Ube 'UllliY...e.r.s..it� of '-tbicago(I f.;:,., "ere nee DeuartmentTHE ONE HUNDRED NINETY-NINTHCONVOCATIONUbe SpringMARCH FIFTEENTHA.D. NINETEE� HUNDRED FORD( � ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPELIL'\)q�\\j \9!1-:' � O;{N .1--\-JORDER OF EXERCISES1. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSIONProcessional- Rubensmarch BenoitThe MarshalThe Candidates for DegreesThe Faculties of the UniversityThe Trustees and Administrative OfficersThe Convocation ChaplainThe President of the University and the Convocation OratorII. THE PRAYERThe Convocation Chaplain, JAMES MADISON STIFLER, Secretary of the UniversityIII. THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS"Four Problems Facing the Class of 1940." WILLIAM FIELDING OGBURN, Sewell L.Avery Distinguished Service Professor and Chairman of the Department ofSociologyIV. THE AWARD OF HONORSMembers elected to the Beta of Illinois Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on nomination bythe University for especial distinction in general scholarship in the University:William Holmes BondDavid Barrett ClarkTamaara Danish Matthew Theodore GladstoneHelga Rosa HeindlJack Indri tz Ralph Eugene LappLaverne Marjorie TessNaomi G. WaxmanMembers elected to Sigma Xi on nomination of the Departments of Science for evidenceof ability in research work in Science:Joseph Peter BiebelMorris BloomAugusto BobonisAgnes Sanxay Burt BraddockFrank. Edward ByrneMalcolm CarrMichael Stephen ChapparsBertha Ellen DavisonWilliam Heyden EastonMorton Zalmon FinemanWilfrid Raymond FosterWinton Elizabeth GambrellWilliam Baptist Hardy Katharine Elizabeth HazardWalter Elisha HookHoward Carl HoppsLyman Coleman HuffShimmon KaplanIrving Myron KlotzJerry John KollrosJoseph Harmon LevinAlfred Richard Loeblich, Jr.Helen Nina Tappan LoeblichClarence Chancelum LushbaughCharles Emmett MarshallNorman Harry NachtriebV. THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES John Aloysius O'Keefe IIITheodore PuckWilliam Brinson RedmondRubin Joseph SchachterRobert Lenzen SchmitzDonovan Cowgill SenterSidney SmithNathan SugarmanLedyard R. TuckerGordon Webb WaresAlfred Frank. WhitingJames Laverre WhittenbergerGeorge Green Wright, Jr.Candidates for degrees will be presented by the Deans in the following order:Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, or of Science, or of Philosophy byDean William Homer SpencerCandidates for the degree of Master of Arts or of Science by Dean William HomerSpencerCandidates for the degree of Master of Business Administration by Dean WilliamHomer SpencerCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Law (J.D.) by Dean Wilber Griffith KatzCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine by Dean William Homer SpencerCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.S.D.) by Dean WilberGriff th KatzCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Dean William Homer SpencerCANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREEI. IN THE DIVISION OF THE BIOLOGICA;L SCIENCESFor the Degree oj Bachelor oj Science:Elmer Lewis BeckerWilliam Frederick BethardWilliam Holmes BondMarshall Herbert BrucerTamaara DanishEverett William S. DoedeHerbert Reuben Domke Frederic Barrett EmeryMargaret GarverHarriet Betty GoldbergHelga Rosa HeindlDuncan Asa HoladayAlfred Jerome Kahn Arthur LoewyFrancis Bruce MonroeMary Catherine Helen QuirmbachHampton Hill TraynerJohn Albert Wass, Jr.Lucius Walker Wimby IIIII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIESFredrik George Feltham For the Degree oj Bachelor of Arts:Barbara Shirley LewisIII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCESFor the Degree of Bachelor of Science:Jack Edward BloomJohn Edward BrolleyWilliam Patrick FalseyJoel Fantl Matthew Theodore GladstoneCharles William HoerrSeymour KatcoffRalph Eugene Lapp Albert Paul LilekJohn Allen NevilleJack SchubertPaul Arthur SchulzeIV. IN THE DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCESRoger Workum AchPhilomela BakerRay William BronezJerome Harold Dray,John Rudgers HowardRobert Anderson IrwinHelen Estelle Katz For the Degree of Bachelor oj Arts:Jerome Joseph KornfeldKordyan LewandowskiJuanita Louise ParsonsMartha Louise PearsonHelene Dorothy PedersenDonald Boris Polon Pattie Beatty QuisenberryJack RapaportWilliam Cecil RogersEdward Fredric Van HomNaomi G. WaxmanErwin Walter WendtHazel Thelma LindquistFor the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy:Robert Joseph CooneyMartin Luther Greer Addie Florence SeeneyV. IN THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESSFor the Degree of Bachelor of Arts:VI. IN THE DIVINITY SCHOOLFor the Degree oj Bachelor of Arts:I tic(SqqqqS",q,�Sqq9, VII. IN THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIONFor the Degree of Bachelor of Arts:Mildred Elizabeth DennisLouise KlibanowGeraldine LaneMarguerite Berose Owings Violet Gunn PosthoffLenore Mathilda RadiusLilliard Mardred Reams Laverne Marjorie TessMartha Emma WalzEvelyn June WitenskyCANDIDATES FOR HIGHER DEGREES1. THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTSI. IN THE DIVISION OF THE HUJ\!1;ANITIESFERDINAND LUCIEN ROUSSEVES.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1930(Art)ELMER JAMES TEMPLETONA.B., Randolph-Macon College, I933(Oriental Languages and Literatures) Thesis: The Majestas Domini in the Tympanum of the Twelfth­Century French ChurchThesis: A History and Critique of Pentateuchal Criticism in theModern Period.I II. IN THE DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCESJANE ARMOURA.B., Mount Holyoke College, I936(History)MASON COLLINS DOANS.B. in C.E., Ohio University, 1934(Economics) Thesis: The Higher Education of Women in JapanThesis: State Labor Relations ActsEUGENE EDGAR DOLLA.B., Cornell University, 1936(Anthropology)ROBERT DUBINA.B., University of Chicago, I936(Sociology)JULIUS ELLIOT EITINGTONA.B., University of Chicago, I939(Political Science)THOMAS HALE HAMILTONA.B., DePauw University, I936(Political Science) Thesis: The Stewardship of the Saint in Mexico and GuatemalaThesis: Factors in the Variation of Urban Occapotional StructureLELAND ELMER HESSA.B., Ripon College, I938(History) Thesis: Growth of the Federal Government, I930-39, with Em­phasis on the Performance of New Social FunctionsThesis: The Indiana Fireman's Association: A Case Study inMunicipal Employee OrganizationThesis: Lutheranism in Chicago (I893-I9I8)JCHARLES ADSETTA.B., McMaster University, I922D.B., Westminster Hall, I924SUZANNE GORDON RINCKA.B., Ottawa University, I934 III. IN THE DIVINITY SCHOOLThesis: The Dying and Rising God of the PsalterThesis: The Jewish Controversy as a Social Factor in the EarlyChristian PreachingThesis: The Content of the Q SourceAI CHI SAlA.B. (Bungakushi), Theological School of DoshishaUniversity, Kyoto, Japan, I938IV. IN THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIONMINA MILDRED BEATYA.B., University of Texas, 1926 Report: State Institutional Care for Juoenile Delinquents inTexasReport: State Care of the Insane in AlabamaMARJORIE MAE BROWNEA.B., Alabama College, 1936LEAH MARGARET BRUNKA.B., University of Kansas, 1922 Report: The Law of Parent and Child in North DakotaIRENE GERTRUDE BUCKLEYA.B., University of Chicago, 1937 Field Study: Leisure-Time Activities of Children of Chicago Re­lief Administration Families in the Hyde Park AreaReport: History and Development of Mothers' Aid and Aid toDependent Children in the State of WashingtonReport: History of the Transportation Department of the ChicagoRelief AdministrationField Study: Children under the Trustee Plan of the Chicago Re­lief Administration: Halsted and Canal DistrictsReport: The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School,Normal, Illinois, I925-38Report: State Public Health Administration in PennsylvaniaDOROTHY HELEN CHAUSSES.B., University of Oregon, 1923BRIAN JOSEPH DONAHOEA.B., University of California, 1930MARY ELIZABETH DOONANA.B., College of St. Teresa, 1938MARGARET ELIZABETH FOXA.B., University of Chicago, 1938ROBERTA GREENFIELDA.B., Goucher College, 1935ETHEL JACOWAY HARTA.B., Smith College, 1921 Field Study: Responsibility of Relatives under Old-Age Assist­anceField Study: The Cook County Physician's ServiceFLORENCE ISBELL HOSCHA.B., University of Chicago, 1938ELLA HENRIETTA KARSHA.B., Allegheny College, 1920 Report: Lien Provisions in Old-Age Assistance LawsHENRY FARRAND LIVINGSTONA.B., Yankton College, 1929 Field Study: Boys Referred by the Chicago Probation Project tothe Civilian Conservation CorpsField Study: Persons over Sixty-five Years of Age in Union Dis­trict, Chicago Relief AdministrationField Study: The Social Service Exchange in Chicago since I929ALICE STIBB PETERSONA.B., St. Olaf College, 1927ELIZABETH HAYS RIEGERA.B., University of Pittsburgh, 1937ROSE EDELSON ROBBINSA.B., University of Chicago, 1936 Field Study: Children under the Trustee Plan of the ChicagoRelief Administration: Southeast, Southwest, and WoodlawnDistrictsField Study: The Hudelson Baptist HomeMARY RUSSELLA.B., College of the Ozarks, 1932JANET ELIZABETH SMITHA.B., University of Chicago, 1937 Field Study: Housing in Hennepin Township, Putnam County,IllinoisReport: Public Care of the Insane in GeorgiaMARJORY SOLOMONA.B., University of Michigan, 1935MARY NELL STEPHENSONA.B., University of Colorado, 1933 Thesis: Protective Legislation for Women Workers in Colorado(ALFRED GEORGE WARDLEYA.B., Denison University, 1929 Report: History of Penal Administration and Legislation inOhio, I787-I939Report: History and Development of the Craig Colony for Epilep­tics, Sonyea, New YorkField Study: Rejected Cases, W.P.A. Housekeeping Service, Chi­cagoReport: Development of State Services for Crippled Children inCalifornia, I900-I939ELIZABETH ANTHONY WELLERA.B., University of Buffalo, 1935JEANNE FRIEDMANN WESTHEIMERA.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1936LILLIAN WURZELA.B., University of California at Los Angeles, 1933II. THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE1. IN THE DIVISION OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESThesis: A Comparative Study on the Tendencies of Land Isopodsto Form Homotypic and Heterotypic GroupsThesis: Some Effects of Stannous Sulphate and Stannic Chlorideon Several Herbaceous PlantsELEANOR ELIZABETH BESTA.B., Mount Holyoke College, 1937(Zoology)BARNEY BARNETT COHENS.B., Lewis Institute, 1935(Botany)MARTHA JANOTAS.B., University of Chicago, 1931(Bacteriology and Parasitology) Thesis: Experimental Bacillary Dysentery and Spontaneous De­velopment in Monkeys on a Vitamin M Deficient Dietf,OC(� 17-\Q"Y 1rf11cr IRMA MAURINE KYLES.B., Parsons College, 1932(Nursing Education)HAZEL WILLIAMS LAPPS.B., Ohio State University, 1914(Home Economics)LILLIAN LUCILE NASH'S.B., University of Chicago, 1935(Home Economics)JEAN ATKINSON SMAIL-RITCHIE(Home Economics)WILLIAM ENOCH SNYDERA.B., University of Colorado, 1936(Botany)MARGERY RUTH SPELMANS.B., Northwestern University, 1937(Nursing Education) Thesis: A Study of the Records Used in the Introductory NursingArts Course in Twenty-nine Nursing Schools in the ChicagoAreaThesis: Biophotometer Readings for Four Subjects during Deple­tion of Vitamin A and Subsequent Restoration to NormalThesis: Dark Adaptation of Children as Determined by the HechtAdaptometerThesis: Adequacy of the Diets of a Group of Low-Income Fami­lies in the Jane Addams Housing ProjectThesis: Effect of Light and Temperature on Floral Initiation inXanthiumThesis: The Use of the Laboratory Method of Instruction in theBiological and Physical Sciences in Schools of NursingII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCESWADE WESTON ALLENS.B., Michigan State College, 1936(Physical Sciences)JACOB DAVID CHANLEYS.B., The College of the City of New York, 1938(Chemistry).ROY DUBISCHS.B., University of Chicago, 1938(Mathematics)SHERMAN MEYER FRIEDS.B., University of Chicago, 1938(Chemistry)NATHAN GOTTLIEBA.B., University of Buffalo, 1933(Physics)JACK INDRITZ(Mathematics)PRESTON DANIEL INGRAMS.B., Lincoln University, 1938(Physical Sciences)WILLIAM LOUIS RITTSCHOFS.B., University of Chicago, 1938(Chemistry)DOROTHY J. RUBINS.B., University of Chicago, 1938(Chemistry) Essay: Metallic Free RadicalsThesis: The Action of Sodium Malonic Ester on CyclopenteneOxideThesis: N on cyclic Algebras with Pure Maximal SubfieldsThesis: On the Preparation of DimethylacroleinThesis: Variation of the Initial Magnetic Permeability of Ironand Nickel at Ultra-radio FrequenciesThesis: A Matrix Solution of a Linear Partial Differential Equa­tionEssay: The Behavior of Phosphoric Anhydride toward Acidicand Basic ReagentsThesis: Studies on the System Sodium-Sodium Hydride-Hydro­genThesis: On the Purification of Cytochrome OxidaseIII. PROFESSIONAL DEGREES1. IN THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESSFor the Degree of Master of Business Administration:PETER PETER DZUBAY Essay: A Study of Demand for Women's Silk HosieryRUSSELL EDWIN Q. JOHNSON Essay: Stock DividendsA.B., Knox College, 1934J.D., University of Chicago, 1938BUNDHIT KANTABUTRAA.B., Far Eastern University, 1937S.M.B.A., University of the Philippines, 1939 Without ReportII. IN THE DIVINITY SCHOOLFor the Degree of Bachelor of Divinity:WILLIAM PAUL BARNDSA.B., Missouri Valley College, 1925A.M., University of Missouri, 1927 Thesis: The Background of Form-CriticismTHELMA LUCILE BROOKA.B., University of Illinois, 1937 III. IN THE LAW SCHOOLFor the Degree of Doctor of Law (J.D.):FRANK NELSON RICHMANA.B., Lake Forest College, 1904HENRY WILLIAM CUTTERA.B., University of Chicago, 1937A.B., University of Nebraska, 1929A.M., ibid., 1933J.D., University of Chicago, 1937For the Degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.S.D.):Thesis: The Diller Land: A Study of Farm Property in a Ne­braska CommunityROBERT DILLERGEORGE ELLERY HALE·A.B., Yale University, 1935LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1938 Thesis: Trust Dissolution: Problems of Disintegrating BusinessUnits of Monopolistic SizeIV. IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF THE DIVISION OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESFor the Degree of Doctor of Medicine:PHILIP JOHNSTON CLARKS.B., University of Chicago, 1937FRANK MICHAEL GATTOA.R, University of Pittsburgh, 1924A.M., ibid., 1925Ph.D., ibid., 1929 • VIOLET OLIVE HORNERA.B., University of Hawaii, 1936ROGER SYLVESTER MORRIS, JR.V. IN RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGEFor the Degree of Doctor of Medicine:LEONARD ALBERT BARROWS.B., University of Washington, 1933 HOWARD LLOYD MILLERS.B., University of Chicago, 1939ALBERT SEWARD BLACK, JR.S.B., University of Washington, 1937 DELLA MOUSSA-GEORGES.B., University of Chicago, 1934HELEN BLAKE CARLSONS.B., University of Chicago, 1935Ph.D., ibid., 1939 DONALD EMMITT NELSONS.B., University of Wisconsin, 1937BEN DAVID CHINNPh.B., University of Chicago, 1928Ph.D., ibid., 1935 ADOLPH MARTIN NIELSENA.B., University of Utah, 1937SAM SPIRO CHRISOSS.B., University of Chicago, 1937 JULIE ETTA OLENTINES.B., Northeastern State Teachers College (Tahlequah,Oklahoma), 1936IRVIN SAMUEL PILGERA.B., University of Utah, 1936FREDERIC AUGUSTUS DEPEYSTERA.B., Williams College, 1936 JOHN BERNARD RYANS.B., University of South Dakota, 1937WILLIAM ARCH DORSEYA.B., Western Reserve University, 1936FRANK JEFFERSON FARLEYS.B., University of Washington, 1936 CHESTER ARTHUR SATTLERA.B., Yankton College, 1936S.B., University of South Dakota, 1938VINCENT JOSEPH SCHILLECIA.B., University of Alabama, 1937ALLEN MILLER DYER, JR.A.B., West Virginia University, 1936S.B., ibid., 1938OTIS RHANOR FARLEYA.B., University of California at Los Angeles, 1933 KAZIMER BEGAR SKUBIS.B., University of Washington, 1932GENE WILLIAM FARTHINGA.B., University of Missouri, 1936S.B., ibid., 1938VIRGINIA MARIA FERRARAA.B., West Virginia University, 1937S.B., ibid., 1938 SAMUEL WAYNE SMITHS.B., Utah State Agricultural College, 1936ALFONS FABIAN TIPSHUSS.B., University of Chicago, 1937RICHARD CULVER VANDERHOOFA.B., Colorado College, 1931FRANK ALBERT HILLS.B., University of Wisconsin, 1938 WAYNE WON WONGA.B., University of Hawaii, 1936LOUIS MAGNUS MARKSS.B., University of Chicago, 1937IV. THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHYI. IN THE DIVISION OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESThesis: The Social Hierarchy in Ring DovesMARY ALLISON BENNETTS.B., Western Illinois State Teachers College, 1921A.M., University of Chicago, 1926(Zoology)RUTH BLAIRS.B., Kansas State Agricultural College, 1919S.M., University of Chicago, 1929(Home Economics)ROBERT VENABLE BROWNA.B., University of Mississippi, 1927S.M., Emory University, 1928(Physiology)DAVID BARRETT CLARK(Anatomy)EDWARD EAGLEA.B., Johns Hopkins University, 1929S.M., University of Virginia, 1931(Physiology)CHARLES LEONARD HAMNERA.B., University of California at Los Angeles, 1936S.M., University of Chicago, 1938(Botany)HAROLD RAWSON REAMESA.B., Olivet College, 1935(Bacteriology and Parasitology)OSCAR SUGARA.B., Johns Hopkins University, 1934A.M., George Washington University, 1937(Physiology)DENNIS JAMES WORTS.B., University of Saskatchewan, 1932S.M., ibid., 1935(Botany) Thesis: Standardsfor the Energy Requirements of Preschool Chil­drenlThesis: The Action of the Venom of the Water Moccasin Agkis­trodon piscivorus Lacepede on the Isolated Frog HeartThesis: A Study of a Human Central Nervous System afterTwenty-six Years of Complete Spinal TransectionThesis: Blood Choline Variations in Pregnancy, in Labor, andin the PuerperiumThesis: Growth Responses of Biloxi Soy Beans to Variations inthe Relative Concentrations of Phosphate and Nitrate in theNutrient SolutionThesis: Pathogenesis and Immunity in Ectromelia Virus Infec­tion of the N asal Mucosa of the RatThesis: Spinal Cord Regeneration in the RatThesis: Vernalization of Marquis Wheat and Other SpringCerealsII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIESISRAEL HORWITZA.B., University of Cincinnati, 1932(Oriental Languages and Literatures)RAY McKINLEY LAWLESSA.B., Washburn College, 1920A.M., University of Chicago, 1924(English)ANN LOUISE PERKINSA.B., University of Chicago, 1935A.M., ibid., 1936(Oriental Languages and Literatures) Thesis: The Structure of a Coptic Donation ContractThesis: Lafcadio Hearn, Critic of American Life and LettersThesis: The Comparative Stratigraphy of Prehistoric Mesopo­tamiaIII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCESPIARA SINGH GILLA.B., University of Southern California, 1935S.M., ibid., 1936(Physics)CHAUNCY DENNISON HARRISA.B., Brigham Young University, 1933A.B., Oxford University, 1936(Geography)SOLOMON JOEL KLAPMANS.B., University of Chicago, 1932S.M., University of Michigan, 1935(Physics)ALBERT NEUHAUS(Mathematics) Thesis: Further Study of Cosmic Rays on the Pacific OceanThesis: Salt Lake City: A Regional CapitalThesis: I. Note on Scattering in a Modified Coulomb Field. II.Interaction Impedance of a System of Circular PistonsThesis: Products of Normal Semi-fields/tlG-rc� GEORGE LELAND BACHA.B., Grinnell College, I936(Economics) IV. IN THE DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCESThesis: Price Level Stabilization: Some Theoretical and Practi­cal ConsiderationsMARION WILLIAM BOGGSA.B., University of Missouri, I93IA.M., ibid., I932(International Relations) Thesis: The Distinction between Aggressive and Defensive Arma­ment in Diplomacy and StrategyMADISON ALEXANDER KUHNq t.)qet. A.B., Park College, I93Ir A.M., University of Chicago, I934(History)h 0 0660 WARREN CANDLER SCOVILLE" A.B., Duke University, I934(Economics) Thesis: Economic Issues and the Rise of the Republican Partyin the NorthwestThesis: A History of the French Glass Industryfrom I640 to I740LEO SROLES.B., Harvard University, I933A.M., ibid., I936(Anthropology) Thesis: Ethnic Groups and American Society: A Study in theDynamics of Social AssimilationIY; ELIZA VALERIA ATKINSf.,., A.B., Fisk University, I930t ocr'i j S.B., University of Illinois, I93IA.M., University of California, I936V. IN THE GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOLThesis: The Government and Administration of Public LibraryService to Negroes in the SouthVI. THE CONVOCATION STATEMENTROBERT MAYNARD HUTCHINS, President of the UniversityVII. "ALMA MATER" Words byEDWIN H. LEWISCOPYRIGHTVIII. THE BENEDICTIONIX. THE RECESSIONAL-FanfareThe audience is requested to remain standing during the Recession DuboisMARSHALLEON PERDUE SMITH, Marshal of the UniversityWALTER BARTKYGEORGE V. BOBRINSKOYFRANK HURBURT O'HARA ASSIST ANT MARSHALSWALTER LINCOLN PALMERSHELDON TEFFTHAROLD RIDEOUT WILLOUGHBYSTUDENT MARSHALSCHARLES WILLIAM PFEIFFER, Head MarshalROBERT RAMSEY BIGELOWJOHN FRANKLIN CULP IIIALEXANDER LAWRENCE GEORGEMARTIN LEVITRUSSELL JAMES PARSONS CHESTER BADOLLET POWELLCHARLES VICTOR SHOSTROMWILLIAM HENRY SPECKHARRY FRANKLYN TOPPING, JR.STUDENT AIDESLAVERNE MARJORIE TESS, Senior AideKATHERINE ADAMSBETTY LOIS AHLQUISTRUTH BRODYJANET LOUISE GEIGERMARY ELIZABETH GRENANDER THELMA EMMA IS ELMANHELEN ARETA KELBLEMARJORIE HELEN KUHHELEN PATRICIA SHRACK