The San Francisco call., 1909-04-29
STANFORD STUDENTS
CHOOSE OFFICERS
j. E. Shelton of San Jose Elected
President and H. R. Stolz
Vice President
D. w. Burbank of Santa Cruz
Made Graduate Manager
by Big Majority

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 2s.
j. e. Shelton of San Jose was elected
president of the Associated Students
of Stanford university today as the
only nominee. and H. r. Stolz was
elected vice president in d similar
manner Stolz is a senior and an ath-
lete, while Shelton Is a junior and a
debater. The office OF secretary was
contested by ]. NJ. Wadsworth of Santa
Rosa and P. J. Batkin of Riverside.
but Wadsworth was the winner by a
safe margin.
There was a hot contest for the place
OF graduate manager, which was voted
TO ID. w. Burbank, a popular senior
from Santa Cruz, by a big majority
over F. w. Turner of Oakland. Bur-
bank is manager of the 1909 Quad.
while Turner has been assistant grad
uate manager for two years.
The position of editor in chief of
the Daily Palo Alto, the college paper,
which was contested, went to Charles
II. Halls of Santa Barbara the pres
ent managing editor, who is also one
OF the joint editors of the 1910 Quad
and a member of the Sequoia staff AS
a manager he Will have r. j. Glen
denning of Santa Clara, who was elect
ed over J. Huston of San Francisco.
Earl NJ Leaf of San Jose was chosen
TO edit the Sequoia. the literary
monthly, over S. N. Hillyard of London,
Eng. W. r. Pittinger of Los Angeles
was chosen manager.
The positions on the executive COM
mittee of the Associated Students were
given to ]. H. PoIhemus of San Fran
cisco and H. V. Poor of Riverside as
the Junior men, w d. Fletcher of Palo
Alto as the sophomore and w. S.
Worthington as the freshman repre-
sentative.
President David Starr Jordan, being
vice president of the national peace
conference. will leave the campus to-
morrow to attend the second annual
gathering of the delegates in Chicago,
May 3 to 5. DR.. Jordan is to speak
on The Biology of War" While in
the east he will made addresses at
commencement exercises at Byrn Mawr
college and the University of Indiana
F. L. Wilde. the varsity crew man
who is suffering from kidney COM
plants as a result of overexertion
while rowing in the varsity eight, is
on the road to recovery, although his
life is yet in the balance.
Sigma XII, the scientific honor society
OF the American universities, has an
nounced the addition of members to
the local chapter The list includes
several graduates who are well known
varsity athletes as we'll as graduates
who have become famous since leaving
college. The name of Edmund Heller,
01, who is accompanying former Pres
ident Roosevelt on his African hunt. is
included in the list. The honored
graduates are:
Physics-G. F. McEwen, '0S, and Miss
Shirley Hyatt. OF.
Chemistry-George D. Barnett '06
Botany-C. s. Morris. '0S.
Systematic Botany-J. w. McMur-
ply, '0s.
zoology-Edmund Heller, '01, Rich
ard c. McGregor '9S, Miss Josephine
Randall. '07. S. s. Berry, '09, and Frank
w. Weymouth '09.
Observation-Disclosures r. E. Richard
son. ABB. Illinois, '01.
Geology-Robert V. Anderson. '04,
Theodore Chaplin, ,os, James o. Lewis,
'09. w. H. Ochsner. '0s.
Mechanical engineering-E p. Les
ley, 90. assistant professor.
Electrical sengineering-A o. Aus
tin, 03.
officers for the upper class chemis-
try fraternity of Min Kaph Min were
elected today. r. w. Poindexter. a
junior, was made president and G. S.
Staber, '0s, vice president; t. B. Hine.
10. secretary ry-treasurer and C. N.
each librarian