Kudos

No man in the U. S. holds as many honorary degrees as G. 0. P. Nominee Herbert Clark Hoover. He has received them from 30 colleges and universities; 19 of them are the monumental degree of LL. D. But at 1928 commencements, Mr. Hoover's list was not increased; he was too busy for Kudos. It was Paul Louis Charles Claudel who led all the rest this year. As poet, dramatist, philosopher, Roman Catholic almost mystic in his zeal, distinguished visitor to the U. S. with the portfolio of French Ambassador, he is a fitting candidate for honorary degrees. He received four of them at June commencement exercises--from Columbia, Princeton, Yale, University of Delaware.

Herewith are some of the recipients of kudos at the later commencements:*

Smith College

Louise Pound, 56, famed tennis & golf player, professor (University of Nebraska), author, sister of Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law school L. H. D.

Princeton University

William Robinson Matthews, builder of Princeton chapel and hospital M. S. in Eng.

William Oxley Thompson, president emeritus of Ohio State University D. D.

Bayard Dodge, president of American University of Beirut, Syria D. D.

Robert Andrews Millikan, physicist (cosmic rays), Nobel Prize winner D. Sc.

Rudolph Matas, surgeon D. Sc.

Paul Louis Charles Claudel, French Ambassador to the U. S. Litt. D.

Andrew Fleming West, onetime dean of Princeton Graduate School Litt. D.

William Mann Irvine, the late headmaster of Mercersburg Academy LL. D. (post obit.)

Yale University

Yu-chuen James ("Jimmie") Yen, popular student of class of '18 M. A.

Evarts Ambrose Graham, surgeon M. S.

Very Rev. Howard Chandler Robbins, of Cathedral of St. John the Divine D. D.

Rev. Charles Reynolds Brown, dean of Yale Divinity School D. D.

Paul Louis Charles Claudel, French Ambassador to the U. S. Litt. D.

John Livingston Lowes, Harvard professor of English Litt. D.

George William Russell (AE), Irish poet, philosopher Litt. D.

Gen. James Guthrie Harbord, president of Radio Corp. of America LL. D.

Frank Aydelotte, president of Swarthmore College, U. S. secretary to Rhodes scholarship trustees LL. D.

Otto Tremont Bannard, president of New York Trust Co., leader of Yale's successful $20,000,000 endowment drive LL. D.

University of Wisconsin

Charles Augustus Lindbergh, onetime University of Wisconsin student/- LL.

D. Brown University

Dwight Whitney Morrow, U. S. Ambassador to Mexico LL. D.

Owen D. Young, chairman of the General Electric Co. and Radio Corp. of America, co-author of Dawes plan LL. D.

George H. Sherwood, curator of American Museum of Natural History D. Ed.

Niagara University (Niagara Falls, N. Y.)

William F. Kenny, contractor, donor of $20,000, lender of $50,000 to the campaign fund of Alfred Emanuel Smith** LL. D.

University of Delaware

Paul Louis Charles Claudel, French Ambassador to the U. S. Litt. D.

Charles Lee Reese, vice president of du Pont Powder Co. D. Sc.

Hugh Martin Morris, Federal judge LL. D.

Syracuse University

William Preston Few, president of Duke University LL. D.

Northwestern University

Edward Price Bell, reporter (Chicago Daily News) LL. D.

Matthew Lyle Spencer, director of School of Journalism of University of Washington LL. D.

Carl Bismarck Roden, librarian of Chicago Public Library M. A.

George and Gladys Dick, physicians D. Sc.

University of Missouri

Kimbrough Stone, Federal judge, son of the

late Senator William Joel Stone LL. D.

Walter Albert Jessup, president of University of Iowa LL. D.

University of Pennsylvania

Ernest H. Schelling, pianist, composer D. Music

University of Nebraska

Charles Newton Gould, geologist D. Sc.

Tufts College (Medford, Mass.)

James Francis Coupal, personal physician to President Coolidge M. Sc.

Charles Lanier Lawrance,, inventor of the Wright Whirlwind motor, president of Wright Aeronautical Corp. D. Sc.

William Beebe, explorer, author D. Sc.

John Livingston Lowes, dean of Harvard Graduate School L.H. D.

Curtis Hoyt Dickins, senior chaplain of U. S. Navy D. D.

Eva Le Gallienne, actress M. A.

Amherst College

Sam Higginbottom, missionary in India M. Sc.

Lewis Perry, headmaster of Phillips Exeter Academy L. H. D.

Frank Lusk Babbott, retired Manhattan manufacturer, (jute) philanthropist LL. D.

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

* Those honored at earlier commencements were listed in TIME, June 18.

/- He arrived at Madison, Wis., via plane, ate waffles with his classmates. Said he: ". . . the most fun I have enjoyed in a year." Not one of the 30 classmates present had known Charles Augustus Lindbergh when he was a student.

** Governor Smith was present in cap & gown to see his good friend honored. Said he: "I am a F. F. M. man--Fulton Fish Market."