Evening star., 1941-06-19

other symbols throughout the years
and in the present.
The American Ambassador IN
Britain gave recognition to this re
Gently when he said:
"'Only this week in London in
the early morning hours OF the Sab
bath day, enemy bombs destroyed
the House of Commons room OF the
Parliament and smashed the altar
of Westminster Abbey. These two
hits seemed to me to symbolic the
detectives of the dictator and the
pagan. Across the street from the
wreckage of these two great his
toric buildings of state and church,
Saint-Gaudens' statue of Abraham
Lincoln was still standing. AS 1
looked at the bowed figure OF the
Great Emancipator and thought of
his life, l could not help but remem-
Der that he loved God that he had
defined and represented democratic
government and that he hated
slavery.
"WouId Rather Die on Our Feet"
And as an American / was
proud that he was there in all that
wrecksge as a friend and sentinel
and a reminder that in this great
battle for freedom he waited quietly
for support for those things for
which he lived and died.
I'VE, too, born to freedom and be-
lieving in freedom. are willing to
fight to maintain freedom.
I'VE. and all others who believe
as deeply as We do, would rather
die on our feet than live on our
knees"
To mark the solemnity of the oc-
caSion, the University OF Oxford de-
cided that the degree to the Presi-
dent should be conferred by diploma
an honor not cuStomarily award
ed-which admits the recipient to
enjoyment of all the rights and
privileges belonging to the degree.
The diploma set forth under a
lengthy whereas" that the Presi-
dent has at all times been in the
fight for peace, justice and free
dom, and today, when the very ex-
istence of the freedom of the peoples
everywhere is seen to be in Jeopardy,
has not only heartened the defend
ers of liberty by his lofty and inspir-
ing eloquence, but has brought, and
in increasing measure, is still
bringing, the material help re-
auired to secure final defeat OF law
lessness and aggression"
Dykstra, Bush HOnored.
Among the honorary degrees
awarded by Harvard at its own
ceremonies were the following:
Clarence A. Dykstra, president OF
the University of Wisconsin, former
Selective Service director and now
head OF the National Mediation
Board. doctor of laws, cited as "a
student of political theory, long since
acclaimed versa tile man OF action. F."
Ernest o. Lawrence, winner of the
Nobel Prize in physics in 1889 and
professor at the University of Cali
fornia and inventor of the cyclotron
atom smasher, doctor of science.
with the cits ton that 'the atom
auails before his ingenuity and en-
terprise.'
Vannevar Bush, chairman of the
National Defense Research Commit
tee and president of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington, doctor OF
science.
The Rev. James J. Tomkins. =
priest Of the parish of Reserve
Mines. Roman Catholic Diocese nj
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, master OF
arts
James G.. K. Mcclure. a Fair
view IN. c. farmer, master Of arts
with a citation describing him as
"a modern pioneer of the Caro-
lima mountains; by cooperative en-
terprise he extends the social From
tiers of farm and village"
Ben G. Graham, superintendent oi
Pittsburgh public schools, doctor Of
laws.