Evening star., 1933-06-08
100 GET DEGREES
At c. v. EXERCISES
Bishop Freeman and Four
Faculty Members Among
Those Honored.

Approximately TOO degrees were con-
ferred in traditional exercises by George
Washington University at its 112th
commencement last night in Constitu-
ton Hall.
Right Rev James E. Freeman, Bishop
of washington, received from the uni
versity its honorary degree Of doctor OF
civil law, and four retiring members OF
the faculty were awarded with emeritus
professorships.
In conferring the honorary degree
upon Bishop Freeman after the prelate
had been presented by Gilbert Gros.
yenor of the board of trustees, DR.. Cloyo
Heck Marvin, president of the unlver-
sity, read the following citation:
James Edward Freeman, reared IN
commercially final choice consecreateo
in the church. Architect with just un-
derstanding, the bond between dream
and its embodiment Gods servant
especially gifted to interpret organized
Christianity to civil life"
Faculty Members Honored.
The four faculty members who were
honored and their new designations are
Albert Burnley Bibb, emeritus professor
Of history of architecture; John Paul
Earnest, emeritus professor OF criminal
law; william jackson Humphreys.
emeritus professor of meteorological
physics, and Huron Willis Lawson,
emeritus professor OF obstetrics and
gynecology.
june, 1853, and who has been associ-
sted with George washington UnlVer-
sity since 1918, was cited for his ad-
vancement of good taste and Tor ms
characteristics as a scholarly gentle
man" Prof. Earnest, born in April,
1862, and associated with George
washington University since 1902, was
cited for "a strong hearts interest in
his academic work" and as "a fatherly
friend" to fellow workers and students
Wide Philosophical Interests.
Prof. Humphreys was born in Febru-
ary. 1862, and has been associated with
the university since 1911. In citing
him, DR.. Marvin said that wide phllo-
sophical interests back his use OF or
dered meteorological knowledge to help
him interpret life" OF Prof. Lawson,
who was born in March, 1873, and who
has been with George washington Uni
versity since 1904, the president said:
conscientious and with marked aptl-
tude in his profession, he has rendered
invaluable services as teacher and prac-
titioner"
In a brief address to the graduates at
the close of the two-hour exercises, DR..
Marvin admonished them on a philos-
ophy of life that Is compatible with the
status Of college graduates.
Treat yourself with respect" DR..
Marvin said BE careful of what you
undertake. Accept no encouragement.
Think about things. Extract their les
sons"
The commencement was preceded by
an academic procession in which the
candidates for degrees, clad in caps
and gowns, moved into the auditorium
to the accompaniment of organ music.
Rev. Joseph Sizoo pronounced the in
vocation. The respective candidates for
degrees were presented by the heads OF
their respective departmnts.
Degrees and certificates were pre-
sented as follows:
Columbian College.
Bachelor of arts-Dorothea sFioretta
Adele APPEL, Harold Frederick Arps
Charles Laurence Aulette, Elizabeth
Jeanette Bequette, Samuel Berkowitz,
Charles Oscar Berry, Mary Marian
Boyle, Mary Louise Braselton, Kenneth
Lee Brodrick, Forrest Franklin Bur-
CESS, Daniel Burman, Margaret Vir-
ginia Claxton, John Philip Clum,
James Harold Coberly, Florence Bea-
trice Coleman, Stetson Conn, Lois
Fleming Corea, Lalla Herrscher Cor
uish, Harold Guy Cowgirl, Patrick
Francis Craig, Vena Mary Crosetto,
Theodore Otto De Mol, Josephine de
Roman, Harriet-H Hazel Doktor, Joseph
George Dondero, Lee Anna Pembelton
Embrey, A. Vernon Feldser, Selma Lee
Felser, Marion Elizabeth Flick, Gwendolyn
Bevington Folsom, Grenville Lewis
Fowler, Margaret E. Frisbie, Raymond
Edgar Gable, Gershon Gelbart, Ever
ett Julius Gordon, Shirley Leigh Graft.
Mary Eleanor Grindell, Pauline Gross
man, Virginia Elizabeth Gummel Roy
al Arch Gunnison, Thomas Randolph
Hall, Sd; Margaret Ruth Hardy, Robert
Barrows Harris, Clarence Richard
Hartman, Douglas Lorenzo Hatch, Mar
jorie Louise Hertzberg, Jane Engeborg
Hill, Lamar S. ilton, Stanford Himel-
tarb, Helen Hoblit, Ben w. Hope, Ida
Battle Horne, Moody Hull, Evelyn Au-
gusta Iverson, May Elizabeth Jacobs,
Max Louis Jeweler, Robert Jacob Kas-
san, Margaret Lumpkin King, Arthur D.
Kriemelpeyer, Kathryne Junkin Lane,
Thomas Girard Lee, Hyman Leon Lewis,
Deborah Mae Lehman, Philip Hans Loh-