The Washington times., 1922-06-08
CLASS Of 400
GET DEGREESAT.
c. v. EXERCISES
Every State in Union and Eight
Foreign Countries Repre-
sented at Graduation.

Practically, every State In the
union and eight foreign nations
and territorial possessions were
represented among the 400 students
who received degrees in the 101st
commencement exercises OF George
Washington University held in Con.
tinental Memorial Hall last night.
The class from the law school,
medical school. school Of pharmacy.
and the department OF arts and
sciences outnumbered by more than
100 any previous class and was as
President Howard l.. Hodgkins de-
clared. "a tribute to the educa-
tional value OF opportunities for
education in Washington. the CEN
ter OF culture"
DIR. Hodgkins welcomed the 400
graduates to the 10000 who have
graduated from the institution in
its 100 years of existence.
Honorary degrees were con.
ferred upon DR.. Wallace Radcliffe,
pastor emeritus OF the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, who
recently retired after twenty.seven
years of service here; Joannes Gen.
nadius, minister plenipotentiary ard
! envoy extraordinary on special ms.
sions to Greece; Helen Nicolay, au.
thor and cultivator OF the fine arts
Harold l.. Amos. bacteriologist, and
Huston Thompson. Federal trade
commissioner.
The address to the graduates was
made by Huston Thompson, who
spoke on Unlocking the Heart OF
America" A special plea was made
to the graduates to enter into that
higher idealism of intellectual
thought which would eventually
raise American ethics and stand.
ards.
Nine degrees OF doctor OF philoso,
ply were conferred as follows;
Hartwell Stansbury Adkins. Oliver
Bowles, Walter James Greenleaf,
Ernest Frederick Mahr. Clarence
Leroy. Meisinger, John Charles
Muerman, Lawrence James
O'Rourke, Eleanora Bennette Saun.
ders and Waldo Lasalle Schmitt.
Announcement is made OF the va.
vious prize awards and the results
of the competitive high school
scholarship awards as follows:
Department of arts and sciences
Davis prizes, first, Edward Scheuf
fler; second, Carrie Juliet Coz: third
Theodore Cuyler Cox. Daughters OF
the American Revolution prize
otho Lionel Newman. Thomas F.
Walsh prize, Nell Boyd Taylor
z. X Cutter prize, Elizabeth Earn,
est, Willie E. Fitch prize. Ellis
Haworth. Gardner G. Hubbard
prize, Gladys Rosemond Twele
Dietzgen prize, w. II. Seaquist
Staughton prize, Elizabeth McNeely
Kehr. Sigma Tau prize, Charles
Roy Howe. Pi Beta Phi prize, Harry
N. Wiegandt. Muth prize, e. W
Proctor. Sigma Kappa prize, Thel
ma Cox. Colonial Danes prize. Harry
Nicholas Wiegandt. Geneyieve Chat
| terton McCutchins prizes, first
Laura X. Pollock; second. w. Waldo
Girdner. Chi Omega prize, Alma
Paralee Dehler.
Law school--John B. Larner gold
medal, Basil H. Pollitt. Herick prize
Howard C.. Fitzpatrick Blackstone
Institute prize, Basil II. Pollitt. Ellis
worth prize. II. c. Dieserud. George
Washington prize, Anna c. Mont
| gomery.
Student activities--Delta Tau Del
Ia medal. John r. Daily.
High school scholarship awards in
the department of arts and sciences
Kendall scholarship, Esther Dobson
Central High School: first univer
sity, Louise Bannerman, Central
second university, Frances Ran
dolph. Central; third university
Vivian Bane, Central; fourth univer
sity. Adrien Busick, Western; fifth
university, r. Campbell Starr, Cen
tral; sixth university. Elizabeth