Evening star., 1925-05-27
AWARD DIPLOMAS
f. TO $50 GRADUATES
Address at Y. NJ. c. A. Com
mencement or Laxity of Ed
ucation Laws in District.

I4axity of the laws governing the
establishment of educational institu-
tions in the District was deplored by
George +. Zook, assistant to the Fed
era1 commissioner of education, at the
commencement exercises last night of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton College in Memorial Continental
Hail.
While Washington is recognized as
one of the great educational centers
in the United States, Mr.. Zook pointed
out. the lax laws concerning the in
corporation of colleges and universf
ties is a serious obstacle to the de-
yelopment of higher education.
Lax Laws Scored.
Here in the shadow of the Nations
Capitol" he declared, I'VE have one of
the laxest laws in the country. max
ing il possible for institutions with
high sounding names to be established
without dollar of endowment or
other property or assets of any kind
and to continue their work without
conforming to any recognized educa-
tional standard. Indeed-and / read
almost verbatim from the law-any
five persons deSirouS of asSociating
themselves for the purpose of es-
tablishing an institution of learning
or college by filing with the register of
deeds a certificate giving the name or
title by which the institution shall be
known in law; number of trustees and
their names; branches of literature
and science to be taught and whether
1t is to be college or uniTersity-and
it may thereafter confer upon such
persons as may be considered worthy
such academical or honorary degrees
l1r-s ,fnr sin Ion in
stitutions."
Diplomas were awarded to 130 grad
yates. DR.. Frank W. Collier, direc-
tor of research of American Univer-
sity. pronounced the benediction. A
musical program was given by Miss
Helen Marie Koontz and Mrs. kath-
crime Cullen.
Members of Graduating Class.
The list of graduates follows:
Bachelor of 1aws-William H. Allen,
James ODell Bouton, B. S.; Allan
III. Epperson, Albert c. Joorfetz, AL
ton l.. Mcguire, William Edgar Nc
Ghee, Oliver c. Morse, NJ. A; Estill
Ess Naylor, NJ. A; Barney Polakoff,
r. Fred Rodgers, Arthur John Roeh-
rer, Millie Venosa Roehrer and Army
NJ. Watkins.
Master of laws-Andrew Paul
= cuct illc, LII. D., AllollSO L. DOueSd,
LII. B.; Woody Murray, LII. B., and
Wesley NJ. Newer, LII. B.
Commercial Science List.
Bachelor of commercial science
degree-Fairfax NJ. Atherton, Mabel
Austin. Hastings Palmer Avery,
Eugene G. Baczenas, Theodore D.
Bieber, Frederick Manuel Blum, Ray
mond J. Bowen, LII. B.; Earle Leroy
Brown, James Alwyn Brown, Henry
Oscar Bryant, George Ellsworth Bur
dick; Burton e. Burnett, Edward
Eugene Byrne, Norman Douglas
Cam, r. Barbour Chamblin, Leicester
William Cook, William Bryan Coulter.
Curtis Edwin Crosby. Norman J.
Cunningham, Clarence Edmund Cur
d tis, jr.; Canvass b. Dean. Edward
Linthicum Dent, Ralph Thomas Der
ickson. Ralph Lee Dixon, Guy Edo
Douglas, Lula A. Ehringer, l.. Morris
Everett, Wilbur c. Fielder, Earl
Anthony Fletcher, William s. French,
jr.; James John Gallagher, James
Lewis Garst, Ralph S. Gayton, Joseph
H. Gill, jr.; Samuel Goldberg, Lester
Bowers Griffith, Cola Francis Grove,
Kellogg Strong Hale, Charles L.
Hargitt, Wilbur Franklin Harlow.