New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-06
NY. j. DIPLOMAS FOR 600
Miss MiIhoIIand. a SuftragISt,
Becomes a Bachelor of Laws.
BIG DAY FOR UNDERW00DS
Father Honored for Fourth Time
Son a Winner Of Three Prizes
Barrett Urges Golden Rule.

Nearly six hundred candidates Tor ne
grees received diplomas from Chancellor
Elmer Ellsworth Brown Yesterday at the
eightieth annual commencement OF Ne"
York University Among them wac Miss
Inez Mlholland a sufrngist, who thereby
became a Bachelor Of Laws. m" degree ~
Doctor Of Laws vas conferred on Supreme
Court Justice Edward T.. Mccall
The exercises were held I'm the auditorium
Of the library building ~ University
Heights Following the custom started two
years ago. the commencement consisted OF
two sections. morning exercises for the can
didates from the college and School or Ap-
piled Science and afternoon exercises for
the collegiate division. Graduate School.
School Of Pedagogy, Law school. Medical
College. Veterinary Colleg" and the school
of Commerce. Accounts and Finance.
The student speakers IN the morning OK
erclses were Ralph Romano Brustcr OF
Manhattan who gave the salutatory Grafton
on The Realization Of the College Mans
Ideals: Edmund NicoIis Peterson, Of
BROOKLYN. who gave the scientific Grafton
on "The Human side ~ Engineering ana
Presley Downs Stout. Of East Orange, y j..
who gave the yaledictory Grafton on The
Twofold obligation Of the College The
address 10 the graduates was by John Bar
rett. H.. D.. director general Of the Pan
American Union.
In impressive procession two hundred
candidates fOr degrees officers ~ the uni
ycrsity and alumni marched into the audi
torium. led by George g. Spraguc, PHI. r..
the grand marshal The faculty Of the
various schools brought UP the rear OF the
line. headed By the deans, Francis Ilovey
Stoddard. Pm. D.. Of the college, Charles
l.! Snow & T.. Sc. T., Of the School or
Applied Science; Thomas VI. Ballet Ph. D..
of the School OF Pedagogy. Clarence ID.
Ashley. of the Law School: Egbert i"
Fevrc NJ H., So. j.. liz j., Of the Medical
school william J. Coats. II. D.. ID. '. 5.
of the Veterinary school, and Joseph
French Johnson. -. G. S.. Of the School OF
Commerce Accounts and Finance Then
came the officers Of the Council, George
Alexander. y. D.. president; Eugene Stev-
enson. vice-president George A. Strong,
secretary and William NJ. Kingsley, treas
urer. Chancellor Brown and Dr Barrett
brought mp the rear, with Chief Justice
Isaac Franklin Russell, Of the Court or
Special Sessions, bearing the silver torch
presented to the university by Miss Helen
Miller Gould
Four Honorary Degrees.
-Four candidates were presented by DR..
Alexander for honorary degrees. These
were the Rev. John II. Mackay. pastor OF
the North Presbyterian Church. Of New
York City. and the Rev. Shepherd Knapp.
pastor Of the Central Congregational
Church, OF Worcester. Mass, for Doctor OF
Divinity: Justice Mccall. who Is an alum
nus of the Law School Of the class OF 49,
and DR.. Horace Grant Underwood, OF Seoul.
Corea for Doctor OF Laws.
Dr. Underwood already holds three de-
grees from the university. Ills son, Horace
IA. Underwood was a member of the gradu-
ating class OF the college. receiving the de-
gree OF Bachelor of Arts, and he was also
the winner OF the James Gordon Bennett
prize, Of the second Euclidian prize and OF
a class debating medal.
Other prizes and scholarships were an
nounced as follows by Dean Francis HoNey
Stoddard for the College OF Arts ana fufe
Science:
The A. ogden Butler classical FELLOWSHIP,
to Samuel d. Stein. OF New YORK IHy; anu
the A. Ogden Butler philosophlcal l.Iiow
ship to John p. Phillips OF Yonkers. y. Y;
these fellowships being equal III RANK anu ana
carrying with them each the yearly ih'o'"'
from 5000 nj,
che Herman Ridder prize to Ion c. Holm
OF Brooklyn . 4,
The William H. Inman fellowship to Al
fred Il. Jayson. of Newark, y. j. A. or.
The Samuel +. H. Morse medai 10 vi
lando Daniels OF New York CITY .,.,o.
The \. ogden Butler Euclideah pInI IT,
founded by A. Ogden Butler Of the c'aS'