The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-19
CITY COLLEGE GIVES
DIPLOMAS TO Is
Mayor and Governor Chief
Speakers at 9th Com
mencemcnt.
APPLAUSE FOR DIR. FINLEY
Mitchell Urges Broad Gauge
Man as His Successor
The Prize Winners.
FOR DIR. FINLEY

Mayor John Purroy Mitchell and Gov.
Martin II. Gfynn were the chief speakers
at the sixty seventh commencement Of the
College of the City OF New York yester-
day. The degree of bachelor OF arts was
conferred on forty-one men and thirty-two
received diplomas as bachelors OF science.
Tho Mayor. who spoke ahead or
schedule, confined himself chiefly to praise
of ex-President John II. Finley and ex-
pressions OF his hope that City College
will choose a. able a man for It's new
president DR.. Finley. now State Com
missioner OF Education. came late and
slipped up to a seat on the platform In
Great Hall without cap and gown. The
two thousand In the hall clapped hard at
the sight OF him.
Mayor Mitchell said he thought that -
was Mayors duty to participate in City
Colleges commencement, since the college
Is "the concrete expression on the part
Of the city Of tho American ideal Of edu-
cation" That ideal. said the Mayor is to
AFFORD the broadcast opportunity to all
young men in the community to rise
through education to the highest places
In community life He went on
Most men who 80 through college owe
their education in large measure to the
benehcence OF rich men who endow the
private institutions. but the graduates of
this college owe their education to the tax
payers OF the city and consequently they
carry with them into the community a
duty OF participating actively In It's public
life"
The Mayor said that Of public aues-
lions now before the city one OF the
greatest Ii the problem OF developing our
system and method OF education He
was glad to hear that recently the trustees
81 sill -
city employees TO enter tho day and eve
ming classes. In closing he said:
This college is about to choose a new
president. That maxwell II would be
dfhcuh 10 duplicate President Finley.
but at least the trustees should aim
that that man should not fan below the
standard set by President Finley. He
should be broad enough TO understand
the community life: he should be an
educator, but progressive enough to real
ise that education In this city must be
intimately associated with tho COM
munNy life"
Gov. Glynn told the graduates that
they ought to make something OF them
selves N only they will work. work. work
THE trouble with most young college men
Ia that they want to fly before they can
creep" he commented. '"They want TO b.
$4,000 men at the outset"
The class OF 1914 took the oath OF
allegiance To the city. and the arms Of
the city were conferred on them by SUI
preme Court Justice Barlow s. Weeks
c. c. n. Y. 70.
The senior addresses were given BY
Morris Buchter. Isidore Cohen and Ellis
a. johnson. Some of the honors
awarded were:
The Pell medals Ito students ranking
highest In all the years studies). gold
Isaac kaplan. '16; silver. Ellis A. John.
| son. ~.
The Cromwell medal (gold for pro.
hc'ency In history. Herman A. Grab.
lowsky. '1s.
The Ralph Weinberg medal oths year
for the best English poem, Theodore
Goodman, ~.
The Prayer medal (for student ranking
highest In all studies OF senior year,
| Ellis A. Johnson.
The Claim medals 6for proficiency ir
| Greek. silver). Bennington r. CHI, II
| tfor proficiency in Latin gold). Samue
Muldofsky '15; silver. Victor Smith. '16
Trustees prize for best grafton. Harry
Rotkowitz, ~.