The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-17
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eesslon 10 which appeared The =
members Of the Senior class. the mem
oers OF the faculty and Board OF Trus-
tees. the Recipients OF honorary de-
srees a nd the distinguished visitors.
Washington a Jefferson In is com
meneeDent program this year made a
new departure. The number OF grad-
uAung speakers was confined TO siH
chosen for both scholastic attainment
and forensic ability Instead OF each
man selecting a subject az random "
a. suited his fancy. the elk subjects
were selected by the half dozen speak-
ers as part OF one connected theme.
this being the viewpoint OF college life
In general from the Undergraduate 8
viewpoint
The six Senior speakers with their
subjects were; John Elder. Tidioute.
Pa. The Place OF Religion in Educa-
ton; Russell b. Goodwin. Wheeling.
W. Va. Athletics in COLLEGE Life:
Francis n. Harrington. I.atrobe. Pa.
The College Man and Social Life:
Earl =. Reed. Mcdonald. Pa. The In
tellectual Life In College: otto L.
Symes. Ravenna. o. The Undergradu-
uate and the Community" end Maurice
VI. Witherspoon. Guilford Springs. Pa.
The Undergraduate and Self Help"
The speaking program was followed
by the awarding OF diplomas 20 the IS
graduates by President limit. The
graduation honors were announced as
follows: First honor with honorary
magma cum laude." divided between
Earl r. Reed OF Mcdonald and John
Elder. Tidioute: second honors win
cum laude." Luther W Baruer.
Rochester. Pa. and Donald G. Steele.
Rufsdale. Pa: honorary orations.
Otto l. Symes. Bavenna. o.. ana
Maurice w. Witherspoon. Guilford
Springs, Pa: orations. Albert "A.
earle. Wheeling. W Va: De-
Witt Clark. Ravenna. o: Eric A.
Ecker. Ravenna. o.: Richard r. Ely.
Sycamore; Howard l. Exley. West
Alexander: Louis NJ Goehring. PITTS
burgh: Russell b. Goodwin. Wheeling,
W. Va. Francis h. Harrington. La
trobe. Pa; Earl l. Schall. Latrobe and
Ralph W Thomas. Washington.
Honor Degrees Conferred.
Through action by the Board of
Trustees. seven honorary degrees
were conferred today at commence
ment. Four OF these we're Doctor oil
Divinity ODD: two were Master OF
Arts. (MA). and one was Doctor OF
Laws. UL-D) one OF these recip-
tents was a woman. one OF the few
such 10 be similarly honored in w. a
Us long history. She is Miss Cora
Helen Coolidge. graduate OF Smith col
lege and dean OF the Pennsylvania
College for Women. Pittsburgh. The
other upon whom the honorary de-
gree OF Master Of Arts was conferred
was Charles w. DahlinGer. a Pits
bureh attorney.
The honorary degree OF Doctor or
Divinity was Conferred upon the fol-
lowing. The Rev. Abraham Lance
Latham, Phi, D. Of the W & j. class
OF 1890, pastor a the Third Presby-
terrain church Of Chester. Pa: the
Rev. Andrew Jackson Montgomery. a
NJ, OF the W. & ]. class OF 1887. su.
perintendent OF home missions OF the
Presbytery OF Portland. ore: the Rev
James Meass Potter OF the w q J.
class OF 1894. pastor of the Vance Me
mortal Presbyterian church. Wheeling.
W. Va, and the Rev. Robert Watson.
NJ. a. pastor Of the Scotch Presbyter-
ian church. New York City
The honorary degree of Doctor OF
Laws was conferred upon the Hon. W
II. s. Thomson. OF Pittsburgh. w. e. J.
class Of 1873. Judge OF the United
States District court for the Western
District OF Pennsylvania
The degree of Master of Arts upon