Evening star., 1933-06-05

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ates at the nineteenth commencement
exercises of American University this
morning at the gymnasium auditorium
on the campus.
Bishop william Fraser Mcdowell. for
mer resident bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church here, delivered the
commencement address.
Degrees were awarded by Bishop Ed
win Holt Hughes, resident bishop OF
the Methodist Church, who Is acting
chancellor of the university. Candi-
dates for degrees were presented by DR..
George B. Woods, dean Of the College
Clark, dean of the Graduate School and
of the School of Political Science.
Graduating honors went to the fol-
lowing: Summa cum laude, Anne
Woodward King; magma cum laude.
Genevieve Spence Blew. Alice Louise
Ford, Robert H. Marcus, and cum
laude, Harold Alva Harbaugh, Sara
Bullard Motley and Elizabeth Jennings
Towne.
Wins College Honor Prize.
The college honor prize, which goes
to the senior who has made the largest
contribution to life on the campus, was
warded to Robert Marcus of Chicago,
1t was announced by DR.. Woods. The
prize consists of $50, and the recipients
name will be engraved on the tradi-
tional Kinsman Silver Cup in trophy
case at the college. Marcus has been
president of the student body, outstand-
ing debater, member of the team
which defeated the University of Ok
ford and Princeton University. He Is
a member of Delta Sigma Rho, national
forensic honorary fraternity; OF Pl
Gamma Mu, national honorary social
science fraternity, and of the Brahmin
Club, the honorary college society for
extra curricular activities.
given for scholastic standing and extra
curricular activities were awarded to
Meta Jane Scantlin, a junior OF this
city, a graduate of Western High School,
and Robert Marcus.
The senior honor students achieving
the highest academic standing during
the last semester were: Mrs. Genevieve
Spence Blew, Elizabeth Flemming, Alice
Louise Ford, Harold Harbaugh, Ann
King, Robert Marcus, Helen Nordlinger.
Katherine Reuter- and Myron Lee
Simpson.
Wins Research Competition.
DR.. Woods announced that Kenneth
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international undergraduate research
competition in Beta Beta Beta, honor
ary biological society.
Two poems by students OF American
University John Coulter, who is study
ing in France, under direction of the
local university, and Ann King have
been selected for exhibition at the
Worlds Fair at Chicago, Dr. Woods an
nounced. The local institution was
OF 2s colleges which have two poems
The Swift Foundation fellowship
was awarded to Floyd Hiatt Ross to
study philosophy of religion. The Mas
sey Foundation fellowship went to
economics in the University Of Cam
bridge, England, and to Loire TarShis
to study economics at Trinity College,
Cambridge, England.
The academic procession, which
formed at Hurst Hall, was led by Will
Hutchins, professor of art Of American
University, as chief marshal, across ttt
campus to the auditorium. Music for
the exercises was by the College Or
chestra, under direction Of DR.. c. H.
Leineweber. Prayer was offered by
Rev. G. Ellis williams.
The baccalaureate service was held
yesterday afternoon at Metropolitan
Memorial Church, with Bishop Hughes
delivering the baccalaureate sermon
from the subject THE Teacher"
Music was by the American University
Choral Society, under direction of Har-
Ian Randall, with Mrs. James Shera
Montgomery at the organ. Prayer was
by DR.. James Shera Montgomery, chap
lain of the House Of Representatives.
Those Receiving Degrees.
Those who received degrees from the
three schools of the university were as
follows:
Bachelor of arts-Beatrice Merkel
Adam, Phyllis May Adelman, Helen
Astin. Rebecca Huddell Beatty, Ruth
Longstreet Belden, Francis Joseph Bey-
rent, Alan Johnston Blanchard, Gene
We've Spence Blew, Chester Gaver Bow
ers, Elizabeth Louise Brundage, Albert
Burlington, Helen Mary
Burlington. John Ramon Burlington, jr.;
Joseph Lincoln Carter Helen Elmira
Clevenger, Francis Barnard Cramer,
Doris Presnell Champion. Althine Fran
ces Crandon, Mary Lawrence Daub,
Charles Joseph Dewey, Leonel Melvin
Dick. Margaret Alberta Dimond, Burke |
Elizabeth Elgin. Elizabeth |
Fiemming, Alice Louise Ford, Ann We
roma Goetz, Grace Virginia Gosnell. |
Dorothy Hamilton, Harold Alva Har-
baugh, William Kenneth Hoover, Anna |
Hunter, Alfred Livingston |