Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-18
Madison. June 16.

Madison, June Is.
At the meeting of the fauculty Of the
University of Wisconsin Monday night
special hOnors were voted twelve stu
dents Of the outgoing senior class. The
name of but one woman occurs in the
list. The names of the students, with
some notice of their work, follow:
William J. Hooking, of Darlington,
wins special honors on his thesis, The
Fall of the Federal Party from Power
He is "a years of age, was graduated
from the Darlington high school I'M
der Condo Hamlin, editor of the Pho
neer Press, of st. Paul, in 1888, and
entered the university in the fall of
1892 His work at the university has
been chiefly in the department of his
tory. lie graduates from the civic
historical course of the university.
Carl Becker, of Waterloo, Iowa, also
wins special honors in American his
tory with his thesis, National Nomin-
ating Conventions. He was born in
1873, and was graduated from the
high school of his native town in 1892
He then spent a year at Cornell col
lege, Mt Vernon, Iowa, and entered
the University of Wisconsin in 1893.
He will pursue graduate work at the
university here for another year.
Miss Clara Jones, of West Bend, has
the distinction of being the only
woman voted special honors. Her
speciality is also American history.
She has the further distinction of hay
ing completed her course at the uni
yersity in three years. She is a grad
uate of the West Bend high school of
the class of 80. Her thesis is on The
Ohio and Indiana Land Companies.
Grant Slovenian, of BrOOkfeld,
wins special honors in Latin. His the
sis, Character Studies in Cicero's Let
tiers, has also won him a fellowship at
the University of Wisconsin for the
ensuing year. He is a graduate of
Carroll academy He entered the uni
versity with the class of SO and grad
yates from the ancient classical course.
He has also been prominent in literary
work and appears on the commence
ment program as the class poet.
Willard Grosvenor Bleyer, of Mil
Waukee, wins deserved hOnOrs. He
writes on The Relation of the Oxford
Movement to the Pre-Raphaelite
Movement. He has been active in lit
erary work ever since he entered the
university and his catalogue of class
honors almost eXhaust5 the list. Be
sides being identified with the outside
press, he has also been on the editorial
forces of the Daily Cardinal and the
Aegis.
In the field of bacteriology, Messrs.
John Weinzirl, of Eau Gale, and H.
A. Harding. of Brodhead, are hOnored.
MIR. Weinzirl writes his thesis on The
Bacterial Flora of Cheese and It's Re
lation to the Ripening Process. He
was graduated from the River Falls
state normal school before entering
the university two years ago. Mr.
Harding is graduate of the Rrodhead
high school He writes on the Causal
Relation of Bacteria to the Formation
of Silage.
David w. Maloney, of Elk Creek, is
alone in the field Of economics. He
has been absent from the university
the present semester. His thesis on
Agricultural Depression also won for
him a prize of $50 at the University Of
Michigan.
George w. Wilder of Evansville.
wins special honors in physics, writing
Of the Counter Electro Motive Force of
the Electric Arc.
W. d. Tallman. of Madison, wins
honOrs in mathematics on his thesis,
Duality in Modern Geometry. He was
born in Arkansas in 1875 and was
@uated from the Sparta high school
1892 He has been instructor in
solid geometry at Che university dur
ing the past semester and has just
been elected to the chair of mathe-
MATES i'll the Madison high school
Martin p Rindlaub Jr. of Platte
vile, is son of Editor NJ. P. Rind-
laub OF the PIatteville Witness, and
honors in English writing on The
Element of Mysticism in Hawthorne
He was graduated from the Platte
vile normal school in 1891 entering
the university two years later Last
year he served as principal of the
Platteviue public schools. He has just
attained his majority.
George H. Trautman, of Whitewa-
ter, wins special honOrs in mechanical
engineering. writing on Tests for
Steam Injectors. He has also won
distinction in athletic and musical cir
cles, playing quarter on the football
team last year and having been for
three years previous a member of the
banjo club. He is % years OF age.