Honorary Degrees Conferred on Commencement Day

The honorary degrees conferred by the University at Commencement, with the descriptive sentences of President Eliot, were as follows:

Masters of Arts

Worthington Chauncey Ford, "Economist and statistician, editor of 'Washington's Letters and Writings,' chief of the division of manuscripts in the Library of Congress, accurate and comprehensive scholar."

Henry Arthur Jones, "Dramatist, for twenty years a leader in the revival of the English drama and its reunion with English literature."

Doctors of Divinity.

Henry Sylvester Nash '78, "Professor of New Testament literature and interpretation in the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, historian of the Higher Criticism of the New Testament, a leading scholar in the American branch of the Anglican Church, who treads the path that leads towards truth."

William Goodell Frost, "Student by nature who availed himself in youth of six different colleges and universities and became at twenty-five Professor of Greek at Oberlin College, since 1893 heroic educational missionary as President of Berea College in Kentucky, an institution which has done and is doing admirable pioneer work for the uplifting of the negroes and of the isolated white population in the valleys of the southern Alleghanies."

Doctors of Letters.

George Lyman Kittredge '82, "Professor of English in this University, linguist, philologist, worthy interpreter of the masters of English literature, antiquarian on one side, on the other most modern of inductive philosophers, generous helper of all other scholars, leader who inspires his followers to arduous and fruitful labors."

Theodor Barth, "Lawyer and judge, author on social and economic themes, journalist, honorable representative of German democratic idealism, of the power of public opinion declared through the press, and of that German culture from which this University has happily gathered and still gathers wisdom and inspiration."

Doctors of Laws.

Woodrow Wilson, "Virginian of Scotch-Irish descent, vigorous student and teacher of history, politics and government, and eminent author on these subjects, President of Princeton University for five years past, years eventful and fortunate indeed for that patriotic and serviceable institution."

Paul Vinogradoff, "Lately professor of History in the University of Moscow, since 1903 Professor of Jurisprudence in Oxford University, distinguished student of social and legal institutions. May this call of a Russian jurist to an English University presage a clear call of the Russian people on English experience of constitutional government."

Elihu Root, "Lawyer, jurist, statesman, Secretary of War for four years and a half, now for two years Secretary of State, a diplomatist who represents not a dynasty, or a cabinet, but a people, an envoy of good faith and good will among the nations."

James Bryce, "British ambassador to the United States, best expounder of the principles and practices of the American democracy, intimate friend and servant of two kindred peoples that have now made up their minds to stand together for freedom, peace and law throughout the world."

Jean Jules Jusserand, "Professional Republican diplomat from youth, eminent man of letters, who chose his subjects from English social and literary history, Ambassador of France at Washington, to whom and through whom the American people would gladly express their obligation to the genius of the French people, under monarchy, empire and republic alike."

Luigi Amedeo, "Prince of Saxony, and Duke of Abruzzi, naval officer, and navigator, bold explorer of Arctic seas, African tropics and Alaskan peaks, illustrating in this generation the adventurous, stout-hearted quality of his ancient family and the still more ancient Italian race."