New Britain herald., 1917-06-20
FOREIGNERS GIVEN
 DEGREES BY YALE
Members of British and French
 Missions Honored at Exercises

Missions HODored at Exercises New Haven. June 2o.-Degrees to the number of 120 were conferred by Yale university at it's 217th com mencement exercises in Woolsey Hall today. Many of the candidates for degrees in course were on furloushs from the P1attsburgh camp, others came from the Newport training sta ton, from the Brooklyn navy yard and from other training camps. Fully one-third of those who received the degrees of bachelor Of arts and bachelor of philosophy have entered various branches of government ser vice.
 There was an international touch to the conferTing Of the IF honorary de- grees, for among the recipients were Andre Tar1ieu, high commissioner of the French republic in the United States: Sir Ernest Rutherford, a physcist of distinction at the univer- city of Manchester, England. and Rev. John Kelman of Scotland, who is with the British mission.
 The program did not depart from
 
 the Polish national anthem, which, 1t was stated, "breathes the spirit of in- dependence of the Polish people" was played as a prelude, and in honor of M. Tardieu as mark of respect for his country, the "Marseillaise" was played immediately after he received his degree
 The somberness of tho commence ment procession as 1t wound through the college campuses and the central green to the bands playing of "On- ward Christian Soldiers '' was relieved by the khaki of the scores of men in service. seysts #
 The degrees in course were. divided as follows: Bachelors of art So3, of philosophy 221, of music ., of laws. s7, of fine arts 6, of divinity 2s. of civil law 1. Masters: Of arts IS, of science g, mechanical engineers 2. engineers of mines 4. metalurgycal engineer 1; masters of forestry 16; doctors of civil laws l: doctors of medicine 10; doctors of philosophy 37, honorary IT.
 Honorary Degrees Conferred.
 The honorary degrees were con- dates being presented by Professor Woolsey:
 Master of Arts-Robert Melville Danford. U. s. A., commandant of the Yale batteries; William Temple Hor- naday. director of the New York Geological park: Pierre Jay of the federal reserve board. New York city; Frederick Noah Pease, chief chemist of the Pennsylvania railroad; Martin Antonio Ryerson, president of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago; Frederic Collin Walcott, New York city; Julian A. Weir. presi- dent of National Academy: Arthur Whiting, musician and composer. Doctor of Science -Theobald Smith. director of the department of animal research Of the Rockefeller Institute; Sir Ernest Rutherford. University of Manchester, England, in this country to cooperate with the French scien- tific mission.
 Doctor of Divinity-sh Shirley Jack son Cace, professor at the University of Chicago: John Kelman, pastor of Free St. Georges church in Edin- burgh. at present on a mission from the British government.
 Doctor of Music-Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and com- poser.
 Doctor of Laws-Le Baron Russell Briggs, president of Radcliffe college; John Proctor Clarke. presiding Jus tice of the appellate division of the New York supreme court; Myron Timothy Herrick, formerly ambas- sador to France; Andre Tardieu. editor of the Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris. now high commissioner of tho French republic in the United States. l
 Degrees at Amherst
 Amherst, IJune 20.-President Alex ander Meiklejohn of Amherst college announced today that the military 1 training course, begun last year. l would be resumed in the fall and car-5l ried on with the greatest possible ef- 1 ficiency.
 Honorary degrees were conferred as l follows:
 Doctor of Laws-Dr. Nathaniel | Matson Terry. professor in the United | States naval academy: Frederick B. l Pratt. executive head of Pratt Insti- 1 tute.
 Doctor of science-RobertA A. Milli- 1 ken, professor at the University of 1 Chicago.
 Doctor of Letters-Alvin Francis | sanborn, editor and author, who en- listed as a volunteer in the French | army in 1914. A
 Doctor of Divinity-Calvin Stebbins, l Unitarian minister.
 Master of Arts-George Larlin ter Robinson Stone, mayor of syra- cuse. N. r.. and Captain Henry W. Fleet of the United States army.