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Columbia University Commencement Amid Rain and Revelry
Commencement proceeded despite rain as seniors gathered in the Columbia Library for degree conferrals. President Butler delivered the address on the Kingdom of Light while Barnard graduates were formally admitted. Honors and honorary degrees were awarded to figures including Edwin Slatheld Anderson, George Frederick Clover, and Samuel Walker McCall, amid cheers for Joseph Choate.
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Columbia University
Columbia Library
Scoffer
Butler
Cambridge
Knox
Kingdom of Light
Columbia
University
Barnard
Columbia College
Teachers College
Giddings
Edwin Slatheld Anderson
New York Public Library
George Frederick Clover
St. Luke’s Hospital
Edwin Howland Blashfield
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Arthur Crawshaylliston Hall
Vermont
Samuel Walker McCall
Massachusetts
Joseph Hodges Choate
Joseph Choate
New York