New-York tribune., 1921-06-01
VA me. Curie
And Miller Get
Degrees To-day
Columbia to Make Radium
Discoyerer Doctor of
Science and Governor Of
New York Doctor of Laws
Phi Bella Kappa Elects
2, 400 VIII Receive Their
Sheepskins at University's
commencement Exercises

Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie, CO.
discoverer of radium, will receive the
degree of Doctor of Science and Gov
ernor Nathan J.. Miller the degree of
Doctor Of Laws at the commencement
exercises of Columbia University this
morning.
The degree of Doctor of Science will
be presented also to John Campbell
Merriam. president Of the Carnegie
institution, of Washington, and to
Samuel Waldron Lambert, dean emeri-
tus of the Faculty of Medicine; Robert
Grant, author, will be awarded the de-
gree of Doctor of Letters, and the
degree of Doctor of Laws will be con-
TERED upon james Rowland Angel.
presIdent-elect of Yale University. and
julius Marshall Mayer judge Of the
United States District Court. The
candidates will be presented for de-
grees by James Furman Kemn nm;
versity orator. N'-'-
FIRST Women Physicians
For the first time in the history Of
Columbia University six women will
be graduated from the College of pbv-
siclans and Surgeons with the degree
CT Doctor of Medicine, among them
Mrs. Gulli Lindh Muller, who stands a+
the head of her class.
"A Bachelor of Arts certificate will be
awarded to the following for academic
record and in recognition of their serv-
ices during the World War: John d
Kennedy, ensign, U. S. N; Henry Mead
Rogers, second lieutenant, U. S. A., and
Douglas Stuart, U. S. n. R.F.
approximately 2,4O0 degrees. renre-
senting all the schools OF the univer-
sity. will be presented, including PA
degrees from Columbia College. 1853
from Barnard College, 81 from the
&c Ichool OF Journalism and 453 from
leachers College. Master of Arts de-
grees VIII be conferred upon 823 stu
dents.
Phi Beta Kappa Awards
;, yesterday was devoted to Phi Beta
happa exercises on Columbia CAMPUS.
while the Barnard College girls held
tnelr Class Day exercises in Students
nan Gertrude Schoedler, class presi-
dent, made the salutatory address at
the later exercises, Mary Clendenin
read the history and Gladys Van Brunt,
chairman of Senior Week, presented
the class gltt to the college, new
lighting system for Brinckerhoff Thea
ter. Ruth Jones and Mary GRANGER
furnished much amusement by reveal
ing the secret weaknesses of their class
mates and presenting each with an ap-
propriate souvenir.
1he following elections to Phi Beta
Kappa was announced by Beatrice
Lowndes Earle: Eloise Becker. Mar
garet K. Bush, Aldine Garter. Thelma
3. DeGraff, Anna Eiseman, Elsie Guer-
dan, Lois Gurnee, Mary A. Jennings.
Helen B. Jones, Dorothy Lind, Marjorie
c: Marks, Frances X. Marlatt, Marie
Mayer, M. D. Venn Milbank, Gertrude
Schroeder, Kathryn Small, Gertrude
Bendhelm Strauss and Gladys Van
Brunt.
After the valedictory of Helen Jones
and the occasional the class was host
ess at an informal reception on the
campus.
Miller Guest at Dinner
Governor Miller and other recirients
of honorary degrees were guests at din
ner last night at the home of DR.. But
Ter, president of the university. Those
invited to meet the university's distin-
guished friends were:
William Barclay Parsons, Bishop
William T. Manning, John G. Milburn,
DR.. Walter B. James, Stephen Baker,
John B. Pine, Frederic R. Coudert, Rob-
ert S. Lovatt, Henry S. Pritchett, Dar-
win P. Kingsley, Consul General G. Lie
bert, M. Marcel Knecht, Professors
George S. Huntington, James w. job
ling, l.. Baekeland, George B. Pegram
and Henry E. Champion.