Evening journal., 1917-06-13
tcontinued from IS 20

the degree OF Doctor OF Science. Mr..
Morgan Is a graduate o. Delaware
College. OF the class 81 1878, and Mt.
Greiner Of the class OF 1850 The
latter is well known IN Delaware and
was consulting engineer for the Levy
Court in the building 81 the River
Front bridge He is consulting engi-
neer for the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road and is a member Of the Russian
Commission appointed BY President
Wilson
M. Morgan attended the excr-
cises On. General Wilson Is awav
and could not return IN time 20 at
tend the exercises today His de
gree was accepted for him hv his
dauEhter. Mrs. Henry 3. Thompson
air Greiner also was unable 70 te
present as be IS TOW on his import
ant mission 20 Russia
Ovation for P. :. azPont.
firsi public announcement was
maze TO-DAY BY The college Ruthori-
iiss saat the silt az s million dollars
or 50 % Delaware College making
possible the wonderful improvem ants.
was received IRON Pierre s. DUPONT.
president Of the big powder company.
Heretofore the college oficiais have
kept secret the name oi the iasIitu-
tion's great benefactor.
n want 10 take this occasion. on
behalf o. the trustees. the faculty the
alumni and the undergraduates. %
sad Henry 3. Thompson, president 81
the trustees, in The course 81 a
speech. publicly 10 thank Pierre s.
duPont for his great gifts"
Mr.. Thompson had Just enumerated
the iuproVcments under way and con-
temp ted-made possible by magnan-
tmous girls 20 the college-and when
he announced Mr. duPont's name as
the donor stirring applause burst
forth. Cheers. school yeils and hand
ciapplrE continued for nearly I'VE
minutes
III. dupont visited the college this
afternoon. He was a guest at the
luncheon % alumni and visitors. and
when introduced by Mr.. Thompson
was given an ovation Mr.. DUPONT
made s. few remarks saying he al
ways wanted 20 do something for
Delaware College" He said the NOR
tar and bricks were only an incident,
as It remained for the faculty and all
interested 10 make Il a college Of the
highest standing.
Elisha Lee general manager Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
made the address TO the graduates.
The class numbers twenty-three.
Four of the graduates-H Harold II.
Horsey, r. Tracy Campbell M'chael
J. Fidance and John A. Hopkins Jr-
who are attending the Officers Train
ing Camp. at Fort Myer. vera grant
ed special furloughs 10 return for
commencement, and they receiving
their diplomas while in tho uniform
OF an army officer. gave the EXERCISES
partly a military appearance.
The exercises we're held on the
steps OF old College Hall. and we're
attended by a large crowd OF visitors.
among them being many members of
the alumni The visitors were greatly
interested in inspecting the new
buildings. the new campus and alter
atoms 10 the old dormtory. which
has been turned into a students com
mons
The exercises were unusually in
teresting, and were opened by the
Rev 4 r. Beauchamp with prayer.
Music was furnished by the college
orchestra. There was only one grad
uafe GRAFTON, the speaker being L.
Roy Bayard Steele and his subject
THE Power OF the College Man"
Following the address 20 the grad
yates by Mr.. Lee which was a mas
terful delirerance emphasizing the
importance OF intelligence. character
Application and the assuming OF re- I
sponsibilities there was a short ad- /
dress BY Henry b. Thompson. presi- /
dent OF the board OF trustees and Dr.
J. r. Parkin. OF oxford University
Or Parkin Is general agent Of the
Cecil Rhodes Scholarship fund. Della
ware has sent several students 70
Oxford under this fund
The prizes wer1 awarded hy Dean
2 Laurence Smith and the diplomas
we're presented 70 the graduates ~
Dr. George A. Harter. former presi
dent % The college Dr. Samuel q /
Mitchell conferred the honorary de- 4
Erees and the exercises closed With .
some announcements by Dean Wini- /
fred J. Robinson. q the Women's Col /
leee
Those Who Received Degrees.
The degrees conferred we're as fol
lows.
Doctor OF Laws Chonoraryl Gen
eral James Harrison Wilson. OF VIII
mington. and George Morgan Of Fhila.
delphia.
Doctor OF Science honorary John
Edwin Greiner. OF Baltimore.
The members OF the graduating
class and their degrees were as fol
lows
Master OF Science-Clerence Ed
ward Keyes OF Pennington Del
Bachelor OF Arts ARTS and Science
Course) Robert Houston Pepper, Of
Philadelphia, and Irving Reynolds, Of
New York.
Bachelor OF Science ARTS and
Science Course) Raymond Mearns
Cameron, OF North East. Nd; James