Evening star., 1916-02-22
Winter Convocation Exercises
/. Held Today by George
!. Washington University.
ADDRESSES TO CLASSES
Y: !: BY PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Admiral Stockton, Head of Instltu-
I: ton. Gives Greeting for Fac
! ulty and Trustees.

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George Washington University's win
ter convocation exercises were held to-
day in the assembly hall of the depart
ment of arts and sciences, degrees
being conferred upon twenty-six men
and women. Addresses were delivered
by Richard Austin Rice and Admiral
Charles H. Stockton. president of the
University. Rev. Robert Talbot, rector
of st. PauIs Church, led the devotional
exercises.
Washington was extolled as an art
center by Mr.. Austin. who declared that
men of influence are determined to make
Washington even more beautiful He
expressed the belief that, no matter what
features of art were placed in the city
i'll the future. architecture would
remain the great factor of beauty here.
and that the Capitol and Washington
Monument would ever be emblems of
beauty, recalling the influence of George
Washington.
Art he said. at another point, was
never meant to be an appendage to life,
but was meant to be an influence per-
xading all life Beauty endures for
ever, he declared. outliving civilization,
inventions and scientific thought.
Admiral Stockton's Address.
President stockton, who presided,
spoke to the students as to the course
of their lives in the future. wishing
them .Godspeed' on behalf of the fac
ulty and board of trustees.
He said. in part:
Il want to say word to you upon
this occasion as to the cultivation
which should have begun here and
which should continue progressively
throughout your entire future. based
upon the foundation and teachings
which you should take away from here.
In the matter of cultivation nothing
is worth while unless IT Is based upon
character. This is the terra firma to
be cultivated: as soil it cannot be too
rich, too deep or too lasting. By its
fruits it will be known. Although this
university, with no dormitory life and
ence set apart from the world, still in
q sense. whether you graduate from +
collegiate or professional school. you
are still in a formative and subordi-
nate period and the final growth and
test Of character comes. as Goethe said
in the stream of the world not in its
stillness or isolation. True. as. former
President Eliot says. this stream is
mixture of foulness and purity, of
meanness and majesty, nevertheless II
has and does nourish Individual virtue
and race civilization.
Accepts the Definition.
I'VE will quote further from DR.. Eliot
and accept and urge his definition Of a
cultivated man or woman. They are, he
says. to be of quick perceptions. broad
sympathies and wide affinities : responsive,
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entail; loving truth and candor, but also
moderation and proportion courageous,
but gentle; not finished, but perfecting'
To the ideals of truth. righteousness
and love you should add the knowledge
OF arts. the literature Of your own and
other countries. appreciative taste for
music and the drama. Do not stife inn
agination, but keep in touch with the
history OF the moment and that OF the
past. convey your thoughts and ideas
IN voice and language typical outward
ly of your inner cultivation. No matter
to whom you speak. with formality and
do not lower the tone of scholarship, of
education and of refinement. This is
not inconsistent with true simplicity"
Degrees Conferred.
Degrees were conferred by the several
deans as follows: BY Dean Wilbur, can
didates for degrees in bachelor of arts
Lucy Kyle Burleson. Texas: Lewis Kat
zen Ellenbogen. New York: Ewart Will
liam Hobbs. Illinois; with distinction,
Carl Ober Spamer, Maryland.
By Dean Hodgkins, candidate for de.
gree in the College of Engineering,
bachelor of science in civil engineering
-Prentiss Dixon Sale. jr., District of
Columbia.
BY Dean Fraser, candidates for de-
grees in the Law School
Bachelors of law-AIfred Burger,
Virginia. Leonard Lumley Butterwick.
North Dakota; William Henry Finckel.
jr, District of Columbia; Charles
strauder Grover. Indiana. B. s. in E. E..
1910. Purdue University; Lauritz G.
Hausen. Iowa; Everett Fairfield Hay
craft. Texas: Joseph Edward Heaiy.
virginia; Greer McInnis MarechaI, Ala.
bama, A. b.. 1908. University of Ala
bama with distinction): George Cephas
Rogers. New York; Clifford Alvin Rush.
Kansas, John Earl Walker, Michiean
$ b. 1907: Kalamazoo College. and s. B..
1yoI; University Of Chicago; Arthur
Master OF laws-George Bullock will
lis. Virginia, LII. B.. 1914. George wash
ington University
BY Dean Walton, candidates for de-
grees in the dental school:
Doctor OF dental surgery-BIanca Di-
mas, Porto Rico: Griffin Guy Frazier.
District Of Columbia; Arthur Rueban
Hall, District of Columbia; William 10
seph O'Brien. Connecticut; Thomas as
Lloyd Sampsell. District Of Columbia
Adolph Sandberg. District Of Columbia
Leo J. Wresinski, Illinois
BY Dean Munroe, candidate for de-
gree in the school of graduate studies
Doctor of civil law-Clarence Al
phonso Miller. Mexico. LII. B.. 1899
Kansas City school Of Law; IL. NJ
1905. NJ Dip, 1906. George Washington
University.