The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
HARVARD TO HAVE PROFESSORSHIP IN
 RAILROAD WORKS
Seventy-FOur Donors of $125,- GOO Endowment Include
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Cambridge, Mass. June 24-Found- ing of the James J. Hill professorship of transportation in the Harvard graduate school of business admins tration with an endowment of $125,- 900 was announced by President Low ell in his address to the Harvard Alumni assembled for commencement today.
 The "A donors of the money in clude railroad presidents, bankers and other friends and adnirers of the former president of the Great North new chair in honor of MT. Hill be- cause of his accomplishments builder and operator of railroads. In offering[ the professorship they ex- pressed She opinion that there was place and need for instruction in the fun ndamental principles of railroad operation and administration.
 College Year Closes
 The college year at Harvard came to a close today with the ceremonies appropriate to the day. The over seers, the facultE and other officers, meeting the invited guests and alumni in front of Massachusetts Hall, were escorted by the -candidates for de- grees to Sanders Theatre where the formal commencement exercises were hide.
 In addition to the usual crowded program was the dedication of the Widener Memorial library, the build ing of which was made possible by gift of two million dollars from Mrs. Oleanor EIkins Widener, of PhiIadel- pha, in memory of her son, Harry Elkins Widener.
 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was se- lected to deliver the address of pre- sentation, to be followed by a brief speech of acceptance by President A. Lawrence Lowell.
 Degrees in course were conferred upon 1,2O5 candidates as follows: Bachelor of arts, 5O2; bachelor of science, 70; master of arts, 159; doc tor of philosophy, 58; master in civil engineering, 5; master in mechanical engineering, 2; master in electrical engineering, 10; master in architec- ture, 8; master in landscape architec- ture, g; master in zoology, 1; master of science, 20; doctor of science, g; master of business administra ton, 27; doctor of dentistry, 58; doctor of med icine, ST; doctor of public health, 2; bachelor of laws, 166; doctor of juris- prudence, 2; bachelor of theology, 5; master of theology, 8; doctor of theol- ogy, 3.
 Twelve honorary degrees were awarded by President Lowell. The recipients were:
 Master of arts, Alexander Hamilton Rice, explorer of tropical America; Bella Lyon Pratt; sculptor, of Boston; Clarence Lawrence Hutchinson, bank CT, of Chicago; Horace Trumbauer, architect of the Widener Memorial library at Harvard.
 Doctor of of divinity, Rev. Paul Re were F'rothinghan, pastor of the Ad- lington Street Uniterian church, Bos-, ton; Right Rev. David HummeH Greer, bishop of New York.
 Doctor of science, Frank Billings, physician of Chicago, doctor of laws, John FarweH Moores, banker, of Bos- ton and prominent in public school and city government reform move ments; Isaac # Sharpless, president of Haverford College; Theodore Newton Vail, president of the American TeIe- phone & Telegraph Company; Edgar Montgomery CoIlen, former chief justice of the New York court of ap- pea1s, and Myron Timothy Herrick. former ambassador to France.