The Washington herald., 1918-04-17
NOTED HONORS
FOR PRELATE
Columbia University Degree
for Archbishop of York
Unusual, Says Holland.

Oocoor OF Laws upon the host rev
Cosmo Gordon Lang. Archbishp Of
York, and Primats Of England, ref
erence was not made to some OF the
associations with this ceremony which
are reflected by the traditions Of the
university.
Highest Honors.
In 1904 the Lord Archbishop of
Canterbury. who was at that time
visiting the United States and who
shared In the ceremony Of the dedica-
ton OF the archetecturally beautiful
st. PauPs chapel upon the grounds Of
Columbia University, received the
same degree from Columbia The
highest OF academic honors has again
been conferred by the lneal de-
scendant OF Kings college, now Co
lumbfa in the province Of New York
upon the Lord Archbishop of York;
so that these two distinguished and
highly influential prelates Of the Eng
lish church, have been in this way
ofncially and symbollically recognized
by the institution, which received its
original charter from King George II.
The Lord Archbishop OF York has
been visiting the United States at q
time when England and America are
in the very throes of life and death
struggle for the existence OF their
historic liberties. Not until the Lord
Archbishop Of Canterbury visited
America in 1904 had he made the
journey from England to this coun-
try and that was in the days Of peace
and never before had the Lord of
York crossed the Atlantic, and this
was done while the worlds greatest
war was waginR
Ceremony Brief.
The ceremony. itself brief as II was
no longer than fifteen minutes in
length-was characteristic Of the sim
pie and yet chaste dignity which the
Lord Archbishop Of York reflected
as he stood beside President Butler
listening to the formula with which
the President conferred the degree
upon him.
Hardly less impressive was the ap-
pearance Of those who were invited
10 witness the ceremony. They stood
in double seni-circle around the
rear and sides of the trustees room.
As a whole they represented the
intellectual. educational, professional
and to some extent the higher finan-
Cal strength Of the Uiited States. The
only bit Of color in the room was that
Of the scarlet gown which was worn
by President Butler and was placed
upon him at the time when he took
the degree Of Doctor Of Laws at one
Of the English Universities.
Before the ceremony began the
guests EXCHANGED among themselves
informa ton which they have received
which referred to the visit OF the
Lord Archbishop to the United States
and to Canada and particularly to the
profound impression. as well rs a
great influence, which were OCCASION
ed by the various addresses ne made
numbering in all eighty-five. It was
even said that u would be to the
advantage Of the people were It pos
slble to collect these various addresses
and publish them in convenient Jam
phlet form for nationwide distriou-
ton.
For they contain an inspiration to
hope and confidence in the ultimate
triumph OF the struggle to maintain
the liberties Of the world. Caution
there was in these addresses lest there
be over confidence leading to a dis
position to slacken efforts in the Unit
ed States which. II fully exerted will
put the entire resources of the nation,
men. money and supplies, at service
Of the allies.
Marked BY Simplicity.
Another thing that was spoken Of
by some Of those who have heard the
Lord Archbishop speak was the un-
usual simplicity tempered by fine dig
nifty, not assumed, and by the master
Iy use Of the English tongue, which
have been characteristic of all the
addresses.
Some Of those who were privileged
to witness this ceremony spoke with
something like astonishment OF the
fact that the Lord Archbishop, al
though said to be only a little past
fifty years Of age. nevertheless was in
some of his personal characteristics,
especially facial. suggestive of one
who had passed the scripturaI limit
Of age.
The expression OF his face was that
Of a profound scholar accustomed to
constant study, almost like that Of
recIuse and nevertheless there was
suggestion Of strength, activity, fam
iiarity with world affairs and es-
neciaIIy common human nature, of
which he had learned much while en-
1aCed in his philanthropic and friend
Iy work among the very poor Of Lon
don.
Not until the degree OF Doctor OF
laws was conferred upon him was
there any other clerical garb upon
his person than that which Is the
conventional dress OF a Lord Arch
bishop-the knee breeches with leg
gins and CATERS. The symbolic cross
hung suspended upon his chest, and
the appropriate ring was on finger.
ONLY one American bishop, at least
in recent years, was in similar man
ner Earbed. He was the late Bishop
Doans of Albany. After the degree
was conferred. the purple hood, SYM
bolic of the honor OF the doctor OF
laws. was placed over the Lord Arch
bishops head. he with graceful
movement bending so that he might
the more conveniently receive II.
Talks en- War.
Roth of his addresses at Columbia
contained as their central theme the
war and the relation Of the United
states to it Both Of them conveyed
a confidence that speedily the United
states will bring into employment
ali of her vast resources and that
this will be Of a special value in IA
cilitatfng the movements which should
ultimately endin the triumphs OF the
allies. The Lord Archbishop has
gone back to England. wonderfully
Impressed, as he frankly admitted,
with an that he saw and heard dur
ing his six weeks visit in this coun-
try.
He came as a messenger Of peace.
but Il II the peace which can be now
secured only through the triumph OF
the allies. He has occasionally re-
ferred to the stupendous changes In