New Britain herald., 1927-06-22
BYRD LAUDED AT YALE
 AND AWARDED DEGREE
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upon you the degree master of arts and admit you to all its rights and provileges." said President James Rowland Angell in awarding the de- gree.
 ! Yesterday 651 seniors in the Shef- field scientific school and Yale col lcge received their degrees. Today in addition to the fifteen honorary ones, degrees were conferred on A students in the school of medicine. more than 100 law school studeHs, and on several hundred graduates of other schools of the university.
 Mir. Lawrence 5. A. 1905 and MT. Greeley were given the degree of master of arts. President Nelson was the only recipient of the degree 1 of doctor of letters.
 Other honorary degrees were: 1 Carl w. Blogen. B. A. 1906, as- sistant director of the Amer l ican school for classical studies, Athens, master of arts. ! Mrs. Elizabeth S. Coolidge, leader in fostering composition and appre- , citation of chamber music, master of arts.
 | Charles l.. kirschner. 90 s. prin- cipal of the New Haven high school. master of arts.
 i George H. Whipple, B. A. 1905. {, dean and professor of pathology of the school of medicine and dentistry, University of Rochester, master of arts.
 Charles Whitney Gilkey, pastor of the Hyde Park Baptist church. Chi cago, doctor of divinity. 1 Adolf Keller, European secretary, 7, federal council of churches. doctor of divinity.
 John Jacob Abel. professor of pharmacology, John Hopkins uni versity, doctor of science.
 James c. Irvine, principal and vice chairman, University of St. An- drews, doctor of science.
 Alfred II. Whitehead, professor of philosophy Harvard university, doc tor of science.
 Charles V. Chapin. Providence, R. l., leader in public health work, doc tor of laws.
 1 Dwight w. Morrow. lawyer, bank er doctor of laws.
 Willis Van Devanter, associated justice supreme court of the United States, doctor of laws.
 Formal Program Ends
 The formal program of the 226th commencement at the uni, ersity was brought to a close this morning in Woolsey Hall when degrees were conferred upon candidates from the graduate schools and Upon those designated by the president and fel- lows to receive honorary rank.
 The ceremonies adhered in every way to those which for hundred years and more have marked the in vestiture, the candidates being formed on the campus and under the leadership of the university marshal and to the strains of "Onward Chris tian Soldier" and the bells of Trim ity church march through the central green and on to Woolsey 1 Hall. Along the route were many hundreds of citizens who got pass ! ing plimpse of those who a little later received honorary degrees.
 In the auditorium the ceremony also were traditional and much shorter as the degrees in course were awarded yesterday. The precentors were the deans of the graduate schools and for the honorary de- grees Prof. William Lyon Phelps, who with few exceptions has filled the office for many years. In pre- senting Mir. Blogen, the precentor said in part, after mentioning that he is to be acting director Of the school at Athens: His passion is the excavation of prehistoric cities; he does not call spade spade: a spade calls him.
 Of Mir. Lawrence, the precentof said: Mir. Lawrence is q man of science, a man of imagination and a man of faith, from tho very be- ginning he has believed in the pos sibility of this machine (radial air cooled cngine), and it is owing to his qualities of mind and heart that today we have complete conquest Of ! the land, the sea and the air. , Principal kirsclner Of Principal kirschner of New Haven. the precentor sad: Many things can be said of him and his work, but emphasis should be laid on two-the scholarship records oi Yale students who come from this school are so exceptionally high that they illustrate the efficiency of that , institution; and the thousands of boys and girls who do not go to any college receive under Mir. kirsch- ncr's direction first class high school training
 Prof. Phelps said of Mrs. Coolidge: "She has esta ablished free concerts in many cities of America, and had done more to stimulate the love oi chamber music than any other citi- gen.
 1 Of Chief Forester Greeley tho : prccentor said: His judgment Of | men is as good as his professional knowledge: it can never be said o' | him that he cannot see the forest | for the trees"
 | Of. Dr. Whipple. this was said by the precentor: His Puritan inner ltance has been tempered by Balti- more. Charleston and California. SC that he has lost it's angularities with out losing it's grit
 pr. Gilkey was described as q good Baptist without a formal creed 1 but the briIliance of his preaching and charm of his character make him worthy of the words Of Gold smith. He allures to brighten worlds and leads the way
 { pr. Keller was called a' born lead