Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
MASTER OF ARTS


graceful tributes to their recipients, who
were
MASTER OF ARTS
Charles Albert Coffin. of whom Doc
tor Woolscy said "As president of the
General Electric Company from its in
ception he laid the firm foundations and
built up the stately structure of great
and worthy corporation. The war came
he gave his time. his money and his in
buencc, wisely and unsparingly, to war
relief in France"
Russell Cornell Leffingwell-"A New
York lawyer, then assistant secretary of
the treasury and acting chief. Mr.. Lef-
fngwell has done splendid work on the
financial side of the war
Robert Stewart McClenahan-''Ha
done a great work for education in
Egypt. at Assiut and in Cairo.
Orvillc Wrght--'S Survivor of two
brothers who. by their mechanical skill,
ceascless experimentation and accumu
lated knowledge of psychics, have led the
way in mastering human flight. The
inventive genius of Mr.. Wright in
brief sixteen years has filled the sky
with it's creations, has changed the
methods of warfare. has captivated the
youth of all lands and now ventures to
cross the seas
Samuel Hosea Surgeon
in the regular army, serving in the
Spanish War, early seat to France as
an observer. placed later on the gen
eral staff, in tact, in vision, in ability
pre- eminent. During our share in the
war he has borne the entire RESPONSE
bility for the wounded in the. battle
area, has won the admiration of Ills fell
low workers.
Jean Julien Lemordant - Painter
and soldier. indomtable son of France,
teaching his country by his own sacri-
flee. to whom last year the Rowland
prize was given.
DOCTOR OF SCIENCE
Samuel Wesley Stratton-"Mathe
matician, physicist, professor in the
Universities of Illinois and Chicago.
naval officer in the Spanish War. since
1901 director of the National Bureau
of Standards in Weights and Measures.
Doctor Stratton's work in this bureau
has been conspicuous and constructive,
recognized beyond our own limits, vitally
important in war and war research.
Harvey Cushing-"Son of Yale and
Harvard professor. Leader in the new
field of neurological surgery. in opera
tions of the brain pre- eminent, surgeon
in chief of the model Brigham Hos
pital Colonel Gushing served with the
French in 1915 and in 1917 with the
British, at Messincs and Passchaendaele,
being mentioned in dispatches. At this
time organizing intensive study of pene-
trativc skull wounds. he reduced their
mortality by one half
DOCTOR OF DIVINITY
Orvile Anderson Petty-"A student
of our own seminary, scholar of dis
tinction, pastor of the Plymouth Church.
Of this city, Mr.. Petty. as chaplain of
the 102d, has won the admiration and
the love of a gallant regiment
Right Rev. Charles Henry Brent
Born and trained in Canada, priest,
rector, editor and author. missionary
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the Philippines and now
bishop of western New York: senior
chaplain of the American Expeditionary
Forces in the great war. Bishop Brent
in wisdom, in zeal, in courage and in
faith is high example of the Christian
soldier"
DOCTOR OF LAWS
William Josiah Snow-"A soldier of
West Point, trained in the cannon law,
with an initiative and independence all
his own, General Snow has expanded a
few regiments of artillery into an army
and become its chief
George Wakeman Wheeler-''Born in
Mississippi, but a graduate in arts and
in lawgas lawyer, city attorney, judge
Of - Superior Court and now justice
Of the Supreme Court of Errors, Mr..
Wheeler has given his life to the legal
and judicial service of this state. To
war work he has devoted unstinted time
and labor"
William Sowden Sims, rear admiral
In the United States y-"Trained
at Annapolis and in the hard school of
4 experience; in service ashore and
afloat; naval attache at Paris and st.
\ Petersburg; on the China station for
four years; aide to the President; head
Of the Newport War College IN the Blu
rcau OF Neyigation; commander of bat