The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-02
COLUMBIA'S IL. D.
FOR MISS SCHUYLER
University Will Bestow It's
Highest Honor Upon Woman
Philanthropist.
DEGREE FOR HERRICK TOO

Columbia will honor n woman with
,be highest degree in its power to-day
w,o, If will confer on Miss Louisa Lee
SCHUYLER, philanthropist. the honorary
degree Of LII u. at the 161st annual
commencement.
coiumbia's history to be honored with a
special degree ., ,. h,
,sai She is the daughter of the late
csorge Lee Schuyler and of Eliza Ham
U,on At the breaking out OF the civil
.sr she Joined the United States San
cav Commission and was one OF the
ehisf volunteer workers Of its New YORK
b,,pch. In 1872. as "A result of her Wis
a. !, the inmates OF poorhouses and
h~osp,tals supported by the state, she
landed the state Charities Aid Asso-
cation. which has proved a potent fac
Tor in reforming public charitable insti-
,uilons. She led the reform movement,
which eliminated in removing all the
d,,endent insane from county poor
houses to state hospitals.
The first training school for nurses
IN Iris country. that of Bellevue Hospi-
,al was initiated by Miss Schuyler.
she organized In 1906 the first commit
,s in the United states for after care
~ the insane" II 1907 she was APP
poln,ed one of the original trustees OF
The Russell Sage Foundation. In 1905,
she organized che first committee in this
country, composed both OF physicians
and laymen. for the prevention of
blindness"
She is the great-granddaughter OF
Gen. Philip Schuyler of the American
Revolution, and a Observation-Disclosures
Of Alexander Hamilton.
Myron T. Herrick, former Ambas-
sador TO France Hugh Lenox Scott.
Major-General and Chief OF stan OF the
United states Army. and Judge Benja-
min Nathan Cardozo. Associate Judge
OF the Court Of Appeals and a graduate
OF Columbia SO. are the other recipients
OF Ill. u. degrees. Charles r. Miller.
editor OF the New York Times. will get
a doctor of letters degree and Rear Ad-
nlral Robert Stan.slaus Griffin, en-
gineer In chief OF the United States
Navy. will receive the degree of doctor
OF science. Sir Johnston Forbes-Robert-
son, the actor. and the Rev. Ralph
B-auwer pomcroy. '9S. will be honored
with the degree of master OF arts.
Following the formal exercises Presi-
dent Butler will present n medal to
SNnlt4 L. ANtANs AlpIluI VI hNtlN tti
and the class OF 1890 will give a pylon.
standing at the southeast corner OF
Broadway and 1lsth street, to the uni
yerslty.
For an hour the alumni will disport
themselves in n costume parade on South
Field before the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
baseball game at 4 o'clock. The Bar
nard College alumnR costume parade
will begin al 80 and will be held on
the Milhank Quadrangle. The Barnard
graduates will have their class suppers
at 6. and at 6 80 the Columbia alumni
will have a beefsteak dinner presided
over by william A. Meikleham, Sc. In
the evening there will be a band con-
cert on the library steps.
Aside from the Barnard College ivy
day programme yesterday was an of
day in the commencement calendar. The
Barnard College girls celebrated in the
Mlbank Quadrangle and in the late
afternoon the graduates OF Teachers
College had a lawn party in the grove.
The annual campus night festivities
we're held in the evening with a band
concert on the campus and an organ re-
e,al in ST. Paul's chapel. The grounds
we're Illuminated with colored lights and
there was dancing on the stone tagging
In the quadrangle behind the library,
Arthur Smith Dwight of the class OF
1855. school of mines, was nominated
alumni trustee Of Columbia University.
Thirty-nine delegates from alumni asso-
cations all over the country. including
Cuba and Mexico, met in the trustee
room in the Seth Low Library and cast
their ballots almost unanimously for
NJ. Dwight. He will serve for six years
under the alumni system worked out
Some wears ago. Mr.. Dwight will AXE