The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-06-01
New Generation Must SaDe
World From Disaster, Geddes
Charges G. w. q. Graduates

Ipressive ceremonies marked the
nlnty-ninth annual commencement
of George Washington University
in Central High school auditorium
last evening. Two hundred ana
seventy-nine students received d.
pIomas. Honorary degrees were
conferred upon eight.
Sir Auckland Geddes. British AM
bassador to the United States, who
delivered the commencement ad-
dress, charged the graduates with
the responsibility of aiding in guild
ing the world forces safely through
the world revolution, which is now
raging"
Future Is Black.
The future of all nations Is
black" Geddes declared. and the
next fifty or sixty years will be the
most glorious or disastrous the
! world has ever known. The lead
| ers of the world. the educational
people. must take the upper hand
and upon you, therefore, rests a
great responsibility"
The Ambassador intimated that II
was time for America to show its
hand In European affairs, declaring:
1T has been your tradition to avoid
European entanglements. But Eu-
rope is now in disentanglements.''
He expressed the belief that Euro
pean civilization was in danger be-
cause Its leaders seem to have for
! gotten or never knew how to apply
the knowledge of education"
President William H. Collier spoke
briefly following the presentation
of diplomas.
Honorary Derrees Granted,
General Pershing. Attorney Gen.
eral Palmer, Senator Harding of
Ohio, Sir Auckland Geddes and Sem
ator Lenroot were invested with the
degree of Doctor of Laws. The Rev.
James Townsend Russell, of Wash
ington Cathedral. and the Rev. Her
bert sShipman, of New York City.
were awarded the degree of Doctor
of Divinity. and Edward William
Nelson, chief of the Biological Sur
vey. the degree Of Doctor Of Sci
ence.
In opening the services President
Collier called attention to the day
and paid tribute to the memory of
the men from George Washington
University who died in service. The
Rev. Herbert F. Randolph, of Foun-
dry Methodist Episcopal Church,
pronounced the Invocation.
Those who received diplomas fol-
low:
The following degrees were con-
ferred:
Bachelor of Arts - James MarriI
Ryland Adams. District of Column
bia; Leslie Harold Adams, District
of Columbia; Ruth Frances Allen,
District of Columbia;. John Andrew
Aman. Maryland. with distinction) +:
John Leonard Baer. Pennsylvania;
Charles Olin Ball, Kansas: Jacob
Thomas Basseches. New York: Ella
Mildred Benefits, District Of Column
bia; Sue Hunt Boyd. North Carolina !:
Thomas Browne. District of Column
bia; Eva Rebecca Buchanan, Iowa !:
Cleveland Cabler. Arkansas: Elma
Bebee Carr. Kentucky; Leon Eman-
uel Cartmell. Mississippi: Paul Ham
ilton Cathcart, Virginia; william
James Cheyney. Virginia, with dis
tinction); Doris Msble Cochran. Dis
trict OF Columbia; Casper Lehman
Cottrell, Pennsylvania: EIva Ellen
Coughlin, District Of Columbia;
Florence Cummings, District of Col
umbia: Julia Irene Daniel, District
of Columbia, (with distinction) :;
Raymond Garfield De Frees, Iowa :;
Frederick Morse Dickey, District of
Columbia: John Paul Earnest. Dis
trict of Columbia; Samuel Gale Eb-
ling. Ohio; May Blanche Einstein,
District of Columbia, with distinc-
tion); Bernhard Edwin Erickson.
Illinois. with distinction); Charles
Geschickter. District. of Columbia
with distinction); William GiIligan,
Connecticut; Sol s. Chuck, District
of Columbia. with distinction) :;
Lemuel Eugene Greene, louisiana;
Klein Klinger Haddaway, Maryland;
Sara Hogg, Georgia; Alec Horwitz,
District of Columbia, with distinc-
tion): Fay Irene Huse, Montana;
Lawrence Oscar jackson, Colorado;
Richard Alexander Kelly, Virginia;
Helotse Lazaro, Louisiana; Nelson
Littell. Indiana; Quinter Marcellus
Lyon. District of Columbia; Martha
Steele McGrew, Tennessee; sDetIow
Mainsch Marthinson. District of COL
umbia: Thomas Ray Manning, Penn
sylvania; Sarah Elizabeth Maui,
Maryland; Gertrude Metzerott. Dis
trict of Columbia: Eddie Lance
Mills. Texas: Helen Miner, Ohio;
Jimmie Ethel Montgomery, Ala
bama; Mildred Josephine Moore,
District of Columbia, with distinc-
tion); Godfrey Leon Munter. nH-
nois; Henning Cunningham helms,
District Of Columbia; Agnes Chris
tine Nelson, North Dakota: Henry
Janney Nichols. District of Column
bia; Mildred Padgett, District of
Columbia: Harry Perrin, ConnectI;
cut; Mona Bette Pollner, District of
Columbia; Darwin Jesse Pope, Dis
trict of Columbia. with distinc-
tion); Margaret Marie Preinkerr,
District of Columbia: Albert Emmett
Reitzel, North Carolina: Olive Am
rita Reynolds, Maryland; Martha
Elizabeth Schaff. District of Co.
umbia; Mildred Miriam Schauweker,
Ohio; Frank Schellfeffer, Illinois:
Ernest Aldine See. West Virginia;
Charlotte Gordon Simpson, District
OF Columbia; Beatrice wilkins TAFT.
District of Columbia; Leroy Will
lam Tilton. Texas: Augustus Jauuel-
inc Todd. District of Columbia.
Margaret Whitford. District of Col
umbia, with distinction). Eunice
Whyte. District of Columbia: VOL
ney Winfield Workman, Oklahoma;
Ethel Craigen Yohe. District of
Columbia
Bachelor of Science in Medicine
Morris 1. Bierman, Minnesota.
Thomas Carleton Thompson, Penn
sylvania: Frank Louis whitman,
District of Columbia.
Bachelor of Science in Civil En-
gineering-Charles Francis Blakely.
Nebraska: Albert Arthur McEntee
Illinois: 0dver Harrison Miller,
Oklahoma: Heman Smith Ward, Dis
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