Evening star., 1942-06-04
671G. W. i. Students
Receive Certificates
And Degrees
War CoIors Ceremonies
Of Commencement;
Alumni Awards Presented

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Alumni Awards Presented
Six hundred and seventy-one stu
dents of George Washington Univer-
sity, 1877 of them from the District,
were awarded certificates and de-
grees in Constitution Hall last night
In a commencement program that
swung several times from observ-
ance of an academic milepost to
recognition of military emergency.
The auditorium, set off by patri-
otic decorations, rang to deafening
applause at onf point in the exer-
cises when 1t was announced that
28 graduates of the school of medi-
cine already had received commits
sions in the armed services.
Shortly afterward, President Cloyd
Heck Marvin called to the audiences
attention the number of graduates
who had covered their military uni
forms with academic gowns.
It would much rather have the
uniforms themselves cross the
stage" he said.
Twenty-Five hundred persons were
seated in the auditorium to witness
the graduation of a class that DR..
Marvin explained would have been
larger but for exercises in February
at which a number of students COM
pleted their academic work under a
program speeded to meet a war
emergency.
Alumni Award Presented.
Near the opening of the program,
six distinguished graduates OF the
university received the alumni
achievement award. They were
Alexander Wilbourne Weddell, for
mer Ambassador to Spain; DR.. Nevll
Monroe Hopkins, New York City;
Harold Franklin Enlows, 2753
Brandywine street NV; Watson
Davis, 1922 Rhode Island avenue
NV; Elizabeth Webb Wilson. Cam
bridge, Mass, and DR.. Luther Halsey
Reichelderfer, former District Com
missioner.
Immediately afterward the grad
uates received the certificates or
degrees from Dr. Marvin.
Honorary degrees of doctor OF laws
weer conferred upon William Tyler
Page, author of 1.-The Americans
Creed" and minority clerk OF the
House of Representatives, and Maj.
Gen. Edwin Martin Watson, military
aide to President Roosevelt. An
honorary degree of doctor OF science
will be conferred later upon Rear
Admiral Ross T. McIntire, surgeon
general of the United States Navy
and White House physician, who was
able to attend last nights exercises.
Status of professor emeritus was
conferred upon two members who will
retire from the staff OF George
Washington University. They were
John Wilmer Latimer, professor OF
law and last president of the
George Washington Alumni Associa-
ton, and Gilbert Lewis Hall, pro-
fessor of law.
"A
In charge to the graduates,
President Marvin said that ito some.
without your resources. this day Is
with very hopeleSsness imbrued,
adding. freedom, in which hope
and faith grow strong, is sorely
challenged, and life becomes cruel,
appalling and confused"
"But you, armed with spirit and
liberty of true learning" he con-
tinued, know that in every period
of travail, industry is more than
idleness, learning is more than 1g-
norance, faith is more than fear,
hope is more than despair, and love
is more than hatred. In this be-
lief there is support for us until
thralls are free and men are broth
ers in a world of intelligence and
hope"
Among the graduates were two
whose fathers have prominent parts
In the war emergency activities In
Washington. They were MISS
Kathryn Elizabeth Hershey, daugh-
ter of Mai. Gen. Lewis B Hershey,
national director of Selective
Service and a member of the War
Manpower Board. and Miss Louise
McNutt. daughter of Paul v. Nc
Mutt, Federal Security admlnlstra-
tor and chairman of the War Man
power Board.
Miss Hershey, who received
bachelor of arts degree, also was
awarded the Pi Beta Phi award
given annually to the member OF
the senior class who has done the
most to promote student activities.
She was president Of the Womens
Athletic Association, society editor
of The Hatchet, student publica-
ton. and director of the Womens
Activities Building drive.
Miss McNutt Wins HOnOrs.
Miss McNutt was awarded a GER
tif1cate from the Junior College,
with honorS.
Another prominent graduate on
the list was Manuel Jose Mendez
Guardia. son of the founder OF the
University of Panama, VINO re-
ceived a juris doctor degree. He
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is a member of Phi Beta Kappa,
honorary scholastic fraternity.
Nine of the 78 students from
the District of Columbia awarded
Junior College certificates received
them with honors. They were
Mary Erwin Davis, Louise McNutt,
Pattie Tatum Moore. Alvin EDWARD
Parrish, Marie-Louise Ralph, SID
ney Shulman, Marjorie G. Taylor,
Helen Elizabeth Tracie and Lulu
Freer Woolard.
William Webb Zeller, Marjorie
Collins Matthews and Lillian
Kolbey Shavell, all of the District,
received bachelor of arts degrees
with distinction, the latter two with
special honors in the Romance
Languages. Zoe McCombs Largess'
also of the District, was awarded
bachelor of arts degree with spec
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