Friendship Alfred Alfred Friendship Machias Oriskany Falls
Almond Nile
B a c h e l o r o f P h i l o s o p h y
Melva Aldarette Canfield Chloe Sherman Clarke,
c u m l a u d eVictor Hugo Davis Mary Louise Irish William Herman Leach Ruth Lorana Phillips Burr Dexter Straight Fanny Evelyn Whitford
B a c h e l o r o f S c i e n c e
Elpha Eliza Burdick Nile Ralph Arlington Crumb Alfred John Woolworth Jacox Alfred Clarence Alexander Todd Hornell
B a c h e l o r o f S c i e n c e i n C e r a m i c s
Allan James Williams,
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B a c h e l o r o f P h i l o s o p h y i n C e r a m i c s
Cora Ethel Barber Alfred Pearl Candace Parker Hinsdale William Garrison Whitford Nile
M a s t e r o f P h i l o s o p h y
Sara Ethel Stevens,
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H o n o r a r y D e g r e e s , 1 9 1 1
FREDERICK HOUGHTON, presented by Professor Binns.
Mr. President:
The college of the past considered it fit to place the seal
of its approval only upon the product which she herself had
formed. The college of the present deems it proper at times
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to reach out into other fields and to honor men other than those who have achieved this particular distinction. I have the honor to place before you the name of a man who has been recognized in other than collegiate fields and who has won for himself a position in research and study. He is a member of the Board of Managers of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences and has done original work in the field of archeology and geology. I have, therefore, the honor of pre- senting to you the name of Principal Frederick Houghton of Buffalo to receive the honorary degree of Master of Science.
President Davis said:
Alfred University has had pleasure in welcoming to its honorary alumni distinguished citizens of your city in the past, and the pleasure is renewed today as you come to us, sir, from the field of education and of scientific research, recommended for this honor by a distinguished honorary alumnus of this institution. We gladly welcome you here and it is the pleas- ure of the President to comply with the instruction of the Trustees under the authority of the State of New York vested in them. I therefore now admit you, Frederick Houghton, to the honorary degree of Master of Science in Alfred Univers- ity.
Born in Buffalo in 1869. Educated in Buffalo public elementary and high schools and at Harvard University. Occupations : News- boy, farmer, orderboy to salesman in a wholesale hardware store, principal in three schools in Buffalo for past twenty years, mostly amongst Poles, teacher and principal of a Polish evening school, field worker and special assistant in Museum of Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences for past four years. Author of "First Les- sons in English for Foreigners in Evening School," (American Book Company) 1911, "The Indian Occupation of the Niagara Frontier," 1910, "The History of The Seneca Nation from 1655 to 1687," 1912, the two latter being monographs published by the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences.
WILLIAM C. HUBBARD, presented by Professor Crandall.
Mr. President:
It is always a pleasure for Alfred University to honor her
graduates and Alumni, and it gives me pleasure, sir, today to
present the name of a man who has been a student in Alfred
and who has achieved considerable success in the lines of
science, for an honorary degree. This man has done special
work in electrical lines with different companies, and has
been instrumental in perfecting the arc lamp with the enclosed
arc in such a way as to very much simplify and increase the
efficiency of that lamp. He has also done much work in ad-
vancing the knowledge and use of some of the later inventions
in electrical science in connection with the Cooper Hewitt Electric Company with their new lamps, the mercury vapor and the quartz. He is also a member of the American So- ciety of Electrical Engineers, and one of the charter members of the Society of Illuminating Engineers. I, therefore, have the honor of recommending William C. Hubbard, of Plainfield, N. J., for the honorary degree of Master of Science.
President Davis said:
Son of Alfred, the Trustees of this University esteem it an honor to welcome you to this platform in this honorary way in recognition of the service which you have rendered, not only to your Alma Mater as a Trustee, but to the world at large, in the promotion of our science and engineering, the expression of which was shown in the scholarly Alumni lectures delivered by you in this college within the past year. It is, therefore, with very great pleasure that the Trustees have authorized the President to admit you to this degree. Sir, by the author- ity of the State of New York vested in this Board of Trustees, and in behalf of the Trustees and the Faculty, I admit you, William C. Hubbard, to the honorary degree of Master of Science in Alfred University.
William Charles Hubbard, born in Plainfield, N. J. Graduated in Plainfield High School, 1 8 8 4 . Entered his father's business, but after two years decided for a broader education and entered Al- fred University in the fall of 1886. Illness in the home pre- vented his following this course. In the fall of 1887, he en- tered Rutgers College and pursued a three year special course in Mechanics and Electricity. After graduation, he gave his at- tention to the practical side of electrical construction and the manufacturing of electrical apparatus. January, 1893, he took up with others the development of the enclosed arc lamp, which in 1895, was ready for the market. This new light gradually superseded all other forms of arc lamps then manufactured, and the rights thereto were sold in 1899 to one of the large electric companies. For six years was arc light expert for the Westing- house Electric and Manufacturing Co., and for the past seven years General Sales Agent for the Cooper Hewitt Electric Company marketing and adapting their production of Mercury Vapor ap- paratus, and Quartz Lamps to the arts. He was a member of the Alleghanian Lyceum at Alfred University, and of the Delta Kappa Epsilon and Theta Nu Epsilon Fraternities at Rutgers. He is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers ; one of the founders of the Illuminating Engineering Society ; a Director of the Potter Printing Press Company ; Secretary of the Trustees of the Seventh Day Baptist Memorial F u n d ; and since 1906 a member of the Board of Trustees of Alfred University.
BENJAMIN R. CRANDALL, presented by Professor Clarke.
Mr. President:
I have the pleasure of nominating for an honorary degree
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a man who although comparatively young in years, is quite mature in scholarly achievements, one who has demonstrated executive ability in practical educational problems, a man of clean, wholesome, virile character, who has gained marked eminence among the leading educators of the West. Former recognition of the studious habits that he had acquired was made in the year 1899 by Alfred. Going from our College halls to the South and Middle West he did not give up his student habits, but pursued graduate work and has received degrees from the University of Wyoming and Master of Arts from the University of Denver. Since securing these degrees and this recognition he has pursued other studies. His ability as a practical educator is evidenced by the honor bestowed up- on him by educational associations of the Middle West and of national name. He is a member of the National Historical Association, he is a state Committeeman of the National Edu- cation Association of the State of Idaho, a member of the State Educational Council of the same state, and a member of the Teachers' Association. As a recognition and appreciation of these qualities so aptly and fittingly combined in his person- ality, sir, I have the honor and the pleasure to nominate Supt.
Benjamin R. Crandall for the honorary degree of Doctor of Pedagogy.
President Davis said:
Son of Alfred, distinguished educator, we welcome you back from your far distant field. We appreciate the struggle and the effort and are glad to honor you. By the authority of the State of New York vested in the Board of Trustees of Al- fred University and in behalf of the University, the Trustees and Faculty, I have the very great personal pleasure of ad- mitting you, sir, Benjamin R. Crandall, to the honorary degree of Doctor of Pedagogy in Alfred University, your Alma Mater.
Benjamin Ray Crandall, Supt. of City schools, Idaho Falls, Idaho., for past five years, is a native of New York, his early years being spent on his father's farm at Independence. He graduated from secondary schools at Whitesville and Andover, also from Bryant and Stratton Business College, Buffalo. After teaching '93-'4 at Independence, he entered Alfred University, finishing Scientific- course in '99. Upon graduation he was elected principal of schools, Hammond, La. The following spring he went to New Jersey to claim as his bride Matilda Fogg, to whom he had become engaged while at Alfred. After three years at Hammond, he resigned to go to the Rocky Mountain region where he accepted a position as superintendent of schools at Rawlins, Wyoming. While here, with extra study winters and summers, he secured the degree B. Ped.
from the University of Wyoming at Laramie, and M. A. from Uni- versity of Denver, and did further resident work toward his Doc- tor's degree. He resigned at Rawlins '07, to accept a larger superin- tendency of the growing and progressive city of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Has .iust finished a term as President of Idaho State Teachers' As- sociation to which he has contributed a number of articles which have stimulated the Association to greater activities along im- portant lines. He has been a persistent student and has kept abreast with modern ideas. He is identified with several Na- tional organizations along educational lines.
HON. JOHN G. MILBURN presented by Dean Main.
Mr. President:
For one to be a friend of Judge McLennan he must also be a friend of Alfred; and one who is a friend of Alfred can- not but be a friend of Judge McLennan. And as the antici- pated fruit of the conscience and wisdom and patriotism of our great fellow citizen and President, Mr. Taft, joined with the conscience, wisdom and patriotism of Great Britain, we count on the coming of the time when for a nation to be a friend of England it must be a friend of America, and for a nation to be a friend of America, it must also be a friend of England. The orator of this day cannot but love his mother country; and having become an adopted son of America he must love the land we love. And so we look upon this occasion as a sign of that coming glad time when arbitration shall take the place of war, and peace forever reign between two of the greatest nations of the world—Great Britain and America.
I have, Mr. President, the great privilege, pleasure and honor of commending to you Mr. John G. Milburn for the hon- orary degree of Doctor of Laws.
President Davis said:
To you, sir, our honored guest, we pay the greatest tribute
which scholarly honors can pay. We appreciate the achieve-
ments which you have made through effort and honest integ-
rity. We appreciate the service which you have rendered to
the State and to the Nation and to the world at large in your
large service to humanity. We appreciate more than words
can express, the honor which you do us in coming to us today
and delivering the oration which you have, so perfect in
and social institutions. In consideration of these things, by
the authority of the State of New York vested in the Board
of Trustees of Alfred University, and in behalf of the Uni-
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versity, the Trustees, the Faculty, I admit you, John G. Mil- burn, to the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in Alfred Uni- versity.
"Mr. John G. Milburn was born in Sutherland, England, in 1 8 5 1 . He is said to have received his brain calibre from his father, a distinguished engineer ; to his great heart and soul strength his mother contributed. As a bridge builder his father was unsur- passed. A bridge at Berwick-on-Tweed and the Tyne docks at Newcastle, are tributes to his skill. The son started life in Eng- land at Newcastle under George Stephenson, but when nineteen years of age he came to America and began the study of law at Batavia, N. Y. He had not yet attained full citizenship when prepared for admission to the bar, and therefore thought he must wait eighteen months before he could commence the practice of law. But the Legislature came to the relief of the Court, and this student of unusual gifts was permitted to practice without further delay. In the cities of Batavia, Denver, Buffalo and New York he honored his high calling by the work which he did ; and I would like to commend him to the young men today in that for the sake of his profession he refused official position. Mr. Milburn was a close friend of Mr. McKinley. It was under his tender care and beneath his roof that President McKinley died. For this service we cannot but be grateful to the guest and orator of this day.
His abilities and popularity have been recognized in many ways ; by his connection with the Pan American Exposition of Buffalo, as its President ; by the work he did on the Buffalo Charter Re- vision Committee ; as a member of the State Board of Commis- sioners of Statutory Consolidation ; and by election to membership in many clubs, social, civic, professional, etc. You have truly said, Mr. President, and the pamphlet I hold in my hand says that Alfred University is greatly honored by the coming of this gentleman to deliver the Commencement oration. But it seems to me, Sir, that we have also honored ourselves in the wisdom of our choice of the man to give on our Seventy-Fifth Anniversary this impressive address upon the dignity, worth and qualities of individual citizenship."
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