Evening star., 1925-05-27

There will be the usual exodus of
Washington dignitaries to the col
leges and universities of the land for
commencement addresses in June.
Justice Harlan Fiske Stone of the
United States Supreme Court was cap
tured by Williams and will deliver a
speech there. The reward for a
speech under such circumstances is
usually an honorary degree, and Mr..
Stone will return from Williamstown
thus enriched. Later in the month he
will be similarly honored by Columbia
University, of the law school of which
the baby member of the Supreme
Court was dean before he became At
torney General. Amherst. where
Justice Stone was graduated, made
him an LII. D. in 1919. One or two
of the foreign Ambassadors newly ac-
credited to the United States will also
receive doctors degrees in June.
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Senator Francis E. Warren Of Wy
oming was at a garden party in Wash
ington the other day, and a group of
women started a guessing match as to
the age of the father of the United
States Senate. Not one Of them, sur
veying his upright figure and broad
shoulders, assessed him at a day over
20. 1t was decided to call Mr.. Warren
over and have him settle the contro-
versy "On the goth of June" Gen.
Pershing's father-in-law said. Il will
be 81" Senator Warren has been
continuously In the Senate for 80
years, but he has to his credit serv-
ice of three years in addition, from
1890 to 1898.
Decision of the Presbyterians of the
United States to build a monumental
church in Washington draws atten-
ton to the fact that the political me-
tropoliS of the Republic rs steadily
becoming its religious capital as well.
The Unitarians and the Baptists al.
ready have stately edif1ces that are
national in character. The Congre-
gationalists plan to erect one of the
same character, and the Mormons ex'
pect to build here tabernacle worthy
of it's situation. Nearly all the lead
ing creeds are represented in Wash
ington by men in high public station.
The executive branch of the Govern
ment is very interdenominationa
President Coolidge, Secretary Wilbur
and Secretary Jardine are Congrega-
tionalists. Secretaries Mellon and
Work are Presbyterians. Secretary
Davis and Everett Sanders, assistant
to the President, are Baptists. Sec.
retary Hoover is Quaker. Secretary
Weeks is a Unitarian, as is Chief JUS
tice Taft.
Frank L. Polk, former Undersecre
tary Of State. Is crusading on behalf
of the Russian Student Fund, This
organization, founded and supported
by Americans, is now educating a
group of lis Russian young mer
studying in 40 different United States
colleges and universities. Twenty
eight of them will be graduated in
June. The purpose of the foundation
is to leaven "the Russia that is tc
be" with American-trained college
men who will some day carry Yankee
ideals into their democratized country
Each student educated by the founda
ton Is selected after careful investi
CATION. Aid is given only to those
whose principles and talents give
every promise of justifying the In
vestment. Graduates have already
repaid more than 50 900 advanced tc
them. Mr.. Polk says there are ap
proximately 1000 Russian young mer
now in the United States actually
or potentially within the field of the
service Of the Russian Student Fund.
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