New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Nassau's l75th
Commencement
Held in Open
Degrees Conferred on f73
Students in First Out-Of-
Door Ceremony in Prince
Ton Universiiy's History
u Get L. s. Commissions
Increase of Endowment of
Class of 1901 FromS $780,
600 to s250.000 Announced
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Crccs were conferred upon ~" stuuehl'
~ Princeton University to-day. aod the
urivcrsi.y's l75th commencement was
brought % close
For ttc first time in history the
days program was carried on cut-of-
doors. The ceremonies Included on
academic procession. in addition % me
conf,rrirg o. the degrees and The
prcsen'ation Of diplomas and \ number
G., honorary degrees Oscar Swenaon'
Of Arlington, y. j.. the highest rank
ing member. scho'astically. OF the
class ~ %, delivered the s0lu'atory
address. The valcdic.ory address was
hv Z Miles Warner. o. Muncie, lrC~
the second ranking member.
Thirteen honorary degrees we've con
fcrrcd
shortly after 1880 a. m. the aca.
denic procession Of the faculty and
rc.lp.erts or tho honorary degrees hled
out of the main cLtry OF Nassau hai
and proceeded 20 the east gate OF the
inclosure around the campus. whore
the candidates for advanced and bach
elors degrees Joined them and returned
n tho platform erected over the steps
OF Nassau Hall. Spectators Of the
event we're seated IN n semi-circular
crsndstand erected in front Of Nassau
Hall.
Commissions Awarded
DR.. J. Ross Stevenson, president OF
the Princeton Theological Seminary
opened the services with an invocation,
and following this the assemblage
sang America" Swenson and Warner
then smoke. after which Colonel stew
Art HeintzeamPr, Of the United states
Army. awarded commissions ~ second
licutcnants 20 twcnty-onc candidates IN
the field artillery reserve corps unit
stat oned at Princeton.
DR.. John Cr!er Hibben presiding. in
troducod Dean Andrew Fleming West,
OF the graduate college. who conferred
the honorary. bachelors and higher de-
gTees. DR.. Farrand made the reply ior
the recipients Of these degrees.
Dr Hibbcn announced that the UNI
versiv had received a number Of gifts
recently. the most important peing the'
Of James II. Lockhart, Of Pittsburgh,
OF 100000 for the endowment oi
scholarships in memory Of his iather'
Charles Lockhsrt. and gift Of slO'0OO
bv Percy r. Pyrc II. the income OF which
is 70 be incorporated into a scholarsnip
in memory Of the late Captain HoDey
Baker. famous Princeton athlete Of the
class Of 1914, who was killed IN the
war. lie also announced that the class
Of 1901 had increased its endowment
from sls0.O0O 20 s25O.000.
Two of the graduates to-day are
relatives Of members Of President
Harding's Cabinets. Charles DENLY jr.
is nephew Of the Secretary of the
Navy. while Matthew Mellon IS a rela-
tive Of the Secretary Of the Treasury.
A. +. Stevenson Is a grandson Of Adlai
Stevenson, who was vice-president
under Grover Cleveland, and Alton
Parker Hall Is q grandson Of Alton B.
Parker. one time Democratic nominee
for President,
The honorary degrees ard their re-
cipients were;
Master Of Science. Alva AGec. secre-
tary Of the New Jersey Board o. Agri'
culture: Master Of Arts, George Farm
~ Day, treasurer OF Yale University;
Master OF Fine Arts. tCharlos Zeller
Klaudcr, fellow % the American In
stitute Of Architects, and Howard Rus
sell Butler. member Of the National
Academy Of Design. Doctor Of Divinity,
Robert Freeman, Presbyterian minister
az Pasadena. Calf: Doctor Of Letters,
Samuel Smith Drury. headmastcr Of st.
psui's School. Concord. y. H.; William
James Henderson. musical critic. and
John Franklin Jameson. editor Of the
American Historical Review; Doctor Of
Science. Arthur Gordon Webster pro-
fcssor Of physics az Clark University,
and Henry Crew. professor OF physics
az Northwestern University, Doctor Of
Laws. Livingston Farrand. president OF
+ Cornell University. and Johannes Cen
+ nadius, former special Minister from
Greece - the United States
The winners Of prizes follow:
List OF Prize Winners
Special prizes and their winners fol-
low;
Frederick Barnard White prize In
architecture. George Malcolm Ramsay,
c. A. Joline prize IN American po-
( litical history, Geore G. Lehman jr.
Class Of 1876 memorial prize. Jor-
dan Branch Darby.
Class OF 1870 Junior prize In Eng
hsh. John Stuart Martin honorable
mention. Gelson Hardy and Donald
Alfred Stauffer.
Dickinson prize Maurice Baum;
honorable mention. Philip Bard.
Thomas b. Wanamaker English Ian
gusge prize, Van Dusen Rickert jr.
R. Percy Alden memorial prizes
first. John stuart Martin. second
Douglas Griswold Bonner
Class Of 1851 prize. Alonzo Church.
Francis Biddle sophomore prize
william Bradford Hubbell, honorable
mention. Bernard ?enn-Gaskcll Nc.
Cram.
+ Class o. 1870 sophomore English
prize. William Bradford Hubbell
Garrett prize in South American his
tory. Donald Alfred Staufer.
Laurence Hutton prize IN history
Samuel Pearce Browning jr
Manners prize: Nova Caescrea
seholAr-Robert Alexander Mackay.
Charles Ira Young medal-Arthur
Wellington Horton jr.
Class Of '95 military tactical prob
'c-n prize-Franz Won Schilling. Honor
able mention. william J. Kingsley.
Class OF SO English prize iof fresh
men in School OF Science Burnett Co
burn Turner. Honorable mention, John
Howard Thatcher.
4 VI. Taylor honor prize-Charles
DENLY jr.
son. senior scholar; Charles Janleel
Woodbridge, junior scholar. 2.
Glass Of 'ol prize-Donald Bradford
Lourie. NJ,
John Prentiss Poe eup-Donald
Bradford Lourie.