Show I 1 HONORARY DEGREES iliin hea they here ere Ile towed vlon anu unu illing subjects it is to bo be supposed in the judg inda mant cut of charity at least that college I 1 ege degrac degrees aro are never conferred in these days 1 s except ns is they are tire deserved this lias has not always been true ibon however and partly for this reason partly perhaps perlin ps out ot of a feeling of modesty some men have shunned honorary titles almost as earnestly as others other have hac coveted them speaking about this subject the boston lidston watchman says judge peters is authority tor for the statement that after lafayette la fayette hall been made a doctor of I 1 laws aws by one of our colic colleges es haron Baron Stuben was in great fear lest k st lie he should meet with a similar mishap blavin having to pass through acol a college tow town W where her the marquis halt had bern been thus distinguished the old warrior halted his men and thus addressed I 1 them you shall hall spur do horse veil tell and ride rii lc tree ilo do town like de mischief tor for it if dey catch you icy make one doctor of you the tough old soldier had no more respect for such a distinction than his countryman handel who refused to accept the degree of doctor of music from oxford vat frow my money away for dat do blockheads blackheads block heads vish I 1 no vant to be yon ron doctor there is ii a story that not long ago when college degrees were scattered somewhat lavishly an illiterate rich man having been honored with a degree by a col college lege whirl which he had laid under dobli obligation aaion made a wager arager that lie he coull could obtain a similar honor for his servant lie ile won the wager and encouraged by his success made another that lie he could obtain a degree for his horse this time lioe however vcr lie lost the college authorities got wind of h his Is game and iu in answer to hi his letter requesting a i doctorate for bi bo and so bo the president wrote a courteous note saying that though the trustees were very anxious to oblige so good a 0 friend of tile the college they had found on examination OF of the records that though they had once conf conferred ermol a degree upon a jackass there ther ewas was no precedent for conferring one me upon a horse |