Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
LAWRENCE GIVES
DEGREES TO MANY
HONORS DISTRIBUTED AT COM
MENCEMENT AMONG GRAD
UATING STUDENTS.
SCHOOL VERY PROSPEROUS.
Salaries of Faculty Members Raised
Through Rockefeller Fund,
Recently Acquired.
BOARD OF REGENTS ELECTED.

APPLETON, Wis, June II. - The
fifty-frst annual commencement was
held at Lawrence university this morn
ing when DR.. c. NJ. Cobern of Mead
vile, Pa, delivered the address, after
which President Samuel Pl-ntz present
ed the diplomas to the members of the
graduating class and announced the
winners of the prizes, honors and schol-
arships for the year.
The first hOnOrs of the senior class
were carried off by Roy NJ. Lewis OF
Hortonville, president of the graduating
class. TIE second honors We're award
ed to Miss Hazel North of Evansville,
and the third honors to Miss Fannie
Bell of Beloit.
In addition to the class honors special
honors are awarded to students who at
tain a grade of 80 or better in their ma
jor subject for the four years and not
below 50 in any other subject. These
special honors were awarded to three
members of the class as follows: Chem
IStry, Roy NJ. Lewis, HortOnville; Latin,
Robert Barnes, Menasha; Latin, Miss
Fannie Bell, Beloit.
Special Honors Awarded.
The annual prizes were awarded as
follows:
Lewis prize, founded in 1860 by Gov j.
I. Lewis, and bestowed upon the student
making the best record in scholarship and
Geeportment during the year and open to
arts-Miss Sarah Gertrude Bemis of Me-
LaSha.
McNaughton prize, given by John Me
Naughton to the student who attains the
highest proficiency in Latin during the
sophomore year-Miss Elsie smithies Of
NauSau.
Peabody prize, given by George f. Pea
body to the student who attalns second
rank IN Latin during the sophomore year
Miss Jean Patterson, Appleton.
Hicks prize, established by Hon. John
Hicks Of Oshkosh, for that member of the
sophomore class who writes the best Eng
lish comnposition-Jay C.. Youmans, Osn-
Parry, kenOsha.
Presidents prize, awarded for excellence
in defamation the contest having been
leld on Monday evening-Eirst, Miss Elise
Marie Stroud, Oshkosh; second Eben Cor
nelson EstelIine, \. D:
FRESHMAN scholarships, 500 each,
awarded on the basis of competitive exam
nation in English, Latin and mathematics
Norman Brokaw scholarship to Miss Lily
Swanson, Bay ield Wis; John McNaugh-
age; o. z. Schlafer scholarship to Miss ES-
tella Saecher, Lake Mills; E. D. Wright
scholarship to Miss Bessie Moss, Hudson.
The degree of bachelor of arts was
awarded to the following seniors this
morning:
Charlotte Bell, Beloit; Frances Parker
BraytOn, Appleton; James Parker bins
dale, Galena, III; Fred Ernest Drescher,
du Lac; Robert Emmett Hamilton, kau-
kauna: John Selden Hoover, New Lisbon;
Earl r. Jackson, Mineral Point; Roy Mil
ton Lewis, HortOnville; Ina Belinda MiIiar,
Waupaca; Hazel Athena North Evansville;
William Godfrey RaddatZ, Neenah; Allie
Nora Rasmussen. Hammond; Fred Sex
NTH, Wausau: Elmer George Sherger,
Evansville; Marie c. Slack, Hermansville,
Mich; Carol Mary Smart, Wild Rose; EIma
Louise Snyder, Deerbrook; Alphias W.
Triggs, Appleton; Cora Josephine Zinkgraf,
WATERFOWL; Mary Althea Wood, Appleton.
The degree of master of arts was con
fered on Harry z. Flynn of Peshtigo.
Faculty Salaries Raised
The board of regents completed their
salary of every professor of the univer-
sIty from 20 to % per cent. This was
made possible by the gift of $4,000 to
the university by John d. Rockefeller
through the General Educational board
of New York, when the university raised
S15O,0O0, the draft for $4,000 having
been received only a few weeks ago.
The new schedule of salaries, which
places the Lawrence teachers next to
those of the state university in point of
salaries. is as follows: Heads of de-
partments, $500; associate professors,
$1,000; assistant professors, $11O0; in
structors, $500.
The annual report of the treasurer,
made to the board of regents, shows that
the university is now worth approx
mately $1,0OO000, a gain of more than
100000 in one year. The report also
showed that the disbursements were only
$500 more than the receipts for the year,
the best showing ever made by the in
stitution and it is predicted that next
year the showing will for the first time
be on the right side of the ledger, and
that in the siXtieth year of the school.
The following regents We're reelected
yesterday for a period of three years: L.
NJ. Alexander, Milwaukee; Nathan G..
Giffin, Fond du Lac; George T. Peabody,
Appleton; Isaac Stephenson, Marinette;
James S. Reeve, Appleton; Edward Ed
monds, Appleton; George a. Whiting,
Mena5ha; Charles r. Smith, Neenah.
c. c. Yaukey of Wausau and H. S.
MOehIenpab of Clinton were elected to
succeed A ]. Rich of Wauwatosa and
Z. r. Hicks of Oshkosh.