The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29
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-fouyth 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 large crowd from Denver,
including Gov and Mrs. II. a. Buchtel,
Judge and Mrs. W. II. Maxwell, Judge
and Mls. John Campbell, Judge and
Mrs. o. e. LeFevre and many other
prominent citizens.
A class of fifty stalwart mining en-
eineers received their diplomas
Thomas F. Walsh, who has made his
millions in Colorado mines, gave the
school $1,000, ana also delivered one
Of the finest addresses ii has ever been
the privilege of Mines graduating
class to hear,
Mr.. Walsh's gift was in the nature
of most gratifying surprise. 1t is
divided into two funds of $1,000 each
Mr.. Walsh is much interested in the
development of the rare mineral ele-
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 a 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 e. NJ. CMning engi-
neer) was conferred upon William
Reuel Chedsey. Charles Alexander
Langral, Albert Warren Brinker,
Charles Denlson Root, Martin Hamii-
ION Kilgour. Carroll Burt island, Karl
Gregory Link. William Val Decamp,
Jesse Taylor Boyd. Clarence Harold
Murch, Burr Jones French, Gary T.
Block, Irwin Percy Jones, Herman
Charles Zulch. Thomas Samuel Harri-
son, Henry Lewis Jacques. Milton Al
fred Pray, Williams Ashby Jones. .lr.,
Lawrence Charles Page. Seymour +.
Cline. Benjamin Wallis Knowles,
Charles Leroy Brown, Howard Doug
| las Whitehouse, Charles Frances
Adams Reno. Morrison Harris, Robert
Montgomery Wheeler, Arthur Whit
comb Buel, William Ward Blackburn,
Leon Paul Hill. Malcolm Menelaus
Stuart and Alfred Chester Ellsworth.
! The degree of E. Met (metallurgical
cngineer) was conferred upon Forrest
Sloan Dunlevy, Byron Morgan John
son. willis Wright Evans, Ira LAY
Dilts, Maynard James Trott, Harold
Hutchinson Goe, Sidney Willis
French, Carl Eugene I-esher, Freder-
ick +. Frck, Arthur John Wenis.
Robert Baxter Elder, Russell Ritchey
Bryan and Hal Greenwood Knight.
Degrees OF E. Nj. and e. Net. 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 CT the class of
1895.
Prizes for superior work were
awarded as follows:
Pocket transit and aueroid baro
meter, to william Reuei Chedsey and
Charles Alexander Lansrall.
Fifty dollars to Herbert Austin Ever
est for thesis. "Tunneling MACHINERY"
Fifty dollars TO Herman Charles
Zulch and Thomas Samuel Harrison for
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 s1o0 to Carl Eugene
Lesher for thesis, The Electrothermic
Reduction of Zinc" and S15O to Fred
erick +. Frick, Arthur John MeiniS
and James Bennett Lowell for thesis.
Cooper 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 Z. 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.