Evening star., 1915-06-10

this land"
In like vein Rear Admiral Charles
Herbert Stockton, L. S. N. retired
president of the university, in his ad-
dress following the presentation OF
diplomas to the entire group of grad
yates. while making no direct reference
to the great world war, brought a
thrilling message of patriotism to the
graduates and those who witnessed the
graduation.
Selfishness Cause of War.
The desire for selfish success at the
expense of all other persons and things
and not the instinct of self-preserva-
tion, leads to the violations of the
rules of war, declared President Stock
ton.
Set us. them he urged his hearers
standards of unseifishness and show
IN all capacities. love of your kind, fol-
lowing the Golden Rule Your coun-
try has it's duties to perform in the
family of nations: the rights of the
protection Of it's citizens at home and
abroad are assumed by the country
alone. The greater the country, the
greater is its influence upon the world
at large. Let your efforts be constant
SO that the protection of an American
citizen on land and at sea will be OF
such a nature that, as the Romans
said. 1 am Roman citizen, you, with
the same pride and security, can say. 4
am an American citizen
without aggressiveness of any char.
acter. we should meet as a nation our
manifest duties with respect to the
cause of humanity, of civiliZat ton and
of the rights of weaker nations"
The enunciation of the sentiment, 81
am an American CITIZEN" with it's full
connotation of national pride, as i'm
pressed upon the gathering by Ad-
miral Stockton. brought forth a storm
of applause from the graduates and the
audience. The graduates, in cap and
gown, occupied the greater part of the
lower floor Exactly at s o'clock they
entered the auditorium to the strains
of The Star Spangled Banner" played
by the Marine Band. They were led by
Erwin Harsch senior marshal, assisted
by Melville Ralph Walton and James
Francis, assistant senior marshals
Bishop Alfred Harding opened the
exercises with prayer and pronounced
the benediction. The graduates were
all accorded applause by the audience
as they went to the platform to receive
their diplomas, which were severally
presented by Dean Wilbur, Dean Hodg-
kins. Dean Ruedigen, Dean Fraser
Dean Borden. Dean Walton, Dean Kalu.
sowski and Dean Munroe..
Four Degrees Presented.
Following the presentation of the de
grees to the graduates, the following
honorary degrees were presented
Master of arts. Glenn Brown; doctor OF
medicine. Shepherd Ivory Franz, and
doctor of laws. William Headley Dali
and Otto Hilgard Tittmann.
When the nine candidates for the
nurses certificates were summoned to
the platform veritable storm of ap-
plause greeted them, which lasted all
the time they were receiving their GER
when the last certificate had beer
handed to it's blushing and smiling re-
cipient.
Nothing is success that is not right.
ly acquired: Get there. but get there
sQuarely with both feet advised DR.
Tucker. in the course of his address
DO the thing you set out to do, bu,
for Gods sake do it straight"
The speaker took as his text verse
from Horace, DO the thing; do it
do it any old way" For two thousand
years we have been living under the
benign influence of a Christian civili-
zation. DIR. Tucker declared. but the
question Is to be asked whether there
be any remnant Of that doctrine of the
pagan poet left. He reviewed wrongs
in industry, politics and the nations
which seem to point to the survival in
our day of the maxim, DO the thing"
There Is no real happiness in life
that does not come with the sense OF
a clean record he declared Straight,
right living is the keynote of happiness
and success. Nothing succeeds like
success is we'll known saying, but
would that the man who first uttered
those words had fallen into the waters
with a milestone around his neck, il
his proverb Is to be Interpreted in the
Light of tho Horatian maxim"
SDr. Tucker scored sectarian institu-
tions of learning which. he said. are
in the funds Of tho Carnegie Founda-
tion, pointing to such action as q sam
Pile Of following the Horatian ideal.
Prize Awards Are Made.
Prizes awards were made as follows:
Department Of arts and sciences
Ruggles prize. awarded for excellence
in mathematics, Joanna Elizabeth
Best; Staughton prize awarded for ex-
cellence in the Latin language and lit
erature, Letitia Park Southgate: Ell
ton prize, awarded for excellence in the
Creek language and literature, Doro-
thy McCleary; Davis prizes, three
awarded for excellence in elocution,
first prize to Ralph Webster Benton,
second price to Ruth Leah Ayler and
third prize to George Wilson Hodg-
olution prizes, two offered by the chap
ters in the District of Columbia to
members of the graduating class for
high standing in history and for es-
says on an assigned topic of American
history, Mary siphora Tyndall and An
ma Washington Grafton; Thomas F..
walsh prize, awarded to that candi-
date for graduation who, having main
tained a high standard of scholarship
in history, produces the best essay on
q designated period of the history Of
ireland, Elizabeth Anna Weber; James
MacBride Sterrett, jr., prize. awarded
to that student taking course one in
physics who obtains the highest av-
eraRe in a special examination on a
given subject and in the writing Of
an essay on an assigned topic, Mar
aaret Marian Browne.
E. X. Cutter prize, awarded for ex-
cellence in English, Ralph Webster
Benton; Sigma Kappa prize, in Eng
lish. awarded to that member of the
freshman class who passes the best ex-
animation in English rhetoric, Mabel
keenan,: Gardiner G. Hubbard prize
awarded to that candidate for gradua,