Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-23
.GA[LAUDET COLLEGE
HON0RS z WOMEN
Miss Laura Sheridan and Mrs.
Sylvia C. Balls Dec
grated.
ARE AMONG THE NUMBER
TO BE AWARDED DEGREES
Address Today on History Of the In
stitution-Total of Graduates
in Fifty Years.

Two women who have not only brought
| learning into the lives of many upor
| whose ears nature had set seal, but hav,
made it possible for those whom thew haf
| directly benefited to march forth as apos
! ties among others similarly afflicted
| broadening and Frightening and making
useful their lives, are today being honor
ed by Gallaudet College.
This only institution of its kind in the
world is today comforting honorary de.
grees, at the semi-centennial celebration
OF its founding. upon a number of alumni
| all deaf. who, despite their handicap, have
done notable work in the education Of the
deaf of the country.
Among these are Miss Laura Sheridan
the hrst woman to propose that Gallau-
Oct College should open its doors to
women, and who. through her writings
or lectures and personal influence, brought
TINS about. and Ms Sylvia Chaplin Balls
adVice In sending many young women to
Gailaudet have won her the commenda-
ton of the institution. Both are receiv-
ing the degree of master of arts.
Degrees Conferred by DR.. Gallaudet.
These degrees are conferred by DR.. Ed
ward NJ. Gallaudet. founder and for many
years president of the college Others
to receive honorary degrees are:
Doctor of science-James Henry Logan.
a member of the first class to be grad
uated from the college in 1869, and Olaf
Hanson. SO
Doctor of divinity-Rev. Philip j. Has
enstab So. and Rev. James H. Cloud. SO.
Doctor of letters-Samuel G. Davidson.
80, and John Schuyler Law, 50.
ms is the most important Gay of the
1our-day celebration to which nearly 800
the country. Besides the literary exer-
clses In the college chapel this morning.
at which the degrees were conferred
the women of the Washington branch of
the alumni association are to hold a lawn
1ete for the visiting alumni at 5 O'Clock
De held in Rauscher's.
Poem Read in Sign Language.
In the chapel this morning a poem on
The Gallaudet Spirit written by ]. H.
McFariane, 'O'. principal of the Alabama
School for the Deaf,was read in the sign
language by Miss Ethel wickham of Ok
iahoma, and read orally by Miss Mary
Hotchkss. daughter of the Oldest alum
nus.
An address on the history of the insti-
tuition covering more than half century
was delivered by DR.. ]. B. Hotchkiss, q
member of the first class. who has been
associated with the institution during its
entire existence either as student or pro-
lessor. He recalled that the college was
opened In 1854, and one man matriculated
There were thirteen in the second year,
NO
ships were given by Amos Kendall, Post
master General under President jackson:
by Jay Cooke & Co.. the famous bank
ers, and Thomas Smith and Edison Fes-
sender of Hartford, Conn.
In the last fifty years the college has
mad !. ~ man and woman graduates
1.216 from forty-seven states and terri
tories. eleven from Canada and five from
the British Isles. In the Normal School
there also have been students from India
and Korea. In all there have been 556
degrees conferred. The faculty at first
faculty numbers fifteen, and there are
ITO students.
Features of Program.
President Percival Hall read the
charge of Amos Kendall to Dr. Gal
laudet. DIR. E. A. Fay read the inaugu-
raj address of DR.. Gallaudet, who was
president of the college for forty-ive
years.
Gallaudet graduated it's first class in
1863. comprising three members-all of
whom are living. They all expected to
attend the semi-centennial. but Joseph
G.. Parkinson. patent attorney, was de-
tanned at his home in the west. The
two sixty miners . who are at the re-
union are DR.. John B. Hotchkiss. who
has been member Of the college fac
ulty for forty-five years, and James H.
Logan, who received the degree doctor OF
science today in recognition OF his
achievements in the manufacture of
delicate scientific instruments in Pitts
burgh.
Other old alumni in attendance are:
Class of 1870 DIR. Robert Patterson,
principal of the Ohio Institute for the
per of Gallaudet; VIII l.. Hill, an editor
or Arlington. Mass, and Robert Nc
Gregor. teacher
Addresses at Chapel Exercises.
An appreciation of Our Alma Mater
will be spoken in the sign language by
Dr. Robert Patterson. 20, principal of the
Ohio schools for the deaf. at the chapel
exercises tomorrow morning. There is to
be an address on The Influence of the
College on the Schools for the Deaf by
DR.. j. h. DobynS. superintendent OIL tne
Mississippi schools for the deaf.
Mrs Sylvia Chaplin Balls. teacher in the
school for the deaf at Belleville, Ontario,
is to speak on The Influence of the Col
lege on the Deaf in General" Rev. Fran
els Maginn of Belfast. Ireland, is going to
tell the influence OF The College as Seen
by the Deaf of Europe.
In the afternoon the alumni are to
gather at picnic at Great Falls and dur
ing the evening there are to be meetings
of the Kappa Gamma fraternity and OF
the o. W. L. s., the secret society of the
young woman graduates. The alumni
who do not belong to these organizations
are to visit the Library of Congress pnd
other places of interest about Washing
ton
Ball Game Called Off.
There was to have been base ball
game on the Kendall Field this after
noon. but 1t was called off on account
ne lat I1Hy ip