New-York tribune., 1919-06-05

! sterner sense of the realities Of life
In less degree, perhaps, these same les
sons have been learned by those SOL
diers and sailors who remained at
home, and by the tens of millions of
men and women who followed with
ANXIOUS solicitude the events of each
succeeding day in the wars history
Unless all signs fail the war has
taught a new respect for discipline
and has reestablished in the minds
of men some ancient convictions that
had lately shown signs of weakening
1t was, for example, the exceptionally
effective and minutely organized dis
clpline of the German people, political,
economic and social as we'll as military.
that made the war an actual fact, 1t
was the lack of an equally effective
and well-ordered discipline on the part
OF the people of the Allied nations that
permitted the issue to hang so long in
the balance.
Voluntary Discipline Superior
Amazing courage, limitlcss sacrifice
and unbreakable wills sustained the
shock of battle against overwhelming
odds until that full organization of ma
tlonal power and competence, which
discipline aims to effect, had been
brought into existence. When that
happened the war was speedily won,
for the self-imposed discipline of the
Tree peoples was certain to be i'm
mensely superior to the arbitrarily
imposed discipline, even though cheer
fully assented to. of the Germans.
"If school and college and university
~ nv wi nl, L
these, they have sadly failed. Infor-
nation is no substitute for discipline,
nor will mere skill or competence take
its place. Information is useful if it
be the material for reflection, but
otherwise it has only the value of an
index to an encyclopedia. Skill and
competence are useful if they are or
ganized for the accomplishment of a
tine and clearly understood purpose.
Otherwise they easily become the in
struments of vice and crime.
Purpose Key to Character
ut is mans purpose which is the key
to his character, and it is mans self
discipline for the accomplishment of
his purpose which is the explanation
of his success or failure in life. And
by success is not meant getting rich
The mere heaping up of great wealth,
which generation ago was thought to
be laudable occupation, is now felt
to be rather stupid use of time and
opportunity. If wealth be gained and
then used for human advancement, that
is one thing; but if it be hcaped up
and merely left like ball and chain
around the feet Of the next generation,
that is quite another matter.
The candidates for degrees were
presented by the deans of the various
schools and departments. Degrees of
bachelor of arts and bachelor of sci
ence were granted to ITO graduates of
Columbia College, and 141 received
these degrees from Barnard College,
Thirty-one received bachelor of science
degrees from the School of Medicine,
thirteen from the School of Business
and 332 from Teachers College. The
School of Law granted bachelor of
laws degrees to forty-tive of its grad
yates. The Hippocratic oath was ad-
mlnistered and the degree of doctor of
medicine conferred upon 113 men who
had finished the medical course.
Engineering degrees were awarded to
fourteen, architectural degrees to nine,
the degree of pharmaceutical chem
list to eight, and that of bachelor of
literature in journalism to twenty.
The candidates for masters, degrees
were presented by William II. Carpen-
ter, secretary of the University Coun-
Gil, as were also the fifty-two cand-
dates for the degree Of doctor of phil
osophy.
Honorary Degrees Conferred
These honorary degrees were con-
ferred by President Butler:
Ralph Hodder-Williams, formerly
captain in the Princess Patricia Regi-
ment of Canadian volunteers; master
of arts.
Walter Jarvis Barlow, graduate of
Columbia College in the Class of 1889
and of the Medical School in the Class
of 1892; master of arts.
George Arlss, actor and playwright;
master of arts.
Maurice Francis Egan, former Minis
ter to Denmark; doctor Of letters.
Edward Page Mitchell, graduate of
Bowdoin College, editor of "Thc New
York Sun; doctor of letters.
John Timothy Stone, graduate of Am