Evening star., 1927-06-01
"A. i. CLASS HEARS
PLEA FOR PATIENCE
Bishop CounseIs Graduates
Not to Ignore Issues
of Agitators..

Troublesome questions raised by
modern youth. by prophetic misunder-
stood geniuses, or by those commonly
known as "her etical," should not be
ignored, but should be heard with pa
thence, self-control and a sympathetic
attention. with view to finding truth
full and satisfactory answers, Bishop
Francis j. Mcconnell of Pittsburgh
last night told the graduating class of
50 at the thirteenth annual convoca-
tion of American University. Exer-
cises were held in the campus audi
ltorium, which was well filled for this
first commencement in the new struc-
EEure.
The older generation, Bishop McCon-
nell said, had become so "smugly ad-
justed' to life that the questions
thrust upon it by the rising genera
tion make us uneasy. and the good
God knows we ought to be uneasy.
Following the war, he said, the social
order had not yet returned to its old
self, and today "all civilizations insti-
tutions are under questioning" He
counseled a patient mind and brave
heart to face the questions, whether
of the existence of God, scientific
orthodoxy, or orthodoxy in the social
realm, and predicted that civilization
twill come out stronger than before.
Red Hunting in United States.
Referring to the English severinG
of relations with the Soviet, Bishop
Mcconnell predicted that in this coun-
try I'VE are in for another spasm of
red hunting" but in his opinion there
was never a nation in the world less
in danger from Bolshevism than the
United States. Voices of the unor-
thodoX should not be stopped, he said,
but should be heard intelligently by
the trained minds of America. in or
der to find whether some realth truth
may be presented 'interrogatively
and in order to sift the harmful from
the true.
Candidates for degrees. which in
cluded several distinguished persons
from the diplomatic corps, from uni
versity faculties and Government de-
partments were presented formally by
Dean George 3. Woods of the College
of Liberal Arts, Director Albert Fl. Put
ney of the School of the Practical
Sciences and by Dean Edward t. De.
vine of the Graduate School. Diplomas
were awarded by DR.. Lucius c. Clark,
chancellor of American University.
Prayer was offered by DR.. James d.
Buhrer, and Will Hutchins. professor
of arts, was chief marshal of the
academic procession.
Degrees Conferred.
Degrees were conferred as follows:
Bachelor of artS-Garth Lopley
Beaver, Violet Marie Brown, Hilda
Bull, Chew Liam Shan, Catherine Rog-
ers Edwards, Ruth Elizabeth Ely.
Charles Jacob Mcdowell, William
Alexander Mckee, Dorothea Louise
Mehring. Ella Pergler, Cecilia May
Sheppard. Gordon Ellis Smith, Vera
Lea Stafford and Laura Hildebrand
White.
Bachelor of political science-Nellie
Ann Alsup, Marion Genevieve Graves,
David Lee Alexander. Candido Elbo-
Tobias, Jerome Gellibrand Hubbard,
Felix Macasaet Silva, Claudio Balane
Suterio and Karlo Toshisanda Usuda.
Bachelor of science-Paul Clayton
GOlding.
Master of political science-Horace
Luther LohneS and Joseph Earnest
Mann.
Master of 1aws-Raymond Jennings
Bowen, Alice Paul.
Master of arts-Mary Frances An
derson. Henry Roy Biting, Charles
Ward Boyce, Charles Alexander Bur.
meister, Clarence Elbert Clement, Clay
Justin Daggett, Jesse Earl Davis, Ola
Hawkins Dudley, Kenneth Miller Hill,
Helen Mildred Hudson, John George
Ingold, Louise Kingsley, Evelyn
Hazelhurst, Edward Henry Meuser,
James Earl Milburn, Elma Saunders
Moulton, Gertrude Odom. Thomas
Daniel O'Keefe, May Harriet Pendle-
ton, Francis Estol Simmons, Demetrio
Mamaril Suguitan, Liwanna Wilkens. |
Doctor of civil law-Otto Dvoulety, |