The sun., 1919-06-29

DowpoIN College. Brunswick Me-.
- at its commencement hast week
conferred the honorary degree OF
doctor OF literature upon Frank A. Mum
sey, proprietor OF THE SUN and THE
EVENING SUN; tho degree of doctor OF
laws upon Harvey d. Gibson Of the
class Of 1909. president OF the Lib
erty Bank OF New York and during
the war the remarkably efficient man
sgey Of Red Cross work In Europe; the
degree Of master OF arts on Freeian Os-
car stanley. inventor and Investigator,
for important discoveries in photography
and automobile construction; on Harold
Marsh sewall OF Bath. q former Consul
General to Samoa and Minister to
Hawaii before the annexation Of the
islands and on Arthur q. Staples, editor
Of the Lewiston JournaL The degree Of
doctor OF science went 70 George Gibson
OF Brooklyn. Five other honorary de-
grees have been vSted, some Tn absen-
tia" to Bowdoin soldiers Of distinction
stu In the service
In comforting the degree upon Mr..
hunsey President Stills said:
Originator Of the clean, popular
magazine that bears his name, owner
OF newspapers of national influence.
writer whose style Is marked by force,
originality and unaffected genius, re-
cipient of tho decoration of the Legion
OF Honor from the French Government
for services rendered the allied cause.
patriotic advocate of Americas business
IN the war. loyal son Of the State Of
Maine"
The inscription that accompanied the
degree OF doctor OF laws In the case Of
Mr.. Gibson was this:
afl he A,xrt N
war. general manager OF the American
Red Cross. American Red Cross Com
missioner to France, American Red Cross
Commissioner to Europe. whose skill In
organizing was in large measure re-
sponsibie for the effective work Of the
great American army OF mercy, recog-
niIed at home and abroad as one OF
those in civil life who contributed most
20 the victory we celebrate"
At the alumni dinner after the COM
mencement ceremonies. Mr.. Munsey told
IN . way that held the close attention
Of the 500 graduates How he grew up
o. a boy almost In the shadow Of the
college now honoring him and how he
haa regretted the circumstances which
kept him away from Bowdoin's gates.
He talked of practical work In life.
Of the productive capacity Of a nation
which has to replace the vast wastage
Of the great war. of the need OF an
Independent army and OF the road TO
success.
Il have found no short cut" he said,
'as / have seen and studied life, but
the college degree In tho passport to OPP
portunity.'
Among other speakers were IIeut-Coi
Thomas Lewis Pierce of the class of
1898. who received the Distinguished
CyaaS hA de
for extraordinary heroism in action:
Judge Hale of the Class of 1869, which
celebrated its fftieth anniversary with
an attendance of eleven out of a possible
twelve. received from President Stills a
cup concentrating this almost unpre-
cedented class performance; Gen. Cole.
Speaker Darlington of the Maine House
OF Representatives and Col. Hume OF the
lo3d Infantry.
II was a victory commencement. mark
ing the return to normal conditions of
an institution which contributed an un-
usual. II not an unequalled, percentage
OF Its academic force, both as to faculty
and students, to the nations service.
Bowdoin sent 1905 Of her alumni, her
faculty and her undergraduates into the
war. Twenty-eight lost their lives and
twenty were decorated, and more than
500 of the total number were officers.
so per cent of the senior class went into
the service. Plans are being formulated
for a memorial on the campus TO those
who gave their lives
President Stills announced gifts amount
ing to about $4,000. including q $4,000
scholarship fund in memory Of Weston
Leads of Gardiner. a former trustee of
the college. Other announcements by
President stills referred to the substantial
increase which the trustees and oyerseers
have granted IN tho case of the officers
OF instruction and government and to
the appointment of McKim. Mead
White of New York as the consulting
architects of the college. The alumni
also were informed that the faculty were
TO put in effect next year O system OF
general examinations designed TO test
the Students knowledge OF the subject
he was studying. not merely of courses
taken. Tho general examination would
occur at the end of the junior year or
IN the middle Of the senior year.
Bowdoin In this aspect win be the
first Institution to follow the example OF
Harvard, where an instructive experi-
ment OF this kind Is already in progress.
For the regular course there were
s,xty-six bachelor degrees. sixteen OF
doctor OF medicine and thirty-one GER
t,ncates Of honor for men who entered
the aeryicS and did not return 70 college,