The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-01
FIVE Will TAKE DEGREES
INDIANAPOLIS STUDENTS IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
Miss May Wheeler's Work I'm Bacteri-
ology and Sanitary S~cience-In-
diana's Representation.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANN ARBOR, Mich, May 3l.-F1ve IN
dianapolis students will be graduated from
the University of Michigan at the COM
ing commencement, on June is. They are
May Wheeler, Jessie Bell Bassett, Charles
May Wheeler, Jessie Belle Bassett, Charles
and Benjamin HI. Hong.
May Wheeler is already an alumnus Of
the university. having received the degree
of bachelor of arts in 1901. This year the
university will confer on her the degree
doctor of philosophy. This is a great honor.
as only ten out of the two thousand and
more women who have been graduated
from the university have received the de-
gree of doctor of philosophy. Miss Wheeler
will be the eleventh woman to get the title.
Miss Wheeler, as has been the case with
all others, gets the degree because of work
actually done. For two years she has been
devoting her best energies to the study
Of physiological chemistry. bacteriology and
sanitary science. Her work has been Of
such a high degree that during the past
year she has held the Rockefeller scholar
ship In hygien ne,, Last year. year she Sb contributed ef
Sarcina Lutea," to the Transactions of the
Association CT American Physicians. She
has prepared a thesis entitled, The Chem
istry Of Bacterial Cells, with Special Rel-
erence to the Yellow Sarcine and Typhoid
Bacillus which she will read and defend
at her final examination.
Miss Jessie Belle Bassett is one of the
two girls who will be graduated from the
law school this June. There are 240 men
In the class. among whom is Charles
Vance Smith. also of indianapolis. He ex-
poets on receiving his diploma to return to
the Indiana capital to begin the practice of
his profession.
The degree Of bachelor of arts will be
conferred on Margaret Annie McGregory on
commencement day. She is a member of
the executive hoard of the Woman's League
and belongs to the Gamma Phi Beta So
rority.
Benjamin II. Hong will be graduated
from the school of pharmacy with the de-
gree of pharmaceutical chemist. He is a
member of the PHI Chi Fraternity.
In addition to those about to graduate
there are nine Indianapolis students in the
university this year. Herman Augustus
Helming Is a junior In the medical depart
ment. and John Frederick Engelke a fresh
students are in the literary department:
Louisa Amelia Van Dyke. Z. Walter FL
der, Thomas Allan Sims, Laurance Cam
eron Hull, Ida Monson Andrews, William q.
Hoag and Ernest M. Sims.
Last year four Indianapolis men were
graduated from the university. Daniel Irv-
ing Elder received the degree of bachelor
of arts. and John Alexander Craig. Delos
Andrew Aiig and Major Alexander Down
ing received the degree of bachelor of laws.
For years the State Of Indiana has been
a heavy contributor to the student body
of the university. This year there are 165
Indiana students in the university. Mich
which send more students to this insti-
tuition than does Indiana. The number Of
Indiana students In the university has been
increasing for the last six years. In
$4,000. l29; In 10000. 13S; in 1S0l-02. 144: In
1902-03. l65-