Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
MUHLENBERG PAYS
HONOR TO SOLDIERS
Degrees in Absentia Are Con.
ferred on Men in War
Service
FLAG HAS 200 STARS

Allentown. Pa, June I4--With 200 of
its sons at the front entitled to stars on
its service flag. Muhlenberg College yes
terday held its fifty-frst commencement.
probably the most noted in it's history
Degrees were awarded on the stage in
Allentown 20 men in France and in the
camps, and for the first time Muhlenberg
conferred an honorary degree to a man
not present to receive II.
The exercises were in charge OF the
Rev. DR.. J. A. w. Haas, president OF
Muhlenberg, and the formal address was
by DR.. w. H. Crawford, president Of AL
legheny College. who spoke on THE
College and the War" There was a
short address by DR.. J. Duncan Spaeth,
OF Princeton. There were but two ad-
dresses by graduates. the Latin saIu-
tatory by David F. Longacre and the
vaiedictory by Joseph s. Kleckner.
Degrees Awarded
Degrees were awarded as follows:
Luther W: Asels, Lazsr gre,sm.n. ,Mey.,
". Helfrich. Paul e. .Knecht. Fred Mnner
sn syns Jssn ssnmS Is:ssh s:sn s,ossss
r Bennett. Mertstown; Lloyd NJ Berken
Ssj, s,Soss f9hs5; K,a,o Lnndts 5,nans Emsus PAU
ton; Herman 9. Dimmisk sllysrdale: Free
.,ar;i,n = Ts;idler sc,ant9n ;,. Aisr Fisher bsch
Harvey E.. .Grsayes. catasauaua !; "Iu,Ser :
sart1ell East Bangor; Gcorse W, Heissr
ssi,i; Sh Rs.. nsElf ;?ss
sncs Il. swavsiy: Boy:rtown; Andrsw 2. i
aasRske a"fnsfes H. nsfsy wnshssr fTi 2ubHrn
The following eight are away to wa,
and received their degrees in absentia
Berkenstock. Fielder, Frankenfield. Hei
ser. krick. Mellick and Wertman.
The following members of the class o.
1918 entered the United States servic,
In 1917 and did not receive their degrees
but will be awarded diplomas. ac'
cording to decree OF the board Of trus
tees, after a summer Of special work OF
a year OF. professional study:
Paul Pau 8 s,;. Asksr, AllsntowTG; Harvey N. Ala
@ r. . .1s.ai Tusins r De rIcn
ley. Pennsburs: Lloyd Musselman. vernoi
T. Stoysr and chester A. Rosenberser. Per
kasie: Harvey q. snyder HarleysvillA
Conferred in Absentis
Honorary degrees were conferred upor
the following:
Doctor Of divinity-The Rev. John II
waidelich. pastor OF the Lutheran churci
! at Sellersvilie, who was yesterday elected
secretary OF the board OF trustees; the ReI
Jere J. shindel; Allentown. who has. jy.
Marks Church. Philadelphia; the Rev, 4
Ernest p. Pfatteicher. Reading, and tn,
College. Rock Island, m.
Doctor Of pedsgosy-The Rev. c. G
Boyer. vice president of the ..eystone Stat
Normal school, Kutztown; Prof. -, u. Mere
dith. of Trenton assistant sIperintendent o
education OF the state OF New Jersey.
Doctor of iitersture-Prof. J, Duncan
Spaeth, Princeton University. director o
education at Camp Wheeler. Macon, Ga.
DR.. Albert T Clay. professor OF Assyriolog
at Yale.
| Doctor of iaws--E. p. KohIer. of Harvard
at present at Washington in war service
| w A. Granville, president of Pennsylvanii
! College, Gettysburg. W. II. Crawford, presi
| dent of Allegheny. College. Meadville, and Il
honor; of his eightieth birthday and thirty
eight years Of distinguished service as pro
| fessor of MODERN languages at Muhlenbera
| the degree OF doctor OF laws was ais
| awarded to the Rev. DR.. william wacker
nagel
Doctor kohler is so busy with his wa
work that he could not leave Washing
ton. and an honorary degree WAS con
7 ferred for the first time In absentia.
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