The New York herald., 1922-06-08
COLUMBIA DEGREES
ARE GIVEN TO 2,516
DR.. Smith, Aged 100, Is One
of Those Who Receive
Diplomas.
MANY ALUMNI PRESENT
Paderewski, Bishop Ship
man, Augustus Thomas j..
HonOred.
EXERCISES INTERESTING
DR.. Butler Tells Of $12,00O,-
900 for Medical School;
More Is Needed.
EXERCISES INTERESTING

The greatest commencement Column
bia ever had--for thus the latest COM
mencement of the ever growing uni
versity on Morningside Heights must
always be described-was celebrated
with vast enthusiasm and much real
feeling yesterday.
The participants ranged from DR..
Stephen Smith, centenarian and mem
bers of the class Of 1850, to several in
fants brought by members of classes
of the teens to be introduced to the
university world as the cheer leaders.
football players and honor students
of the classes of the thirties and
forties.
Thousand Of alumni and friends and
relatives of the class of -22 and of the
special students crowded every part of
the university grounds. The weather
was ideal, for the bright skies and warm
sun loosehed the joints and spirits CT the
old fellows back after twenty or thirty
years, while the dizzy graduates hur-
ried hither and thither in trailing black
gowns entirely oblivious of the fact that
there was such a thing as weather or
heat.
2,516 Degrees Conferred.
To say that the university conferred
ISIS degrees, in addition to eleven
honorary degrees and 664 certificates
and diplomas, does not give even an
outline of the day upon the Heights
Impressive as was the ceremony In the
oei,1 4 a incident
in the mixed emotions and crowded pro-
gram of the day to those who were say
ing farewell to classmates, profs and
college, and to those who had come back
TO greet once more the same old class
mates, profs and college.
The two colleges. Columbia and Bar
nard, which are perhaps best known OF
the university's activities. graduated re-
spectively $40 and 154 bachelors. The
MANY other degrees. ranging up to the
highest within the gift of the university,
the degree of doctor Of philosophy. In
cIuded 426 degrees of bachelors OF
science to students of Teachers Col
lege, ia degrees of bachelor or avs
eS degrees of doctor of medicine. 90 de-
grees of engineer of minesn metallarsl-
cal engineer, civil engineer, electrical
engineer. mechanical engineer and
chemical engineer 55 degrees OF bache-
lor of literature in journalism. 9s1 de-
laws. 81 degrees of master OF science.
laws, 81 degrees of master or SCIENCE
and 80 degrees of doctor or pnlloscphy.
Perhaps the most moving moment OF
the exercises in the big gymnasium came
when. IN the course of awarding the
honorarv degrees, Nicholas Murray But
Ter. president of the University. ex-
tended a diploma to DR.. Smith. standing
alone despite his hundred years.
Centenarian Is Eulogized.
Tn awarding the diploma DR.. Butler
said
stephen Smith, graduated doctor OF
medicine from the College of Physicians
and Surgeons with the class of 1850 fore
most in planning measures for the pro-
lection Of the public health and for the
care of those unfortunates who are tha
States dependents; winner of distinc-
ton on a hundred fields Of professional
endeavor and public service; walking
with steadiness, with calm courage, and
with powers unimpaired down the long
highway of a hundred years; the most
interesting figure in American medicine
and In American public service to-day. :
gladly admit you to the degree of doctor
of science in this university"
DR.. Smith, with bow. took the diplo.
ma, as the attending officials slipped
over his head the insignia of his new
er jumped to chair and led his mates
in a cheer that rocked the building.
Equally loud was the ovation that
greeted Ignace Jan Paderewsli great
artist. causing music TO speak the rich
language of the heart: great citizen.
giving voice to the aspirations and am
bitions of an ancient people now happily
free from grievous bondage to surround
ing despots.'' who was made a Doctor
of Laws.
Others to Receive Degrees.
Mary Mills Patrick for almost twenty
five years president of the Constanti-
nople Woman's College. received a double
ovation. for not only did the Columbia
College graduates cheer her. but a Bar
nard girl led her class in a cheer that
was entirely their own and entirely
feminine, but not feminist. Others who
received honorary degrees were Frank
Julian Sprague. engineer; Augustus
Thomas playwright: the Rev. Caleb
Rockford Stetson, rector of Trinity par
fish, Bishop Herbert Shipman. William
p. G. Harding. governor of the New
York Federal Reserve Board Sso-Ke
SIZE. Minister Of China Viscount d'Alte.
Minister of Portugal. and Baron Cartier
de Marchienne. Belgian Ambassador
President Buffers address and other
speeches were delivered inside the GYM
nasium. but were amplified by loud.
speakers so that hundreds seated outside
the gymnasium. unable to crowd in.
might hear through horns ranged in
semi-circle around the building. Pres
ident Butler spoke briefly on che spirit
of youth. and the same topic was dwet
on by Charles Thaddeus Terry. univer-
city orator. who presented the candidates
for the honorary degrees.
After the comforting OF the degrees a
tablet in memory of William Robert
Ware. first professor Of architecture in
Columbia University. was unveiled in
Avery Hall. Arthur Lobo. '04. made the
presentation on behalf of the Alumni
Association of the School of Architec-
ture. Then President Butler. at a brief
ceremony. laid the cornerstone Of the
new Faculty House. which Is 10 stand
c. 117th street, overlooking Morningside
Park.
Van Amringe Bust shown.
The bust Of John Howard Van Am
ringe. dean of Columbia College 1894
20 1910. by William Ordway Partridge.
's5. the gift Of the alumni was on ex-
hibltion In it's place in the Van Amrinse
Memorial.
AT the alumni luncheon. held IN the
gymnasium, President Butler. In re-
view Of the finances of the university.