Evening star., 1932-10-14
168DEGREES GIVEN;
HAYDN EULOG|zED
Official and Social Washing
ton Attend Convoca-
ton of G. W. u.

Degrees were conferred upon 1SA
graduates OF the George Washington
University last night at q unique con-
vocation in Constitution Hall, attended
by members xf the diplomatic corps
and representatives Of ofncial ana So
cial Washington.
The convocation was designated As
the university's ofncial observance Of
the Haydn bicentennial, marking the
200th anniversary Of the birth Of the
Austrian composer, the first great mod
ern in the history Of music. In place
OF an address. members OF the gradu-
ating class. alumni and others attend.
ing the convocation heard a Haydn
symphony played by the National SYM
phony Orchestra.
Doctorate Given Kinder.
The presentation by Dr. Cloyd Heck
Marvin, president of the university. Of
the honorary degree Of doctor Of music
to Hans Kinder, distinguished con-
ductor of the orchestra, was greeted by
the audience with prolonged applause.
Following the comforting Of degrees
In course upon graduates Of the Junior
college, senior college and professional
schools of the university, President Mar
win presented the diploma, invested
LII. IlllOlSl Will t1iC 3Alo3S2ilo VA O21C
doctorate and read the following cita-
ton for the honorary degree:
Productive musician, friendly leader.
In whom teeming imagination ana con-
slant love of beauty, tempered by tuf-
fering and triumph, join with whole
some faith and artistic skill to give us
in every sense creative life-Hans
Kinder"
Haydn's Symphony in D Major" and
the overture to Die Meistersinger" were
presented by the orchestra, the Wagner
overture being chosen to supplement
the Haydn symphony because its dedi-
cation to the great poets and musicians
of al time made it appropriate to an
occasion honoring great musician Of
the past and another Of the present.
Addresses Graduates.
In addressing the graduates Presi-
dent Marvin said:
If you so discipline yourselves that
you have the will to approach each step
in life with sympathy and care. know
that unto each of you will come the
satisfactions that accrue to those that
have a passion for perfection and
power to give to that moment s1atched
from fieeting time the appropriate calm
Of blest eternity"
The exercises were opened with the
professional, march from "Athalie,"
played by John Russell Mason, oreaf1ist.
Rev. William S. Abernethy, D. D., pro-
nourced the invocation.
The following were awarded degrees:
Bachelor Of Arts.
Solomon Alpher. District Of Colum-
bia; Mildred johnson Bahr. South
Dakota; Miriam Milliken De Haas, Dis
tr1ct of Columbia; Alipio Decanay Diaz,
Philippine Islands; Solomon Dobrin,
New Jersey: Carroll johnson Doering,
Texas; Eolene Virginia Follin, Virginia;
Joseph Herman Goldberger. District Of
Columbia; Harry Goldsmith, Pennsyl-
vania; Robert Edward Lee Hall,
Georgia; Frances Woolverton Hand,
District OF Columbia; Lawrence Flem-
ing Hawkins, West Virginia; Elwood w.
Holstein, Pennsylvania; Caldwell Chap
pelear Kendrick, Virginia; Peter George
Ievathes, District Of Columbia; David
Stovall Lyon, Virginia; Harold Osman
Mcneil, District Of Columbia; Blaine
Herman Menke, Nevada; Sara Martha
Moon, District OF Columbia; Gertrude
Elizabeth Moorhead. Pennsylvania;
Stephen Hopkins Nyman, New York;
Sol Orleans District of Columbia; Jack
Dickson Pitts, Georgia: James Clifton
Quick, District Of Columbia; William
Henry Redkey, Ohio; Ruth Eugenia
Sullivan. Illinois; Catharine snowden