The Washington times., 1921-06-19
SEVEN STUDENTS
OF RESEARCH u"
TO GET DEGREES
Commencement Exercises Next
Saturday to include Picnic
And Program.

Seven students of Research Univer-
sity will receive degrees at the Com
m mencement exercises to be held in the
university's headquarters. 20 Jackson
place, next Saturday night.
President Louis W. Rapeer will
confer degrees on the following stu
dents; Benjamin Edwin Buente. bach
elor of arts; Alice Margaret Hopkins.
bachelor of arts; J. Clarence voor-
horst, bachelor of science: Philip
Earle Bunker. b. b. A. master COM
mercial science; Samuel Henry De
Vault. A. b.. "a NJ, doctor Of philos-
ophy: Charles Homer Lane. A B.,
b. s. A. A. NJ, doctor of philosophy.
An honorary degree OF III. ID. Will
be conferred on william Franklin
Wiiloughby, director of the Institute
of Government Research.
Director Willoughby has been the
director for the Institute of Govern
ment Research since 1915. One of
the principal Investigations made by
this bureau, which have been pub
lished In a number of volumes, has
been the practical study of national
budget In the United States
Horace Mann Howner, chairman of
the House Committee on Education,
will speak on the National Educa-
tional Emergency" DR.. Roy s. Mac
Elwee. chairman of the board of
trustees of the university, will also
speak on the Mature and Purpose
of the university. Lewis r. Alder
man, of the educational division of
the Bureau of Navigation, and a
trustee of the university, will preside.
Rev. Walter Amos Morgan, of the
Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church.
will give the invocation.
WINS FELLOWSHIP.
The board of trustees have grant
ed the annual fellowship which Is
given to the most intelligent grad
uate student. as, determined by
standard psychological tests and
scholarship, to Alton Ross Hodg-
kins, A b.
The annual scholarships to the
most intelligent undergraduate stu
dents have been awarded to Eliz-
abeth N. Barr, Lucille Crescentia
Drummer. Wayne Vernon Petit, Ruth
Stevens, Edwin Carson Toothman,
and Marjorie Van de Water.
One hundred subject scholarships
will be awarded for the summer
quarter of twelve weeks. which be-
gins on July s. Fifty other subject.
scholarships will be awarded for the
year beginning September 10, 1921:
Commencement festivities will
start with an entertainment by the
student association. L. c.. Tooth
nan, chairman, has prepared an in
toresting program to include a Sc
ries of old-fashioned guessing con-
tests in which the seniors and can
didates for advanced degrees will be
compelled to throw aside their dig
nifty and join with the freshmen.
Good music and refreshments will
be provided. The entertainment will
he followed by dancing. Miss Marie
Cherry is In charge of the refresh
ment committee and the decorations
will be cared for by Augusta Dor
ries Hardy.
Another feature will be a picnic
for graduates and students at Amer
icsn University Park. The stu
dents will meet at Research Uni
versity and go in a body to the
park, where they will be the guests
at the home of Professor John Mars
den Goodwin, Dean of the School of
Commercial Art
DR. HALL NAMED DEAN.
DR.. John c. Hall. professor of SOC
ial science, has been named dean of
the College. of Commerce of the uni
versity.
Bennett Mead, 4. B., A. NJ. who
for four years was investigator and
report writer for the Department Of
Labor, has been appointed professor
of Social Science. Mr.. Mead will have
classes in history and applied seci-
ology.
Frederick ellis. A. b., graduate Of
the Georgetown Foreign Service
School, has been appointed as in :.
structor of Foreign TraAs Principles
and Logic
DR.. Peter Henry Pearson, of the
United States BWeau OF Education,
was appointed professor OF Foreign
Educational Systems.
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