New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Present Russian Rule Ig-
nores Bourgeoisie, Presi-
dent of City College Says
in Graduation Address
347 Are Given Degrees
George McAneny Presides
and Speaks Of War Rec
ord; Roll of Honor Bears
l8 Names

DR.. Sidney e. Mezes, president of the
College of the City of New York, who
resigned his position as chairman of
the American Advisory Committee of
Experts to return in time for the COM
mencement exercises. declared in his
address to the graduates yesterday that
bolshevism cannot last in Russia be-
cause it ignores the bourgoisie The
bolsheviki, he said, are committing the
same mistake made by the former re-
gime, which did not include the prole-
tariat in the government.
Russia did not have integrity under
the Gear. and can have no ;ntegrity
under Bolshevism," he said, unless it
learns to combine both--and it hasn't
yet learned"
PRESIDENT Mezes pointed out that the
lack OF integrity on the part of Ger
many, Austria-Hungary and Russia
was responsible for their "breaking
down and breaking up "The presence
OF that factor among the Allies" he
SAID, Sustained and maintained them
to the triumphant end
Proud of War Record
Yesterday was the seventy-third
commencement of the college, and 347
received degrees. This is the largest
class the college ever graduated, It
includes 102 who were given their dj-
plomas when war called them awav
from their studies.
George McAneny, chairman of the
poard OF trustees, acted as chairman at
the exercises. He said he was intensely
proud of the war record of the colleges
students, instructors and president.
The latter he said. added "lustre to
the name of the college in the councils
of the nation The other speakers
were Lee kohns, member of the board
of trustees and president of the almuni
association, and Thomas w. Churchill.
former president of the Board of Edu
cation.
Invocation by Chaplain Fahy
Invocation and benediction were
pronounced by the Rev. Martin X.
Fahy, late United States chaplain with
the Keystone Division Dean Calston
r Brownson read the college roll of
honor, containing the name of eighteen
students and two members of the fac
ulty killed in the war
The following were awarded prizes:
Pell meda!s-John F. X. Finn and Paul
dell. Kaufman. Cromwell medal
Jacob A. Freedman. Ward medals
Walter B. Neumann, chemistry; Will
lam Pabst, natural philosophy; julius
Henry Wilmer, political science; Law
renee Naumann, jr., English; Leo
Dressler, Latin; Paul deli. Kaufman,
French; A. Morris Levy, Spanish; Rob
ert Jahrling, German; Ralph Gordon.
composition; Fred Iscolskv. logic:
Dante E. Broggi and Maurice Iserman,
history; Reuben Axel, moral philoso-
ply; Leo Mattersdorf, algebra and
geometry. Kelly prizes--Saul Pulver,
debating; Bernard Hurwitz, essay;
William Siegel, honorable mention,
essay. Claftin medals-Lous Braver-
man, Samuel Rosenblatt. Riggs medal
Morris B: Schwartzfarb. Ketcham
prlzes-William Winestone and Will
lam j. Norton, jr., history and philoso-
phy; p1 Charles siegel and Alfred K.
Blank, political science. Roemer prize
Henry Lipschitz, Ralph Weinberg.
Memorial prize-Arthur Poppe. Pra-
ger Memorial prize-Arthur Klein and
Paul dell. Kaufman. General Tremain
prizes-Jacob A. Friedman and Morris
Weintraub. Board Of Trustees prize.
Joseph Berkson. Drummond prize
George M. Hyman. James r. Steers
prize - Louis Wolchonok. Colonial
DANES Of State of New York prize
Julius Henry Wilmer. Second Year
highest Honors-John F. X. Finn
Honors-Dante E. Broggi. Abraham
Chassman, Edward limestone, Maurice
Iserman, William Needles, Leonard ].
Pincus, Morris Schapro.
Graduation honors, cum laude-
Samuel n. Cohen, Paul dell. Kaufman,
Arthur Klein, Maxwell Nurnberg, Will
lam .Riecker, jr., and Julius Henry
Wilmer