RECIPIENTS OF HONORARY DEGREES

At Commencement honorary degrees were conferred by the College upon ten men. The presentations made by Professor Malcolm Keir and the characterizations by President Hopkins follow:

Professor Keir— WILLIAM LAKE MARCY

Naturally those who have the responsibility for selecting men for the distinction of this time and place scan first those who are within the far flung bonds of the College. The father of one Dartmouth alumnus and by his generosity and interest the foster father of several others, William Lake Marcy is already a member of the Dartmouth constituency. He has reached a high standing in the profession of the law not only by his private practice but as a public offi-cer. In his own city of Buffalo, William Lake Marcy, is admired as a profound student of the law, as a man of high cultural attainments interested in letters, and as a leader in the community life. We ask that he be given the honorary degree of Master of Arts.

President Hopkins— WILLIAM LAKE MARCY

Distinguished in the practice of your chosen profession, possessed of the high regard of those among whom you dwell, influential because of the breadth of view and genuine culture which you have continuously evidenced, in word and deed, to the advantage of an always widening group of friends, by virtue of the authority vested in me, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Master of Arts.

Professor Keir— ERNEST LEROY SILVER '99

Ernest Leroy Silver upon whom we ask you, Mr. President, to confer the degree of Doctor of Pedagogy is a son of Dartmouth, having graduated with the class of '99.

For many years in this state of New Hampshire, Ernest Leroy Silver has earned and maintained an enviable reputation as a teacher and as a trainer of other teachers. Under his skilled tutelage the Plymouth Normal School has come to take front rank, and is a source of inspiration and guidance not only to New Hampshire but to other states as well.

President Hopkins— ERNEST LEROY SILVER

Faithful worker in one of the vitally important fields of public service, bringer of new distinction to a school rich in accomplishment, invaluable agent in the process of bettering the instruction in the schools of New Hampshire, generous contributor of your abilities to upbuilding the reputation of the state, —by virtue of the authority vested in me, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Pedagogy.

Professor Keir— REV. WILLIAM JAMES CAMPBELL

Among the men of Dartmouth who show forth by their own lives the precepts of the Master is William James Campbell of the class of 1905. As a pastor in New England and the Middle West, and as a director of missionary effort, William James Campbell has carried into our day the motives and spirit of Eleazar Wheelock. Now as the pastor of an influential church in Youngstown, Ohio, he is preaching and exemplifying the gentle philosophy of Christ amid the clamor and smoke of a materialistic industry, softening the hearts of men where steel is hardening their muscles. In recognition of the effectiveness of his work we ask that you confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

President Hopkins— WILLIAM JAMES CAMPBELL

Consecrated to a work of that great profession which long attracted the largest quota of Dartmouth's graduates; faithful in pastorate and eloquent in pulpit; bringing to your work in the Christian ministry sound scholarship and simple courtesy; qualified for and accepting the difficult obligations and responsibilities of Christian leadership in a modern industrial community,—by virtue of the authority vested in me, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.

Professor Keir— JOHN MARTIN GILE

John Martin Gile is not only a son of Dartmouth but a native of New Hampshire. In our village and throughout the state the long continued usefulness of his life is well known. Since 1896 as a professor, dean, and trustee he has served the College faithfully and efficiently. As a practitioner of surgery he is looked upon as a savior not only in this community but in all of our North Country. His own professional associates have selected him for the presidency both of the New England Surgical Society and the New Hampshire State Medical Society. As a citizen he has held many offices of public trust. College officer, surgeon, citizen and friend we ask for the degree of Doctor of Science for John Martin Gile.

President Hopkins— JOHN MARTIN GILE

Skilled practitioner and beloved minister of healing, now these many years, to those within the wide boundaries of the New England north countryside; rightful possessor of the confidence of those for whom your ministrations have continuingly been given without favor and without stint; to whose adaptable genius the logman's hut, the farmer's cottage, and the facilities of modern hospitals have alike been accepted as affording opportunity for rendering needful service; careful scholar, whose desire for knowledge has been in part that this might be utilized for the good of mankind and in part that its influence might be made infectious from the teacher's desk; neighbor, associate and friend, in accord with an all but unanimous vote of the Trustees of Dartmouth College, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Science.

Professor Keir—FERRIS GREENSLET

Dearly as we delight to honor Dartmouth's own sons we are not blind to the worth of the graduates of our sister colleges. Ferris Greenslet is a graduate of Wesleyan University of the class of 1897. For years he was an Associate Editor for that criterion of periodicals, The Atlantic Monthly, and a director for the publishing house of Houghton Mifflin Company. But it is not as an editor nor as a publisher that we seek special honors for him, but as an author. In this craft he has chosen the most difficult field of endeavor, namely, that of biography. To write biography requires a master, since it combines the factual matter of a text book with the imaginative interest and style of a novel. As a biographer Ferris Greenslet has proven himself a master. On this account we desire to honor him with the degree of Doctor of Letters.

President Hopkins— FERRIS GREENSLET

Alumnus of our sister college of Wesleyan; author, biographer, and discerning adviser of other authors; candid friend of the young and esteemed critic of the experienced; publisher careful to unite with the acumen of a practical instinct the idealism of the keeper of the literary shrine, one who has well known how to combine with the successful service of a great business the discriminating promotion of the larger cause of American letters,—by virtue of the authority vested in me, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters.

Professor Keir— FREDERICK JAMES EUGENE WOODBRIDGE

Among the graduates of Amherst College, Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge has advanced to the front rank. As a teacher of philosophy and an editor of a philosophical journal his work has gained for him worthwhile acclaim. For more than a dozen years as a college administrative officer in Columbia University his wisdom in adjusting the manifold difficulties presented to a Dean have merited the highest approbation. But it is his enviable reputation as a writer, an editor, and a scholar that causes us to ask that the degree of Doctor of Letters be conferred upon him.

President Hopkins— FREDERICK JAMES EUGENE WOODBRIDGE

Educator, administrator, editor and author; organizer and coordinator of the work of the great group of graduate schools over which you preside as Dean; original thinker; clear expounder, and vital stimulator of thought, through both the spoken and the written word; one institution of higher learning is indebted to you for painstaking guidance and counsel as trustee, another for years of devoted service as teacher and Dean, but all are indebted to you for the influence of your scholarly attainments and your intellectual ideals in application to university work. By virtue of the authority vested in me, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters.

Professor Keir— ALBERT HENRY WASHBURN

A modest man who nevertheless has reached eminence is our own colleague, Albert Henry Washburn. A graduate of Cornell University and the recipient of a law degree from Georgetown University, he began his public career when he was appointed United States Consul at Magdeburg, Germany. Later he was an Assistant United States Attorney in his native state of Massachusetts. Within the last few years he has been called from h,is duties as Professor of Political Science and International Law at Dartmouth to represent the United States as Minister to Austria. In the trying months of rehabilitation in Austria, Albert Henry Washburn has been a tower of strength, endearing himself to the Austrians and at the same time ably safeguarding the interests of the United . States. Dartmouth is proud, to claim him as her own and to announce its pride by conferring upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of ..Laws.

President Hopkins— ALBERT HENRY WASHBURN

Early and disciple of those who had attained greatness in public affiairs; able and. distinguished member of the bar, keen student of .the principles of constitutional law and of the procedures which underlie the successful conduct of international affairs; disinterestedly utilizing your experience and making contribution of your talents to desire able and effective service abroad; sometime and yet to be member of the Dartmouth Faculty; by virtue of the authority vested in me I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

Professor Keir— OWEN D. YOUNG

Among our American public men we have known many who coupled their greatness with bluster. The modest great man, therefore, is a rarity. Such a man is Owen D. Young; he has gone about his private and public work quietly. Yet he has reached the top pinnacle of one of the worlds greatest electrical industries, thus demonstrating an executive capacity of unusual degree. With a well founded and seasoned knowledge of law, Owen D. Young has been called into public service whenever a combination of business and law were required in a public emergency. He served in President Wilson's Second Industrial Conference and more recently was a most influential member of the Dawes Commission. We but honor Dartmouth when we ask that she confer upon Owen D. Young the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

President Hopkins— OWEN D. YOUNG

Trustee of the college of your own graduation, honored member of the bar, and effective expounder of the theory that in mutual understanding and cooperation men can live with largest mutual pleasure and profit. In successive situations of constantly enlarging dimensions your genius has been summoned as a composer of involved and difficult circumstances, and to remarkable degree these have yielded, to your trained intelligence, your indefatigable industry, your tenacity of purpose. and your sense of fair play. Now in the group accomplishment of a proposed solution of involved questions of worldwide consequence, in the. devising of which you have sat as collaborator, . there appear attributes of familiar type,—far-sighted thinking, delicate tact, justice and practicability. None can doubt the indispensaible value of the contribution of your own faculties. In token of recognition and appreciation Widely felt, Dartmouth today confers the pleasure upon itself by welcoming you within "the fold of Dartmouth men, by virtue of the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws which, in behalf of the Trustees of this College, I now give to you.

Professor Keir— SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM CURRIE

More than once in the history of nations the fierce refining fires of war have strengthened men of true metal. Just as that happened in our own Civil War in the case of General Grant so too it occurred in the World War in respect to General Sir Arthur Currie. Upon the opening of the war, a Canadian by birth, he immediately entered the Canadian military forces and went overseas ,in command of the Second Infantry Brigade. His military talents caused him to be advanced within a year to command of the First Canadian Division. Before the war was over he was commander-in-chief of all the Canadian forces. It was under his leadership and military genius that the Canadian soldiery attained such enviable fame.

In recognition of General Currie's attainments he was repeatedly commended and decorated by his own government. In addition, France, Belgium and the United States each pinned their honorary decorations on his breast.

However, it is not these military triumphs alone that have caused us to invite Sir Arthur here today. He is the Principal of McGill University and the genius which secured fame in war is now; in peace, bringing marked recognition to our sister university. To show our appreciation of Sir Arthur as a man, and to cement the cordial relations between his institution and ours we ask that he receive from us the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

President Hopkins— xSIR ARTHUR WILLIAM CURRIE

The fact cannot too often be emphasized within a professionalized college or university group that education is not confined to formal processes of instruction or to carefully devised curricula. The further fact, moreover, of which you are exemplar, needs frequent reiteration, that given the individual with the fixedness of purpose and the steadfastness of effort so to acquire education, that which is acquired is associated with a mental sinew and with a moral fibre to make the education of double worth. We delight to extend a neighborly hand of fellowship to a great university across the border. We have joy in bespeaking our recognition of your fitness to direct its course. Most of all, however, we crave the privilege of expressing admiration for the directness, honesty, courage and intelligence of a manhood of such potentiality that, without formal military training, it made you the great commander of the Canadian corps, and without the agencies of institutionalized academic help it is making you a vital factor and a successful administrator in the field of formal education. By virtue of the authority vested in me, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

Professor Keir— AMBASSADOR JUSSERAND

What Benjamin Franklin was to the Court of France, so Ambassador Jusserand has been to the diplomatic corps of Washington. Just as Franklin was successful in meeting the intricate diplomatic situations brought about by the strained relationships of allies in war, so too Ambassador Jusserand ably represented France in the capital of an ally during the temper-wrecking days of war. As Franklin was unusually popular among the French people, so too Ambassador Jusserand has been held "in high esteem by Americans. Yet if Franklin had never been famous as an ambassador his name would have been honored in America and France, because he was a man of science and letters. Likewise Ambassador Jusserand could slough off all the favors he has earned as a representative of his nation and yet be honored at home and here as a scientist and man of letters. His books on English and American literature mark him as a master in the art of writing. The accuracy of his observations is indicated by the fact that he, a Frenchman, has been president of the American Historical Association. Because of his long years of able ambassadorship, of his eminence as a writer, and of his genial characteristics as a man we ask that the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws be conferred upon Ambassador Jusserand.

President Hopkins— AMBASSADOR JUSSERAND

Preeminent in the diverse fields of international relations and English literature; in both, alike quick in understanding and lucid in interpretation; discriminating student in the fields of history and education; thorough in scholarship to a degree not frequent even among scholars, and possessed of instinctive sense of proportion and grace of style, to be envied among writers; equipped for mastery in any field into which your interest leads you;—as welcome representative of a people whose friendliness has from the beginning commanded and held to unusual degree the responsive and appreciative friendliness of the American people, this College pays tribute to the distinction of your accomplishment and receives as honor your acceptance of enrollment in the Dartmouth fellowship by virtue of this degree of the doctorate of laws, which I now confer upon you, in behalf of the Trustees of Dartmouth College.