The Washington herald., 1913-06-12
Three HONORARY
DEGREES GIVEN
G. W. University Holds Com
menceinent Exercises at
D. A. R. Hall.
DEAN GREGORY
Alexander Graham Bell, Oscar P.
Austin, and George F. Bower
man Receive Diplomas.

Honorary degrees were conferred or
Alexander Graham Bell, Oscar Phelps
Austin, and George F. Bowerman
librarian of the Public Library, last
night at the commencement exercises OF
George Washington University at Me-
mortal Continental Hall. Rear Admiral
Charles H. Stockton. president OF the
university. delivered the address to the
graduates.
Mr.. Graham received the degree Of doc
tor of laws. Mr.. Bowerman that of doc
tor of humane letters and Mr.. Austin
was made a master of arts.
Rev. Charles Wood. pastor of the
Church of the Covenant. pronounced the
Invocation and the benediction
Orations were delivered by Rex Emir
Einsell, Of Columbian College. on "Our
Equipment" and Peter Royal Feldman,
of the department of law. on The Law
of Yesterday and Today"
Memorial Continental Hall was crowd
ed with relatives and friends OF the
graduates. Each candidate for a degree
was applauded.
Dean Gregory. OF the department of
law, seemed the most popular official
of the school He was forced to don his
skull cap several times before the audi
ence would allow him TO present candi-
dates for law degrees to President Stock
ton.
List of Graduates.
Degrees were conferred as follows:
Bachelor of arts-Charline Elizabeth
Appleby, Indiana with Distinction !;
Henry Godfrey Ayers. Ohio: James Earl
Back, New York: John Alexander Bow
man, District of Columbia: Alice Bur-
rift. District OF Columbia; Grace Ella
Church. Virginia; Minnia Cater Davis
York, LIB. 1905. Washington College OF
Law. MP.L-. 1911. George Washington
University; Frank Blair Hanson. Dis
triCt OF Columbia: Ralph Hospital. Dis
trict of Columbia; Carlos Crawford
Houghton, District OF Columbia; Eva
Phelps Kelley. Maryland; Mary Kathar-
inc Kerby. District of Columbia: Rex
Emir KinselI. Iowa: Clarence Andrew
Knudtson. Wisconsin; Alfred Briscoe
Lindsay, District Of Columbia; Lulu
MiEnonne McCabe. Kansas with distinc-
tom; Louis Archer MaSson. Maryland
with distinction: Milton Donaldson
Moore, South Carolina: Charles HOLSTER
Potter. North Carolina: Arthur Huber
Redfleld, District OF Columbia with dis
tinction); Leila Fordham Scott. District
of Columbia: Clara Stoll. District of CO.
lumbIa: Olivia Alexander Taylor. Vir-
ginia, and HiIda Louise Ulrickson, Dis
triCt Of Columbia.
Bachelor of science in chemistry-Isaac
Maurice Bortman. Pennsylvania: Henry
Albert Lepper. District of Columbia:
Louis LOdholZ, Pennsylvania: Morris a.
Pozen, District of Columbia with dis
tinction): James Norman Taylor, Della
ware; Arthur Stockton Thatcher, Penn
sylvania.
Bachelor Of science in civil engineering
Edwin Day Burchard, District Of CO.
nFStrfct
of Columbia: John Rockford Dwyer. Dis
triCt Of Columbia: Howard Wilkinson
Hodgkin. District of Columbia with dis
tinction; Theodore Tilton Kirk, Ken
lucky; Malcolm Gordon Slarrow, District
OF Columbia.
Bachelor OF science in electrical engi-
neering-Arthur Hervey Brame, District
OF Columbia: Omar Bailey buchanan,
District of Columbia with Distinction;
Edwin Summer Hoffman, Pennsylvania:
William Michael Leonard. Pennsylvania
with Distinction: Francis Edwin Mar
win. New York.
Bachelor of science in mechanical en-
gineering-Henry Hornor Smelling, Nir-
ginia with Distinction.
Bachelor of arts-Edwin Eugene Judd.
District of Columbia: Carl Maria Johann
Won Zielinski, Virginia.
Master Of diplomaCy-Leonard Atkins
Merritt, Minnesota; Louis Roy Zapr. Ten
nessee.
Bachelor Of arts and teachers di-
Du Bots FAINT, District OF
Columbia with distinction); Daisie lone
Hun, District Of Columbia; Charles AL
bert Johnson. District OF Columbia;
John Very Macdonald. Nova Scotia;
Ella May Monk, New York: Kate Sor-
ren Outwater. District of Columbia;
Harriet Underwood. District OF Column
bia: Mary Josephine White. Maryland.
Bachelor of law-Theodore Henry Eick- |