The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-17

| for Service" pleading for the help of
| educated women for the unfortunate
woman workers. Miss Soules was
| followed by Glenn Vernon Burroughs
with the subject college Education
and Industrial Problems" in which he
set forth field for service for college
men in settling the social and labor
problems of America. Stephen Arthur
! Stone was the last orator, with the
| subject college Men and Country
Life" Stone made a strong plea for
| better educational facilities i'll the
country, which would keep the young
| men and women from the city.
President Penrose announced the
awards of honors. The Louisa Phelps
| Anderson Greek scholarship was
awarded to Stanley Yates, member
Of the class 1912, student from Pen
dleton. The D. S. Baker scholarship,
given to the honor graduate>from Pear
+! sons academy was awarded to Elise
Aellen, of the class of 1913. The Eng
| lish essay prizes, were awarded to
| Walter Felthouse, ,09, first place, and
John Barron Washburn, 10, second
place. The Norma J. Ryan English es-
say prize, instituted last year and
awarded for the first time at this COM
| mencement, was divided between John
F. Stone and Edna Fleming, both of
| the class of 1912. The Hall cups, CIV
en- for best physical development, were
awarded to Alice Mcmillan and Alva
Kit, both members of 1912. The Greek
club vase prize was divided between
! Walter Penthouse and John Barron, also
winners of the English prize. The
Physics prize went to Elisa Aellen,
winner of the D. S. Baker Scholar
| ship.
Following the award of hRors Il
| gift from the class of 1889, was I'M
yelled by the little daughter of Alien H
Reynolds, a member of the class. The
large flags ,draping the end of Mem
orial building were pulled aside, and
| the gift, a portrait of DR.. Jay Ander-
| son, the first President of Whitman
college, and the father of acting Pres
ident L. F. Anderson, was unveiled.
The gift marked the twentieth ami
versary of the graduation of the class
of 1889. The portrait was painted by
the famous New York artist, Frank
Fowler
The degree of Bachelor of Science,
with major studies in the departments
indicated were conferred upon Thorn
as Alexander butcher, mathematics
physics, Willard Penthouse, mathema-
tics, Andrew Otto Holm, mathematics,
Ernest Adolph Schmidt, mathematics
The degree of Bachelor of Science, with
/ Do ~
Cahill, biology, and John Cushman
Lyman, biology. Degrees of bachelor
of Science, with high honors, were
conferred upon Glenn Vernon Bur-
roughs, mathematics and modern Ian
guages, and Iona We're Snyder, mathe-
matics.
The degree of Bachelors of letters
with major studies in the departments
indicated were conferred upon Paul
Porter Brainard, economics; Marian
McConaughy, latin and german; Ste
: phen Arthur Stone, English; Marie
Elisa Aellen, french and german, cum
laude; May Worthington, english, cum
laude; Natalie Esther Soules, latin an6
i german, magma cum laude; Mary STAN
n baugh, english, magma cum laude.
The degree of Bachelor of arts, with
major studies in the department in
Dictated was conferred upon Rufus Ar
thur Coleman, biology and english;
Walter Penthouse, english; Donald Can
on Marvin, greek; Ella Charlotte Pos
ton, latin Louise May Herman, ger
man, cum laude; Bertha Helen Whit
ney, english, cum laude; Olga Gott
Z freda Johnson, english, magma cum
laude; Fannie Peck, latin, magma cum
laude; Elda Pearl Porter, greek ant
classics, magma cum laude.
The degree of Master of Science, witt
major study in the department of econ
omics, was conferred upon Parker Bar
rett, B. S., Whitman college, 1903. MI
Parker presented the Thesis; "Indust
rial Insurance"
After the benediction pronounced b.
the Rev. Mark A Mathews, of Seat
tie, a member of the board of over
seers, the occasional was played.