The sun., 1919-06-24
Frank A. Munsey Receives
Lift. d. and Harvey D.
Gibson LII. d.
% DEGREES IN COURSE
Victory Commencement Cele-
brstes Colleges Unusual
Contribution TO War.

stss 81 The Sew, the degree Of doctor Of
laws upos Harvey D. 0ibsou Of thu class
% 1893. president % the LIBERTY Bank Of
View York aud during the war the re-
rlsrtsbiy sh3cisnt manager Of Ped
cross work In Europe: the degree Of
master Of arts on Freelan Oscar stan
Icy. inventor and Investigator for I'M
povtant discoveries IN photography and
sutomobils construction on Harold
Marsh sswzn % Bath. . former Con-
su1SGeusrzi 70 Samoa and Minister 70
Haea befors the annexation Of the
fefands. and on Arthur q. Staples. edt-
tos Of TIE Lewiston Jows1I The De-
gses Of doctor Of science went TO George
Gfbssu Of Brooklyn Five other honor
ssy degrees hsl been voted. some In
ssssnfia." TO Bowdoin soldiers Of dis
tisstson sail In the ssrviee.
sfxty-sfx Bachelor Degrees.
FOR the regular course thsrs wsrs
sfxty-sfx bachslor degrees. sixteen Of
doctor Of medicine ard tnsYty-ons eer-
the service and dtd not return To COZ
Iees
In eonferrins the degrees upon Mr..
tun<ey President sIIis said
~oriGfHator Of the Clean, popular mag
a1fns tnat bears hts name. owner Of
newspapers % national influences. writer
wfoes style 10 marked by force. orisf-
naifty and Unaffected rsnfus. recipient
Of th< decoration o. the Legion Of Honor
from The French Gevsrnrnent for ser
Noes rendered the sfiied cause, patriotic
advocate % Americas business IN ths
wa. loyal son Of the State Of Maine"
Ths inscription that ompauied the
degyee OF doctor Of laws In the case Of
No. 0iteop was tHiS:
Overseer Of thu college, during the
war, general manager Of the American
Rcd Cross. American Rad Cross Com
missioner u France. American Red Cross
Commissioner 20 Europe. wnoss skill IN
ofeanixtng was In q large measure re-
eeonstbIs for the effective work Of the
great American army Of mercy. recos-
nfssd At home and abroad a. one Of
tsoes IN civil life VINO contributed most
% he victory We csJsbrafs."
AZ the alumni dinner after the com.
DsenceDsnt ceremonies Mr.. Nunsey told
m Q way that held the ebess attention
q ne 500 graduates how he grew up
20 . boy ainnoss In the shadow Of the
es1lsss now honoring him and how bs
h1A regretted the circumstances which
keDl him away from Bowdofns Rztss.
H talked Of practical WORT IN life. Of
the effect Of suffered bans Of labor
uoler union rude, Of the productive
capacity Of . nation which has TO repiaes
n vast wastase Of ths great war. Of
me need Of sn Independent army and Of
ne road to success.
II have found no short cut" he said.
~as have sen and studied life. but
~ college dss5es 10 ths passport to %
poFfunity"
Among other speakers were Lieut.. Col
Tbenas Lswis Pierce Of the class Of
1855. VINO resolved the Distinguished
Service Croas and the Croix Dc Gusrre
for extraordinary hsroism In action
Judfs Hale Of ths class Of 1853. which
celebrated its hftieth anniversary with
an attendance Of eleven out Of possible
twsfve serving and resolved from Presi-
dent sifis q cup COMMUNICATING this
Gen. Cole: Speaker Darlington Of the
Maine House Of Representatives and Col
Hume Of ths iesd infantry.
I,zos Bswssin Men I'm war.
II vac a victory commencement mark
fnS the return 20 normal conditions Of
IN Institution which contributed an UNI
usual. II not an unsqualled. percentage
Of It's academic force. both as to faculty.
and students. % the nations service
BoWdotn sent i.2oS Of her alumni hsr
faculty and her undergraduates into the
var. Tventy-eixht lost their lives and
twenty we're decorated, and more than
500 OF the total number were of1cera
When war was declared no less than
90 per cent. Of the senior class went
into the service. Plans are being form
uiated for q memorial on the campus 10
those who gave their lives
President Sills Announced Gifts
amounting 70 about $50, 00e, including a
ofH Srhalapsnfr. fNaA q.
weston Lads Of Gardiner. a former
trustee Of the college. Other announces
rsents By President Stills referred to the
gubstantial Increase which the trustees
ana oversseTs have granted In the case
of the efhcers Of instruction and gov
eminent and 10 the appointment Of Nc
Kim. Mead q White OF New York az the
consulting architects o. the college. Ths
alumni also we're informed that the
faculty were to put In effect next year
a system OF general examinations de-
signed 20 test the students knowledxe
OF the subject he was studying. not
merely Of courses taken. The general
examination would occur at the end of
shs Junior year or IN the middle Of the
senior year. and would be compulsory
and designed to average independent
work.
Bowdoin in this aspect will be IN.
frN institution to follow the example OF
Harvard. where an Instructive expAri-
msnt OF this kind IL already in prosrsss.
Clarence Hale Of Portland, Federal
Judge. was elected to All the vaca ncy
on the board Of trustees occasioned bv
the death OF Weston Lads. De AIva
Stanwood Alexander Of Buffalo, former
Representative IN Congress for many
years from that district succeeds Judge
Hale az president Of the board Of over
ssers. New over0sefs elected at the an
nual meeting to-day are George r.
walker OF New York, John w. Man
zen % Pittshsld. Lswis A. BurisIeh OF
AUGUSTA and James L. Doherty OF
Springfield.
An Interesting new appointment in the
faculty 10 that Of Donald q. MacNIIlan
OF the class OF 1888 to be professor az
anthropoloEy with thrsa years Leave
OF absence TO continue his Arctic Tork.
Pfok MACMILLAN was with Pearv ana
aiterward In command Of the expedition
which sought crocksr Land. Tba Mo.
MILAN Baffin Land expedition will leave
THIS country In June. 1870, for two ysArs
exploration and scientific work on The
unexplored western shores Of fiafnr
Land A new ship. designed ana buII,
especially for Arctic work, viii be pssd
Tor this trip. II 10 hoped that shs ma
suecessfully negotiate the rather intri- |
cate and Ice choked Fury and Hecls
strait through which ship has never !