Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Jun 1929, p. 23

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,. ) une 21, 1Y29 WILMETTE LIFE 23 Gymnasium Packed ' for Commencement Exercises at IV. U. large t Kortl.n\'estern university's cla,ss stnce the clo~rs of O ld College . s\rung. opet!_ to adnut the first ten students _111 18JJ was graclnatcd at the -se~·cnty-hrst ann~tal commencement jiJ ~attl'll gynmaslU_m last Monday mornmg. Bec:ausc c:>t the unusually large number of can.c!Jdat<:s for degrees, s~ats at the excerc1scs wer~ at a premmut and the huge gymnasnmt , \\·as packed \\'ith rdati\'es and fri<.:nds of the grarluates. Presicl<.:nt \\'altn Dill Scott conicrreel degree s on 1,3()() candidates, foll O\';ing the cun1mcncemc1tt addn:ss In· Dr. Frederic C. \\' oud\\'anL acting i>rc .~i clent oi the L' ni\'crsity oi Chicago. The co ll egl' of liberal arts, \\·ith 311. led all the othn schools in thl' nu111hct ui g racluates. In the n1edical school, 253 recei\'ed degn:es ; school of cOllllllercl'. 217 school of j()urnalism, 21: schonl of engine<.:ring, 42: sclt()o l nf music. Kl : cl(,·ntal schuPl, 77: se houl oi ~pl't:Ch. -lrl: schoo l oi education. (>CJ; ~clwol oi la\r, 81,, Fiit\· t\\·u rccci\·cd Cl)llll1lissilll'IS in the I{. ( ). T. C. T h L. graduate sc ho(ll pre :-;e 11 t rd ten candida tes iur the ~uh·ancL·d dcgrl'c oi d\l Ctor (li philosopl1y. fiity-li\·e il1r 111astcr oi arts, t\\Tnty-t\HJ i(lr mastL:r 1i sci e 11 c e and fi \'C i or 111 a:; t n u i < :-.ricnce in j\lurna li !->111. Thirty -fi,·e nursl'~ irom thl' E,·a 1 ,..;tun ho;-;pital and thirty irum \\' e;-; ley lw-;pital rcn·i,·cd diplu111as a:; graduatl' nur:--l'S. ::\inl'tcen n·cei\'ed diplun1as fls denta 1 hygienists. Frank J. · Loesch Honored Frank J. I ,OL::">Ch; pre:;idcnt oi tl~e Chicago Crinte com mi ssion and first assistant to the statc·s attorne' \\·as 1>11c of thrL:c eli . tingui sht:d Chic-agoat1S to rcCL·in: honorary degrees from Prcsi<knt Scott. ( )n presenting him ior the honorary dL:grce of doctor oi la\\·s Dean · John 11. \\'igmore of the school oi Ia,,· said ~1 r. Luesch \\·as "ld·t,·-fi,·e years ago a young graduate .in lit\\' di this univcr::-it,·; t\\·enty-fi \·e years a.~l> a lcadcr at the bar ui Chicago: t! 1day a natinnal cxampk ior th e legal pr.l·icssion in cl<.·m<Jibtrating it:- pl>\rer and it;-; dub· to assttJnc kaclnship in public ::-l'n·icl'- tu the community:· The dcgrl'l' ui dortur of la\\· alsl) ~,· as coninrcd on Dr. \\'ood,\·ard. "ed1tur a nd author of significant Ia\\. publications: an inspirin£r tuarhn, sane. genial. C\Hllpan ionahlc, a \\·i:- e <H.lministr;~tor, and an honored member ot our nclghh lH' i11 g un i \' e r sit y:' ( )n jane Aclda1ns. \\·idely knmn1 :-.cttknH:n t \rorker. author and lcackr in :;ocial and plllitical refL>nll, \ras Clllllcrrcd the dcgn·e oi doctor of humane letter s. J uclgc Andre\\' A. Druce ui the sc hool l)f Ja,r. \\·ho pr<.: :-.emcd ~I iss Addams for this honor. characterized her as "a great teach er in the tmiHr:-.it\· ni actual liie: "a pronwtcr oi th e i.ntcr-racial comradeship and unclcr;-;tanding \rhich is the only inuncl<ition oi neare: a kacher of the !![Cat sc ience applied Christianity. - fn additio11 to th ese. other honorary degrees· \\Tre conicrred as fo~~o:,·s : Doctor of science: Dr. \\ tlham .i. ).I ~\~·o. "brilliant rnntrihutor tn the ·ad- vancement of . surgery"; and William ~ Hammond Wnght, "astronomer cmin- .. ent for his contributions to our know!- ~~ edge of those two mvstcries of the heavcns-nc\\' stars anlnebulae." · Doctor of divinitv: \\'illiam T. Hohart. "a graduate of Korth western uni - ~ versity in 1879 and for fort\·-sc \·cn Year:"> a missionary among th~ Chinese; ·comtnendcd by the governor of Shen S'i for unselfish work during the pneumonic plague and a leader in the clefen :;e of Peking during the Roxer uprising· : an agent l)i international goou \Yill." I ··················································· EVANSTON BUSINESS COLLEGE Summer School Starting June 24 or July 1 An intensive course in Stenography. Secretarial Training, Typewriting and all Commercial ~ranches. - Loca1 Boys Invited to Pinewood Outdoor School Local hoy ~ are being inYitcd to the Pine\\·ood Outdoor sc hoo l conduct ed hy the Central Department Y. ~1. l' . A. of Chicago at T\\'in l.ak\·, m·ar ~luskegun, ~I i"h "The boys will ] i'ut in their regu larly assigned period:-; in tlte camp school under expcricnct:d 111 en teachers and t hl'll ha \'e the bal ancc of the day for fishing, S\\' imming. hikes, and canoe trips, iollowecl by ::-tunt nights around the big calllp fire at night," saicl L. G. Jlutchinson, cdu ca tiunal di rL·ctor u f the scho ol. This ::-cltool is to he ltousL:d in a building reccntly gin~n hy ~I r. and 11rs. Claude I C. ::\iles express ly fo sc hool purpose". ~fa 11 \" st u c1 c n t ·. i 1s sa id. are a b lc to do ,:e,· ie\\~ or , ,·anced sc hool \\·o rk dming their \"" cations. 1718 Sherman Ave. Studio Bldg. Eyes That Charm The only glasses that do not detract from the beauty of a woman's eyes-are rimless. That's why women, by the thousands, have discarded heavy shell rimmeJ glasses. See the Puritan, the Colonial, and other rimless shapes with their smart white gold mountings in any of the Almer Coe Stores. 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