arthur Eugene Fox, Pennsylvania.
Hughes Mckee, Ohio: Charles Edward
ardson Tennessee; Arthur Delahold Smith.
The MacIean Prize 49, Rowland Hughes
Mckee, Ohio.
Tho Frederick Barnard White Prize In
Architecture Charles over Cornelius Penn
sylvana: Honorable Mention, Russell
smith Wslcott, Illinois.
The Class OF 1876 Memorial Prize FOR De-
ba,o-Paul Forest Myers. PENNSYLVANIA.
The Thomas r. Wanamaker English Ian
guagc Prize-Arthur Pierson Curtis. New
Tho class OF 1870 Junior Prize In Old Eng
lsh-Joseph Proctor Knott. jr. Kentucky;
Honorable Mention. John Applcsato FUR
man, ir.. New Jersey.
Charles william Hendel. ir.. Pennsylv lvana.
Honorable Mention, Joseph Proctor Knott.
The Ciaes OF 1855 Junior English prize VA
the School Of Science-Charlcs William
Hendpl ir Pennsylvania
The Mary Cunningham Humphreys Jun
Tor German PTiLes-Wimer Lands. Penn
selvania: Loren Creeneo Catch, Ohio.
The Philo Sherman Bennett Prize IN Po-
litical Sciencs--Clarence Van Schaick
Mitchell. New Jersey.
The Class OF 1851 Prize In Mathomatics-
Allen Goodrich Shenstone Canada; Hon
orabls Mention. Adrian RibHr, ir. New Jer'
SOW -
The Francis Bidde Sophomore Essay
prize-Donald Robert Baker, New York;
Honorable, Mention, Jerome Fdson An
Ths Class Of 1870 Sophomore English
Pfize-John Ives Hartman Pennsylyanta;
Honorable Mention, Torrance f1ske' Min
nesots. - 49,
I'm the school OF Science--Willism Crawford
Duniap. Pennsylvania; Honorable Mention.
Leonard Cox. New YORK.
The Alton y. Parker Prizes for Freshman
Depste-James Jefferson Swofford, tr.. MIS-
souri,: Harold Wolcott Chaplin. New YORK
Honorable Mention, Alfred Lee Booth, MIS-
eouri