1Cbt sut\ltrutt� of �bttagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTHENINETY-EIGHTH CONVOCATIONUbe SpringMARCH TWENTY-FIRSTA.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEENLEON MANDEL ASSEMBLY HALLProcessional March-"Marche Militaire"ROBERT WATERMAN STEVENS, University Organist SchubertORDER OF EXERCISESI. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSIONThe MarshalThe Candidates for the Associate's Title and for the Certificate of the College ofEducationThe Candidates for the Bachelor's DegreeThe Candidates for Higher DegreesThe Faculties of the UniversityThe Official Guests of the UniversityThe Trustees of the UniversityThe Vice-President of the Board of Trustees and the Convocation ChaplainThe President of the University and the Convocation OratorIV. INTERLUDE-" Dreams" WagnerII. THE PRAYERThe Convocation Chaplain, THE REVEREND PROFESSOR GERALD BIRNEYSMITH, D.D.III. THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS"Economic Liberty," J. LAURENCE LAUGHLIN, PH.D., Professor and Head of theDepartment of Political Economyv. THE AWARD OF HONORSHonorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Junior Colleges is awarded to thefollowing students:Robert Henry DunlapRalph Liggett EvansEthel Marie FikanyIsabel FinkGertrude GeitnerLeslie Hellerman Morris KharaschAllan Moritz LoebBernice McHenryGrace Susan MasonAxel Bo OstFrances Raye Painkinsky Jeannette ParrittJames McBrayer SellersElizabeth Lulu SteiglederCharles SternForest Emerson WitcraftHonorable Mention for excellence in the work leading to the Certificate of the Collegeof Education is awarded to the following student:Jessie Bayles IceThe Bachelor's Degree is conferred with Honors on the following students:Marjorie BarrAugusta Henrietta BohlenArthur Budd CarterDavid Gustafson Arthur Wing HauptMary Catherine IrwinBeatrice Eugenia LeeMary Goode Stallworth Esther Clarkson Mayer SteeleRuth Van Buskirk ThomasClaire VotawMarie Adelheid Heise WahlHonors for excellence in particular departments of the Senior Colleges are awarded tothe following students:Augusta Henrietta Bohlen, Ger- Beatrice Eugenia Lee, Germanman Mabelle Agnes Payton, GeneralArthur Budd Carter, Chemistry Literature and EnglishArthur Wing Haupt, Botany Mary Goode Stallworth. Edu-Mary Catherine Irwin, Home cationEconomics and Household Art Esther Clarkson Mayer Steele,HistorySpencer Gordon Stoltz, Chem­istryHarry Henry Strauch, ChemistryMembers are elected to Sigma Xi on nomination by the Departments of Science forevidence of ability in research work in science. The election of the followingstudents is announced:Joseph Oliver BalcarEllinor Helene BehreHolly Reed BennettJosiah BridgeJames William BuchananWilliam Ernest CaryCatherine Lines ChapinHarold Hardesty DowningCaroline Austin DurorEmanuel Bernard Fink Albert William GilesRobert Wood KeetonConrad Lun KjerstadKarl Konrad KoesslerJames Eleazar LebensohnFlora Elizabeth Le StourgeonCarl Vernon LynchPaul MacClintockBertram Reid MacKay Tadachika MinouraLouis David MoorheadWilliam Pinkerton OttLouis Augustus PechsteinLloyd Kendrick RiggsCurt RosenowMargaret Calderwood ShieldsJohn Claude WallerLouie Winfield WebbMembers are elected to the Beta of Illinois Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on nominationby the University for especial distinction in general scholarship in the University.The election of the following students is announced:James Greenleaf BrownCandidates for titles and degrees will be presented by their Deans in the followingorder:Candidates for the title of Associate and for the Certificate of the College ofEducation by Dean Henry Gordon GaleCandidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, or Science by DeanLeon Carroll MarshallCandidates for the degree of Master of Arts or Science by Dean Rollin D.SalisburyVI. THE CONFERRING OF DEGREESLydia Burrell RaymondFrances Lindley RichardsonArthur Garrett ScanlanWalter Beaumont SchaferGeorge Andre ScholesJames McBrayer SellersDonald Douglas SellsMaurice SilvermanMattie Elsie SlonakerFred Henry StanglSander StarkElizabeth Lulu SteiglederLouise Josephine StenhouseCharles SternArthur Campbell StringerStuart P . WalshWill Hamilton WalterLouise Cathryn WinternitzForest Emerson Wit craftCandidate for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity by Professor Edgar JohnsonGoodspeedCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Law by Dean James Parker HallCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Dean Rollin D. SalisburyCANDIDATES FOR DEGREES AND TITLESCandidates for the Title of Associate in Arts, Philosophy, or Science:I. THE JUNIOR COLLEGESJohn George AgarDonald Kennedy AndersonJohn Morris ArthurCharles Henry BordenThaddeus Leopold BradelJose Gonzalez CarrilloThomas Gantz CassadyDunlap Cameron ClarkHoward Robert CopleyGeorge Chadsey DorseyRobert Henry DunlapRalph Liggett EvansFred FeuersteinEthel Marie FikanyIsabel FinkLena FogelsonElenore Regina Christine FrankenGertrude GeitnerGertrude GinsbergNorman Wadsworth Harris Leslie HellermanAbraham Mo HoPhilbrick Wylie JacksonRichard Hall JeschkeWilliam Slater JonesAlexander Samuel KaunMorris KharaschMarjorie Eldridge LatimerWa ChuenLiuAllan Moritz LoebMilo Ralph LunakBernice McHenryRosa Goodeve MaddockGrace Susan MasonJohn Cornelius MoynihanAnne Knott OrdwayAxel Bo OstFrances Raye PainkinskyJeannette ParrittTHE COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONJessie Bayles IceOandidate for the Certificate of the College of Education:II. THE SENIOR COLLEGESTHE COLLEGE OF ARTSCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts:Ruth Marion SmartCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy:Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science:David Gustafson Sarah McGaughey OakleyCertificate, Swedish Theological Semi-narY,19IITHE COLLEGE OF LITERATUREMorris AronsonGrace Frantz BallochMarjorie BarrAugusta Henrietta BohlenHelen Marie BrownellStephen CornishLois DiehlElsie Jane Erickson Emita McCormick JewettBeatrice Eugenia LeeDonald Henry Gonawein MatthaeiRichard Perry MatthewsEdna Blanche MorrisonNellie Angela NolanHaskell Smith RhettArchie Rudolph RucksA.B., Birmingham College, 1014THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCERobert Guy BuzzardArthur Budd CarterHenrietta Petrea ChristensenGeorge Morris EckelsGeorge Morgan FisterS.B., Agricultural College of Utah,1913 Harry John Flood, Jr.Benjamin Berl GrichterArthur Wing HauptPaul McIlvaineEthel Belle MottEugene Beauharnais PerryTHE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Sydney Lombard SayreArthur Garrett ScanlanDorothea Charlotte SchmidtEsther Clarkson Mayer SteeleRuth Van Buskirk ThomasClaire VotawMarie Adelheid Heise WahlSidney Alexander PortisMaurice James ShermanSpencer Gordon StolzHarry Henry StrauchArthur TeningaEdith Marion Perrigo AbellRegina Josephine Friant Ethel Frances RussellCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, in Education:Miles Delmar SuttonMary Catherine IrwinClarissa Hart SchuylerCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, in Education:Mary Goode StallworthBertha S. HansenBlance Horan,- .. : ... _..""'" " - .. • _ A" _ �- _- -- -- -- � -Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy:THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ADMINISTRATIONLynden Even HoffmanIII. THE DIVINITY SCHOOLCandidates for the Degree of Master of Arts:ERNEST LEE ACKISSA.B., Richmond College, 1910Th.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1913 Thesis: The County Young Men's Christian AssociationLAIRD THOMAS HITESA.B., William Jewell College, 1915 Thesis: The Church Day Schools of Gary, IndianaHAl AN CHENPh.B., Asbury College, 1914Ph.B., University of Chicago, 1915 Thesis: The Effect of German Imperialism on the Developmentof the National Ideal of ChinaJAMES BANFORD McKENDRYA.B., McMaster University, 1910Th.B., ibid., 1912 Thesis: The Use of "'\;?� in the Old TestamentSEIICHI MURAKAMIA.B., De Pauw University, 1913EDGAR CHARLES SMITHA.B., Colgate University, 1912D.B., Colgate University Theological Seminary, 1915 Thesis: The Adjustment of Christian Theology to the JapaneseSocial MindThesis: The Use of the Old Testament in the First and FourthGospelsCandidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Divinity:ERNEST ERNSHAL SAYLESA.B., McMaster University, 1912Th.B., uu., 1914 Thesis: Augustine's Doctrine of ImmortalityCandidate for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy:ARTHUR WAKEFIELD SLATENA.B., William Jewell College, 1908D.B., Rochester Theological Seminary, 1912(New Testament, Early Christian and ContemporaryLiterature) Thesis: Qualitative Use of Nouns in the Pauline Epistles andTheir Translation in the Revised VersionIV. THE LAW SCHOOLCandidates for the Degree of Doctor of Law (J.D.):JAY TUDOR BORDERPh.B., University of Chicago, 1914 WALTER WILLIS HAMMONDA.B., Beloit College, 1913MILTON ALMON BROWNPh.B., University of Chicago, 1914 MAURICE LEVINSON HEIMSA.B., University of Chicago, 1913STEPHEN RAPSON CURTISPh.B., University of Chicago, 1914 WALTER BLAINE PHIPPSA.B., University of Virginia, 19IIJOHN WALKER FISHER (cum laude)A.B., State University of Iowa, 1912v. THE GRADUATE SCHOOLS OF ARTS, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCECandidates for the Degree of Master of Arts:SLATER BARTLOW, JR. d� II • A.B., Indiana University, 1915. (History) I!\ CO .MARIE SAFFORD BENDER "� A.B., Swarthmore College, 1914(Mathematics) Thesis: The Motion on a Vertical Circular Cone of a ParticleSubject to Two Forces-Gravity and a Force Perpendicular v<fto the Axis of the Cone, Varying Directly as the Distance"1' from It� EMBRY MARTIN GETTYS ,J.J:.,-+Ok· Thesis: A Study of the Secession Movement in GeorgiaA.B., Baylor University, 1914(History) �o--o I'J.. WILLIAM ALBERT JACKSON Thesis: Internal Improvements in Tennessee Prior to I840A.B., Baylor University, 1914' r. .'-(History) , �.. . �(\. q...CONRAD LUN KJERSTAD SbQ� 1.JY Thesis: An Experimental Study of the Form and Fluctuations of .. 'A.B., University of South Dakota. _it: Learning Curves of Typewriting(Education) \ jl/firJAMES ERNEST MOFFAT ... � Thesis: The Historical Development of the Classical Theory of ",,/A.B., McMaster University, 1914,. \. Diminishing Returns(Political Economy) V f}IWILLIAM REYNOLDS THACHER \))\ Thesis: The History of the Pierpont Government of Virginia Irt'::A.B., West Virginia University, I9Il •(History)Candidates for the Degree of Master of Science:HARRY GAUSS • C).t#., Thesis: Cerebral Changes in Fat EmbolismS.B., University of Chicago, 1913(Pathology) •EDWIN DILLMAN .HULL df�.. �B�ta�:;versity of Chicago, 1914 y�ARAVILLA MEEK TAYLOR [,S.B: in Ed., University of Chicagd, 1 5 Al(Botany) � • �$VrHARRY CLYDE TRiMBLE -�\JA.B., Cornell College, 1910(Chemistry)Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy:�f t,e8 CLYDE COLEMAN • ..)v.. .A.B., Williams College, 1909 \.A.M., ibid., 1910(Chemistry, Physics) n. J r)... GEORGE KONRAD KARL LINK � .. "" Thesis: A Physiological Study of Fusarium in Relation toS.B., University of Chicago, 1910 Potato IJiseaseA.M., University of Nebraska, 1912 � • •(Plant Physiology, Plant Ecology)." � � .,.1:1 v","""'o# - �EDITH ADELAIDE ROBERTS:!.! -'J; ",� i Thesis: The Epidermal Cells of RootsA.B., Smith College, I905 ' ;�S.M., University of Chicago, rOIl tl '(Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology), A V�ARTHUR RICHARD. SCHWEITZERV Thesis: Les Idees Directrices de la Logique Genetique desPh.B., University of Chicago, 1900 M atMmatiq4esS.M., ibid., I905 .(Mathematics, Philosophy)ALICE POST TABOR ,,\ '\\.. '"A.B., Swarthmore College, 1902 "A.M., University of Chicago, I9I3 ."(German Literature, Germanic Languages) Thesis: History of the Attitude of Indiana toward the Tariffitll VThesis: A Floristic Study of the Xerophytic Dunes of LakeMichiganThesis: Some Coleoptera of the Chicago Region in Their Relationto Plant LifeThesis: The Chemistry of AmmoniaThesis: Further Studies on the Behavior of the Alkali Formatesin (Anhydrous) Formic AcidThesis: Goethe and the Revision of His Lyrics 'VII. UNIVERSITY SONG-"Alma Mater"words by.EDWIN H. LEWIS. Music adapted and arranged for mixed volee. b7PAUL MANDEVILLE.Arrangement copyright, 18g8, by Paul Mandeville, Chicago.I,VIII. THE BENEDICTIONTHE CONVOCATION CHAPLAINIX. THE RECESSION"March Leonore" RaffMARSHALSJAMES ALFRED FIELD, Marshal of the UniversityCOLLEGE MARSHALSLAWRENCE JOHN MAcGREGOR, Head MarshalDAN HEDGES BROWN LAWRENCE EUSTIS SALISBURYROWLAND HERBERT GEORGE LAURENS CORNING SHULLCHARLES FRANCIS GRIMES DENTON H. SPARKSJAMES OLIVER MURDOCK JAMES WARREN TUFTSPAUL SNOWDEN RUSSELLGILBERT AMES BLISSPERCY HOLMES BOYNTONJAMES WEBER LINN ASSISTANT MARSHALSFRED MERRIFIELDDAVID ALLAN ROBERTSONCHESTER WHITNEY WRIGHTJULIA VORHEES DODGEMARJORIE FAYMARGARET LAMBERT HANCOCKELSIE BELLE JOHNSRUTH MANIERRE COLLEGE AIDESALMA MARIE PARMELERUTH PROSSERRUTH MARIE SANDBERGCLAIRE VOTAWVIII. UNIVERSITY SONG-"Alma Mater"words byaDWIN H. LEWIS. Music adapted and arranged for mixed voices bfPAUL MANDEVILLE.Arrangement copyright, 1898, by the University of Chicago.IX. THE BENEDICTIONTHE CONVOCATION CHAPLAINX. THE RECESSION"Tannhauser" WagnerGILBERT AMES BLISSROLLIN THOMAS CHAMBERLINHENRY GORDON GALEWELLINGTON DOWNING JONES FRED"MERRIFIELDDAVID ALLAN ROBERTSONCHESTER WHITNEY WRIGHTMARSHALJAMES ALFRED FIELD, Marshal of the UniversityASSISTANT MARSHALSCOLLEGE MARSHALS·LAWRENCE JOHN MACGREGOR, Head MarshalARTHUR OSCAR HANISCH, Head Marshal-ElectDAN HEDGES BROWN BUELL AVERELL PATTERSONDUNLAP CAMERON CLARK. PAUL SNOWDON RUSSELLROBERT HENRY DUNLAP LAURENCE EUSTIS SALISBURYDANIEL JEROME FISHER JAMES McBRAYER SELLERSROWLAND HERBERT GEORGE LAURENS CORNING SHULLCHARLES FRANCIS GRIMES DENTON H. SPARKSNORMAN GALE HART FRANCIS REID TOWNLEYJOSEPH LEVIN JAMES WARREN TUFTSJAMES OLIVER MURDOCKCOLLEGE AIDESCATHERINE DORMER CHAMBERLAIN RUTH MANIERREMARJORIE HELEN COONLEY ALMA MARIE PARMELEJULIA VOORHEES DODGE RUTH PROSSERMARJORIE FAY RUTH MARIE SANDBERGMARGARET LAMBERT HANCOCK RUTH LOUISE SHEEHYELSIE BELLE JOHNS JOSEPHINE SUSANNAH STARRMARGARET MACKAY LAUDER CLAIRE VOTAWPAULINE ARNOLD LEVI LUCY COLEMAN WILLIAMSMIRIAM BELDEN LIBBY