The Washington herald., 1919-06-19
Cen. WOOD TELLS
G. ". !. "CRADS"
OF WORLD NEEDS
One Language for All Peo-
pie in U. S. Declared to
Be One Of Vital Needs.
ARMY Is NEW FACTOR
Abolition of Foreign Press
Held Help to Eliminate
Discomfort.

Discomfort.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood. COM
mencement orator at the ninety
eighth annual exercises of George
Washington University. at Central
High School. last night. declared
that the suppression OF publications
printed in foreign languages would 20
long way toward settling the social
unrest in America.
Petty racial jealousies engendered
by them are hindering the great ma
tional spirit OF progress that was
developed by the world war. he said.
Gen. Wood recommended also the
abolition OF am language but that
Of America in the teaching Of chill
dren OF graded schools.
New Factor In Affairs.
Uncle Sans returning army of
more than 100000 henceforth must
be reckoned with as a powerful force
in national affairs. Gen. Wood de-
clared
'As these men come home" he said.
there should be no discrimination
in receiving the man who was over
seas and the man who reached only
rhe training camp. All did their
duty"
william Miller Collier. president
of the university, pointed out the
great responsibility of the gradual
ing students in undertaking to help
solve the momentous problems fac
ing the world.
Bishop John W. Hamilton. chan
celIor of American University, de-
livered the invocation.
Seven Degrees Conferred.
Seven honorary degrees were con-
ferred. as follows: Doctor of Laws
General Wood. John Barton
Payne. general counsel for the Rail-
road Administration: and Senator
Howard Sutherland of West Vir-
ginia; Doctor Of Music. Nicholas
Douthy. of Philadelphia. for the past
three years director OF the musical
recitals of the Washington Society OF
Fine Arts: Doctor OF Science-John
Hays Hammond. Jr-. inventor of the
wireless torpedo: and Doctor of Let
ters-Langdon L. Mitchell. poet and
playwright. and son of the late
Or. s. Weir Mitchell. famous novel
list: and Miss Eliza r Scidmore,
noted writer. travelor and lecturer.
Musical selections were rendered
by an orchestra under direction OF
Sol Minister. Students and faculty
members appeared in academic can
and gown. the procession being
headed by Eugene Underwood. senior
marshal. and Jacob L. Lenovitz and
Robert W. Mccullough. assistant
marshals.
Prize awards were announced as
follows:
Davis prizes. first. Earle Milburn
Wsllick; second, Margaret Joanna
Prentiss: third. Lssalia McCaffrey
d. A. R. prizes. Sadie White Boiler
and Ralph Aaron Styer; Thomas F,
Walsh prize. Lingo Juan Csstillejo;
E. X. Cutter prize. Margaret Joanna
Prentiss; Gardner G. Hubbard prize
Earle W wallick: Muth prize. Frank
Russell Garman: Chi Omega prize in
sociology. Mary Louise Sturman;
Sigma Kappa prize. Ora May Mon
Pi Beta Phi prize. Herbert c
Fooks: Staughton prize. Rebekah
Sanborn; Chi Omega prize. Mary
Louise Sturman; Ruggles prize
Frank LangeIIotti; Phi Mu prize
Evelyn Emig: Pi Beta Phi prize
Charles Geschickter; Colonial Danes
prize. Eugene Underwood.
Law School-John y. Larner gold
medal. Bessie worton Newsom. Her
rick prize. Howard Seaman Miller
Blackstone Institute prizes. Taylor
HudnaH Stukes. Ellsworth prize. Ed.
gar Cummings Sanborn.
High School Scholarship Awards ~
the Department of Arts and Sciences
Kendall scholarship. Henry Temin
Central High School. First univer-
sity. Ellis Haworth. Eastern High
School. Second university. Harry
Friedenberg Central High School
Third university. Elizabeth Kendrick,
Central High School. Fourth univer-
sity, Janet Elliot. Central High School.
Fifth university. William Harris. Nc
Kinley Manual Training School. Sixth
university. Marjorie S. Gerry. Central
High School.
The following degrees were confer
red:
Master of Science. Peter Hidnert,
New York.
Master of Arts.-KinE Chu. China
Rosalie Gardiner Jones. New York;
Marquis Lafayette Lennon, Tennessee;
ollie Roscoe MCGUIRE. Louisiana: Ken
kichi Mori. Japan: Edwin Clarence
Reed, District OF Columbia; Erwin
Henry Shiun. Arkansas: Warren Jen-
nison Willis. Minnesota. Margery
Evelyn Wilson. Kansas.
Doctor Of Phrosophy.-H Percy
Barrows. oregon; Frank Cooper
C-aighead, Pennsylvania: Frank Nc
Ginley Phillips. Iowa.
Bachelor of Arts.-Louise Franklin
Bache. District of Columbia; Rachel
Lucille Benfer, District OF Columbia
Ruth Hilton Bennett. District Of Co.
lumbia: Dolly Marthena Callahan
Virginia; Mildred Ruberta Callahan
Virginia: Lima Wright Carnahan. Mis-
souri: Percy Thomas Cowles. Msssa'
chusetts~ with distinctionD: Ernest
Edgar Deitz. West Virginia; Dorothy
Donahue. Vermont: Rilla May Hauke
District of Columbia: Elizabeth hoe
der Heitmuller. District OF CoIumbis
with Distinction: Frank L.angelotti.
New York; Catherine Regis Moran
District of Columbia: Thomas Taylor
MacEwen. District of Columbia; Flor
ence Eberiy Mentzer. Pennsylvania
Henry Ravenel. District Of Columbia
Francis Core Reynolds. District OF
Columbia: Lewis Rockow. with dis
tinctionD. Wisconsin: IneZ Burlington
Ryan with distinctionD, District oi
Columbia: Rebekah Sanborn. District
Of Columbia; Henry Clay Stephens
jr.. Tennessee; Maria Morse StrOut
Maine; Ralph Aaron Styer. Pennsyl'
vania; Tsu-Lieh Sun, China. Eugen,
Underwood. Illinois. Earle Wilbur
Wallick Illinois. Francis Eugene Wal.
ter, Pennsylvania, Ethel Wolf (witf
distinction) District OF Columbia; Will
lam Mitchell (as of the class of 1879