Milford chronicle., 1912-06-21
DELAWARE COLLEGE
AWARDS DEGREES

For the first time in many years Com
mencement Day at Delaware College
brought with it rain which kept back the
usual large crowd Wednesday. The ora
tory, however, where the exercises were
held, was well filled and many had to
stand. The rain did not interfer in any
way with the program, which was car
ried out as planned.
, Parents, brothers, sisters and sweet
hearts of the twenty-seven graduates
were well represented among the visitors
and the undergraduates had little part in
the program.
It was still raining at 10 80 o clock the
hour set for the beginning of the exer
cises, and the usual march of the grad
yates, members of the faculty, members
of the Board of Trustees and invited
| guests from the administration building
to the oratory had to be made in the
rain.
! Judge Charles w. Henisler, of the Su-
| preme Bench of Baltimore, made an elo-
quent address to the graduates, while
the Grafton of Howard Taylor Ennis, of
| Dover, one of the graduates, on the sub |
ject "A Plea for Leaders" " was a feature |
of the exercises. During his Grafton Mr. |
Ennis made plea for higher education |
for women of Delaware, and brought |
forth much applause when he said that |
as well as he loved Delaware College, he
would rather see her buildings razed to
the ground than to know that his alma
mater had refused her support to the
education of Delaware girls
DR.. George A. Harter, president of the
college, presided, and music was furn-
ished by Jacobs orchestra. The exer-
cises were opened with the invocation
by the Rev. William J. Lowan. The or
ations of the three graduates who had
been selected to speak on this occasion
were next made. In addition to Mr..
Ennis, the other student orators were
Robert George Hill, on The Rural
Problem and David Livingstone Sloan I
on Technical Education-A Factor i'll /
Modern Progress"
There were twenty-seven graduates /
receiving bachelor degrees, three master
degrees and one certificate for two years
course in agriculture. The degrees con ;
terred were as follows:
Master of Arts-Gustav Adolph Pap 4
perman, A. B., 1909, Buchanan, Mich. b
Master Of Science-Samuel Lucas Con-
ler, A. B., 1898, Tufts College, Mass. t
Civil Engineer Mclean Cars n
we'll, B. S. in c, E, 1908, Elsmere. al
Bachelor of Arts classical course)-
toward 1. Ennis, of Dover; S muel n y
Iammauy, of Lewes, and BENJAMIN w. "
Word, of Delmar.
Bachelor of Arts Latin scientific course) pl
= Thomas B, Tinney, of Newark and ds
Harold Lee Wilson, of Niddletown.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture gJ
,obert George Hill, of Chicopee, Mass. OF
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineer
lS-Ralph L. Jacobs, Samuel Knopf. ha
oseph P. McCafferty, Fred l.. Maier, +
.ugene R. Manning and Geo. w Sawin
Wilmington, John Gilbert Attix. of We
-enton; William A. REYNOLDS. of Akron ch
hio Edward Luff Rice, of Holly Oak; eli
liner +. Todd, of Camden, n. ]. ; Robt. ria
arr Lewis and David Livingstone Sloan, Th
Elkton, Nd. ha
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical En- en-
ineering William S. Almond. End. foi
nd James G. Lewis, of Wilmington. wi
Bachelor of Science in Electrical En-
neering Douglas B. Ayerst, Arthur Z.
rown, William NJ. Mattinglv, of vii.
ington; William Butt, of Dover. Reece
con Darlington, Robert Baker Harvey, c,
Childs, Nd, and Carl A. TAYLOR. of -,
enton. suS
Certificate two year course in aqricul- a.
re-Elmer Crearer Bennett. of Milford 80
One OF the features was the announce 49,
ent OF the winners of the various an CO
lal prizes. The most of the prizes were tG,
,esented by DR.. Harter The winners 10
How: ii's
The Bishop Coleman Memorial Prize .,
% for member of graduating class r.
wing IN all respects best standing dur T
g senior year, Robert George Hill, of e,s
licopee, Mass SL Sns
Lewis g. Bush literary prize for the 1r =
81 literary essays written by an under NJ
aduate' First, SIS, Howard I. Ennis NJ.
Dover; second, $40, Benjamin Ward, In
Delmar Jun
Lieutenant Clarke Churchman Memoir
prize, SIS, for the student attaining
e highest proficiency in the military
partment, David L. Sloane, of Elkton, 7
!; I, ing
The Women's Christian Temperance per
lion prizes for oratory and compos1- tect
n: First, SIS, Clinton H. Brown, of flies
llmington; second, SIS, Russell Pawn tai
=, of Nassau; third, $40, Alfred P. sert
)tt, of Barkesdale, Nd. rom
William D. Clarke prize, SIS, for stu dor,
1t showing greatest proficiency in w
thematics during his freshman and oths
'homore years, Charles Edward Grubb now
Wilmington Die
Jarrett Stout Smith, Jr., memorial wire
ze, $40, to the member of the class of befo
2, who presented the best thesis in III
chanical and electrical engineering. in {
liam Butt, Of Wilmington. to a
erllins prize of S. for the best short pear
y, Wallace A. Sawdon, of Whining cope
to az
tate Grange prizes for the students it is
zing the most progress in the agricul- cam
. class during the year First, SIS, ways
'eH George Hill, of Massachusetts; agair
~ SO, Washington Irving Brock after
ddletowu; third, S., Elmer Crea- But