Ube 'tllnt"etsit� of �bicago University of Ch: -,r, r • .,..Lc ..... �.._jReference DepartmentTHE Two HUNDRED SECONDCONVOCATIONUbe minterDECEMBER SEVENTEENTHA.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTYROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPELORDER OF EXERCISESI. 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, THE REVEREND CHARLES WHITNEY GILKEY, D.D.,Dean of the ChapelIII. THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS"Let Knowledge Grow, Let Life Be Enriched," ROBERT ANDREWS MILLIKAN,PH.D., Sc.D., Director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and Chair­man of the Executive Council, California Institute of TechnologyIV. 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:Thomas BrillNorton Jay ComeSherwyn Leonard EhrlichJames Bruce EngleViola Marina FarmakisChester Feldman Ralph Heinz GoldnerJulian Royce GoldsmithMelvin Burt GottliebFred GrossJohn Albert LaceyArthur Hawley Parmelee, Jr. Charles William PfeifferJohn Oliver PundersonFlorence SamuelsHenry Maurice WallbrunnKenneth Eugene WilzbachEugenie Rose WolfMembers elected to Sigma Xi on nomination of the Departments of Science for evidenceof ability in research work in Science:Taylor Richard AlexanderHerbert Stoker ArmstrongFrank Ambrose BeachMichael G. BerkmanRuth BlairMatthew Harold BlockMadeline Palmer BurbanckHorace Robert ByersRose EngelWilliam Emerson FryeHarry Thomas GettyWarren Elliott Henry Buford Helmholz JunkerMaurice Eugene KirbyMary Sakraida KunstHorton Meyer LaudeArnold LazarowWilliam Armand LessaLeonard Norman LiebermannChanning Bruce LyonRalph MansfieldFitz-Hugh Ball Marshall, Jr.Leonard Charles MillerAlbert Milzer Raymond Gorbold MurrayEwald Berger NyquistHarold Rawson ReamesG. Roy RingoJerome Michael SachsNorbert John ScullyChalmers William SherwinJean Irwin SimpsonVictor Paul StarrSol William WellerHarry WexlerJoseph Oran YoungThe Charles H. Sergel Drama Prize for the best play submitted to the University of Chi­cago is awarded toRobert WhitehandV. THE CONFERRING OF DEGREESCandidates for degrees will be presented by the Deans in the following order:Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, of Science, or of Philosophy by DeanArthur Holly ComptonCandidates for the degree of Master of Arts or of Science by Dean Arthur HollyComptonCandidates for the degree of Master of Business Administration by Dean WilliamHomer SpencerCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Law (J.D.) by Assistant Dean GeorgeFrancis JamesCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine by Dean Arthur Holly ComptonCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Dean Arthur Holly ComptonCANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREEI. IN THE DIVISION OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESAnnette Harriet AxelradJane ByersWalter Bedford CoxOscar Theodore DavisRobert Edward GunningJoffre Armand Heineck For the Degree of Bachelor of Science:Morton JacobsHerbert Clarence JohnsonRuth Groman MeyersWalter Ernest NaglerKenneth Harry OttenArthur Hawley Parmelee, Jr. Charles William PfeifferEmily Louise SchererRalph Ogilvy SmithHenry Maurice WallbrunnElise Christine YoungII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIESJanet Lorraine CameronBarbara Chadwick CraneEthel Fant King For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts:Thaddeus Jacob KukulaHarriet Abercrombie PaineFor the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy:Josephine SchneiderIII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCESBettina Mazelis BackallJohn Walter Bond, Jr.Joseph Warren BrookhartLeon David Cook, Jr. For the Degree of Bachelor of Science:Richard Leon LonginiHenry Wysor Marsh, Jr.Edgar Theodore OehlerRobert Everett Perry John Oliver PundersonAlexander John ReidFred VaslowIV. IN THE DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCESJean BurtSeymour CarmelEmma Blanche ChalfantMildred Claire Reeby For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts:Charlotte Angeline CooperJulian JacobsonEdward Stephenson KennedyV. IN THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESSFor the Degree of Bachelor of Arts: Albert LinchJ ohncie Estelle LucasMaxwell Peter Miller, Jr.Norman Carlton Plane For the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy:VI. IN THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIONElizabeth Anne Kessler For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts:CANDIDATES FOR HIGHER DEGREES1. THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS1. IN THE DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIESERMINNIE HOLLIS BARTELMEZA.B., Pomona College, 1937(Germanic Languages and Literatures)JEANNETTE MARIE AMELIA HILLSA.B., University of Illinois, 1933(Germanic Languages and Literatures)SAMUEL NEWMANA.B., Central Y.M.C.A. College, I937(Music)SHELDON PAUL PETERFREUNDA.B., Harvard University, 1939(Philosophy)ARTHUR JAMES WHALLON, JR.A.B., Hanover College, 1936(Romance Languages and Literatures) Thesis: A Catalog of Lying TalesThesis: "Children's Games" (I560) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder:A Folkloristic InvestigationThesis: Musical Characterization by Mozart in "Don Giovanni"Thesis: Epistemological Dualism as Interpreted by WilliamJ ames and the New RealistsEssay: Gustave Flaubert, 1863-69: Essai Bio-bibliographiqueII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCESBESTOR TARTT BELLA.B., Tulane University, 1937(Economics)JOHN WILLIAM BENNETTA.B., Beloit College, I937(Anthropology)WILLIAM REYNOLDS BRAISTEDA.B., Stanford University, 1939(History)CLARENCE GILES BURGDORFS.B., University of Minnesota, I932(Social Sciences)qq WILLIAM WAYNE DEDMANEd.B., Illinois State Normal University, I937(History)MARIAN OLIVE DETTMANA.B., Mount Holyoke College, 1939(Education)EUGENE DUTTON(Education)ROBERT HOLTON FARBERA.B., DePauw University, 1935(Education)EVELYN CLARK FEES.B. in Ed., Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia,Kansas), 1933(Education)ELIZABETH MAYNARD FLEETA.B., University of Richmond, I929(History)NATHAN LEWIS GERRARDA.B., University of Chicago, 1937(Sociology)JOHN THOMAS HASTINGSA.B., Ball State Teachers College, 1934(Education)MAY EDYTHE HENDERSONA.B., Northwestern University, I938(History)THERESA ANN HOLTSCHLAGA.B., University of Illinois, 1930(History)HERMAN F. JAEGERA.B., State Teachers College (Dickinson, NorthDakota), 1932(Education) Thesis: Administration of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,Region XIThesis: A Preliminary Study of the Kincaid Component and ItsAffiliationsThesis: Shantung: Sino-Japanese Controversies, 1914-29Without ThesisThesis: The Social and Economic Development of Macon County,Illinois, 1865-90Paper: Pre-College Counseling within the High SchoolThesis: Association and Dissociation in LearningThesis: An Evaluation of the A ward of Scholarships in a LiberalArts CollegePaper: Parent-Teacher Relationships in a Guidance ProgramThesis: The Presidential Election of 1808 in VirginiaThesis: Juvenile Delinquency in Hyde ParkThesis: An Evaluation of Techniques for Testing MathematicalConceptsThesis: Napoleon Bonaparte and French Novelists, 1799-1815Thesis: The Proposed Armenian Reforms of 1913-14Paper: A Study of the Literature Pertaining to the Constructionof Teachers' Salary Schedules--ss qqq q MARY CUSACK KNAUSPh.B., Loyola University, 1927(Education)RANKIN DAVIDSON KOTHMANNA.B., Baylor University, 1932(Education)BERENICE BEVERLY LAPINA.B., Wellesley College, 1933(Sociology)JEANNE RUTH LEPINEA.B., Northwestern University, 1938(Anthropology)MYER OSCAR NATHANS.B., University of Illinois, 1914A.B., ibid., 1914(Education)ROSS DEWITT NETHERTON, JR.A.B., University of Chicago, 1939(Political Science)RUTH MARGARET O'CONNELLPh.B., University of Chicago, 1929(Education)ESTHER ADELAIDE OEHRINGA.B., Iowa State Teachers College, 1933(Education)MARGARET MACGREGOR OTISA.B., Bryn Mawr College, 1939(International Relations)GEORGE POLLYEAPh.B., University of Chicago, 1933(Education)ROBERT EDWARD THOMAS ROBERTSA.B., Central Y.M.C.A. College, 1936(Anthropology)DA VID DICKSON ROWLANDSA.B., Westminster College (New Wilmington, Pennsyl­vania), 1937(Political Science)JOSEPH LOUIS SOKOLOVS.B., University of Illinois, 1939(Education)ELISABETH LLOYD SORENSENMus.B., American Conservatory of Music, 1924S.B., Lewis Institute, 1928(Education)WALTER EMMET SWARTHOUTEd.B., Northern Illinois State Teachers College, 1930(Education)HAROLD P. WELCHA.B., Harvard University, 1936(Economics)PEK SI WUA.B., University of Shanghai, 1937(Sociology) Paper: The Junior College in the Chicago Public-School System,I9II-33Paper: Methods of Vitalizing Teachers' MeetingsThesis: Economic Opportunity and the Distribution of Physi­ciansThesis: Public Service in the Social Organization of MiddleAmericaThesis: Occupational Training and Employment of CommercialGraduates of Hirsch High SchoolThesis: The Development of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance since1930Paper: Diagnosing the Changes in Social Studies Abilities of IIOPupils in Grade XIIPaper: A Review of Educational Literature and Courses of StudyPertaining to the Promotion of Reading Readiness in Kinder­gartenThesis: The Measurement of National Attitude during a WarCrisisPaper: The Development of the Automobile Courses of Study inNontechnical High SchoolsThesis: Negro-White Intermarriage: A Study of Social ControlThesis: The Use of Movies and Radio in Municipal ReportingThesis: Pupils' Understanding of Hebrew Biblical Words at Dif­ferent Grade Levels in the Hebrew SchoolThesis: The Present Status of the Training Offered in Illinois forMusic Teachers and Music SupervisorsPaper: An Evaluation of the Literature on Teacher RatingThesis: An Economic Analysis of Public Utility Rate-MakingThesis: Urbanization in China: A Study of Shanghai and Pei­pingTHOMAS WILBUR CHAPMANS.B., Eureka College, 1935 III. IN THE DIVINITY SCHOOLThesis: Disciple Beginnings in Illinois, 1830-50IV. IN THE GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOLROSE COHENS.B. in L.S., University of Washington, 1928A.B., ibid., 1938CONNIE ERNESTINE GRAFTONA.B., Trinity University, 1933A.B. in L.S., University of Oklahoma, 1934 Thesis: An Appraisal of the Current Biographical ReferenceServicesReport: Library Service to the Adult Blind in the MidwesternStatesReport: Cases Appealed under the New York UnemploymentCompensation LawReport: Federal Aid for Public Health in MinnesotaIRVING BASSA.B., Brooklyn College, 1937V. IN THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIONMARY BELLE BROWNA.B., Wellesley College, 192$SUSAN DUKES BRYANA.B., Winthrop College, 1931SARAH ALLIENE BUTTSA.B., Oberlin College, 1927VIRGINIA CATHERINE CARDONAS.B., Simmons College, 1938CONSTANCE CORLETTE FALKNERA.B., Marshall College, 1934STANLEY GLICKMANA.B., New York University, 1937LEONARD HOWARD GORDONA.B., Marshall College, 1938JAMES ELI GRIFFITHA.B., Chapman College, 1937BARBARA BURRELL HALLA.B., University of Michigan, 1934JULIA ADELAIDE HALLS.B. in Ed., West Virginia State College, 1933RUTH EILEEN HOPKINSA.B., Guilford College, 1938FRANCIS HENRY ITZINA.B., University of Notre Dame, 1938MARJORIE OLSON JOHNSONA.B., University of Chicago, 1926A.M., ibid., 1927PERETZ ALBERT KATZA.B., University of Chicago, 1939CONSTANCE FRANCES KENTA.B., Vassar College, 1938WALTER LEWIS KINDELSPERGERA.B., University of Chicago, 1939GERTRUDE LONGDENS.B., Knox College, 1907FERN LOWRYS.B., Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College,1916A.B., Cornell University, 1919GEORGE NAYLOR IVA.B., Wesleyan University, 193$SARAH GLENDYE NICHOLSA.B., Goucher College, 1927JULIA FICKLEN POPEA.B., Agnes Scott College, 192$HARRIETT SUSAN SALINGERA.B., University of Chicago, 1938PEARL SALSBERRYA.B., Ohio State University, 1914LUCY COBURN SANBORNA.B., Bryn Mawr College, 1932ANNIDA CLARA SLAVENSS.B., Ohio State University, 1924GERALDSAULSOROKERA.B., Harvard University, 1934KATHERINE ALBERTA STANTONA.B., Mount St. Joseph College, 1927PHYLLIS PEREL WASSERMANPh.B., University of Chicago, 1922 Report: Care of Feeble-minded in South CarolinaField Study: Brothers and Sisters Raised in Foster Homes bythe Chicago Orphan AsylumReport: The Genitoinfectious Disease Program of MassachusettsField Study: The Use of Home Economics in Social Case WorkH-Field Study: Aged Persons on Relief, Lawndale District, Chi­cago Relief AdministrationField Study: Incapacitated Fathers in Aid-to-Dependent-Chil­dren Cases in West VirginiaReport: The Public Relations Program of the Indiana Depart­ment of Public WelfareReport: The Treatment of Wayward Minors in MichiganReport: The History of the West Virginia Health DepartmentField Study: Development of Social Service in a Private Schoolfor Problem ChildrenField Study: Referrals from the Cook County Juvenile Court tothe Institute for Juvenile Research, 1938-39Report: Edward Everett Hale's Contribution to Social WorkField Study: The Blind Pension Waiting List in Cook County:Part TwoReport: The Eastern State Hospital at Lexington, Kentucky,1822-1906Field Study: Critical Analysis of Participation in a Gt·oup WorkProgramField Study: The Blind Pension Waiting List in Cook County:Part OneReport: An Evaluation. of Case Work Teaching MethodsReport: The History of the New York House of RefugeReport: Public Assistance in the District of Columbia, 1800-1900Thesis: A History of the Family Service Association of Roanoke,Virginia, 1902-40Report: A Program for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in IndianaField Study: Public, Assistance in a Southern Illinois CountyReport: The State Hospital at Danvers, Massachusetts, 1878-1938Field Study: Student Field Work Units in the Children's andMinors'ServiceField Study: Incapacitated Parents in Aid-to-Dependent-Chil­dren Cases in Cambridge, MassachusettsReport: The Registration of Social Workers in CaliforniaReport: The History of Jewish Tuberculosis Services in ChicagoMARION WHITEPh.B., University of Chicago, 1920MARIE ANTOINETTE WILEYA.B., Talladega College, 1938 Report: Workmen's Compensation and Opportunities for theChronically IIIReport: The Social Security Act and Public Assistance in Ala­bamaII. THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE1. IN THE DIVISION OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESEMMA ELIZABETH BARKLEYS.B., University of Illinois, 1921(Botany)BEVERLY BERNICE BRESLOVES.B., University of Chicago, 1939(Bacteriology and Parasitology)ZELMAN ZENARD DWORKINS.B., University of Chicago, 1939(Biological Sciences)GRACE BRYAN GERARDS.B., University of Illinois, 1923(Home Economics and Household Administration)MARCUS SAMUEL HANDLERA.B., Brown University, 1937(Pathology)ARTHUR FREDRICK HOLTORFFA.B., Dartmouth College, 1935(Biochemistry)E. RUTH KELLOGGA.B., Carleton College, 1936(Psychology) --MINNIE COLBERT KINTNERA.B., University of Louisville, 1937(Home Economics and Household Administration)ELIZABETH DEBORAH LEWISS.B., University of Manitoba, 1935(Home Economics and Household Administration)FRANCES LOIS McPHERSONS.B. in Ed., Ohio State University, 1936(Nursing Education)ELOISE CLAIRE SMITHS.B., Rockford College, 1937(Home Economics and Household Administration)DOROTHY CLAIRE WASHBURNA.B., Cornell College, 1931S.B., Iowa State Teachers College, 1932(Home Economics and Household Administration)ELSIE ADELAIDE WHALLEYS.B., University of Chicago, 1937(Human Development) Thesis: The Influence of Environmental Factors on the Growth,Development, and Structure of the Gametophyte of FunariahygrometricaThesis: Influence of Some Pyridine Compounds and RelatedSubstances on Growth of ProteusEssay: Nuclear Behavior in the ErysiphaceaeThesis: A Study of the Working History of a Selected Group ofMarried WomenThesis: A Histopathological Study of the Mode of Action ofSulfathiazoleThesis: The Colorimetric Estimation of 17-Ketosteroids andTheir Application to Urine ExtractsThesis: The Relative Value of Verbal, Nonverbal, and Perform­ance Tests of Intelligence in Predicting School Achievement ofDeaf ChildrenThesis: Color Trends in Daytime Dresses, 1935-39Thesis: Suggested Standards of Magnesium and ManganeseTaken from Intakes of 477 Healthy Boys and Girls Two toNineteen Years of AgeThesis: Student Government in Schools of NursingThesis: A Contribution to the Calcium and Phosphorus Require­ments of ChildrenThesis: The Sicilian and Italian Influence on the DecorativeT ertiles of William MorrisThesis: The Contribution of the Twin Method to the Study ofNature-Nurture Relationships in Psychological FunctionsII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCESJAMES LEAMON CARLTONS.B., Northwestern University, 1937(Geology and Paleontology)FLORENCE DORFMANS.B., University of Chicago, 1938(Mathematics)ELMORE JOSEPH FITZS.B., Loyola University, 1938(Chemistry)SAUL HOCHA.B., Brooklyn College, 1936(Ma thema tics)JASPER BROWN JEFFRIESS.B., West Virginia State College, 1933(Physical Sciences) Thesis: The Geology of the Bartelso Oil Field, Clinton County,IllinoisThesis: Units in Biquadratic FieldsThesis: Quantitative Spectrographic Analysis with the CondensedSpark ExcitationThesis: Surfaces of Constant CurvatureEssay: The Works of PonceletNELSON WAYNE BOLYARDS.B., Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College,1922S.M., ibid., 192$Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1928 FRANCIS BRUCE MONROES.B., University of Chicago, 1940 GPAUL GREGORY LAWRENCE LUCK­HARDTS.B., University of Chicago, 1939(Geology and Paleontology)GEORGE JULIAN ROTARIUS.B., University of Chicago, 1939(Chemistry)MAURICE MANDEL SHAPIROS.B., University of Chicago, 1936(Physical Sciences)BERNARD SMALLERS.B., University of Chicago, 1939(Physical Sciences) Thesis: New Ostracodes from the Glen Dean FormationThesis: Zeeman Effect from Europium SolutionsEssay: Tracks of Nuclear Particles in Photographic EmulsionsEssay: Recent Studies on the Biological Effects of CorpuscularRadiationsIII. PROFESSIONAL DEGREES1. IN THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESSFor the Degree of Master of Business Administration:MILES M. BROUSILA.B., University of Chicago, 1937EDWARD S. GORDONGLADYS VIOLA HAMILTONA.B., State University of Iowa, 1924A.M., ibid., 192$ KULLERVO LOUHI (with honors)A.B., University of Chicago, 1939ALOYSIUS LOUIS McDERMOTTA.B., Hedding College, 1901LL.B., Kent College of Law, 1909EDWARD ERNEST LANGER WILLIAM SALKINDS.B., College of the City of New York, 1934ALBERT SIEGELA.B., University of Chicago, 1939JOHN DEWITT WORCESTERPh.B., University of Chicago, 1937JAMES WARREN HARDINGGILBERT HIRSHA.B., University of Chicago, 1940II. IN THE LAW SCHOOLFor the Degree of Doctor of Law (J.D.):JOHN HENRY GILBERT, JR.A.B., University of Chicago, 1939 HERTA PRAGERPh.D., University of Munich, 1934HOPE ROBBINS HOOEA.B., University of Chicago, 1937III. IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF TI-:IE DIVISION OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESFor the Degree of Doctor of Medicine:WALTER ALBERT STRYKERA.B., University of Michigan, 1933Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1940WALTER DUNCAN HAWKA.B., Stanford University, 1929CLARENCE VERNARD HODGESS.B., Iowa State College, 1937 JAMES LLEWELLYN WATERSS.B., Montana State College, 1933FRANK GEORGE ZIOBROWSKIA.B., Brown University, 1936IV. IN RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGEFor the Degree of Doctor of Medicine:ROBERT EARL ZELLNERS.B., University of Florid.�' 1936ff\ "3 14-4Hq+ l14-0rc. q711.� IV. THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY1. IN THE DIVISION OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESi ESTHER DACOSTAS.B., University of Chicago, 1924S.M., ibid., 1929(Physiology)BERTHA ELLEN DAVISONA.B., Miami University, 1936(Bacteriology and Parasitology) Thesis: Studies on Staphylococcus EnterotoxinThesis: Some Effects from Feeding Mineral Oil to Rats for Pro­longed PeriodsVICTOR HARRY DROPKINA.B., Cornell University, 1936(Zoology)CURTIS McCAY FLORYS.B., University of Chicago, 1935M.D., ibid., 1938(Pathology)JULIA ELIZABETH GOODSELLS.B., University of Washington, 1926S.M., ibid., 1928(Physiology)WILLIAM ENOCH SNYDERA.B., University of Colorado, 1936S.M., University of Chicago, 1940(Botany)ROBERT STEELEA.B., University of Kansas, 1936(Biochemistry) Thesis: The Ecology of the Termite GutThesis: The Production of Tumors by Tobacco TarsThesis: Studies of the Adrenal Glands of the Dog in Vitomin-B;DeficiencyThesis: Effect of Light and Temperature on Floral Initiation inCocklebur and Biloxi SoybeanThesis: The Total and Free Cholesterol Content of Urine fromCancer Patients and Noncancerous Men and WomenII. IN THE DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIESFREDERICK ROGER DUNNA.B., Carleton College, 1925A.M., University of Chicago, 1929(History)BROTHER EDMUND HUNTA.B., University of Notre Dame, 1935(Latin Language and Literature) Thesis: The Central Y.M.C.A. Schools of Chicago: A Study inUrban HistoryThesis: Iohannis Dominici, "Lucida N octis"NORMAN FITZROY MACLEANA.B., Dartmouth College, 1924(English Language and Literature) Thesis: The Theory of Lyric Poetry in England from the Renais­sance to ColeridgeThesis: Karl Guizkou. as Literary Critic, with SPecial Emphasison the Period 1852-62ELIZABETH McCONKEYA.B., Morningside College, 1910A.M., University of Chicago, 1915(Germanic Languages and Literatures)THEODORE KERR MILESPh.B., University of Chicago, 1934A.M., ibid., 1935(English Language and Literature) Thesis: An Edition of James Shirley's "Hyde Park"GLEN DEWITT WILLBERNA.B., Southwestern University, 1923A.M., University of Texas, 1928(Romance Languages and Literatures) Thesis: Vocabulary Elements in Thirteenth-Century CastilianRACHEL WILSONA.B., Hollins College, 1912A.M., University of Chicago, 1925(Romance Languages and Literatures) Thesis: A Study of the Variations in "Le Cure de Tours"III. IN THE DIVISION OF THE FHYSICAL SCIENCESHARRY VICTOR CHURCHA.B., Carleton College, 1936S.M., California Institute of Technology, 1937(Geology and Paleontology)EDWIN GEORGE GARLEF EBBIGHAUSEN Thesis: Proper Motions in Four Galactic ClustersA.B., University of Minnesota, 1936(Astronomy and Astrophysics) Thesis: The Structural Geology of the Central Portion of the GrosVentre Range, WyomingWILLIAM BAPTIST HARDYS.B., University of Chicago, 1938(Chemistry) Thesis: I. The Cleavage of Ether by Hydrogen Bromide. II. TheBromination of NaphthaleneJACK LUIN HOUGHS.B., University of Chicago, 1932S.M., ibid., 1934(Geology and Paleontology)RICHARD DOUGLAS KLEENES.B., University of Illinois, 1935S.M., ibid., 1936(Chemistry)NICHOLAS JOSEPH LETANGS.B., University of Chicago, 1938(Chemistry)LEONARD NORMAN LIEBERMANNS.B., University of Chicago, 1937S.M., ibid., 1938(Physics)FITZ-HUGH BALL MARSHALL, JR.A.B., Southern Methodist University, 1933(Physics)LEONARD CHARLES MILLERS.B., University of Chicago, 1936S.M., ibid., 1938(Physics)THEODORE THOMAS PUCKS.B., University of Chicago, 1937(Chemistry)ROBERT HENRY RALSTONS.B., University of Saskatchewan, 1935S.M., ibid., 1937(Chemistry)G. ROY RINGOS.B., University of Chicago, 1936(Physics)JEROME MICHAEL SACHSS.B., University of Chicago, 1936S.M., ibid., 1937(Mathematics)GORDON WEBB WARESS.B., University of Washington, 1933S.M., University of Chicago, 1937(Astronomy and Astrophysics) Thesis: The Sediments of Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod Bay,MassachusettsIThesis: I. Acid Strengths of Some Hydrocarbons. II. Ioniza­tion Constants of Some Cinnamic Acids.Thesis: Steric Effects on the Activity of Aromatic AminesThesis: A Rotational Analysis of Some CS2 Bands in the NearUltraviolet LIThesis: A Method for Obtaining Powders of Uniform SodiumChloride Crystals in Various Size Ranges, and the Effect ofSize upon the Intensity of X-ray Reflection.Thesis: Electrostatic Deflection Studies of Alpha-Particles; theAlphas from Li6 (p, a) H e3Thesis: Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Photosynthesis in LivingLeavesThesis: The Heat of Dilution of Sodium Sulfate in the MixedSolvent, 70 Per Cent Water-30 Per Cent UreaThesis: The Velocity Spectrum of Alpha ParticlesThesis: Theory of Surfaces in Conjugate ParametersThesis: Partially Degenerate Stellar ModelsIV. IN THE DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCESWESLEY CHARLES BALLAINEA.B., University of Washington, 1927A.M., ibid., 1931(Economics)VATTEL ELBERT DANIELA.B., Virginia Union University, 1914A.M., University of Colorado, 1924(Sociology)WILLIAM THORNTON RICKERT FOXS.B., Haverford College, 1932A.M., University of Chicago, 1934(International Relations)DAVID MAURICE LEVITANS.B., Northwestern University, 1936A.M., ibid., 1937(Political Science)WILLIS LIONEL MILLERA.B., North Texas State Teachers College, 1933A.M., University of Texas, 1934(Education)JOHN CLIFTON MOFFITTS.B., Brigham Young University, 1926S.M., ibid., 1929(Education)SAMUEL ROOP MOHLERA.B., Manchester College, 1928D.B., Yale University Divinity School, 1931A.M., University of Washington, 1936(History) Thesis: Development and Economic Aspects of the Laws Regulat­ing Investments of Mutual Savings BanksThesis: Ritual in Chicago's South Side Churches for NegroesThesis: Some Effects upon I nternaidonal Law of the Governmen­talization of Private EnterpriseThesis: Recent Developments in the Control of Foreign Relationsunder the Constitution of the United StatesThesis: The Relative A bility of the States to Finance Public Edu­cationThesis: The Development of Centralizing Tendencies in Educa­tional Organization and Administration in UtahThesis: Commissary James Blair, Churchman, Educator, andPolitician of Colonial Virginiar3X I 1 't THEODORE KELCHNER NOSSA.B., Princeton University, 1925D.B., Union Theological Seminary, 1929A.M., University of Chicago, 1934(Sociology)WILLIAM BOOTH PHILIPPh.B., University of Chicago, 1924A.M., ibid., 1926(History)ALEXANDER SPOEHR e-; (J�»A.B., University of Chicago, 1934 (jFYi .(Anthropology)WILLIAM HENRY WAITEA.B., University of Saskatchewan, 1929Ed.M., University of Manitoba, 1936(Education)JOSEPH EDWIN WECKLER, JR.Ph.B., University of Chicago, 1928(Anthropology) Thesis: Resistance to Social Innovations as Found in the Litera­ture Regarding I nnovations Which Have Proved SuccessfulThesis: Chicago and the Down State: A Study of Their Conflicts,I87o-I934Thesis: Seminole Kinship,Thesis: The Relationship between Performances on Examina­tions and Emotional ResponsesThesis: Ritual Status in PolynesiaV. IN THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESSLINCOLN HAROLD CLARKA.B., University of Chicago, 1937M.B.A., ibid., 1938 Thesis: Credit Unions in the United StatesVI. IN THE DIVINITY SCHOOLMERLE WILLIAM BOYERA.B., Gettysburg College, 1932D.B., Lutheran Theological Seminary (Gettysburg,Pennsylvania), 1935WINTHROP STILL HUDSONA.B., Kalamazoo College, 1933D.B., Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, 1937WILLIAM ARCHIBALD KARRAKERPh.B., Ewing College, 1913D.B., Crozer Theological Seminary, 1924A.M., University of Pennsylvania, 1924D.B., Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, 1925SIDNEY EARL MEADA.B., University of Redlands, 1934A.M., University of Chicago, 1938SHARVY GREINER UMBECKA.B., Elmhurst College, 1933A.M., University of Chicago, 1938 Thesis: Sign Analysis as a Method for Philosophy of ReligionThesis : John Ponet and the Origin of Democratic Thought amongthe PuritansThesis: TheAmerican Churches and the Spanish-American WarThesis: Nathaniel William Taylor (I786-I858) and the NewHaven TheologyThesis: The Social Adaptations of a Selected Group of the Ger­man-Background Protestant Churches in ChicagoVI. THE CONVOCATION STATEMENTROBERT MAYNARD HUTCHINS, President of the UniversityVII. "ALMA MATER" Words byEDWIN H. LEWISVIII. THE BENEDICTION COPYRIGHTIX. THE RECESSIONAL-Noel DaquinThe audience is requested to remain standing during the RecessionMARSHALLEON PERDUE SMITH, Marshal of the UniversityHAROLD A. ANDERSONWALTER BARTKYGEORGE V. BOBRINSKOYMERLE CROWE COULTER ASSISTANT MARSHALSFRANK HURBURT O'HARAWALTER LINCOLN PALMERSHELDON TEFFTHAROLD RIDEOUT WILLOUGHBYSTUDENT MARSHALSJOHN PAUL STEVENS, Head MarshalHAROLD LAWRENCE ARONSON, JR. CHARLES HARTING PERCYVINCENT JOHN BURKE HERBERT EDWARD RUBENARTHUR JOSEPH LOPATKA RICHARD SALZMANNROBERT WARREN MATHEWS EVON ZARTMAN VOGT, JR.JOSEPH JAMES MOLKUPSTUDENT AIDESHENRIETTA JANE MAHON, Senior AideHELEN LOUISE BICKERT MARY MARGUERITE HAMMELMARIAN JAY CASTLEMAN PEARL CLAIRE RUB INSESTHER MAE DURKEE MARJORIE BEA SCHLYTTERBETTY ANN EVANS RUTH LORRAINE STEELCAROLINE ELIZABETH GRABO