Kudos

Last week, the colleges continued to pay compliments (TIME, June 22). For the first time in history, Oxford University singled out a woman. For valuable contributions to Astronomy--notably the completion of The Henry Draper Catalog of Stellar Spectra, covering 225,300 stars--Oxford created Miss Annie Jump Cannon, a Wellesley graduate and worker at the Harvard Observatory, an honorary Doctor of Science. Miss Cannon, aged 61. journeyed to Oxford to receive her kudos in person.

Simultaneously, Cambridge University honored two Americans, both astronomers. Upon Dr. Frank Schlesinger, Director of the Yale Observatory, a doctorate of Science was conferred in absentia--the recipient being off in Johannesburg, S. A. Dr. William W. Campbell, President of the University of California, was the other recipient. Upon Dr. Charles H. Mayo Edinburgh University conferred a degree of LL.D.

Other honorary degrees:

Amherst College

William Morgan Butler, U. S. Senator LL.D.

Ray Stannard Baker, author-editor, Litt.D.

Edwin Burrage Child, portrait painter, M.A.

Colby College

William R. Riddell, Justice of the Ontario Supreme Court C.L.D.

Bowdoin College

David Jayne Hill, author-diplomate LL.D.

Edwin Arlington Robinson, poet Litt.D.

David Gray, novelist Litt.D.

John Clair Minot, literary editor Litt.D.

Fordham University

Michael Friedsam, President B. Altman & Co. LL.D.

Edward J. Flynn, Bronx sheriff LL.D.

Iowa Wesleyan College

G. Logan Payne, publisher The Washington Times LL.D.

Kenyon College

Andrew W. Mellon, U. S. Secretary of the Treasury LL.D.

Robert Lansing, statesman LL.D.

James E. Freeman, Washington, D. C., bishop LL.D.

Norwich University

John Garibaldi Sargent, U. S. Attorney General LL.D.

George W. Brown, shoe machinery LL.D.

Leigh Wade, "world flier" M.Sc.

Leslie Arnold, "world flier" M.Sc.

Franklin K. Billings, Governor of Vermont LL.D.

William Mather Lewis, President George Washington University LL.D.

University of Pennsylvania

Livingston Farrand, President Cornell University LL.D.

Thomas James Garland, Pennsylvania bishop LL.D.

Greville Haslam, Philadelphia headmaster M.A.

Harry Alexander Matthews, organist-composer D.Mus.

Homer Oscar Ackerstrom, deceased. (Poor, he starved to study) B.S.

University of Rochester

Harry Emerson Fosdick, preacher LL.D.

Trinity College

David Moore Robinson, classical scholar, archeologist Litt.D.

University of Michigan

John H. Finley, editor-educator LL.D.

Earlham College

William F. Clarke, editor of St. Nicholas Magazine Litt.D.

Harvard University

Bliss Perry, professor of English, one time (1899-1909) editor The Atlantic Monthly Litt.D.

Samuel Atkins Eliot Jr., educator, playwright D.D.

Logan Herbert Roots, Bishop of Hankow, China D.D.

Winthrop J. V. Osterhout, botanist D.Sc.

Paul Shorey, classical scholar-author Litt.D.

James Jackson Storrow, banker LL.D.

Herbert S. Hadley, chancellor of Washington University LL.D.

Hamilton College

Henry Kitchell Webster, novelist Litt.D.

Chester S. Lord, onetime (1880-1913) editor The New York Sun LL.D.

Syracuse University

Charles Lathrop Pack, forester, economist D.B.A. (business administration)

Princeton University

Charles R. Erdman, Presbyterian Moderator D.D.

Dwight W. Morrow, Morgan partner LL.D.

John E. Winant, Governor of New Hampshire M.A.

Sam Higginbottom, missionary, Dr. Philanthropy

Henry Sloane Coffin, pastor D.D.

John B. McMaster, historian Litt.D.

David Aiken Reed, U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania LL.D.

Charles Scribner, publisher Litt.D.

Williams College

Ernest Martin Hopkins, President Dartmouth College LL.D.

William Allan Neilson, President Smith College LL.D.

Harlan Fiske Stone, Supreme Court Justice LL.D.

David White, senior geologist U. S. Geological Survey M.S.