Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-10
AMES GRADUATES
ITS RECORD CLASS
DEGREES CONFERRED ON sa4
STUDENTS At COMMENCE
MENT EXERCISES.
MANY ADVANCED AND
HONORARY DEGREES
Thirty Four Certificates for Non
Collegiate Work Awarded - D r.
Burton Delivers Commencement
Address - List Of Recipients Of
Honorary Degree.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames. June 10.-Three hundred
thirty four baccalaureate degrees in
agriculture. engineering, home eco
Monies. industrial science and veter-
mary medicine. 70 advanced and hon
orary degrees and "a certificates for
non collegiate work were conferred
yesterday at the commencement ex-
ercises of Iowa State College, which
terminated It's semi centennial cele-
hration.
Parents and friends of graduates,
and hundreds of old grads" who
were back for the. semi-centenniai,
filled the college gymnasium with an
audience of several thousand when
the long line Of candidates for de-
prees, headed by the president of the
college and many visiting dignitaries.
filed in.
Thirteen honorary degrees were
awarded to leaders in the educational.
agricultural and engineering life of
the nation. OF this number, nine are
graduates of Iowa State College.
Those who were awarded doctor OF
engineering degrees were w, c. Arm
strong. railroad ard bridge engineer
of national reputation and tn, man
who had charge OF the building the
Northwestern depot In Chicago; T. l..
Smith, prominent mechanical engi-
neer and inventory and Arthur Powell
Davis. president of the American So
ciety Of Civil Engineers.
The doctor of science degree was
conferred on Alfred Atkinson. presi-
| dent Of the Montana State College of
Agriculture: j. q. Arthur. botany
, professor emeritus of Purdue Univer-
sity; Carleton r. Ball. agronomist OF
the United States department of agri-
culture and an authority on plant
rusts; Miss Isabel Bevier. head of the
department of home economies Of the
! University Of Illinois: l.. S. Klinck,
president Of the University of British
! Columbia; A. s. Hitchcock, agrostol-
! ogist of the, department Of aagricul-
ture: John r. Mohler. chief OF the
bureau Of animal industry Of the de-
partment of agriculture; Wilmon
Newell, plant commissioner OF ,Fiori-
da, who was responsible for the Grad
ication OF the citrus canker In the
United States; r. A. Oakley. agrono-
mist In charge of seed distribution in
the department OF agriculture, and
Eugene Davenport, dean Of the school
of agriculture at the University OF
! Illinois.
The commencement address was
delivered by DR.. Marion L. Burton,
! president of tho University of Min
nesota and presidentselect of the Uni
"ersity of Michigans The splendid
presencel and voice OF the speaker
gave especial emphasis to his words
He dealt with the demand that de-
mocracy makes upon true citizenship
| Democracy's first demand, declared
DR.. Burton, Is intellectual--a scien-
tific Investigation of the questions
which involve the welfare of the
country. The speaker cited the in
dustrial problem. the question OF how
far the government should go in the
| taking over OF public utilities and in
ternational relations, with the neces-
sity of. either assuming or rejecting a
! part In the affairs of the world, as
Typical OF the critical problems that
the war has brough, to the fore.