Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
BY STATE UNIVERSITY
Annual Commencement Exer-
cises End Wednesday With
Conferring of Degrees

ATHENS, Ca, June 15.-The annual
commencement exercises OF the Uni
versity of Georgia came to an interest
ing close today. The following program
closed the commencement:
Senior and Law Glass Orations-Sen-
iors, E. T. Miller. Momer V. Reynolds;
lawyers, Hughes Spalding. g. c. Spiders
Valedictory-H. A. Nix.
Baccalaureate Address-Judge Walter
G. Charlton, Savannah, Ga.
Announcement of distinctions.
Comforting of degrees.
The reunion of the class of 1900 was
quite an. affair. There were some %
present An elegant banquet was
served at the Georgian hotel and some
good speeches made. Mr.. Charles w.
Davis, of Atlanta, is president of the
class and Charlie Nell Young, of Ath-
ems, treasurer. Nf
At the alumni banquet yesterday elo-
uuent speeches mere made by DR.. Soule
and Governor Brown.
The medal for best junior orator was
last evening awarded to John Rountreer
of Statesboro.
defamation was also last evening
awarded to ]. NJ. Lynch, of Florence
S. C.
The board Of trustees yesterday after
noon elected Prof. Robert Mcwhorter
adjunct professor of Latin and Greek;
Prof. Marion DuBose, associate profess
sor in German; Professor Payne was
made associate professor in history.
The trustees also appropriated $1,000
for the completion of the new athletic
field.
The following prizes were awarded:
Prize for general excellence freshman
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man, Newman; best essay, gold medal,
Oze Van Wyck, Atlanta; for the best
drilled cadet, golde medal, Bert Michael,
Athens; Wilcox prize. best French schol-
ar in the senior class, $50 in gold, H. l..
Lanham, Rome; Wilcox prize, best Ger
man scholar in the senior class. $50 in
gold, r. NJ. Davis, Swainsboro; logical
subject, $50 in gold, Sam Brock, Carroll
ton; Walter B. Hill prize in ethics, es-
say upon an ethical subject, $50 in gold.
]. NJ. Walker, Macon; w. j. Bryan prize,
best essay on "Our Form Of Government
SO in gold, ]. H. Ross, Brunswick; R. e
Park, Jr., prize, best GRAFTON by a mem
Der of the junior class, gold medal, ]. r.
Powell, Statesboro; L. H. Charbonnier
prize, best scholar in physics in the SEN
Tor class, set of drawing instruments,
d. F. Barrow, Athens; a special prize Of
s25 in gold awarded for the best essay
upon a topic connected with the history
of Georgia, G. T. Northen, Atlanta; Junior
scholarship. $50 in gold, greatest profcien-
cy in all agricultural subjects for the col
lege year 1903, $780, W. F. Whatley; soph-
omore scholarship, $40 in gold, greatest
proficiency in all agricultural subjects
for the college year 1909-191O r. r.
Childs. freshman scholarship, $50 in gold,
greatest proficiency in all agricultural
subjects during the college year 1909-1O,
]. L. Young; one year agricultural course,
S25 in gold, greatest proficiency in all
agricultural subjects for the college year
1909-1910, NJ. S. Hills; s. in gold three
prizes, SIS, SIS and so respectively for the
best essays on THE Use and Application
of Commercial Fertilizers first. L. E
Rast, second. E. s. Sell. third c. H. Nc
LeMore SO in gold student showing the
greatest proficiency in the handling of
cream separators, E. W. johnson. Gaines
VILE; silver cup to student in the one
year course writing the best essay on
Farm Crops" E. c. Westbrooks; $50 on
THE Use of Explosives in Agriculture"
to be awarded in November; SO in gold
to student writing the best essay on The
Relation of Soil Improvement to Crop
Production" G. E. Rice; so in gold TO
the student writing the best essay on
y he influence of Seed Selection on In
creased Yields" L. E. Rast; $50 in gold.
pharmacy prize, ]. r. King; s25 by trus-
tees. best essay (agriculturaD. Z. s. Sell.
Jackson county; Georgian prizes best
story, Walter Mcclellan; best essay.
Walter Mcclellan; best poem. J. E Va
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