Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-21
NASSAU SENDS OUT.
CLASS OF SIS men
Four Distinguished Citizens Re-
ceive Honorary Degrees
at Princeton
YALE's HEAD GETS L.. D

OF o2D ana at tnc shIle tihV $500" ~ :
names of four prominent men to the
long list of those who have received
honorary degrees from her hands
"Old Nassaus'', commencement exer-
cises took place nt II 30 this morning
in Alexander Hall. which was crowded
with friends and relatives OF the
graduates.
The men TO whom honorary degrees
were awarded were Christopher Grant
LaFarge. architect. who received the
degree OF NJ. +. A. (mastef OF fine
arts). John Kelmnn, pastor OF the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church:
New York the degree OF ID d. and
Roland Sletor Morris, Of Philadelpnia,
former Ambassador to japan, and
graduate of Princeton in the class OF
iSg6. who with President elect James
Rowland Angel, of Yale received the
degree LII. d.
In conferring the honorary degree on q
President -elect Angel. Dean west; Oh
the Princeton Graduate Coiiese, salu ~
leader nulsine with energy and alive
to human sympathies, begins the guid :
once of Yale, the university which IN
comra deship stands nearest our own; ne
is ACCOMPANIED by all the good VIII OF
Princeton. May the beacon hgh.s Oh
faith and knowledge, whose blended ray
hos illumined Yale 80 long, shine
hr;gbter r now, disclosing larger vistas
~ fruth ever old. ever new, In his time
and SO long as Yale shall stand.
Other Recipients Of Honorary Degree
Addressing Mr.. LaFarge, who is .
former vice president or the American
Institute Of Architects, past presioen'
of the American Architectural League,
trustee and secretary OF the americun ,,
n,entcd him as IAN artist of construc
five originality, with brilliant and yer
| satile rifts tempered by sound historical
judgments. designer Of impressive civic,
domestic. academic and ecclesiastical
structures. the incisive critic to whom
his fellow artists gladly come for
searching review Of their plans, wideiy
read in literature. writer OF vivio
and graceful style, lover of outdoors,
Mt home on swift water or in the
wilds, a living impulse IN the American
| Academy in Rome, humanist ardentiy
devoted to the cause of art and letters
for the ennobling of American life.'
| DR.. Kelman was designated by the
dean as we'll trained in time Of high
intellectual vigor and of rare PERSONAL i
ties at the University Of Edinburgh,
later a minister in that fair city, foI
years engaged In the wonderful work
begun by Henry Drummond among the
students, pastor of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church in New York
traveller and attractive writer on the
Near East and on religious themes.
"At the outbreak Of the World War
he instantly volunteered for the front,
served in France and Italy and also
was sent BY the British Government tc
plead the cause before the American
people. His words were new reyela p.
tion Of stirring power. In him Scot.
land has given US of her best.
| Of Mr.. Morris, the dean said:
| "Giving himself to legal and politi-
cal life-and without neglect of liter
ary and educational pursuits. he is rep
resentative Of a family which has rem
dered high public service continuously
from revolutionary and colonial days
HE has given effectual help in the
rerplexed affairs of the Far East, made
worse by the chaos in Siberia. His
| tact and patience secured the agreement
whereby Japan sent the United States
great quantities of shipping for use In
the war. and also brought Japan tc
join with the other Powers in the con
sortium for Chinese loans. His report
on the bewildering situation in Siberia
during the precarious regime of Ad.
miral Kolchak is ranked as State
paper of prime value.
I'm the day of trouble he has beer
a calm counsellor, seeking to brinl
order from confusion and by dealinl
justly to clear the way for peace"
The Graduating Class
Degrees were awarded to the follow.
ing members Of the graduating class:
A. B. DEGREE
sss's ja%:s Ss%fi e. Ala.sg A.sg
Walter p. Baker. LIVINGSTON Bailey. VII
B:nas SsS. S:Srss 5sP. s.rfs ;sps VI
Bliss, Wiliism Bolton. u. Franci. D. How
sa doh G B,nStG T. BaT Bfs%n oI.sdaS T.
Robert $. burger LLOYD 8; Burns. o
S$s 'IsiR1 Sf:Ss
Robert W; Cossgm, Stephen B. creasey. 10
SoPh Pip: p crolI ,feeii'1 croH;e ius, n.a,.,,
S1f Davis. Si fhp IL 6aSs asr janps sT: s. Dssn ssa
RSSsF ss% P D1cs Flank m cnf poPSRHs PSHHs J
Hugh McP. Driseoll. Foster n, pulles.
Richard NJ. Ehret. William II. English
Jr,, Thomas D. Ewing.
Arthur !. Fasan. John II. Fawcett. Wi
lam Ferguson. Jr; George g. Finney
y. Forster. Case A Foster. Jr,, Reginal
] Harry D. aanney. Nelson D, clifford. Jr
= John, Gilnllan, William C., Gotshalk Jr
i Wendell W. Greerhee. Frederick II. Groe
s,aa3 Efs'ff ii A. Hfa ResarG GAf II H"T: Il:
: man W. Harms, Henry {, p. Harth, Daltc
Hayes. Harold Helm. Edward T, Herndol
n Edwin Herzog Joel NJ Hill. John |
d klns Russell H6pkinson. William Hughe
George r. Hunter.
a Ralph W, Lllnsw0rth,. ira,
Mcclure Kelley. Edmund n. Kelly. Ralr
T.. Kent, Richard u. King Richard d. Kit
ID, Miller. Kenneth i: klipstsIn. Alan q. Kno
S1ee Ja6n A5nraFt ksSenfrs Sw,TS hsrPsr ~
Wan 8. Loose Charles Il. Lutt. ''''
BENJAMIN d, MeAlpin Jr:. William I
| NcClenahan Alexander NJ Maccoli. Afr,
| Mccormack Fowler Mccormick Robert 4
| McCulloch. Gordon McCulloh. Hugh D. M
, Kinnon, Robert Mclaughlin. Douglas
~ | McWilliams. Herbert s. Margetts, Miner
y Markham. Henry b. MArtz. Harrison
! Matthews; Charles ". Mayo. Yarnum
Il Metzger Edwsrd b.. Meyer Morton Msye
M Miller. William b. Mills. Joseph
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