Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1935, Page 4

HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGT LIPPMANN URGES G. W. U. Awards Degrees to Newspaper Men FREE-MIND PRESS Decay and Censorship Are Results of Alliances, G. W. U. Grads Told. A plea for an independent press as [3 gu:rantce of the continued freedom of the press was made by Walter Lipp- mann, well known news commentator, | in the principal address last night at the 114th Winter convocation of George Washington University held in Constitution Hall. H The speaker was one of seven news- | paper men upon whom was conferred the honorary degree of doctor of laws, and the convocation was dedicated to | the press and news correspondents by | Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president. i “Like the university,” Dr. Marvin | said, “he (the newspaper cun’esp(md-: ent) is engaged primarily in the oh--‘ jective presentation of the truth.” | One hundred and forty-four grad- | uates received degrees and certificates. | Six Others Honored. | Sharing honors with Lippmann in' receiving honorary degrees were Carr Van Anda, New York Times; Ulric Bell, Louisville Courier-Journal; ‘J. Fred Essary, Baltimore Sun; Jay G. Hayden, Detroit News; Charles G. Ross, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Theodore C. Wallen, the New York Herald-Tribune. “Allow me,” Lippmann said, “to distinguish sharply two ideas that are not always separated. There is the freedom of the press which is guaranteed by the Constitution. There is the independence of the press which is the achievement of newspaper men themselves. Now it is perfectly pos- sible to have a press which is legally free but is not independent because it is the mouthpiece of parties, in- terests, cults. “Experience shows, I believe, that unless among the newspapers of a country there are established news- papers of wide circulation which are predominantly independent, which are predominantly objective, which are predominantly disinterested in the presentation of the news, the legal freedom of the press has no solid and enduring foundations.” Censorship Follows Weakness. Referring to the censorship of some countries, Lippmann attributed it to the fact that those countries were without independent newspapers “with some honorable and notable exceptions,” and in the main the press of the countries served factions, parties or special interests. “When the interests were over- thrown,” he said, “they were over- thrown too, and they lost their legal freedom because they had not sachieved their independence. “The battle to establish the legal guarantees was won in America more than a century ago, but the battle to make those guarantees a perma- nent part of the heritage of our civ- ilization is still in progress. “It will be won, if it is won at all, by newspaper men, like those on this platform here tonight, whose highest ambition in their profession is to get the news and state it correctly and print it fearlessly.” Lippmann concluded his address by comparing the aims and purposes of the teacher and the newspaper man. “We remember that the best teach- ers are those who never cease to be students; the best newspaper men are those who never cease to be re- | Seven Washington newspaper men were awarded honorary degrees by President Cloyd H. Marvin at George ‘Washington University’s commencement exercises yesterday at Constitution Hall. Left to right, sitting: Fred Essary, Baltimore Sun; Walter Lippman, New York Herald-Tribune, who also delivered the convocation address; Carr V. Van Anda, New York Times; Theodore Wallen, New York Herald Tribune, Standing: Charles G. Ross, St, Louls Post-Dispatch; Jay Hayden, Detroit News; Dr. Marvin, and Ulric Bell, Louisville Courier Journal. Robert Burman, Leonilo T. Digal,|nie Frances Garner, Harry Henry Emmerich, Raymond Henry Ewell, Eleanor Hoffman Good- son, Helen Gertrude Jones, Elizabeth | Henry Charles Hallam, jr Sartor Kahler, Henry Kenneth 8moot, | Hallman, Lorraine G. Hal —Star Staff Photo. Edward Burns Cain, Irving Michelson (with honors), Raymond Miller, Irene May.Murphy, Margaret Veronica O'Connor. Ken- " | neth Walter Patrum, George Living- stone Powell, Judas Samuel Rabe- Helen Dorothy Telford and Elizabeth | Marie Hodgkins and Kate Eilnbeth[noveu, Magnus Florence Robertson, Hale Wheeler. Bachelor of Laws. Johnson, | Locke Hopwood. | Ruth Elinor Shauck, Paul Emerson George Young Jarvis, Lewis R.|Smith, Mary Virginia Spelman, Ed- Norton Tulley | ward Thomas Shteiner, Irene F. Swan, Grandison Greer Allen, William | Klein, Velma Electra Knecttle, Sidney | John Hall Thaxter, Charles William 'thp Churchill, Douglas _Alonzo | Kolker, Celima Roi Leonard, Laura | Tobey, Catherine Tullis, Edward Clark, John G. Epaminonda, Bernard | Emily Ludwig (with honors), John| Kendall Wheeler and Larry Wood- Kriegel, Ear]l Hildreth Lund, Richard | Thomas Madiga Dean Mason, Bernard Cornelius May- berry, Harry Ripley Mayers (with dis- tinction), Louis Gertler, Walter Thomas Gray, Howard Kennedy, 3d; William Ward Keyt, Lynn Clifford Paulson, George Wilbur Porter, Charles Amos Sweeny, Carl William Tomlin, Thomas Rae Vaughan, Ches- ter Charles Ward (with distinction) and Robert Manning Williams. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Laurie Floyd Hess, District of Co- lumbia. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Robert Fournier Dovener. Bachelor of Arts in Education. Frances Elizabeth Cox, Margaret Edelin Elms, Effe Lenore Hall, Eu- genia Hilleary Osborn, Melba Keller Taylor, Myrtle King Werner. Bachelor of Science in Home Economics. Adnah Judge Birthwright. Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. Bernard Francis Witucki. Master of Arts in Education. Opal Grace Corkery, Naomi Vir- ginia Crain, Ruth Deffenbaugh, Terry Clarence Foster, Margaret Gessford, William Dove Thompson, Willlam Perry Trail, Katherine Mary Wass- mann and Lois Ellen Yeck. Asa Madison M- | ward Worrall, WoobpwaRrp & LoTHROP W™U™F anp G Sreanvs Prone , C, SBATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1935 DIONNES WILL SUE FOR BABIES'FUNDS Parents of Quintuplets|mdign Want Part of Riches to Rear Other Children. By the Associated Press. a proxy papa to his quintuplet daugh- ters and now he and Mama Dionne are going to see about taking the gov- ernment out of their home life. “We don't like the way the go ernment is splitting up our famil, he said here today between three-: day stage appearances. Dionne announced he had retained Paul Martin, Windsor attorney, to petition the Ontario government to remove the state guardians and re- lease a portion of the $100,000 riches befallen the “quints” for the benefit of the other five Dionne children. An adjustment of the contract which the Dionnes signed with the Canadian government probably will be sought about March 1, after the par- ents return to Callander, Ontarlo. “We have 10 children,” Mrs. Dionne tly, favor of having five of them mil- lionaires while their little brothers and sisters are brought up in com- parative poverty.” And this business of a special hos- Mu!mdmfinnr:lummmonm edly, only seen their little sisters twice— both times behind glass, and other people can get into the hospital any- | o To a French-Canadian interrogator, according to the Canadian Press, Mrs. Dionne related: “On one occasion I wanted the lttle shirts the quintuplets had worn. They had outgrown them. One of the nurses ordered me out of the hospital, threatening to strike me with a flash- light." Dionne said that upon birth of the quintuplets he was taken off rellef and given $75 a month from the trust fund established for the bables. 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Powell. were delivered by Dr. Marvin the graduates were presented by the deans | Bachelor of Arts in Library Sclence. | of the several schools and depart- [ Dorothy Marshall Corson, Mary ments. They were: Dean William |Hazeltine Haynes and Elizabeth Crane Johnstone, jr., Junior College; | Sherier. Dean Henry Grattan Doyle, Colum- | Bachelor of Arts in Division of Fine bian College; Dean William Cabell Arts. Van Bleck, Law School; Dean John R. Lapham, School of Engineering; thffl:fi;m Dreyfuss and Ar- Dean William Carl Ruediger, School i of Education; Dean Warren Reed Bachelor of Fine Arts. ‘West, School of Government; Director David Morton Flax. Alfred F. W. Schmidt, division of li- brary science, and Director Norris I. Doctor of Philosophy. Crandall, division of fine arts. Arlin Rex Johnson, Emmett Wil- The candidates for honorary de-|liam Price and Willard Hull Wright. grees were presented by members of the Board of Trustees. Junior College. The program was concluded by a Eduardo Alfaro, Dorothy Duvall brief charge to the graduating class | Algire, Harry Clifton Ames, jr.; Ann by Dr. Marvin. Elizabeth Bacon, Catherine Shes j ? Baron, I. Paul Pollock Bauman, Kath- . s = Citations Praise Writers. ryn Foresman Campbell, Warren Elizabeth Arden invites you to consult with The citations read by Dr. Marvin in h inl i ho will be i z Solyom de Antolea Churchill, Wil- er special representative, who wil e in tor;r:rr;r;% Seigseeun the news- | 1o Bdwin Clark, Virginia Lee Coff- the Toiletries Section all next week, resdy P e Bell—Warm-hearted friend, | Man, Sidney M. Collegeman, Charles to aid you in your beauty problems. natural executive, always aiming by é‘"y C"]ém'“’"m“h om :fiwhflgld, means of the best in sectional sym- ‘eorg; rosette, Selbymll! e ey pathy to instruct the national mind. ‘(’3:0 anzy leroy Deming. 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His singleness of purpose and high achievement have blessed his profession. Called Master of News. “Carr V. van Anda—Recognjzed master in the profession of the dis- semination of news, who because of sensitiveness and insight demands exacting understanding, administrator successful in applying principles of positive reporting to advance man’s best interests: student gifted in prac- tical idealism, a life that counts for straight citizenship. “Theodore Clifford Wallen.—Clear minded student, able in reporting pub- lic action. A good citizen who tem- pers judgment with high loyalties. 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