The evening world., 1913-06-04
IT'S GRADS DAY
At THE C|TY'S TWO
BIG UNIVERSITIES
Campus of Columbia and of
N. Y. u. Flutters With Girls
and New Bachelors"

Columbia and New York Universities
held their commandments to-day. All
upper New York was gay with pretty
girls. fluffy dresses. academic hoods and
marveilousiy arrayed young men. Col
umbia celebrated BY comforting honorary
degrees on DIR. william Crawford
0orgas. the man who made the Ameri-
can Panama Canal possible by driving
out the yellow fever pest; DIR. Alexis
Carrei, the noted physiological dis
coverer: Daniel Chester French. the
sculptor: Barrett Wendell. the Harvard
professor Of English. and Senator George
Sutherland Of Utah. among others.
The most conspicuous recipients OF
honorary degrees from the New York
University were District = Attorney
Charles 8. whitman. Carlos Maria de
rena. Minister to the United States
from Uruguay. and g. Clair Mckelway.
Chancellor OF the University OF the
State Of New York.
NINE PULITZER SCHOOL STU.
oENTe WIN -. oeoReeo.
After an address by President
Nicholas Murray Butler. degrees were
conferred On more than fifteen hun
dred graduates Of ne various depart.
mentS OF Columbia University. includ-
ing nine students OF the Pulitzer School
OF journalism, who received the Dc.
gree Of Bachelor Of Literature.
The honorary degrees were present.
cd BY John Bassett Moore, professor
Of International Law and Diplomacy.
Chancellor OF the State Department at
Washington. Prizes were awarded in
part ~ follows:
'lumni Association prise to Gerald
prize to Parker lie Roy Moon. George
lillian Curtis medals to J. w. Herring
and "uans r. Dilis. Albert Marion Els
berg prise to Mr.. Noon. J. d. Vanburen
prise to David H. Moskowitz. and John
,'.ward Van Amrings 70 Joseph John
Taasola-
The big prizes Of $1,000 and 400 sstab.
hshed by Joseph H. Loubat for North
American essays were won by q. l.
Beer q New York and DR.. John Reed
swanton Of Washington. d. c. Edward
Files Mason won the &. v. Van Ands
prise Of 30 for the best piece Of report
ing done by . graduating student Of the
School Of Journalism. '--.
lTHoRoUohNEss NOT NOW FASH
IoNA1LE, SAYS Or. 0urLGR.
On present day tendencies President
Butler aid:
'ThoroughnAss GrowS more nc:cssar,
~ II becomes lsss fashionable. AAsse'
Of men. intent only on what they wisl
to get away from. have no sort OF car
for what they are going toward.
"Just now gossip displaces converse
tlon; vice and loathsome disease are ex
toiled ~ worthy OF discussion In th'
! drawing room and OF presentation Of
the stage: absorption In current topic
; (Which Tomorrow may DO neither cur
rent nor topics) leaves no place for tn
; genuine study Of that history and tina
literature which have withstood tn
. test Of time. Every ruling tendency
to snake life . hatiand. an affair O
two Dimensions. with no dspth. n
background, no permanency."
In comforting the degree OF Docto
Of Laws on Mr.. whitman at New Yor
University Il was announced that h
, was 20 honored "for professional emil
nsncs, for conspicuous hdslity In hig
once, for fearless and untirins. put
Ito service"
y The exercises began ~ half past to
o'clock and were continued throughos
J, Ahs day. With an internission for
fsstal luncheon.
! Amid Interpreted music BY Shannon
: band and Philipprs orchestra theI
=. the senior class, . scisutihc salutat0s
, Grafton by william Henry Hamilton (
\ the senior class. . scientific .salutarol
\ by Mortimer Louis Bsttechsr. and
|" valsdictory by i. A. Goldsmith. The
were addresses to the graduates
y william r. Wilcox. former Chairms
q Of the Public Service Commission. Or
Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brow
There was great excitement over Il
= prise awards. which were not announet