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HONORARY DEGREES AWARDED THIS MORNING

John Hanson Thomas Main: President of Grinnell College, who has stamped his constructive thought upon a leading college of the Middle West.

Doctor of Laws:

Alfred North Whitehead: A philosopher, generous and kind, whose thought pierces deeper than others look.

Doctor of Laws:

George Fisher Baker: A great banker, whose labors have not clogged his sensibility, whose power has not dimmed his magnanimity, whose position has not impaired his simplicity.

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Doctor of Laws:

Andrew William Mellon: Who with rare courage and sagacity has conducted on enduring principles the public finance of a vast and complex nation.

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