Evening star., 1938-06-07
ia GRADUATED
AT AMERICAN j.
Degrees Given 2 Senators
Dynamic Democracy
Plea Is Heard.


ITO survive IN dictator-torn world,
must be dynamic" Morris Llewellyn
Cooke, consulting engineer, appealed
to graduates of American University
at their commencement in Memorial
Continental Hall last night Ito keep
alive the splendid American tradition
Of action and the capacity for it."
"At times democracy itself seems
stymied." said Mr.. Cooke, former adj
ministrator of the Rural Electrifica-
ton Administration. Granting that
1--WE have some rotten politics just as
We have some crooked business,
too much of BOTH" the speaker de-
clared, "let us not permit the fact
that there are crooks lend too much
color to our lives"
Four honorary degrees we're con-
ferred by the university which awarded
degrees to 124 graduates of its three
schools.
In presenting the honorary degrees,
DR.. Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor.
announced that the principle of selec-
ton added unusual" significance"
A large number of leaders of public
administration and law throughout
the country were asked to nominate
the public men whose service would
justify the degrees, he. explained, SO
that the honor constituted mot only
the award of the university but the
considered appreciation of their peers"
Two Senators Honored.
The honorary degrees were con-
ferred on Senator Wheeler of Mon
tana. Senator Burke of Nebraska,
Frederick Harold Stinchfield Of Min
neapolis, ex-president of the American
Bar Association, and Louis Brownlow,
director of the Public Administration
Clearing House of Chicago, who was
formerly Commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The college honor prize of $50,
awarded to the senior who made the
Largest contribution to the college
during four years." was presented to
Carol Laise. The Alpha Chi Omega
achievement award of $50, presented
by that organization for character and
leadership, went to Mary Elizabeth
Morse.
Other Prizes Awarded.
Other prizes from the college in
cluded:
Faculty prizes-Lemuel Fraser, class
Of 80; Jean Evans, class of '39.
History prize Fifteen dollars,
awarded by the District of Columbia
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, Frances Hill, class of Al.
Freshman prize-Fifteen dollars,
Mary Hudson; honorable mention,
Daniel WentZ.
Chemistry prize-A medal and
Junior membership in the American
Institute of Chemists, David Copen-
hafer.
College Honor Society-Seniors
elected to membership because of out
standing scholarship, Mary Aiken, Da-
vid Copenhafer, Jane Getz, Carol Laise,
Rita M. Lentz and Lucille Maris.
Senior semester fonors-Mary
Evaul, Jane Getz, Carol Laise, Carl
Mueller and Raymond Wrenn.
French prize-Barbara Loomis.
Pan-Helenic Council Award-To the
freshman sorority woman having the
highest scholastic average for the year,
Eloise Swick,
The Chi Psi Omega prize of s25 for
the best master of arts thesis went
to Wendell Chaffee Gordon !
Edward F. Colladay, member of the
Board Of Trustees of American Uni
versity. presided. Candidates for de-
grees were presented to the chancellor
by DR.. George B. Woods, dean of the
College of Liberal Arts; Arthur S.
Flemming, director of the School of
Public Affairs, and by DR.. Ernest s.
Griffith, dean of the Graduate School.
The degree of doctor OF philosophy
was conferred on H. Paul Caemmerer,
secretary Of the Fine Arts Commits
sion; Frank Samuel Carroll of the
Social Security Board, Clarence Lewis
Hodge OF the Library of Congress and
John William Wright of the Bureau
OF Agricultural Economics.
Other degrees were awarded as fol-
lows: