The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
TWENTY OBTAIN
G. W. U. DEGREES
Honorary Titles Also Con-
ferred at Mid-Winter
Convocation. =
NOTED MEN PRESENT
Senator Calder, Don Ibanez,
Hoover and McVeagh
Lauded.
NOTED MEN PRESENT

Senior Don Vicente Blasco Ibanez,
noted Spanish author. received the de-
gree Of Doctor of Letters. honoris
causa- and delivered an address on
The Best Novel Ever Written" at the
mid-winter convocation of George
Washington University. held yester-
day afternoon in the Central High
School auditorium
The honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws was conferred upon Senator
william Musgrave Calder, of New
York: Herbert Clark Hoover. former
United States Food Administrator, and
FRANKLIN -MacVeagh, former Secretary
OF the Treasury. Twenty students of
the university received academic de-
grees. The convocation address was
delivered by Senator Calder.
In honor of Senior Ibanez, the audi
torium of the school was decorated
with flags of all Spanish-speaking ma
tons. Members of the Diplomatic
Corps from Spanish-American coun-
tries attended.
Praises Washington.
In receiving his degree Senior Iba-
neZ said:
"Of all the undeserved honors
which have been bestowed upon me
none is more worthy of my graft
tude than this degree, which is
conferred upon by university
bearing the name of George Wash
ington. the hero I most admire and
the kindliest and sublimest spirit
that ever drew a sword.
This honor 1 shall repay in the
manner that a novelist can best re-
pay. l shall write several novels
to describe the monstrous great
ness of New York and the noble
distinction of Washington"
Reads Citations
In delivering the diplomas of the
ncwly-made Doctors of Laws, Presi-
dent Collier said:
William Musgrave Calder: An
Industrious and conscientious llegis-
lator. champion of American institu-
tions which guarantee the fullest op-
portunities to everyone, himself an
example of their successful work
ing in the case of all those who are
themselves willing to work.
Franklin MacNeagh: Former Sec
retary of the Treasury. maintain
ing in that Office the high standards
of fidelity and applying to it the
methods of efficient management
that had previously enabled him to
achieve conspicuous success in
private business and take a most
prominent part in civic affairs.
Herbert Clark Hoover: AS chair
man for relief in Belgium. he saved
a nation from starvation: as food
administrator of the United States,
he powerfully helped to win a war
to preserve the world for civiliza-
ton"
Students Graduated.
The following students Of Columbia
College. of the university. received
degrees: Bachelor of Arts. Wager s.
Brown. Lewis VI. I.ide and Fred Nash
Oliver; Bachelor of Science in Medi-
cine, William c. Gardner.
Degrees in the law school were
awarded to the following: Bachelor
OF Laws, George II. Carter. Highland
r Jones, Henry Miller. George H.
Partridge, Paul E. Shorb with dis
tinction), and John P. Tomlinson;
Master OF Laws. Louis NJ. Denit and
Herbert c. Fooks.
The degree of Master of Science was
awarded to Hsiao Wei Min and Laura
W. Steever, of the graduate school.
others of the graduate school who
received degrees were: Master of
Arts. Otto c. Gsantner. Margaret H.
Schoenfeld and Yung-Ching Yang;
Doctor of Philosophy. Elias Elvove.
Thomas Z. snyder and Frank A. Wet
more.
Mai. Fred n. Oliver. who was
wounded in the late war. received an
ovation when the degree of Bachelor
Of Arts was conferred upon him. He
came forward to receive the degree on
crutches.