Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
c. v. i. GRADUATION
TO Be WEDNESDAY
Exercises Will Be. Held in
Washington Auditorium
at 8 O'Clock.


will be held on Wednesday evening,
June s. in the Washington Auditorium,
at s o'clock. The commencement ad.
dress will be delivered by DR.. Samuel
P. Capen, chancellor of the University
Of Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y, and one Of
the leading educators of the country
More than 400 candidates for
degrees will be presented to the
president of the board of trustees, Dr.
John B. Larner, by President William
Mather Lewis, who will confer the
degrees. 1t is expected that the Gus
tom followed last year will be con-
tinued and that the candidates will be
graduated by class instead of individ'
ually.
Dean William Cline Borden will
present the candidates for the degrees
of medicine and those from the Nurses
| School: Dean William Allen Wilbur
will present the candidates from
Columbian College. Dean John Lap
ham of the Engineering School. will
present the candidates from that
department and Dean William c. Van
Week will present the Law School
| candidates.
Mount Vernon Pilgrimage.
| At the graduating exercises, Rev.
| DR.. A. A. McCallum. will pronounce
| the invocation and benediction. One
of the features of the exercises will be
| the presentation of resolutions of the
board Of trustees to DR.. Charles Z.
Swisher, who is retiring from the
| history department at the conclusion
of 80 years Of teaching in the univer
| sity, many of them as head of the
| department.
The graduating exercises will con-
| clude almost a week of activity which
| started yesterday with the annual
pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. DR..
| George Kirkpatrick, author of the
Diaries of George Washington" was
! the speaker. The exercises were
| attended by university officials, mem.
-bers of the faculties, students and
| graduates. A wreath was placed on
| the tomb of George Washington.
Last night the annual alumni asso.
| citation meeting at Rauschers took the
form of a reception to Dr. and Mrs.
| Lewis. The members Of the senior
| classes, members of the board of
trustees and faculties were in attend
ance.
Seniors to Celebrate.
Following the business meeting,
speeches commencing the work of the
| retiring president were made by Judge
| Edwin B. Parker, member of the
board of trustees: Clarence A. Aspin-
wall, chairman of the medical COM
mittee; Stephen z. Kramer, for the
trustees: Henry James, for the student
body. and Dean Howard L. Hodgkins,
for the university. The reception was
followed by dancing. The Mems Glee
Club entertained with several numbers.
Today the annual baccalaureate
sermon will be preached in Corcoran
Hall at 4 pm. by Rev. DR.. Robert
Johnson. rector of st. Johns Church.
The services will serve to draw the
entire group of seniors from all de-
partments. The students, faculties
will march into the hall in academic
costume.
Tomorrow night at o'clock the
annual class night exercises will be
observed in Corcoran Hall. The entire
evening will be turned over to the
seniors who will make merry on their
last occasion as students of the
university. Many interesting features
have been planned for the occasion
by the various class officers.
Reception and Tea.
On Tuesday afternoon at the Wash
ington Club at 1901 K street, DR.. and
Mrs. Lewis will hold a reception and
tea to the members of the graduating
classes and the members Of the facul.
ties. Mrs. Lewis will be assisted by
the wives of the deans of the univer-
sity The reception will be followed
by dancing.
The university has received the
complete reports of the George Wash.
ington University debating team which
was sent to England on April 80 to
engage. the leading British institu-
tons. The team was composed of
John T. Trinhle. William +. William
son and William A. McSwain. In
seven engagements the George Wash
ington team won four, lost two. and
| drew in one. The draw was scored
on May IL at Oxford and the Monroe
| Doctrine" was the subject of the
| debate, the teams splitting up for the
| argument.
On May II. George Washington lost
| to the London School Of Economics on
the debated prohibition question. The
George Washington men were on the
affirmative side. On May II, at Liver
pool, the University Of Liverpool
|
| against the University Of Manchester.
side Of Educational Qualificatio for
Suffrage" and won. Against the
University of Leeds, the George Wash
| ington men scored another victory on
the same subject as they did against
| Exeter University. =
Against the University of Cambridge
| in the final and largest debate on May
81, on the subject Of suffrage, George
| Washington won the argument. The
| team made an enviabie record and
will probably return to this country
after a short junket on the continent
Old Ribbons Presented.
DIR. Lewis addressed the National
Association of Masonic Clubs at Provi
dence, r. l., on Friday evening. This
organization has pledged 100000 for
a chair of foreign affairs in the
university of which $40, 900 has already
been secured.
| On Tuesday, Dean Wilbur was the
commencement speaker for the Mary
| land College of Women at Lutherville
Nd.
Tomorrow night at the Kent Place
School, Summit. N. j., DR.. Lewis will
deliver a graduation address and on
Thursday night at the Upper Darby
High School, Philadelphia, Pa. he will
again deliver a graduation address.
Dean Van Week Of the Law School
leaves Thursday for the Leland Stan
ford University, where he will lecture
in law during the Summer. DR.
Samuel Flagg Bemis, winner of the
Pulitzer prize for history, will 60 to
Greenwood. Mass. for brief vacation.
Prof. Robert F. Griggs. head of the
department of botany will accompany
a group of Government experts into
the mountains of North Carolina for
the collection of fungi.
On Thursday the administrative
officers of the university gave a
luncheon at the University Club for
DR.. Lewis. 1t was the last informal
gathering for DIR. Lewis. who will
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