Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-25
FIVE ARE HON0RED
At MID DL LEBURY
Elk President Brainerd and Col
George Harvey among Those
Receiving Degrees.
CLASS OF IS GRADUATED
Commencement Gathering Is
Unusually Large-Four of
Six Members of Class of
ga Have Reunion.

Middlcbury, June 2i-Ex- President
Branerd of Middlebury College, Col.
George Harvey. editor of the North
American Review. and three other per-
sons received honorary degrees at the
Hath commencement of Middlebury COL
lege to-day The honor came as a COM
plete surprise to President Brainerd.
who received an ovation from the large
gathering in the Mccullough gym
nasium as It was conferred President
Brainerd received the degree of Doctor
of Science, Colonel Harvey that of Doctor
of Laws, Miss Katherine Lee Bates,
head of the department Of English at
Wellesley, Doctor of Letters. Judge
James Loren Martin. Doctor of Laws.
and the Rev Guy caleb Lamson, Doctor
of Divinity.
In conferring the degree upon Pre- ident
Brainerd, President Thomas said:
"President Rranerd: Fifty years ago
you stood upon the platform, the vale
dictorian Of your class, to receive the
baccalaureatc degree from Middlebury
College. From that day to this you
have served this college with the loyalty
of devoted son. All these years but
two you have borne official responsible
Iity. Nineteen years you Were teacher;
% years you served president
Through trial and hardship your faith
never failed. Year after year You stag
gered under burdens which, please God
no later president of Middlebury shall he
called upon to bear. All future useful
Of iyc min
foundations which you hav. aid. Your
work as a scientist has esta ished your
| fame as one of the foremost scholars of
America in the laws Of adty The
trustees of your college tis day yours
| more than any other man's-have chosen
| this 5oth anniversary of your graduation
| for the "bestowal Of official honor upon
| you, and accord to me, your pupil Your
admirer and your friend, the privilege
of comforting upon YOU the richly merit
ed honor of Doctor of Science"
| Colonel Harvey was addressed as pub
| licist and journalist, broad in vision, in
dependent in thought fearless in utter
ance worthy son of Vermont and firm
| believer in her glorious future which he
is helping to create whose doctrine that
an American newspaper should he an
American gentleman is eXempliied in the
great review of which he is the head:
| Doctor of Laws"
THE OTHERS HONORED
The other recipients OF honorary de-
grees We're hailed as:
"uS o"ie' I-""'s''', SuVceSSlui mrs
'!a" pastor ana preacher' leader IN mis-
| '''a'S aOuN''S III "'!e vi t'e tIea'eS'
! "''"V"rH VI '"e A"eil'dH NHuroh' '''
''t VI ','"'N'
'"n'rA i"' =" N"'tiH' J"r's' anu std't9-
man. h'eu states dl"'flc' Ju"S" ior 'ne
u'S.'l'' VI Vermont whose apiI'tI ana
r,''n'n,e Oh 'n' pehch nave c""ie're''
uiS''i'c'lon upon tne oar OIL MS native
''att' i'"c'or oi Laws
hatherine Lee BATES daughter OIL
N'''S'eF ana sr"nou""th httr ol Ni'u'e'
nurE' inspiring teacher oi hnsNsn Itefa'
'ure' u'ScIIi''ha'ihS traNeIer' shlI'eu 's-
saS'S' ana accon1','shed poet whose
songs o, nea"''!ul america nave VoI'eo
'"e pa.r'"''Si' vi A''eri'ah women i'o'
ro,aa, t1a ,.,,., .,.,,.
| fine address on The Tendency of L.itera
ture." Judge Martin smoke upon "NIoderr
Tendencies In American Government. "
and Mss Bates's address touched upor
| the education of her grandfather, former
President Bates of Mddlebury College
who graduated in $500. Dir. LamsOn alsC
spoke ably
PRESIDENTS RECEPTION.
,rb,s o,,ar,,,,, tho nres,aor,,s racan,io,
was hold and in the receiving une wore
President and Mrs John NJ Thomas. ex.
Gov and Mrs John Mead End Miss
Bates.
Among the guests to-oav were the Hon
Theodore n Vail, Mrs Strong Miss
Thompson. Walter G. Witherby of Port
Henry, n. Y, and the Rev C. c. st
Glare of Port Henry \. Y. The attend
ance to-day was unusually large
Degrees in course were conferred upor
class of +6, and the degree of bachelor
of arts out of course was conferred upor
| 'haries NJ frNmme OF Boston as or tht
.o.,- .,..
NJ 1854 and Of the six members living for
were present to-day.