I n C o u r s e B A C H E L O R O F A R T S
Bennett, Clarissa Louise
Foults, Mary Louise Kling, Rosalie
Randolph, Elizabeth Fitz
Painted Post Cohocton Plainfield, N. J.
Alfred
B A C H E L O R O F P H I L O S O P H YAnderson, Marjorie Mabel
Bliss, Laurence Mitchell Crumb, Ella Mae Davis, Jerome Fuller Halsey, Lillian Fargo Harris, Ruth Mary Lowe, Alberta May Lyman, Florence Gertrude Payne, Elva Sperry Sack, Emma Laura Simpson, Olin Huffman VanCampen, Franc Marina
Panama Bolivar Alfred Shiloh, N. J.
Almond Attica Hornell Roulette, Pa.
Clinton
Ocean City, N. J.
Jackson Center, O.
Belmont
B A C H E L O R O F S C I E N C EBurdick, Lucian Thomas
French, Beals Litchfield Greene, Clarence Eugene Greene, Leon Sherman Howard, David Kivett Karr, Walter Gerald, cum laude Meritt, Carl Lionel
Quick, Levi Roy
Welton, William DeForest Wilson, Donald Elmer
Little Genesee Ellicottville Alfred Station Alfred
Manchester, N.
Almond Alfred
Silver Springs Retsof
Wellsville
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 SChamplin, Eldyn Victor Alfred Station
Coats, Merle Allan Richburg Makeley, Carl Henry Almond Meritt, Myrtle Elvena Alfred Phillips, Gordon Dudley, cum laude Ellicottville Williams, George Andrew Pifford
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
Burdick, Marguerite
Place, Margaret Eola
Alfred
Alfred
H O N O R A R Y D E G R E E S
ARTHUR DAVIS DEAN, presented by Professor Charles F. Binns.
Professor Binns said: "Mr. President, in making the nomi- nation which I do, perhaps I may be pardoned a personal reference. It was about four years ago that we were as- sembled one Sunday morning for chapel in the 'Gothic' when a stranger walked into the building, accosted me and asked me if I were the President of the University. I was com- pelled to deny 'the soft impeachment' and set him right. He then mentioned his own name which recalled an interesting correspondence which I had been having in Albany. The gentleman to whom I refer is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been engaged in educational work, largely upon industrial lines. When the Regents of the University of the State of New York decided to develop the work of vocational education, they invited this gentleman to undertake the charge. Immediately the tender plant which had been hiding an apologetic head in the garden of brilliant educational blossoms discovered that it had a right to exist.
Never since then has it been compelled to believe that it was born to blush unseen. Sir, I have the honor to nominate for the degree of Doctor of Science, Professor Arthur Davis Dean, Chief of the Bureau of Vocational Education in this state."
President Davis said:
"Professor Dean, the applause which this audience has
just given on the presentation of your name for an honorary
degree, is evidence of our appreciation of the scholarly and
able doctor's oration which you have just delivered. Scholar,
scientist, educator, Alfred University welcomes you to her
halls on this commencement occasion and to a place among
the distinguished men and women who are its alumni. With
appreciation of the honor of your presence on this occasion
and in recognition of your distinguished services to educa-
tion, I now admit you to the honorary degree of Doctor of
Science in Alfred University and confer upon you all the
rights, privileges and honors belonging thereto."
DEGREES; CONFERRED 8 9 Arthur Davis Dean, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1872.
Graduated from the Cambridge Manual Training School in 1891, the first graduate of the first manual training school maintained in the North-east section of the United States. Graduated with the degree of B. S. in Electrical Engineering at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology in 1895. Taught manual training in Portland, Maine ; Supervisor of Manual Arts in Maiden, Mass. ; Assistant Principal of Technical High School, Springfield, Mass., teaching mathematics and science. Supervisor of Evening Con- tinuation Schools of Y. M. C. A. schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island with a wide range of evening instruction for employed boys and men. Chief of the Division of Vocational Schools, New York State Education Department since the inception of the Edu- cation Law providing special state aid for vocational instruction in industrial, household, and agricultural arts. Associate editor of the "Manual Training Magazine" and "Vocational Education."
Author of "The Worker and the State." Contributor to various educational and popular magazines. Has been President of the Eastern Art and Manual Training Teachers' Association. Mem- ber of several National Education Association committees on prin- ciples and policies underlying vocational instruction. Member of several committees of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education looking toward a national plan for voca- tional education. Lecturer at Columbia University, Syracuse University, University of Pittsburg, and Cornell University.
Present address, Albany, New York.
BURDETTE BOARDMAN BROWN, presented by Dean Arthur E. Main.
Dean Main said: "Mr. President, in the class of 1890 in Alfred University there graduated a young man who received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the following year he received from his Alma Mater the degree of Master of Arts.
For three years he was principal of public schools in this state. After pursuing graduate studies in New York Univers- ity and Columbia and divinity in Yale University, he received in 1898 the degree of Bachelor of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. Since that time he has been a successful pastor and a distinguished preacher and worker in the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also secretary of the Methodist Child Welfare Society. I there- fore count it a privilege to nominate for the degree of Doctor of Divinity the Reverend Burdette Boardman Brown of New York. Your pleasure, Mr. President, must be greater in con- ferring this honor because it was your privilege and his to be members of the same class in Alfred University."
President Davis said:
"My dear classmate, son of Alfred and of Yale, preacher, citizen, social worker, Alfred delights to welcome you again
to this platform where years ago you were graduated and sent forth to your life work. In consideration of the scholarship which you have attained and of public services which you are rendering as a minister and social worker, I have great happi- ness in admitting you to the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in Alfred University, your Alma Mater, with all the rights, privileges and honors belonging thereto."
Burdette Boardman Brown, clergyman ; born, Andover, New York.
October 28, 1871 ; son of Anson D. and Esther J. (French) Brown ; ancestors came from England in 1636 ; graduate of Alfred Uni- versity, A. B., 1890 ; A. M., 1891 ; diploma Chautauqua School of Physical Education, 1893 ; Yale University, B. D.. 1898 ; gradu- ate student in philosophy New York University ; married at New Haven, Connecticut, to Antoinette F., daughter of N. A. Fuller- ton, September 14, 1899 ; Principal of Andover High School 1893- 1895 ; Pastor of St. Paul's Church, Hartford, Connecticut, 1902- 0 4 ; took tour of Western Europe, 1905 ; Pastor First Church Port Washington, New York, 1905-08 ; Pastor Methodist Episco- pal Church, Mamaroneck, New York, since 1909. Author of arti- cles in various publications ; sermons and addresses before sev- eral religious and educational institutions. General Secretary of the Methodist Child Welfare Society, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City ; member of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Present address, 233 East Bos- ton Post Road. Mamaroneck, New York.