Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
PRINCETON AWARDS
DIPLOMAS IN RAIN
Commencement Exercises Held
Outdoors Despite Bad Wealth
er-367 Graduated
13 GET HONORARY DEGREES

Spcciai Dispatch to Evening Public Ledoer
| Princeton, N. j., June 20.--In spite
OF the rain Princeton's 10th annual
commencement exercises were held on
the steps Of Nassau Hall today. Din
Tomas were handed to class of 367
advanced degrees awarded to members
OF the graduate school and thirteen
prominent artists. educators and clcr-
symen received honorary degrees.
This was the first time that the
exercises were outdoors, the innova :
tion resulting from the fact that Alex
nnder Hall. where the exercises have
been held in previous years. has been
outgrOwn with the increasing size OF
the graduating classes.
The exercises today were opened with
prayer by President Hibben. Of tht
America" The Latin saiutatory wa.
delivered by Oscar Swenson, of Ar.
lington. n. j.. the highest ranking
member of the class. Following this
the recipients of followships for resi- l.
dence at the university for the next
year were announced by Dean Andrew
Flemming West.
Commissions Are Presented
President Hibben then announced
the recipients of prizes. both academic
and honorary. Then the seniors re-
ceived their diplomas. Colonel Stuart
Heintzelman, Of the United States
Army. presented commissions to the
graduates of the Princeton Field Artil-
lery unit of the Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps. and degrees we're conferred.
The thirteen recipients of honorary
degrees were:
Master of Science. Alva Agee, sec.
retary of the New Jersey Board OF
Master of Arts, George Parmly Day
treasurer of Yale University.
Master of Fine Arts, Charles Zeller
Klaudcr. Fellow of the American In .
stitute of Architects, and Howard Rus.
sell Butler. of the class Of 1876 and
member of the National Academy OF
Design.
Doctor of Divinity. Robert Freeman,
pastor of the Presbyterian church at
Pasadena. Calf.
Doctor Of Letters: Samuel Smith
Drury, head master of st. Paul'a
School. Concord. n. H.; William Jane.
Henderson. of the class Of 1876. musical
critic of the New York Herald: John
Franklin Jameson, director of historical
research and editor of historical publ
cations in the Carnegie Institution OF
Washington. editor of the American
Historical Review.
Doctor of Science: Arthur Gordon
Webster. professor of physics at Clark
University and former president of the
American Physical Society; Henry
Crew, of the class Of 1882. professor
of physics in Northwestern University
member Of the Academy Of Science and
director of the Carnegie Institution OF
Washington: John Campbell Morgan,
director of the Carnegie Institution OF
Washington.
Doctor of Laws: Livingston Fcrrand
of the class of 1888, president of Cor
nell University and formerly president
of the University of Colorado ; Johannes
Gennadius. Greek scholar and diplomat
former special minister from Greece u
the United States and former minister
to Great Britain.
Gift Of 100000
The ceremony was closed with tht
valcdictory address delivered by Il
Miles Warner. of Muncie, Ind, ant
the singing of "Old Nassau In tn.
course Of the ceremony President Hib.
ben announced a number of gifts which
the university has received during the
last year. Among the gifts was that
of 100000 by James Lockhnrt
of Pittsburgh, member Of the class
of 1856. The fund Is to be used to
establish scholarships in memory o.
Mr.. Lockhart's father.
Percy II. Pyne. I'd. Of Princeton, \.
j., son of the late Moses Taylor Pyne
"A former trustee of the university, gave
II fund of $4,000 to the university
the interest from which is to be used
to establish scholarship in memory OF
Hobart Baker. the famous Princeton
athlete who lost his life during the
war.
1t was also announced that the class
of 1901 had increased it's subscriptioH
to the Princeton endowment fund from
S1Sf 900 to $25O,00O.
The prize winners announced today
were:
Alexander Guthrie McCosh prize Franklin
Robert Harscst schoii: second. clcord Hor'
ace futile: third. Charles Handler; Fred
eFsSE deoTxe nslnHsd Malcolm % Ramsay Van Dyke; e. O.
Joline prize In American political history;
George Grant Tenant Jr;: class As .,. Of S ls7s
OF 1870 Junior prize In English. John stuart
Martin: Dickinson prize. = Maurice Baum
prize, Van Dusen Rickert. Jr;: X: Percy Al
den memorial prizes. first. John Stuart Mar
tin: second, Douglas Griswold Bonner: class
OF 1851 prize. Alonzo Church.
Francis Biddle sophomore prize. william
Bradford Hubbell class OF 1870 sophomore
English prize. William Bradford Hubbell
Garrett prize In, South American history.
Donald Alfred Staufer; Laurence Hutton
prize In history. Samuel Pearce Browning,
Jr.: manners prize. Move Caesarea choiar
Young medal. Arthur Wellington Horton.
Jr.; class OF 1903 military tactical problem
prize Franz Won Schilling; class of 1854
English prize for freshmen in the School OF
Science. Burnett Coburn Turner: NJ Taylor
Pyne honor prize. Charles DENLY. Jr: ly-
man Biddle scholars Oscar Swenson, senior
schnlar. Charles Inhlnel WnodhrilRe inn or