Gilpin observer., 1902-06-26
STATE SCHOOL OF MINES.
Graduating Exercises and Election Of
New President.

a New President.
Denver, June 21.-The trustees Of the
State School of Mines met at Golden
Thursday and elected Professor Chas.
s. Palmer, professor of chemistry at
the University of Colorado at Boulder,
to succeed Regis Chauvenet as presi-
dent of the mining school. On the in
formal ballot Professor Davidson Of
Des Moines received one vote, but Pro-
fessor Palmer was unanimously chOs-
en- on the formal ballot
The graduating exercises of the class
Of 1902 were held Thursday afternoon
at the Golden Opera House, which was
well filled. A special train was run on
the Denver, Lakewood & Golden rail
road to accommodate the friends Of the
school from Denver. The opera house
was decorated in the school colors and
the stage was banked with palms.
William II. Bryant of Denver ad-
dressed the graduates. He spoke of
the great advance that had been made
within the last 100 years In civilization
and attributed it to the scientific dis
coveries which had been made possi-
BILE by the great privilege of free
speech and free thought, which was
enjoyed first in America and later in
other countries. He impressed upon
the graduates the fact that although
the advance had been marvellous, the
wonders that had been accomplished
in the nineteenth century were but
foreshadowings of what would be done
during the twentieth. The scientific
college men, he said, would be the ones
from whom this would be expected.
The honor of comforting the degrees
was left to Regis Chauvenet. retiring
president of the school. Professor
Chauvenet spoke a few words to the
graduates, advising them to take truth
and honesty as their motto if they
wished to attain true success. The
graduates are worthy of the name Of
mining engineers and Professor Chau-
venet has certainly lived up to the
words which he spoke to them when
they were freshmen, that there would
be no tail enders" in the class and
that no one would be graduated who
was not thoroughly competent in all
of the branches of mining engineering.
Only twenty per cent of the original
class has succeeded in securing the di-
ploma which marks a successful end
ing to the four-year course.
The list of graduates follows:
Neil A. Anderson. Union, Idaho;
Herbert E. Badger. Greeley, Colo.
Chauncey T. Barron. Ell Paso, Tex;
John Evans Bergh. Denver. Colo; John
William Bucher. Denver. Colo; G.
Contague Butler, Golden. Colo; Tavern
J. Charles, Morrison, Colo; Walter
Christensen. Fremont, Neb.; William
Hawes Coghill. Denver; Arthur Harry
Collbran, Seoul, Corea; w. Ray Cox
Golden, Colo; Walter l.. Enrich. Colo
RADIO Springs. Colo; William Witty El.
lis, Denver, Colo: Frank NJ. Estes. Jr
st. Louis, Mo-; Harry NJ. lexis, Cres.
ton, Iowa; Frank Welton Lehmer, Oma
ha, Neb.; James Fay Montrose, Den
yer, Colo: Cleveland Osgood Moss
Denver, Colo; Russell b. Paul, Den
yer, Colo; Oliver Powers, Anger, Ohio
Horace Thornton Reno, Arvada. Colo.
John v. Richards, Spokane, Wash.
Charles Elmer Rowe. Round Rock
Tex; Lynn w. Storm, Denver. Colo.
| Alfred @. Watts, Newark. n. ].
1t Is announced that Presiden
Chauvenet will conduct the examina
tions for entrance next fall. which will
occur at Golden during the remainde
Of this week and until finally conclud
ed. Fully 200 young men. including
quite a number from Denver. have
filed applications to be admitted as
freshmen. This is twice as many as
the school will accommodate.