The Lamar register., 1908-05-27
GRADUATED AT
MINING SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
AT GOLDEN.
ADDRESS AND GIFTS
DEGREES GRANTED TO LARGE
GRADUATING CLASS AND
PRIZES AWARDED.

Denver-The thirty-fourth annual
commencement Of the Colorado School
of Mines was held Friday afternoon at
Golden. The hall was well filled long
before O'Clock, special cars having
brought n large crowd from denver
including Gov. and Mrs. II. "A. Buchtel'
Judge and Mrs. w. II. MaXweil, Judge
and Mrs. John Campbell, Judge and
Mrs. o. f. LeFevre and many other
prominent citizens.
A class of fifty stalwart mining en-
rineers received their diplomas.
Thomas +. Walsh who has made his
millions in Colorado mines, gave the
school $1,000, and also delivered one
Of the finest addresses II has ever Deen
the privilege OF Mines graduating
class to hear
Mr.. Walshs gift was in the nature
of a most gratifying surprise. IL is
divided into two funds of $1,000 each.
Mr.. Walsh is much interested in the
development Of the rare mineral eie-
ments of the state, particularly uran-
ium, vanadium and tungsten, and the
money is to be used for this purpose.
The second $1,000 was given in the
name of Mrs. Walsh and their dauGh-
ter, Evelyn. The money was placed
at the disposal of President Anderson
to be used as loan fund from which
students who desire to prosecute their
mining studies and do not have the
means to do so MAJ receive assist
ance.
The degree of f. NJ. mining engi-
neer) was conferred upon william
Reuel Chedsey, Charles Alexander
Langrall. Albert Warren Brlnker,
Charles Denison Root, Martin Hamii-
ton Kilgour. Carroll Burt Island, Karl
a. ;nI. V1acDnn
Jesse Taylor Boyd. Clarence Harold
Murch. Burr Jones French. Gary E.
Block, Irwin Percy Jones. Herman
Charles Zulch, Thomas Samuel Harri-
son. Henry Lewis jacques. Milton AL
| fred Pray, Williams Ashby Jones, Jr.,
Lawrence Charles Page, Seymour f.
Cline, Benjamin Wallis Knowles,
Charles LeRoy Brown, Howard Doug
las Whitehouse, Charles Frances
Adams Reno, Morris IN Harris, Robert
Montgomery Wheeler. Arthur Whit
comb Buel. William Ward Blackburn,
Leon Paul Hill. Malcolm Menelaus
Stuart and Alfred Chester Ellsworth.
The degree of T.. Met. tmetallurgical
engineer) was conferred upon Forrest
Sloan Dunlevy. Byron Morgan John
son. Willis Wright Evans, Ira Jay
Dilts. Maynard James Trott, Harold
Hutchinson Goe, Sidney Willis
French. Carl Eugene Lesher, Freder-
ick f. Frick. Arthur John Weinig.
Robert Baxter Elder. Russell Ritchey
Bryan and Hal Greenwood Knight.
Degrees OF f. NJ. and f. Met. were
conferred upon Samuel Craig Sandus-
ky. Herbert Austin Everest and Jas.
Bennett Lowell.
William Samuel Medell was given
the degree Of bachelor of science. Me
dell took his degree as of the class Of
1895
Prizes for superior work were
awarded as follows:
Pocket transit and aneroid baro-
meter, to William Reuei Chedsey and
| Charles Alexander Lanerall.
| Fifty dollars to Herbert Austin Ever
est for thesis. "Tunneling Machinery"
Fifty dollars to Herman Charles
Zulch and Thomas Samuel Harrison Tor
thesis. Court Maps and Models"
Fifty dollars to Harold Hutchinson
Goe and Sidney Willis French for the
sis. THE Concentration of Tungsten
| Ores"
Hundred dollars TO William Ashby
Jones. Jr.. and Lawrence Charles Page
for thesis. a Report on the Old Town
Mine. Idaho Springs"
Stoiber prize of 800 to Carl Eugene
I.esher for thesis 1.-The Electrothermic
Reduction of Zins." and $3.50 to Fred
erick F. Frick. Arthur John Meinig
and James Bennett Lowell for thesis,
Copper Converting
The governors prize Of $50 for gen
eral scholarship. character and school
loyalty was divided into two parts of
s25 each and was awarded by Governor
Buchtel himself to Robert E. Elder and
Benjamin W. Knowles. The Governor
said he had offered the same prize in
six other institutions of learning in the
state and hoped that future governors
would continue giving these prizes