Evening star., 1921-06-09
|3D6 STUDENTS GET
DEGREES AT. c. v. j.
Representative MondeIl De.
clares Good Citizens Have
" Political interest.

SuAsVAu utSVU VoSs
It is the duty Of citizens to take an
interest In political questions. Repre-
sentative Frank w. Mondell Of Wy
oming told graduates Of George
Washington University at the Tooth
commencement last night in the audi
torium OF Central High School.
Il do not advise polMical activity
/ shat must depend upon your inclina-
ton and your circumstances" he said.
but political interest you must have
II you are to do your duty as citi-
zenS He who does not take the trou-
Die TO pc At least reasonably informed
on POLITICAL questions and exert some
slight influence toward their solution.
fails in his duty as the citizen Of a
self-governinE country"
Thirteen Honorary Degrees.
Degrees in course were conferred
upon sos students by President Will
liam Miller Collier. Thirteen hon
orary degrees were bestowed as fol-
Doctor Of laws-Juan Riano Y. Gay
Church, Stephen Wallace Dempsey,
stephen Tying Mather. Representative
Frank w. Mondell Of Wyoming. John
Garland Pollard, Augustus Storrs
Doctor Of Humane I.etters-Thomas
Edwin Brown and James Southworth
Parker.
Doctor Of Divinity-Rev Canon will
liam Levering De Vries of Washing
ton Cathedral
Master of Arts-Leila Mechlin, sec.
retary Of the American Institute Of
Architects and art editor Of The Even
ing Star. and North Overton Messen-
ger. political writer on the staff Of
The Evening Star.
merous or inviting" said Representa-
address. N:evef We're the fields Of
endeavor so wide. SO varied, SO allur-
ing.
Let US not despise the day Of small
things. of humble employment, of
modest beginnings. or shun the day
of hard work, for out OF these have
come every success worth while: upon
these have been built most of the
and Of such have been most lives Of
the highest and most permanent USE
| fulness.
Emphasises Virtues.
I'VE shall find distractions in the
way, of course, but life has its master
keys. Honesty. fidelity and industry,
| strung upon the woven threads Of
Grafton. unlock all doors that bar
| the way, and swing wide the portals
Of all opportunities Armed with
these. neither unkindly fate nor un-
toward circumstances can rob US Of
our fair reward.
The world owes US neither fame. nor
fortune. nor success. The world will
grant US none of these unless we
earn them. and in the day when the
world is the most kindly in its re-
ward of effort. generous in its re-
ward of industry. it is the most in
tolerant OF shiftlessness. slackness
and indifference.
Whatever the task may be. do 1t
well. However drab and common
place. however tedious. trying, tire
some-do 1t well. Do it little bet.
your thought your brain. your hand.
be of the best. So doing you will
| succeed. for the virtue lies not in
| the thing done, but In the manner
the reward will be in proportion to
| the perfection Of the product.
| Advises Political Interest.
II do not advise political activity
| that must depend upon your inclna-
| tion and your circumstances, but po-
litical interest you must have il you
| are to do your duty as citizens. He
who does not take the trouble to
be at least reasonably informed on
political questions and exert some
| slight influence toward their solu-
tion. fails in his duty as the citizen
Of a self-governing country"
Invocation was offered by Canon
ceded by an academic procession,
! headed by the senior marshals-
Harry Wright Newman. Russell Ide
Whyte and Harold Thomas Kay. Mu-
sic was furnished by Sol Minister'S
Band
ConferrinS Of Degrees.
| ferred.
Bachelor Of arts-Robert Nelson
Anderson. Virginia with distinction)
Rosemary Arnold. District of Colum-
| bia: William Mccormick Ballinger
District OF Columbia; Henrietta Beh-
rend. District Of Columbia; Robert
bia with distinctions; Mary Mac
yinlay Bradley. Georgia with distinc-
tion); Joseph Leon Campus, New
York; Tilman Bethel Cantrell, Illi-
| nois; Denver Darrell Coleman. Ohio;
Daniel Stickney Coombs. Nebraska
Earle Jay Drummond, Ohio: Maurice
Matthew Duffy. Washington; Beatrice
D.. Ellington. District Of Columbia
John. Plummer Elliott. Maryland
Charles Francis Foley, Pennsylvania
Marie Estelle 0ibboB Virginia; Clar.
Columbia; Ralph A. Graves, Georgia
Alexander White Gregg. Texas; Her.
bert Robert Grossman, Kentucky
with distinctionl; Dorothy Stiefel
Guiterman. New York with distinc-
! tion); Rosamond Frances Harvey
Hastings, District of Columbia; James
Chandler Hatcher. Alabama; William
Preston Haynes, Kentucky; Winston
Rives Haynes, Virginia; Robert Burns
Healey, New York; Ruth Marie He'd.
den. Indiana; Herman S. Hoffman
Iowa; Josephine Marie Huber, Distric,
| of Columbia; Charles Ritchey HUFF
Minnesota; Aubrey Eugene Hummer
District of Columbia; Ethel May John
son, Pennsylvania; William JOSEPH
Johnson. Massachusetts,; Francis Ed.
tion): Evelyn wellington Jones. Dis
trict Of Columbia; Francis Marion
Jones, District Of Columbia; William
Binford King. Virginia; Harry Har.
old Kaiupy. Louisiana; Eleanor Lane
virginia; Percy Walbourne Leeduc
illinois: oscar Henry Lindow. Wis.
consin with distinction); Laura
Madeline McC1intock, Pennsylvania
Philip Mowry McKenfa. District oi
Columbia; Laurette McKendree, New
Hampshire; Lillian Malone. Virginia
Carl Francis Mara1di. Massachusetts
Margaret Metzeroth, District Of Co.
lumbia with distinction): Estil Els.
Naylor, Missouri; Axel Nelson, NORTH
Dakota; Harry Wright Newman. Dis.
trict Of Columbia; William Benedict
OConne1l, South Dakota; Earl L
! Packer; Utah; Marie Paxour. Soutl
Dakota; Rebecca Perlman, District OF
| Columbia (with distinction): William
Water Peterson, Iowa; Ruth Suther.