The Washington herald., 1917-06-07
DEGREES ARE GIVEN
TO 6. NUS STUDENTS
Six Given Special Honors-Many
Prize Award. Announced.

Il
] partInents OF George Washington Uni.
versity at the spring Commencement
] exercises, held last night in the assem-
bly, han OF the Central High School.
! The classes were presented by the
deans Of the various colleges, and the
diplomas were handed out by Rear
Admiral Charles Herbert stockton. u,
5. ~. retired. president OF the uni
Honorary degrees were conferred
upon six prominent persons. William
Miller Collier, former Ambassador TO
Spain and now lecturer on fnterns-
tional law and diplomacy at the uni
verstty, and Theodore Williams
Noyes, local editor, were. recipients
Of the degree of doctor Of laws. The
degree OF doctor Of science was con-
ferred upon George Perkins Merrill,
Elmer Ernest Southard, Arthur Pow
ell Davis, and Frederick Fuller Rus
The graduates. IN caps and gowns,
entered the auditorium in procession,
headed by Bertram Groesbeck, jr.,
senior marshal, and his three assist
ants-Qeyid Hoasland Cannon, John
shiVley Bixler, and Elmer Louis Kay
University Education and New
World Conditions" was the subject
Of an address by William Miller Col
lier. A brief address to the graduates
was made by President stockton.
Prayer and benediction were offered
by Rev. Douglas Putnam Birnie. Mu-
sical selections were rendered by an
orchestra under direction Of Herman
c. Rakemann.
Prizes Awarded.
The following prize awards were an
noUneed:
Department Of Arts and Science
staughton prize; Gertrude Catherine
Eogerty; Ruggles prize. Elizabeth
Webb Wilson; Davis prizes, first prize,
Elmer Louis Kayser; second prize,
Dorothy Hellman; third prize, Eliza
beth Webb Wilson; Daughters of the
American Revolution, Mary Ellen
Bontz and Bessie whitford; Thomas
F. Walsh prize, Elizabeth Webb Will
ford; = willie % E. Fitch Fitch psss,e pTiae. JAMES Mn
Lawrence Young; Gardner @. Hub
bard prize, Elmer Louis Kayser;
Muth prize, William Robinson Ward,
tr.; Colonial Danes prize, Lisle Thorn
as; James MacBride Sterrett. jr., prize.
sociology, Su Ying Chiao Wu; Chi
Omega prize in philosophy, Su Ying
Chiao Wu; Sigma Kappa prize, Mar
garet Elizabeth whitford.
Medical School-wilIiam X. Butler
prize, Henry Gilbert Hadley; Francis
r Hagner prize, William Tgnor GIL,
Candidates for the degree of doctor
OF medicine who have received COM
missions as first neutenants. medical
section, Naval Reserve Corps-George
GIL, jr., Bertram Groesbeck, jr., James
Edwin Houghton, Glen Marion Ken
nedy, Wilbur Oscar Manning, Robert
Bartle Miller. Louis Eugene Mueller,
Richard Covert Satterlee. Francis
Speidel, Raymond Bernard Storch.
04k ~ q ~ IL
Medal. David Hoagland Cannon; Her
rick prize, Harry s. Taylor; American
Law Book Company prize, David
Hoagland Cannon; Blackstone Insti-
tute prize. Harry S. Taylor; Ellsworth
prize. Charles Orr Marshall; John
Byrne & Co; prize, Harry S: Taylor.
College of Veterinary Medicine
Prizes, Willard Hull Wright and Wal
ter Clyde Pulsifer. -..
High school scholarship awards in
the department Of arts and sciences
Kendall scholarship. Edith NJ. Petrie.
Mckinley Manual Training school;
First University, Alec Horwitz, Cen
trail High School; Second University,
Charles Geschickter, Central High
School; Third University, Rosemary
Arnold. Eastern High School; Fourth
University, Gladys E. Phoebus, Gen.
trail High School; Fifth University,
Herbert r. Pierce, Mckinley Manual
Training School; Sixth University,
School.
Those who received degrees follow:
Bachelor Of Arts-George Percy,
shivley Btxler, D. c.. Norma Bose,
D. c.; May Hovencamp Boteler. D.
c.. with distinction: Marian Augusta
Brooks, d. c.; Alexander Wallace
Bruce, Ohio; Adele Sidney Burleson,
Tex; LoyzeIle josephine CailihaH,
8rk; eGsr; Morris HSs Gatzva & p; &c 6; Marquette
way, d. C.; William EIlyson Currie.
Va: David Davis, D. c.; Dorothy May
Davis, D. C.: Newell Window Ellison,
Tenn; Gertrude Catherine Fogerty, ID.
G. with distinction; Tully Charles
GsTnST asmSSrv TsT AleSsndsT W.TSar., Maxwell RC%sa
Hardy. D. G.; oIiie Lee Lewis, KY,
with distinction; Rebecca LaureRs
Love, Va; Katherine Lyons, D. c.;
Thomas William Mccormack, Pa;
Karl .Willett Miller. D. c., with dis
Oak; Meta Amelia Eeumann, D. C.,
with distinction; Ella Catherine Over
street, s. c.; Lois Emma Peirce, D.
c.; Fay Elizabeth Pierce, D. c., with
distinction; Emma Reh, D. c.; Albert
tI6ctisT ThgFston saryc 81 cl1iT b,. D. 9th dis
dosia Darling seiboid, d. C.: Carl
Francis Snyder, D. c.; Wilmer Frank
lin Sickle. N j.; Florence Jackson
Stoddard, d. C.; Earl Taggart, Kan;
Iisle Thomas, Mich; Elizabeth Webb
Wilson, D. c., with distinction; Yuen
Su Wong, China; Su-Ying Chiao WI,
China: Wallace Mason Yater, with dis
tinction.
Bachelor Of Science in Chemistry
William Augustus Boyle, n. Y; Claude
Royal Breneman, Pa; Justin p DiesI
man, KY; Abraham Joseph Finks,
Me-; Florence Marian Ford, Del, with
distinction; Raymond Albert Heindl,
Wis; Helen Gladys Kain, d. C.;
EssEsSs EssEsS KS5Ees. KKaTEsr. p e: FsSsn RusSsII
Schmidt; D; C.; James Lawrence
Bachelor Of Science in Medicine
Glen Marion Kennedy, d. c.
Bachelor Of Science in Civil Engi-
neering-Nathan Abramson. d. e:
Seth Thomas Bowen, Ohio; Charles
Bailey Richard, D. c.
Bachelor Of Science in Mechanical
Engineering-William Stubbs James,
D. C., with distinction; George Samuel
Pope, d. c.; Frank Thomas Richard,
D. c.; Francis Albert Woodward, D.
Bachelor Of Arts and Bachelors
Diploma in Education-Elizabeth Ca
roline Beller, D. c.; Mary Ellen
Bontz, Va. with distinction; Alta
Costen, Md; Harriet Dayton Ell
bridge, N. c.: Frances Louise Evarts,
D. c.; Susan Helen Gardner, D. c.;
Mary Maud Greenwood, d. c., with
distinction; Wilhelmine Cornelia Hart