New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
vlIE SHOWERS DEGREES
AS 212TH YEAR ENDS
PRESIDENT Hibben Of Princeton,
WIN Was Made LID, Praises
"OId Ellis" Spirit.
7oo SENIORS REWARDED

I8U Oh"
,,umni Wind Up Celebration
with Joyous Feast-D. F.
Houston, of Wilson'S Cab
met, in Witty Vein.
rpv Telegraph TO The Tribune.l
-, Haven. June 1S.-Yale's formal
..rcement programme, closing the
.., year Of corporate life for the insti-
- - included to-day the conferring Of
,.,,-,,s on $50 seniors and of honorary
',-..s, on thirteen guests Of the univers-
~ The alumni dinner. at which the wit
>, va5ley. Taft, Hibben and Houston
..,,kled. also took place.
,r,o,g those honored with Yale degrees
.be Secretary Of Agriculture In the
-, Of President Wilson, the new
Oasi '..,5snt Of Princeton, a trustee of the
11,',-onolltan Museum, the man who may
- ~, .. next Poet Laureate Of England and
y. y chairman Of the House Of Bishops Of
,.s Episcopal Church.
Touoving is 2 list Of those who received
,..o-,rv degrees AZ the hands Of Theo-
a.. woolsey. professor emeritus Of in
tsrnatlonal Law:
Masters OF Arts.
n,,lsl Chester French, sculptor.
us1ev cushing CB. A. Yale. '9l), pro
., the Harvard Medical School and
'-.,r,rsnt IN the field Of brain surgery.
uovard Mansfield (B. A., Yale, ~, Of
-, ,.,, Arm Of Lord. Day & Lord. New
y,,t 2 trustee of the Metropolitan Mu-
-, -.., ~ Art and Of the American Museum
!, natural History. and considered an
.r,bortv on japanese art and the etch-
ngs Of Whistler.
George Dudley Seymour. leader IN
-..,v movements for the Improvement OF
New Haven.
Doctors Of Science.
Arthur Amos Noyes. professor Of theo-
,,,,,al chemistry at the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology.
samuel Wendell Williston on. D. Yale
IN professor Of paleontology at the
University OF Chicago.
Doctors Of Divinity.
.,,,bpr hudson Brown. secretary Of the
Presbyterian Board Of Foreign Missions
AND author Of books on missionary states
manship.
BOyd Vincent CB. A. Yale. 81. Bishop
n Southern Ohio and Presiding Bishop OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Joseph Hopkins Twichell (B. A. Yale
2, pastor emeritus Of the Asylum Con-
-srational Church. Hartford, and for
many years. prior 10 his resignation this
winter senior Fellow OF the Yale Cor
poration.
Doctor Of Letters.
Alfred Moves, English poet.
Doctors OF Laws.
samuel oscar Prentice (B. a. Yale, '13),
Chief Justice Of Connecticut
John Grler Hibben, president OF Prince
ton University.
David Franklin Houston, Secretary OF
Agriculture. ex-chancellor Of Washington
University.
Love and Loyalty to Yale.
from the time that Professor David
Stanley Smith raised his baton for the
overture 10 Der Freischutz" until after
H.President Timothy Dwight pro-
nognced the benediction there was evil
cent the spirit Of love and loyalty 70
the university which is Characteristic Of
The ceremonies each year.
After the announcement by President
Hadley at the commencement dinner that
Eli Whitney had been reelected mem-
Ter Of the University Corporation and
that Vance Mccormick had been chosen
70 succeed ex-President Taft on that
body President Hadley introduced Pres
!den Hioben Of Princeton by saying:
When Yale meets Princeton they get
together rapidly. This is one Of the
cases where the Princeton representa-
tive Is sure TO make hit"
President Hibben was greeted with
handclapping which lasted FIVE minutes
lie said.
Yale stands nearer 10 the heart OF
Princeton than any other university
does. The reason we become hystericA
az victory over Yale is because We
Know that We have TO overcome tremen-
do1s strength and spirit 10 obtain it."
Z need not speak Of this spirit TO Yale
men, Who are never beaten till the whistle
flows or the last man is out; men who
meet defeat with a smile Ike the man at
ny left Cex-President TafD. the repre-
sentative Yale man of the country. who
Las shown the world the glory and honor
Of defeat"
Following the presentation OF a hand
toms oil painting Of NJ Taft 10 the uni
Fsrsity by the class Of IS. with Judge
helllster Of Cincinnati, as spokesman
me sH-President was received with cheers
s he rose TO respond.
"YOu won't know till you've tried what
hsrbor Of refuge from the sea OF life
llls university is" he said. 1T has been
{ great comfort FOR me 10 be next 10
PRESIDENT Of Princeton. Naughter) went
70 Princeton a. President Of the United
o's1es 10 help inaugurate a president OF
uA1 university, and not long afterward j
ssSled, in Washington. a president OF
'"hcetton IN a similar function. You
nay not believe it. but had great pleas
We al both functions"
'slow Democrats" Houston's Greeting
secretary Houston made the Alumni
sasp by addressing thcm as fellow dem