The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
GRIEF STALKS
At UNIVERSITY
Prominent Men in Senior
Class Informed That Di-
plomas Are Not for Them
MANY FALL BY WAYSIDE
Record Is Broken, as
Nearly 100 Do Not E1-
pect to Graduate This Year

BURKEIEY, May Reconsideration
.pread through the ranks of the senior
class of the university this morning.
when tho news was unohcially an
nounced that nearly 100 seniors. inoaud-
INK some Of the most prominent men
and women In the class. had Jailed 90
secure sufncient credits In the current
examinations to ent1tle them to de-
Erees. making II impossible for them
20 graduate
II Is not unusual for seniors TO be
''cinched," as the college phrase has It.
but never before has it been reported
that such q large percentage OF the
class has been unable TO satisfy the po-
tent, grave and reverend dong who
conduct the examinations at the uni
versity. Neither has IL bean customary
for so many prominent seniors to fsl
by the wayside at the end OF the term
In the cases OF some OF these stu
dents, who are known to be exception
ally clever, and even brilliant. the ex-
PLANTATION is AT once forthcoming that
excess Of class functions. official activ-
ides and the like have interfered
with their studies. making 1t impracd-
cable for them TO do the REQUESTS
digging before examinations Eu-
gene Hauett, president Of the senior
class, does not expect to graduate, al
though he LIS generally conceded TO be
one OF the ablest men that have at
tended the university. He has made q
record as a worker in high executive
positions, having been editor Of the
Blue and Gold, business manager Of
the Californian, editor OF the Pelican,
chairman Of the rally committee and
now president Of the senior class He
gave I'D the Craftsmanship Of the rally
committee and the editorship OF the
Pelican when elected class president a
few months ago, in order to have time
Tor mis- studies. but it was too late to
make UP for opportunities lost
Augustus Keane, rated as perhaps
the most brilliant of the men who take
peculiar interest in literature and the
drama, editor of the Occident, ranking
high in every way among students and
faculty men, does not expect to gradu-
ate. In the same situation are such
men as Jack O'Connell, a prominent
senior; John Edwards, who was among
the haIf-dozen selected to speak at the
big university meeting two weeks ago,
when the most prominent seniors were
called upon for brief addresses; Will
liam Husssy Murray, business manager
OF the Occident. known TO be far above
the average student in point Of scholar
~ achievements. ability to assimilate
matter that is taught, and ranking high
with his classmates as a student and
executive officer. Murray, however, did
not expect to graduate, as he had been
out for months on account of illness,
and accordingly planned to continue
his work at the university next term.
The crowd Of seniors who fail to
graduate are planning a social func-
ton on the night Of commencement
day, when President and Mrs. Wheeler
hold a reception for the graduating
class in hearst Hall, that is calculated
10 help them forget their natural sor-
row and regrets. Plans for this affair
are not yet complete, but arrangements
are now being made by the seniors who
already have been informed that they
need not expect to be awarded diplo-
mas this term.