Evening star., 1925-06-04


mid'Victorianism" at the 104th annual
commencement of George Washington
University last night at the Washing
DIR. Fosdick's commencement ora
ton was charged with numerous sub
tie epigramss which electrified the
huge, perspiring audience that filled
tensely interested was the great
throng in the noted ''modernist" and
his doctrines that the oppressive heat
was forgotten.
The cause of the prevalent doas-
you.please spirit among the American
people DR.. Dr. Fosdick summed up In one
s be ssdS No 1.t fa1ef S,
self go. We are against restraint
and for release And naturally so.
Just behind us is the Victorian age,
when morals were In good form. Our
distaste for conventionality Is ex-
pressed by free verse in poetry, Jazz
music, cubism in art and, in morals,
do as you please
Defends American Youth.
DR.. Fosdick then came to the de-
fense of the American youth. Some
people stand aghast at this younger
generation" he declared. 'I am not
So sure that the new generation Is
any worse than the old. If some of
the old ice.bound men and women
who are wont to criticize the younger
EensratIon fss;r alto WY wGuld i, reject little on
revise their opinions. Personally, J
thank God for the candor and frank.
ness of the present-day boys and
girls. What do they want? Free
dom. Good! So do l."
Freedom Is great, but 1t must be
the right kind. DIR. Fosdick admon-
tshed the graduates. Pick yourself
some loyalty and stick to it, he told
them.
The one cure for present-day
looseness is religion-not the kind
that scares one into doing things, but
a faith wherein a loyalty is selected
and strictly adhered to, the fsmous
"modernist" emphasized. There is
no magic in true religion. Would you
trust God to give you electric lights
II you did not fulfill the condition?
You cannot trust God to save a rail-
road train when the engineer runs
to break his own laws. Fellowship
in God is just like tuning In on the
radio. Unless you fulfill all the con-
dttions you don't derive the benefits.
God does not take care of the engi-
neer who runs past signals.
DR.. Lewis Speaks.
Or. William Mather Lewis, presi.
dent Of the university, depicted the
growth of the institution and outlined
the building program designed to pro-
vide additional accommodations for
the ever-increasing student body. He
introduced DR.. Fosdick as "a fearless
seeker after the truth
To the strains of Svendsen's "Coro
nation March" the 460 graduates In
academic caps. headed by the board
the auditorium before the opening
ceremonies. Rev. Charles Wood. pas.
tor of the Church of the Covenant.
offered the invocation.
Three honorary degrees were award
ed by the university. Edward j. Hen
ming, former Assistant Secretary of
Labor. and Wilbur John Carr. AS
sistant Secretary of State In charge OF
consular affairs, received the degree Of
doctor of laws, while the master Of
arts degree was given to Alexander
w. Gregg, former collector of internal
revenue. All three are alumni of the
university.
s. Bachelor Of Arts.
The degrees were conferred upon
the graduates by the deans OF the
various colleges. Dean William Allen
Wilbur presented the degree Of
bachelor Of arts to the following:
Bertha Abramson. District Of Colum.
bia with distinction): Jessica Cham.
bers Adams, District of Columbia:
Martha Susan Alexander, Illinois;
Soren Christian Andersen, District OF
Columbia, 3. D. Lutheran Theological
Seminary; Pauline Ayres. District Of
Columbia; Louise Posey Bales, District
Of, Columbia with distinction); w.
Douglas Beatie, Utah; Muriel Hoage
Beechwood, Kansas; Edwina Berry.
Mississippi; Leona Boardman, District
of Columbia; Allen Mcfarland Boet'
tcher, District of Columbia; Omar
Jesse Brown, District of Columbia;
Helen Loring Bryant, District of
Columbia with distinction); Eva Isabel
Bunten, District Of Columbia with
distinction); Irwin Cecil Byington,
Tennessee; Gretchen Elrina Camp
bell, Pennsylvania; Lawson James
Cantrell, Texas; Sherman H. NJ.
land. Maryland; Walter Francis Coax
ley, District of Columbia; Richard
Gates Congdon, New Jersey; June
Cooper, Maryland; HiIda Irene Corey,
Maine; Francis Xavier Courtney, New
York; Ralph Wayne Cramer, District
of Columbia; Christine Dale, Arkansas;
Marguerite Marie Daily, District Of
Columbia; Annunciata Darton, District
Of Columbia; Evelyn Davis, District Of
District of Columbia; Gertrude Mar
garet Dendinger, Nebraska; Frances
Flaacke Donaldson, New York with
distinction); Karl Friedrich Wilhelm
Elder, District of Columbia; Katharine
". Edmonston, District of Columbia
Anna Louise Espey, District of Colum-
bia; John S. FAIRIES, jr., Nebraska;
Mary Hamilton Fauntleroy, Virginia
Hadassah Carroll Fleming, District
of Columbia; Ruth Evermont Foster,
District of Columbia; Phoebe Marion
Furnas, Virginia; Paul de Long Gable,
District of Columbia; Harry Benson
Gilstrap, jr, Oklahoma; Harry Louis
Goodman, Virginia; Dorothy S. Had
dox, Maryland; Wallace LIE Roy Hall,
District Of Columbia; Helen Hastings,
District of Columbia; Howard Schwab
Held, District of Columbia; Edward
Higgins. Massachusetts,; Harriet Hos
ner, California; Ruth Mulford Hutch.
ison, Colorado; Margare. Fern Hyatt.
Texas; Ethel M. Johnson, Ohio with
distinction); Alvin Kenneth Kar, Dis
trict of Columbia; Lawrence r. Klein.
schmidt. Ohio; Phoebe Malura Knap-
pen, District Of Columbia; Kenneth
Sherman KurtZ, Pennsylvania; Rose
NJ. Lefebvre, Minnesota with distinc.
tion): Herve Joseph L'Heureux, New
Hampshire; Madge Lewis, Maryland;
John Crichton Lewter, Virginia;
Emmett Bryan Literal, Missouri:
Ellen Litlepage, Maryland; Arthur
Gerald Logan, New Jersey; Mary Alice
Lowrey, Mississippi with distinction)
Leonard Daniel Mccarthy, District of
Columbia; Anita Alice McCord, Dis.
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