New-York tribune., 1919-06-12
Candidates From 5 Schools
Among Successful Ones at
COmmencementExercises:
Well Known MenHonored
Schwab Is Chief Speaker
Steel Man Says Graduate Of
Shop Is as Vital to Land
as Graduate of College

New York University conferred hon
orary degrees yesterday upon FIVE prom
inent men and degrees upon examination
to POS candidates from the Schools of
Law, Commerce, Accounts and Finance
and the New York State Veterinary
College at the eighty-seventh commence
ment. held in the auditorium on Uni
versity Heights.
Major General O'Ryan, formerly COM
mander Of the 27th Division; Theodore
+. Burton. formerly Senator from Ohio,
end A. Barton Hepburn, chairman of
the board of directors Of the Chase
National Bank, received the degree of
LID, ard T. Coleman du Pont and
Henry r. Tewne, members Of the board
ef directors of the Federal Reserve
Bank, of New York, were given the de-
gree of Doctor of Commercial Science.
Charles NJ. Sehwab who received the
honorary degree of D. c. S. from the
university at the last commencement,
spoke OF democracy in education He
said:
OF this country is just az great as the
man educated in this great university
or any other university. His education
IS just as much education as the educa-
ton you men and women have received
here. All education--educati of every
kinds necessary if the United States
IS to occupy the foremost position in
the world. The time has come when
aristocracy will not be an aristocracy
of birth or wealth, but an aristocracy
Of people who do something worth
while for their people or for their
country"
Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown.
Of the university, also made an address
In the School of law, first prize for
general excellence in scholarship was
awarded to Irving Eisenberg. Six stu
dents received honorable mention:
Zelda Last, Clarence Osborn Lister,
Harris Lionel Greenberg. Irving VALID
man, Copal Mintz and Harriet Siegel.
Prizes in the School Of Commerce,
Accounts, and Finance were evenly
divided between men and women stu
dents. The Delta Sigma Pi medal was
awarded to Jennie May Palen, the Phi
Sigma Delta prize to Lillian Doris, the
Tau Delta Phi medal to Paul W. Sic
cert and the class of 1913 prize to
Russell n. Carhart. Out of six prizes
awarded by the faculty Of the New
York State Veterinary College, three
we're given to Victor Carabba. He re-
caived the DR.. Thomas B. Rogers prize,
-he DIR. Edwin R. Blaney prize and
he faculty gold medal. The DR.. W
r., -,
Arnold Kreindler and to Victor Spevack
and the alumni prize Of books to
Jacob Lebish.
Next Wednesday afternoon, the Col
iege of Arts and Pure Science, the
School OF Applied Science, the Wash
ington Square College, the Graduate
School and the School of Pedagogy
will hold their commencement
The following degrees were pre-
sented:
DOCTOR OF LAWS
Theodore E Burton. Alonzo 3. Hepburn.
chairman Of the board OF directors of the
Chase National Bank, and Major General
John T. Organ
DOCTOR OF COMMERCIAL SCIENCE
Thomas du Pont and Henry r. Towne
Federal Reserve Bank.
JUR1DIc4E scientific DOCTOR
~arl Foster. A B., Alfredo Santos. A B.,
q al LIZ. 3.
MASTER OF LAWS
Frank 2. l. Lange. Charles Porter SUIT,
Ii. b, IL.
Adoiph G. oesterle, Elizabeth F. vtlko-
3 G. :, " c s, rnerson. LII. B.
LL- 3. saul Grover Who'd
aver. LII B.
JUR1s DOCTOR
Jessie A Addorns Louis Ell Goldstein,
a 2. Sc B.
Eagop Simon Ando II K m ( ! a Ely
man. a b Greenberg A. B
Gecrge w Babcock, Charles NJ Green
g. wald. A. B.
helen VI. Barnes, Eliz-beth T. HALT
4. B. a NJ. nan A B.
Richard j. Barry, Mary A. Mailman
a q. A. a.
Samuel Benjamin. Emanuel Harrta
a p. A. B
Ahgeline Bennett rradelle w HaskiN
A. b a p
Alice s Carson Franklin Hutchin.
- B.. a d. son, ir.. Sc. B.
EGith p Chase Paul II Iacoues
A B., A 81. A. B.