New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-23
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were finished product. The American
has been In tho making ever since mo
frst white man set foot upon our
shores. and will continue 20 be IN ne
making 80 long ~ streams ~ foreign
org pour into our and. AUGMENTATION
Aces not mean merely mOlding them
into an already settled type, bat the
blending together Of many distinct eIo-
monts. No one Of tho people, that
have come from Europe 20 our shores
ig devoid 6f qualities that con enrich
our common heritage. and some nave
already contributed freely tn"reto.
On the blending Of these different
uroupg. colleges. whore young men ~
ou kinds mingle in common p1r rs
and share common interests and amhi-
lions. can rsndcr an spor7aDIo
service. But this blending. tho ro.
moval Of antagonism. The softeulng NJ
tbe lines Of demsrcatiOn will no. take
placo. first. unless we recognize the
facts as they are and in the facts ]
include the particular tempcramcnts
~ the group and second, unless ~
study those facts with q nina M
warped by any desire save 20 promote
the real welfare o. every group. To
leave out ~ sight the interests o. any
group whatever, 20 fail 20 consult
members ~ that group about Us M
icrcets, would be wrong. To smut me
eyes 10 an actual problem ~ TINS s'n'
and ignore rs exi sfence, or 10 rciu.
20 grapple with 10 cogrageon.ly' "oAiH
be- unworthy n n university
4 total ~ ~ regular degrees and
thirteen honorary degrees were award
"a to-day 49, the Harvard commence
mont day exercises In Sever Quad
rnngle. Honorary degrees were con-
ferrcd upon the following;
III. y. Doctor of Laws - Oscar
wilder Underwood. United Statcs Son
ator from Alabama; John weston Al.
len. Of Boston. Attorney Genera. o.
Marsachlsc'f'i John George M.olrn'
Of New YORK. lawyer, FREDERICK Jefsup
Stmson, Of Boston, lawyer author and
frat American Ambassador 90 Arccr
tina; Dr. Walter Belk1ap James OF
New York. physician; William Proctor
Gould Harding, governor Or iLe p elera
Reserve Board. and Charles ElcHar1
Crane, Of New York. philanihropist.
Lift. y. Doctor Of Lettcrsl, Judge
Robert Grant, ~, Of Boston, author
and former president Of the Harvard
board Of oycrsccrs.
ID. d. Doctor a. Divinity, tho Rev.
Henry Sloane Coffin. ~ New York.
4. ". Master o. Arts). John Alden
Carpenter. %. Of Chicago, composers
Charles Howard strong. ol
York. lawyer, Ellis Lor!ng Dr's'r 49,
Of Boston, recently the American rep
resontative AZ Berlin. and william
Phillips, 30, Of Washington, Under
Secretary Of State.
Al these exercises commencement
parts were given by Benjamin +. Jones,
%. OF Atlanta. and on the same plat
form with hin spoHe Mordeeai "
Johnson. Of Cha. ieston. a negro NON
Der Of the divinity school. whose topic
was THE Faith Of the American Ne
gro"
The afternoon exercises % Tho Har-
yard Alumni Association were held IN
Sever Quadrangle. They started .n "A
severe hailstorm, and, after an hour
OF clearing weather. were broken np
and adjourned 90 Sever Hall. where
only a few people remained 70 hear
the rest OF the program.
President ". T.. Boyden Of the asso-
citation presided. and introduced Pres
idcnt Lowell. who announced that the
university. during last year. had re-
ccivcd gifts amounting TO Si92o OO53i'
Of which Sl.23l,78i25 came from the
Rockefeller foundation FOR the school
OF public health One hundred thou.
sand dollars additional was announced
az the meeting as the git Of the Class
OF 1897.
Then Governor Cox. In the name OF
the commonwealth. greeted the organ
ization. and he was followed By senator
Underwood, who, during his speech, de-
clared the Washington conference was
not really partisan issue and that the
conference was primarily called 20
reach an agreement In reference 20
ornaments. but that the real treaty Of
pcace WAS the four power pact.