Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-22
Special to the Register.

but they increased to-day until there
was not room for the people in Com
mencement hall, and hundreds were
denied admission. Those who were
present heard a programme lat was
made up of selections rendered by
the school of music pupils and teach
ers, and an address by John Fiske, OF
Cambridge, Mass, who talked on "Old
and New Methods of Teaching His
tory" The address vas a very good
one and was heard with a great deal OF
attention. It was much ABOVE the Or
: binary commencement address.
Seyenty-hve diplomas were given to
candidates from the various depart
ments. They were conferred by the
board of regents through the president
OF the University. Those who receiv-
ed them and the degrees conferred
were as follows:
Bachelor of Arts-Bernard Camillus
Bondurant, Carrie Louise Dent, Silas
Marion Hoff, Thomas Carskadon John
son, Robert Morris, William Frazer Ma
ret.
Bachelor Of Science in Agriculture
Thomas Zephaniah Atkeson.
Bachelor of Arts-Van Ara Barricknan,
Grace Lunsford Brahm. Bertha Cleland
Browning, Ira Benton Bush, Villa Hart
Butcher, Lathrop Russell Charter, Jr.,
George Washington Conley, Charles Hen
ry Ebers, Harrison Jules Lewis Frank,
Howard Mason Gore, Ray Vernon Hen
men, Walter Forse Holland, Gillian Jam
ison, William James,, William Scott John,
d J1~,-.L z,,g- T1~A- noxfl $780,
Scott Cephas Lowe, Walter Loring Lowe,
William Gregory Marten, Raymond Max
well, Peerce Naylor Mcdonald, Walter
Alexander McGlumphy. Albert Claire Nc
Wicker, James Alva Meredith, Clarence
Poe, Clyde Randolph, Ina Blanche Right
mire, Benjamin Richardson Roller, VIII
bur Lawrence Robe, Buckner Fairfax
Scott, Walter Haines South, Charles
Walter Waddell, Alvore Glenn Hughes.
Bachelor OF L~aws-Edward Staples Bar
nitz, Van Ara Barrickman, Gibson Lamb
Caldwell, Thomas Coleman, William We'll
lington Hughes, Scott Cephas Lowe,
James Alva Meredith, Charles Curtin
Rose.
Bachelor Of Arts in Law-Lewis Arm
Strong Yeager.
Certificates in Law-Henry Stuart Ca
TO, John Goodman, Jesse Ward Daniel,
Clay Day. Joseph Henry Harrison Dom
ahey. David Milton Easley. Robert En-
met Guy, Leroy Virgil Holsberry, Clark
Langley. Count Lee Radcliffe. William
Jefferson Snee. Charles Patrick Swint.
Frank Weaver, George Rogers Clarke
Wiles.
Certificate in Art-Addie Rosalie Ire
land.
Certificates in Military Science and
Tactics-William T. Alexander, William
II. Bayles, S. Garland Butler, Lathrop R.
Charter, Jr., Hugo Fr~ankenberger, How
ard NJ. Gore, Ebert Jones, Henry S.
Lively, Benjamin F. Roller. Earl H.
Smith.
Governor Atkinson presided on the
Tostrum and announced the prizes.
They included the. following:
The Governor Atkinson prize of s25
to the best all-round student in the
University, William N. Bayles.
The Mrs. Atkinson prize of S25 to
the best all-round woman student in
the University. Miss Fannie Berke-
ley.
Elkins prize in Greek to student
making best average in first years
work, $50, and second prize of $40 for
student making second best in same
work, tie between William NJ. Baum
gardner and Miss Moan A. Bittle.
Scott prize of 500 for best declama-
ton by woman student, Miss Daisy
Belle Jehu.
Regents prizes, essay, subject,
High Schools in West Virginia" won
by w. w. Smith.
Preparatory student making best
record In defamation, SIS, Miss Ber-
tina E. Compton.
Second next, SO, Henry F. Jones.
Third best, S., w. H. Ashcraft.
Debate, $50, won by Columbian rep
resentatives, H. H. Rose and Tusca
Morris.
Thirty-dollar grafton, won by Par
thenon, Charles B. Hickman.
Twelve dollars, essay, Columbian,
Gilbert B. Miller.
Fifteen dollars, defamation, Column
bian, Gillian Jamison.
Wiles prizes, 500 in grafton, w. w.
Hughes; second, gold medal, William
S. John.
Edward Thompson prize in law, for
essay on subject Effect of the Four
tenth Amendment of the Constitution
of the United States on the Police Pow
ers of the State" James A. Meredith.
w. C. T. U. essay, .S25, Passing Of
Alcohol" w. w. Smith.
J.. o. Thompson, of Keyser, prize
for most progress in English compost
ton and rhetoric, F. c. Herod.
w. H. Miller prize, Carrie Z. Wells.
Gold medal for best drilled cadet,
j. NJ. c.. Forquer. Silver medal for
best score at target, Sergeant Bruce
Bailey; second, L. P. Corbin.
Corps colors were awarded to Co. G.
Tonight a reception was held in the
gymnasium given by the president in
lieu of the annual commencement bali
which had to be he'd at the Wallace
House because there were not any
place in the University to hold it
The board of regents held no ses-
sion to-day. A committee is hard at
work going over all of the bills Of the
University and il. will not finish before
late in the night. Tomorrow it will re-
port and the regular work will be TAX
en- UP. All of the regents are here ex-
cept Judge Campbell and he is expect
ed 10 come in tomorrow morning.
One of the members of the board told
your representative this morning that
the statements wired the Register last
night would do again for to-day. There
Is nothing new on the surface. The
anti-Raymond crowd, however, has