Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-19
GREAT ATTAINMENTS
WIN PENN DEGREES
Colonel Henry Page and DR..
James II. Penniman Hon.
ored by University

Colonel Henry Page and DR.. James
Hosmer Penniman. who received hon
orary degrees at the University of
Pennsylvania commencement today. are
men who have achieved unusual distinc-
ton in their special fields of endeavor.
Doctor Penniman. who received the
honorary degree of doctor of letters,
was graduated from Yale with the de-
gree Of bachelor of arts in 1884 and in
1914 received the degree of Lift ID.
from Franklin and Marshall.
He is the author of numerous educa-
tional works which have wide cir
culation. For several years he has been
making a study of the life of George
Washington from original sources. three
sections of which, washington as Man
of Letters" Washington as Command
er-in-chief'' and Some Mistakes About
Washington and His Time" have al
ready been published.
Founded Memorial Library
In honor of his mother Doctor Penni,
man founded the Maria Hosmer Penni-
man Memorial Library Of Education
which is the departmental library OF
the department of education of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania: 1t now num-
bers about 10000 volumes. many of
which are rare and some are uniaue
Additions to the memorial library are
constantly being made. For many
years Doctor Penniman made FREQUENT
trips to Europe, where he purchased
educational books,
He is life fellow OF the American
Geographical Society. a life member of
the Pennsylvania Historical Society and
member of the Yale Club Of New York.
Colonel Page. who received the honor
ary degree OF Doctor of Public Hygiene
was born September l, 1870. in Princess
Anne. Maryland. He was graduated
from Princeton in 1891 and received his
masters degree in 1894. Colonel Page
entered the service in 1897. and at the
outbreak Of the Spanish American War
was assigned to the Philippines
From 1914 until the present time he
has been Inspector Instructor of militia
for the Government in the States south
Of Virginia and east of the Mississippi.
during which time he has also been in
charge of the training camps at Platts-
burg, Fort Oglethorpe Ig15D Toby
hanna, Pa. and Raleigh. y. C.
Besides three trips to the PHILIPPINES
that Colonel Pare has made he was also
engaged in work at Charlestown. s. c.,
for three years and the same length of
time on the Texas border Perhaps the
greatest work for which the Medical
Department should be indebted to him
was his propaganda for members in the
Medical Reserve Corps. Just before
going to Fort Oglethorpe Colonel Page
organized the United States Ambulance
Corps. obtaining a capable staff. and
many recruits.
Genius at Organizing
In him and under him Camp Green
leaf at Fort Oglethorpe had its begin
ming and fourished. II stands forth a
signal triumph to the man whose genius
for organization made ii possible to
group in one great field physicians. sur
geons and specialists in almost every
branch of medicine.
He organized the first sanitary com
pany and the first evacuation hospital
ever formed as part of the United States
army, and established over fifty separate
schools of instruction in medicine. sur
gerry and other medical and military
subjects. When the history of war is
written. Colonel Pages work in the field
and garrison will come in for its full
need OF appreciation.