Evening star., 1940-06-04
Transition From i
To We Is Stressed
On A. j. Graduates
Bishop Hughes Points to
Personal independence
And Organization Loyalty

Success in the business world de-
pends to some extent on a persons
ability to pass from "I" to I'VE"
without loss of personal integrity,
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the
Methodist church. last night told
the graduating class of American
University.
Bishop Hughes spoke at Memo
rial Continental Hall during a COM
mencement program that ended
with 81 graduates receiving their
diplomas and various degrees. 1t
was the university's 26th annual
commencement and it brought to
close more than two weeks of allied
functions.
One of the secrets of success and
usefulness, Bishop Hughes said, lies
IN finding the balance between per-
sonal independence and organiza-
tlon loyalty and in discovering how
to pass from "I' to we" Every
school, he said, is an illustration
OF the effort to find a proper path
from Il" to I'VE"
Stressing the point that every
person must know some of the
things his fellow man knows, the
speaker cited the case of "one of
the brightest men ever to receive
college diploma who failed in the
teaching business because he could
not pass from the 7 of individ-
uallSm into the we of faculty aSso-
ciation."
Employment of whatever sort, he
SAID, will soon or late demand the
righteous merger of the self with
the larger company" If the en-
ployment of life, or of a part of
life, be in relation to government,
then, said Bishop Hughes, the ne
cesslty for funding the many selves
into the large composite becomes
only greater. Where a nation must
be ruled by a party system, the
art OF becoming a portion of a
party without sacrifice of convic-
tions Is, indeed, a subtle and deli
cate art. In truth" he continued,
the whole matter is so complicated
that good men hesitate to cast
themselves into the political mael-
strom lest it whirl them to the
landing place that is more than
doubtful"
DR.. Arthur c. Christie, president
OF the university's Board of Trus-
tees, presided. The opening prayer
was offered by the Rev. Ze Barney
Phillips, chaplain of the Senate
and the benediction was pronounced
by the Rev. Roy T. Thawley of
Selbyville, Del.
Helen Miller Wins HOnors.
Top honors awarded at the COM
mencement went to Helen A. Miller
2800 Connecticut avenue NV, who
received the college honor prize, the
D. A. r. history prize and the Pi
Delta Epsilon Award.
Faculty prizes, awarded annually
to the two students, a man and a
woman, who rank highest in schol-
arship, were presented to Laura S.
Talbot, 223 Seventeenth street NE,
and Harry Newly, 1927 Jackson
street NV.
The Pan-Hellenic Cup, presented
to the sorority woman in the fresh
man class who makes the best
scholarship record, was awarded to
Constance BarroWs, 1929 Thirty
fifth street NV.
Recognition was given group
of Is special students from foreign
countries who studied at the uni
versity for year and made prac-
teal studies of Government meth
DDS for possible application in their
own lands.
Doctor of philosophy degrees
were awarded to Arthur Whipple
Crawford, Porter L. Gaddis, Palmer
Tobias Hogenson and Lawrence
Elliott Kindt.
Those graduated with honors in
cluded Erva Berger, Frances Burk-
head Brewster, Ruth Genevieve
Finch, Margaret Lillian Hawkins,
Walter Stanley Sanderlin, Dorothy
c. Shepherd, Helen Elizabeth Smith
and Laura Sanford Talbot.
The other graduates follow:
Master of Arts.
peese, Sara L. Hansen Morris H.
Evans, Robert B. Lenz. Friedrich
Flicker. Hermann Maron, Marie E.
FriedSon, Ruth F. Thayer, Paul w
Grinioff Vladimir B. Wright. Mabel E.
Bachelor Of Arts
Adams, Adams ffr William E. Lehman Lb1 Babette