Evening star., 1952-02-23
George eWashingfonU U.
Awards 400 Degrees
|Af Winter Exercises

winter Convocation exercises n
LiBhef Auditorium, Twenty.fifsi
and II streets NV. The conv0ca.
ton 10 hald annually on George
WAshinetoh's Birthday.
Ia his charge 10 the graduating
class, DR.. Cteyd II. Marvin, pfesia
dent OF the University, urged thl
graduates not 10 think OF them
selves 40 being "ih an UNIQUE sitl
uatl0h because OF the uncertain
tles OF the day, for every eeRerAu
tleh faced lts crisis"
III Ia my prayer that each 0I
yeu may always be found attend
lna 10 hls duties when uncertain
Inv and fear ore AbF0ad, and thaI
The blessings OF God Will abide
Win yeH % Seu serve" no de'
BF, BelWell Olives TAIN,
Another speaker was Dr. H9berl
Nv, HelWell, chairman OF TN
Graduate Council and professor el
American Literature, Whe hal
been present At o. commencement
exercises and has seen $4,000 stu
dents graduate, He told OF tht
adVantaGe Of studying In thil
area, Z, No one can study In oul
Washington environment and he
ignorant Of the way the world II
turning"
DR., Rolwell has Just beer
granted a sabhatical leave from
George Washington to enable him
to accept an invitation from the
University of Goettingen In Ger
many. He will be guest professor
there next semester and Introduce
Into their curriculum some of the
American Thought and Cultural
Studies, which he established as
a major at George Washington
and which have been adopted by
80 colleges and universities in the
United States.
Recipients OF three doctor OF
philosophy degrees were Walter
II. Newton. 46 Lone Oak drive
| Bethesda. Md. Robert H. Shaw
III North Edgewood street. Ar
lington, Va, and Leon Swell, Of
Shepherdstown. w. Va.
Elman's Son HOnOred.
A bachelor. Of arts degree was
awarded to Josef K. Elman, OF
1851 Que street NV. son Of
Mtscha Elman. the noted violin
list. Mr.. and Mrs. Elman came
down from New York to see their
son graduate. He also Is q violin.
LIST but not q professional. and
Is interested In the stage. Al
George WashinetonO he was O
member OF drama societies.
Miss Laura M. Phillips, Of 1896
n street NV, daughter Of Maj
Gen. james r. Phillips, command.
Inc officer Of the Air Force Re-
search Unit. Cambridge, Mass.
received o master OF science
degree.
Saul u. primmer. an economist
with the National Production Au-
thority, received q bachelor oi
laws degree while his wife, Miriam
Nv. Drimmer, was awarded q
bachelor of arts with distinction
They live At No, 10 Grant Circle
NV
Graduated IN AbSentla.
1t, Col. George O. Axtell, jr,
Iof O0b Langston lane, Fails
Church, Va, who now Ia IN Cali
Itornia. was graduated IN AbsehtlH
receiving a bachelor Of laws do.
gree. lie studied law In con.
nettlun with his part IN the Legal
Assistance Program Branch, APP
plled Law Division, Of the Navy
judue Advocates once.
IN addition 10 graduates from
80 states and the District, de-
arees we're conferred Oh eight
students from outside the United
States, they were sidney H.
Hrla, 1879 MihtW0Od place NWn
ir6Ih Panama, who received Il
bachelor OF arts In government
blaWar fiasen Barakat, bBs
twentieth street NWu fr0m
Egypt, an associate 0t arts de-
gFeel Miss RlsallR NJ Bu0n0m0
OF Btrena Hall B9rmlt0lyr fF0m
PuePt0 Rleer a bachelor OF science
deepeel Weng Chuck 1901 q
street NrWu tP9m Hawaii A baehz
elep 0f arts deaPeeI HHmlne NakaH
shima, from Hawaii, 4 bachelor OF
letters and laws degree Mrs. Pa
tFieia Anne Smith, 1904 University
place NrWn from Panama a bach
el9r Of arts degree Miss Edna "
SteaFn, s890 Sixteenth street
NV from Canada, an associate
In arts degree, and TAVen Wang
tai, from Siam, q bachelor OF arts
In ahsentia,
DR., Elmer Louis KayseF, dean
LOT university students and Hni-
versity marshal, led the academic
procession,
The full list Of graduates fol-
lows;
.u-.. Associate IN Arts;