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It Has Been Done . . .
Honorary Degrees Awarded in Past
By MIKE MILLER
It has been a common miscon
ception at the University that the
University has never awarded
honorary degrees.
Many University officials have
held to this belief, and on March
4 the Daily Collegian fell prey
to this mistaken notion and re
ported that honorary degrees had
never been awarded.
However, research by Mrs.
Mary E. Mairs and Mrs. Ridge Ri
ley. librarians in the Penn State
Room, has established that two
honorary doctorate degrees and
several honorary masters degrees
were conferred by the University
between 1904 and 1921.
Policy Set in 1921
But apparently sometime around
1921 the University Board of
Trustees instituted a policy, which
stands today, regarding honorary
degrees. It states: "The policy is
not to g r ant honorary degrees,
but this does not prejudice favor
able consideration of the granting
of an honorary degree in the rare
and unusual circumstances where
in the judgment of the trustees a
degree should be granted."
The University has apparently
not granted any honorary degrees
since this policy was determined.
Adrian 0. Morse, University Pro
vost, announced at the March 3
University Senate meeting that
the Board of Trustees would not
announce until the day of grad
uation whether any honorary de-
Greek Dinners--
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Pollock served with the armed
forces from 1945 to 1947, as chap
lain's assistant and chief clerk
of the Army Ground Forces Band.
He is a member of Delta Upsi
lon and Alpha Phi Omega, na
tional service fraternity.
Entertainment for the banquet
will be provided by Philip Wein,
ventriloquist. Master of ceremon
ies will be Sanford Lichtenstein,
banquet co-chairman.
Exchange Dinners
Approximately 820 men and
women from 48 fraternities and
22 sororities will participate in
exchange dinners Tuesday.
Eight men from each fraternity
will eat in women's dining halls
while eight women from each sor
ority will eat at a fraternity.
Of each group of eight, two
women will be from one sorority
while two men will be from the
same fraternity.
Men eating in women's dining
halls should be at the dormitories
by 5:10 p.m., according to Robert
Eisenhuth, exchange dinner co
chairman.
Men will meet the women in
the lobby of the dormitory where
the sorority suite is located.
To Furnish Transportation
Fraternities will furnish trans
portation for women who are eat
ing in fraternity houses, and men
will meet those women going to
fraternities also at 5:10 p.m. in
dormitory lounges.
Floor plans will be posted in
each dormitory lobby and hoUse
mothers will be on duty to intro
duce fraternities and sororities.
About 700 participated in ex
change dinners last year. Sylvia
Fish is exchange dinner co-chair
man.
Chapel•"••
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ligious policy of the United States
Information Agency and chair
man of the Friends World Com
mittee.
His published works included
"The Essence of Spiritual Re
ligion," "The Trustworthiness of
Religious Experience," "The Log
ic of Belief," "The Predicament of
Modern Man," "Foundations for
Reconstruction," "The Common
Ventures of Life," "Signs of Hope
in a Century of Despair," "The
Recovery of Family Life," "The
Knowledge of God," "Alternative
to Futility," and "Your Other
Vocation."
When General Robert E. Lee's
Confederate Army invaded Penn
sylvania during the Civil War,
both students and professors at
the University left the campus to
join the Union forces.
grees will be awarded at the June
commencement.
'Not Done Too Often'
Commenting on the policy of
the trustees concerning honorary
degrees, Wilmer E. Kenworthy,
director of student affairs, said:
"As far as I can tell it has been
the policy not to confer honorary
degrees for at least 30 years, and
apparently before then it was not
done too •often.
"I couldn't find anything in the
trustees' minutes concerning the
adoption of the policy except one
reference re-affirming the policy."
Buckhout First Honored
The first honorary degree, a
DS, was conferred in 1904, appar
ently at the June commencement,
on William A. Buckhout as a "sur
prise." An alumnus of the Uni
versity (1868), Buckhout joined
the faculty in 1871 and became the
first head of the botany depart
ment. He taught gee:ogy, zoology,
and horticulture; acted as librar
ian for a period; served as secre
tary of the faculty; and was a
leader in organizing the Alumni
Association.
The only other honorary doc
torate ever conferred by the Uni
versity was again a D.S. degree
bestowed in 1908 at the June com
mencement on Louis E. Reber,
class of 1880, member of the fac
ulty, and Dean of the School of
NX/rite for complete information
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Our representatives will be
on campus
March 31,
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Engineering from 1895 to 1907.
The trustees in 1911 approved
the granting of honorary masters'
degrees on those members of the
first graduating class (1861) who
returned for their 50th reunion.
Consequently. M.A. and M.S. sci
ence degrees were conferred on
eight graduates and honorary cer
tificates were given to 11 mem
bers of the 1861 class who had
not been graduated but who were
present for the reunion in June,
1911.
Non-Alumni Get Three
At the 1911 commencement
three additional honorary M.A.
degrees were bestowed on men
who were not alumni of the Uni
versity. They were Judge George
B. Orlady, the Hon. George E.
Alter, and the Chinese Minister
to the United States, Chang Tin
Tang, the commencement speaker.
These seem to be the only honor
ary degrees conferred on non
alumni.
From 1911 to 1921 honorary
masters' degrees and certificates
were granted to alumni of the
classes of 1861 to 1871 who re
turned for their 50th reunions.
The last such degree was con
ferred on John Hamilton, class of
1871 and treasurer of the Univer
sity for many years, at the com
mencement in June, 1921.
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WSGA Poll—
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to have the rule enforced by stu
dents.
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Dickinson, WSGA junior senator
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reported to Senate that her group
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