J.>e;.m'� omccll The Law Sohool.. I{).�bt tlblnt\1ttstt!' of CbtCRgOFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTHE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTHCONVOCA TION{tbe UUlinterDECEMBER EIGHTEENTHA.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN!LEON MANDEL ASSEMBLY HALLThe Convocation Chaplain, The REVEREND PROFESSOR THEODORE GERALDSOARES, PH.D., D.D.ORDER OF EXERCISESI. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSIONProcessional March-March from Overture "1812"ROBERT WATERMAN STEVENS, University Organist TschaikowskyThe MarshalThe Candidates for the Bachelor's DegreeThe Candidates for Higher DegreesThe Faculties of the UniversityThe Trustees of the UniversityThe President of the University and the Convocation ChaplainII. THE PRAYERAimee DeuterEthel Marie FikanyDaniel Jerome FisherHelen Howe Harter Mary Zilpah HebdenVirginia Janette IralsonFlorence Melissa JayneLuella Angie Knight Edith Loretta MattsonNellie Christine NelsonStanley Frost RiceIII. THE AWARD OF HONORSHonorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Junior Colleges is awarded to thefollowing students:Cecil DehnerMary Ruth DredgeKathleen Knox FosterIrene Marie FrankRalph Waldo Gerard Anna E. JonesIrvin Harvey JonesBernard NiedermanInez Elvira OstbergMargaret Lucy Park Lillian Grace ReynoldsChester Tilden SchraderSister Mary Louis TownerLouis WirthThe Bachelor's Degree is conferred with Honors on the following_ students:Honors for excellence in particular departments of the Senior Colleges are awardedto the following students:Ethel Marie Fikany, BotanyDaniel Jerome Fisher, Geology Mary Zilpah Hebden, English Theodore Tieken, GermanLuellaAngie Knight,HouseholdArtMembers are elected to the Beta of Illinois Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on nominationby the University for especial dis!inction in general scholarship in the University.The election of the following students is announced:Barbara Miller Dorothy Fielding Roberts Vesper Anderson SchlenkerIV. THE CONFERRING OF DEGREESCandidates for titles and degrees will be presented by their Deans in the followingorder:Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, or Science by DeanHoratio Hackett Newman I)iCandidates for the degree of Master of Arts, Philosophy, or Science by Dean AlbionWoodbury SmallCandidates for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity by Professor Ernest De Witt BurtonCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Law (J.D.) by Acting Dean Edward WilcoxHintonCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Dean Albion Woodbury SmallDorothy MillerKenneth Wells MooreBernard NiedermanAnton OleshevskiErnest OlsonInez Elvira OstbergMargaret Lucy ParkDonald Ayres PiattMary Gray ProbstLillian Grace ReynoldsJoseph Elmore RubinMarie Frances SchlenkMarie SchmidtRose SchwartzHelen Grace SeppleBradford Spencer SmithCharles Thomas SmytheFrederick Edward SteinhauserDaniel Crane TaylorEsther Louise ThayerJohn Francis TiptonSister Mary Louis TownerHelen Salisbury TurnerLouis WirthMary Emily WrightCANDIDATES FOR DEGREES AND TITLESTHE. COLLEGES OF ARTS, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCECandidates for the Title of Associate in Arts, Philosophy, or Science:THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND ADMINISTRATIONMargaret Minna AbtMarion Maxwell AbtSimon Harry AlsterJohn Wells BanisterWilliam Jennings BeattyMariann BradtLillian Cecelia BurkeSterling Sanford BushnellArthur Ralph ColwellBarry Francis ConstableEdwin Charles CurtissEmma Simpson DavisWilliam Artis DawsonMargaret DelaneyEdith Vestal DoanHelen Elizabeth DriverPrunella Edna DukeStella Louise EckelsAlma Louise EverardGladys FawleyLansing Raymond FelkerBertha Rudelphine FischerKathleen Knox FosterIrene Marie FrankJohn Zell Gaston, Jr.Gertrude Alice GaultMaurice Yates CohenCecil DehnerMary Ruth Dredge I. THE JUNIOR COLLEGES(Graduating Exercises were conducted December 17)Ralph Waldo GerardJoshua Samuel GoodwinAlfred Hermann HallmannWilliam Wirt HenryAnna E. JonesIrvin Harvey JonesLois Marie KantzlerAgnes Mary KellyAlpha KelseyEdward Orin KemlerAnne KennedyGustave Herbert KrakauerFrieda Miriam KramerRose Frances KramerLoretto Marie LambMargery Phyllis LeopoldLouise Evangeline LewisRupert Robert LewisJeannette Breed LindsayBenson LittmanAgnes LongDorothy LowenhauptAnna Louise McCrackenGeorge Frisbee MartinCarroll Adalaide MasonViola Marie A. MerrimanCandidates for the Title of Associate:Joseph Adolph HinkampMary Shepherd IrwinAbe Anas KlapmanTHE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Chester Tilden SchraderHarry Bryan SmithClarence VollmerMary Allegra GilloglyCandidates for the Certificate of the College of Education:Elizabeth Purnell WilsonEleanor ManifoldII. THE SENIOR COLLEGESTHE COLLEGE OF LITERATUREEdna Mae RolstonSam A. RothermelAnna Clare ShafferElizabeth Rebekah SherwoodHarriett Winsby SullivanTheodore TiekenM.D., College of Physicians andSurgeons, 1899Alfred TonnessMildred Logan UrquhartUniversity, David Wiedem!Lnn,)r.Cleopatra Mane WIlsonCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy:Virginia Janette IralsonGladys Evelyn JonesFrances Ethlyn LindleyHarry Alexander McDonald_ William Hugh MacMjJlapEdith Loretta MattsonLydia Wells MollisonJessie Elizabeth MooreNellie Christine NelsonCharles Oscar PerattA.B., Kentucky State1904Lora Valera Riskary ennetta DameierLois Howell Varney DonaldsonWilmer Trumbull GrahamSarah Graves GriffinMartha Nadine HallMattie Crumpton Hardy_ i:elen Howe Ha ftefary Zilpah HebdenElla Alma HildebrandtFrank William Hoffer_ Floyd Leo HoganTHE COLLEGE OF SCIENCECandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science:Julian Vivian WareYu Tai YaoAlbertus Henry BuisEthel Marie FikanyJames Bush Fleugel Everett Elliott MurrayOra Lee RiskHoward WakefieldTHE COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONLauretta Margaret McLindonEllen Cornell PhillipsStanley Frost RiceCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in Education:Evelyn Margaret AlexanderIra Cloyd BakerElizabeth Mary Blish Anna Elizabeth BollerLuella Angie KnightBelle LoweCandidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education:Aimee Deu terTHE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND ADMINISTRATIONCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy:Mary Moore Clark Donald Voorhees HopsIII. THE DIVINITY SCHOOLCHARLES RAY CULLENA.B., Kalamazoo College, 1916Candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts:Thesis: The Relation of the Early Christians to the RomanGovernmentThesis: Some Aspects of Ezekiel's ReligionEDWIN BOWMAN CUNNINGHAMA.B., Lombard College, 1916ARTHUR ROYALL GAYA.B., Wake Forest College, 1915 Thesis: Clapham SectThesis: Early A merican PresbyterianismJOHN FREDERICK CARL GREENPh.B., Shurtleff College, 1916ALFRED JOHN LINK (�1J:.m laude)Ph.B., The University of Cli:re!tlf,�1d"'ROY MASSENA (cumJa.ude\A.B., Wabash College;i!)6�� .... CARL ARTHUR SCHIPFER (cum laude)Graduate, United States Naval Acaaert\ ,.JAN HENDRIK JACOBUS GREYVEN­STEINPh.B., University of Chicago, 1917 Thesis: Individual Immortality in the Teaching of PaulSEIICHI HISHIKA W AA.B., University of Washington, 1914 Thesis: The Jewish Parties in the Time of ChristWILLIAM RALPH HUTTONA.B., Southwestern College (Kansas) 1912 Thesis: Social Influences in the Development of Moham­medanismThesis: Oriental Influences and the Rise of Unitarianism inNew EnglandJESSE JESSEN KOLMOSA.B., Leander Clark College, 1890D.B., Chicago Theological Seminary, 1896Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor oj Divinity:HOWARD EIKENBERRY JENSENA.B., University of Kansas, 1914A.M., ibid., 1915 Thesis: The Social Consciousness in Its Relation to ChurchFederationJAMES CALVIN STIVENDERA.B., Howard College, 1913A.M., University of Chicago, 1915 Thesis: The Seminary Curriculum and the Country PastorCandidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy:RIICHIRO HOASHI Thesis: Problem of Omnipotence in Current TheologyA.B., University of Southern California, 1912A.M., ibid., 1912D.B., University of Chicago, 1916THOMAS WEARING Thesis: The World- View of the Fourth GospelA.B., McMaster University, 1909Th.B., ibid., 19IID.B., ibid., 1912A.M., ibid., 1914IV. THE LAW SCHOOLCandidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.):De Vere Francis BustinCandidates for the Degree of Doctor of Law (J.D.):V. THE GRADUATE SCHOOLCandidates for the Degree of Master of Arts:MARY ETTA BASSA.B., Goucher College, 1906(Latin) Thesis: The Military Narrative in Virgil's "Aeneid" ix-xiiGEORGE WASHINGTON CLEMENSA.B., Ohio Northern University, 1904Ph.B., National Normal University, 1905(Education) Thesis: How Freeport Finances and Manages Its Public SchoolsPEDRO EDUARDO GIGOUXPh.B., University of Chicago, 1916(English) Thesis: Influence of the "Diane" of Montemayor on EnglishLiteratureSISTER MARY LOYOLA HAYDEPh.B., University of Chicago, 1915(English) Thesis: The Authorship of "Faire Em"JANE LOUISE JONESA.B.- Cornell University, 1912(English)Z-YING LOHPh.B., University of Chicago, I9I7(Education)GEORGE BYRON WILLIAMSS.B., Denison University, 19II(Education) -_Thesis: Sources of Roger Ascham's ScholemasterThesis: The Junior High SchoolThesis: An Investigation of the Thornton Township HighSchool, Harvey, IllinoisCandidates for the Degree of Master of Science:Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy:EDWARD EASTMAN CLAYTONS.B. in Horticulture, Ohio State University, I916(Botany)SEYMOUR JEROME COHENS.B., University of Chicago, 19I7(Physiology)ALVIN GEORGE FOORDS.B., University of Chicago, I9I6(Pathology)EVELYN WORNHAM WICKHAMA.B., Vassar College, 19I6(Astronomy)GEORGE EMANUEL BURGETA.B., Indiana State Normal School, I914(Physiology, Hygiene and Bacteriology)GILBERT HAVEN CADYA.B., Northwestern University, 1905A.M., ibid., I910(Geology, Paleontology)CHARLES ELIJAH DECKERA.B., Northwestern University, I906A.M., University of Chicago, 1908(Geology, Paleontology)SHOAN MASUZO FUKUYAA.B., Colorado College, 1914(Psychology, Sociology)JACOB MILLISON KINNEYA.B., Indiana University, 1904A.M., University of Nebraska, I907(Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics)JOHN KNOX KNOXA.B., University of Toronto, 1914(Geology, Petrography)HERBERT JOHNSON SMITHS.B., Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College,1906(Chemistry, Physics) Thesis: Cyanide Fumigation and the Green PlantThesis: Gastric Secretion during FeverThesis: The Effect of Cold on Antibody FormationThesis: Investigation of Spectrograms Made with DifferentDispersions for Detection of Systematic ErrorThesis: An Attempt to Produce Experimental Thyroid Hyper­plasiaThesis: The La Salle AnticlineThesis: Studies in Minor F oldsThesis: Effects of Attention upon the Efficiency of IntellectualFunctionsThesis: The General Theory of Congruences without Any Pre­liminary IntegrationThesis: The Geology of the Asbestos Range near Coleraine,QuebecThesis: Solubility Products of CarbonatesV. THE ENROLMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICEThe following candidates for degrees at this Convocation are in the service of thenation or its allies. The list may be incomplete.DE VERE FRANCIS BUSTIN, LL.B.ARTHUR ROYALL GAY, A.M., Chaplain, United States NavyWILMER TRUMBULL GRAHAM, Ph.B., Ordnance DepartmentFLOYD LEO HOGAN, Ph.B., United States NavySAM A. ROTHERMEL, Ph.B., Base Hospital Unit No. 13CARL ARTHUR SCHIPFER, D.J., Second Lieutenant, United States NavyHOWARD WAKEFIELD, S.B., U.S.S. "Gopher," United States NavyDAVID WIEDEMANN, JR., Ph.B., First Lieutenant, the National ArmyIX. THE RECESSION"Marche Romaine" GounodVI. THE PRESIDENT'S CONVOCATION STATEMENTVII. THE UNIVERSITY SONG-" Alma Mater"Words by8DWIN H. I.BWZ8. Music adapted and arranged for mixed vokes bJPAUL MANDEVILLB.Most true of all the true, say we, Is our dear AI· rna MaThat right shall live e • ter- nal • Iy, We praise our Al - rna MaBe - neath the hope-filled west- ern skies,'Tis our dear AI· rna Ma • ter.ter.ter.Arrangement copyright, 1898, by the University of Chicago.VIII. THE BENEDICTIONTHE CONVOCATION CHAPLAINMARSHALDAVID ALLAN ROBERTSONGILBERT AMES BLISSROLLIN THOMAS CHAMBERLINWELLINGTON DOWNING JO;NES ASSISTANT MARSHALSFRED MERRIFIELDCHESTER WHITNEY WRIGHTARTHURBAERCARL BRELOSSHERMAN COOPER COLLEGE MARSHALSSTANLEY HAROLD ROTH, Head MarshalMILTON COULTERWALTER EARLEMARY ALLENROSEMARY CARRELOISE CRAMHARRIET CURRY COLLEGE AIDESFLORENCE KILVARYBARBARA MILLERAGNES MURRAYJULIA RICKETTS