The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-05
DR.. BLACK IS
INSTALLED At
COMMENCEMENT.

| WASHINGTON, Pa. June 4.-Formal
inauguration Of DR.. Samuel Charles
Charles Black, formerly Of New York
city, as president Of w. and ]. College
was the feature of the losth annual
commencement this morning when
class Of forty-two' was graduated. Dr.
Black was greeted by Professor 5. 3.
Baker Of Pittsburgh
| During the exercise large portrait
Of Or. y. ]. Mofrat. deceased college
head. was presented to tho school by the
! Rev James 4. Kclso OF western lheo-
! logical Seminary. Pittsburgh. on behalf
Of the alumni.
The degree Of doctor Of divinity was
conferred upon Rev. Walter Hayes OF
| PaIo Alto, Cal. and that of doctor OF
science upon DR.. Paul Moore Disart Of
PITTSBURGH.
| WASHINGTON, Pa. June 1.-THE
llSth annual commencement of Wash
| inGton and jefferson College was
brought to a fitting close today with the
| formal graduating exercises OF the class
of 1919. numbering thirty-cight.
| An interesting feature Of the closing
| days program was the presentation OF
n portrait of the former president Of the
institution. DR.. ]. NJ. Moffat. Tho pre-
scntation was made by the Rev. DR..
James A. Kelso. Of Pittsburgh. and the
| acceptance was by the Rev. DR.. william
A. Slemmons. who has been acting pres
ident since the retirement Of President
! Frederick W. Hinitt. more than a year
| ago.
On behalf OF tho general alumni AS
| ISOLATION greetings werH extended TO
tho presidcnt-clect, DR.. Samuel Charles
! BLACK. who will he nauGuratcd as head
| of the institution at the beginning OF
| the next term.
On Commencement Program.
The following graduates were given
places on the commencement program
| today:
The New Internationalism." John
Rutledgc Bredin, LeechburE. Pa; "Cour-
age in the Old World and in the Now"
Harold Benjamin Ellis. Grecnvillc Pa:
"A New National Program" Howard Nc
Locd Norris. Butler. Pas The Motives
to Apply in Mathematics" Boyd Saycr
Sharp. Washington. Pa: "a Science Of
Sciences" Donald Leslie Shrivcr. Dunns
Station, Pa. Excepting Out tho Unfit"
Seymorc Howell Brown. Adrain. Mich.
Following is tho list of graduates with
| inc uceTt'S una rank HI graduation.
Bachelor Of Art-Cum Laudc. John
RutledGe 'Brcdin. Lccchburg. Ia: honor
able mention. Benjamin Bortz. Mckccs-
! port. Pa; Everett F.. Custer Johnstown.
| Pa; Harold Benjamin Ellis, Grecnvillc.
| Pa: Howard Mcleod Norris. Butler. Pa;
! and Abraham Pcrvin. Pittsburgh. Rite
| Franklin Harwood Bond. Washington.
Ia: John Allison Ryerlcy. Butler. Pa:
David Wayne. Charles Craft. Dunn's Sta
ton. Pa; David McCarrcll Dunbar,
Rurkcville. Va: John Salem Flack.
Washington. Pa: Milton Luther Flack.
Washington. IA; Norbert Samuel Car
| bisch Washington. Pa: Charles Earl
| Graft. Yorktown. y. j.: Thomas Rogers
Hoge, Wheeling. w Va. Robert NOEL
Kcrnott. Washington. Pa: James Hood
Miller. Williamsburg: George Holmes
Murphy. Now Florence. Pa: Paul Grant
| McKelvey. Derry, Pa; John Ralph Toep-
! fer. New Castle. Pa. and William Irwin
Vcstcr Washington. Pa
Bachelor OF Scicnce-Cum T4aude. Ruyd
| Saycr Sharp Washington. Fh: honorable
| mention, Armin Kari Barner. Rochester.
Pa; Seymour Howell Brown. Adrian.
Mich; Paul Jerome Lally. Niles. o.;
! Donald Leslie Gchrivcr, Dunn Station,
Pa. and John Jennings Trcsscl. Mans
| field. o. Ritc-John Helm Grubb. Pitts
burgh; John Alexander Harrison Pitts
DurRnt Albert koSS hautman, Now Npn-
sington; Donald Abraham Morrow.
Washington. Pa. Clarence Arthur Pat
terson. New Castle; William Wallace
! Turner Grove City.
Service Men Graduating.
| The following men whose courses were
J broken by absence due to service render
cd the country in war will he graduated
as Of the class OF 1919 upon completion
| OF their work:
Bachelor OF Arts-Carl Samuel Bailey.
| Williamsburg: William Henry C1ipman.
Jr.. Brockwayvillc. Pa: Howard Logan
Donaldson, Ligonier, Pa. Joseph Burton
! Mcknight, Washington. Ia. Samuel Gal
braith Neal. Rulger. Pa.
Bachelor Of Scicnce-Alhcrt Gallatin
Banc. Washington. Ia: John Carter Hol-
liday. CannOnshurg. Pa: Rudolph EG-
bert Plymirc. Washington. and Samuel
| Eakin Stewart Jr.. Williamsburg.
Two men w&rc graduated this time as
Of tho class of 1915. They were John
Ahisha Shaw. Jr.. Of Washington. To-
and Joseph Valncy Wilson. Of Wheeling
w Va. Tho latter was killed IN action
in Franco. Both w"rr graduated with
tho rank OF Cum I.audc.
The degree OF Master Of SCicnC" was
conferred on Rudolph Leonard Ea"Ch"
Of Eureka. Kan. and the honorary do
grnc Of Doctor Of Divinity was conferred
on the Roy. Walter Hayes. Of Taln Alt"
Cal. Tho degree of Doctor Of Science
was conferred on rrnf. Paul Moor" by