The Washington times., 1922-06-25
CABINET OFFICERS
SLIP OFF ITO TAKE
i'm SCHOOL FINALS
OF Receiving Degrees
There Is no
End

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ARE the colleges Interfering
with the functioning OF the
Government? This question 10
not designed TO start q sociological
discussion. but simply to suggest
the possibility that the wheels Of
state have been slowed up by the
way in which the Cabinet officers
have been slipping Off one after
another, to take part In commence
ment exercises. Indeed. tho Off. /,
cial who hasn't made q graduation
address or taken a degree. or
both---.'iittie Tommy Tucker sing.
ing for his supper" as II we're
b quite out Of things these days.
President Harding started the
ball rolling when he went to
Princeton back in the early days
Of June. His primary object was
to attend the unveiling Of the
Princeton battle monument and
his visit didn't coincide with COM
mencement, but he received an
honorary Ill, d. degree from
Princeton University. which had
already similarly honored eleven
Presidents Of the United States.
Vice President Coolidge delivered
the commencement address at Mer-
cerberg Academy. where his two
sons are students. week or ten
days go and also spoke at the
graduation exercises at the Amer
ican University. But he is not in
the business of taking degrees this
year. Amherst College. which Is
his alma mater. gave him an hon
orary LII. d. degree two years ago
when he was governor Of Massa.
chusetts; and his visit to Amherst
last week was for the purpose Of
attending trustees meeting. I'm
not even sure that ne was present
at the commencement exercises,
but at any rate Washington was
represented by Mr.. and Mrs. GIL
bert Grosvenor. They spent sew
eral days at Amherst and were
guests of Mr., Grosvenor's PARENTS
DIR. and Mrs. Edwin A. Grosvenor.
Moreover, Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes Of the United States Su.
prems Court received ''in alb
sentia" an honorary degree OF
doctor Of laws from Amherst.
Other honors conferred included
the doctor Of divinity degree which
went to Jason Noble Pierce. Of
Washington.
THE Secretary Of State. Charles
Evins Hughes, was the prin-
cipal speaker at the University
Of Michigan commencement. I
have not heard that he received
q degree. but he made ap address
which 10 being heralded editor
tally as wise and brilliant COM
mentary on international rela-
tons. You may remember that
II was at q commencement ad-
dress-rnade at the National
Cathedral School when his daugh-
ter, Miss Catherine Hughes. (Mrs.
Chauncey Lockhart waddeiD was
sraduating-that Secretary
Hughes. then Justice Hughes. an
nouncej his willingness to bs
candidate for the Presidency.
Secretary Weeks has also been
making commencement addresses
and stirring UP q bit of excite
ment in Congressional circles the,
while. His talk to the graduating
class at the Military Academy. to
whom he presented diplomas.
seems to have been q model OF
decoruri. but when the Secretary
OF War spoke out at Western
Reserve University In Cleveland
weil. he said something" and
his structures on Congress and
modern tendencies in government
have started no end Of q ructiop
up on the HILL"
An honorary degree was also
bestowed upon Secretary weeks
by the Pennsylvania Military
Academy at Chester. Pa, ana at
the same time and place an IL. d.
was given to DR.. Emiliano Cha.
morro, minister Of Nicaragua to
the United States. RIP"
The Secretary Of Commerce, Her.
bert Hoover. went out TO Indiana
to make an address 1t Earlham
College, . Quaker institution, and
took Mrs. Hoover with him. Sec.
retary Wallace attended at least
one and probably two commence.
ments back in Iowa. taking a de.
gree and making an address or
two. And Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
Acting Secretary of the Navy,
"batted for" Secretary DENLY at
the Naval Academy commence
ment. = . =.
Then. last Tuesday the Secretary
Of the Treasury. Andrew w. Mel