Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
CLASS OF 1918
SMALL ONE FOR
LOCAL COLLEGE
Augustana Graduates In All De-
partmentS Ill, Which Is Consid-
cred a Low Figure.
CONSERVATORY EXCEEDS MAR
Degrees To BE Conferred in This
Branch Total Il As Against IL
OF Last ear.

total Of III is the number of
1915 graduates OF all departments
M Augustana, "a graduating from
tna seminary. % from the college,
n from the conservatory and IS
from the commercial department.
College and commercial depart
neurs we're the hardest hit by the
var she a. BIS this year con-
s-itutiug one of the smallest gradu-
oting classes that the institution
has known. The other departments
have suffered less, the conserva-
tory having in fact d larger roll
this year than last In COMPARE
son the conservatory has II this
wear against II in 1917; the sem
jna~v has the same number of act
nal graduates this year as last but
has in addition conferred honorary
degrees, the commercial depart
ment has only 30 graduates this
wear against "A in 1917; and the
college has % a. b. s" against 80
last year
The seminary this year is gradu-
ating SIX b. DIS" % IS. n. s" and
has conferred the title of Doctor of
Divinity on five men.
Those receiving the degree of
3. D. are: Anton Emanuel Bonn
gren. Charles William Erickson,
Arthur Oscar Helm. AIbin Lind
gren. Johan Fredrik Nrodstrand,
and Ernst Julius Salrison.
The IS. Ms" are: Leonard
Alexander, Paul Harold Andreen.
Victor Emanuel Beck, Carl August
Bengston. Adolf Theodor Bergquist.
Carl Oscar Bostrom, Otto Henry
Bostrom. Frank Harry Hanson,
Frank William Hanson. Gustavus
Anderson Herbert, Ernest Hjalmar
Jackson, Magnus Arthur Johnson,
Otto Philip Johnson. Lawrence Ed
win Jones, julius Albin Larson, AL
bert John LAUREL. Johannes Eman-
Uel Lindberg, Herbert Sigfrid Mag
ney, Carl David Waldemar Nelson.
Theodore Bengt Nordale, Martin
Oscar Olson, Haivar George Ran
dolph and by certificate, Gustav AL
bert BiOrk.
Those receiving the title of d. D.
are: Rev. p. J. o. Cornell, Rev. L.
A HOcanzon. Rev. 0. Y. Holmgrain,
Rev. s A Lindholm and Rev. G.
LundahL
Conservatory Grads.
IN the conservatory. c. lie Roy
Carlson receives a diploma in or
gan and Mildred E. Nelson a GER
tiicate in organ. Miss Esther NJ.
Peterson and c. lie Roy Carlson
receive a diploma III piano. The
following receive the teachers Ger
tihcate: Ebba NJ. Leaf, Mildred E.
Nelson. Ruth E. Nelson, Hilma Ma
thilda Carlson. Freda Z. Mattson,
Laura T. WOODBURY..
Those receiving a diploma in elO-
cutiOn are Veva A. Marley, Lydia
Z. II. StenbOrg, Florence O. Swan
son and Goldie B. Weinrott. Miss
Lola Mae Barker is a postgraduate
student in piano and Miss Blanche
SeaTle and Miss Ruth Helberg re-
ceive honorable mention in art.
Commercial Department.
IN the commercial department,
seven are graduate accountants:
Clarence Y. Carlson, Luther J. A.
ldstrOm Bert Marcus Johnson.
Benjamin F. Peterson, Herman AL
fred Schneyer and Karl Z. Swan
son, and by certificate, Werner
Johnson.
Graduate stenographers are:
Blanche Carpenter, Dorothy Una
Cramer, Elmer II. Frederickson,
Emma H. +. FAINT. Florence NJ.
Goemble. Linnea J. Johnson, Madge
Martin, s. Amelia Mcneil, Ruth
Louise Palmer, Elvera NJ. Pearson.
Florence Irene Pude, Hilvy Helen
Ryden, Charlotte Schnathorst,
lydia f. NJ. Stenborg, Marion c..
Swanson and Maude Ethyl Swan
son.
Certificate stenographers are:
Clarence Ivan Anderson, Hulda
Anderson, Mabel Elm Bergquist,
sigma 5. Erickson. Hose Z. Mans
field, Tillie Hannah Olson, William
W. PAIL, Winnifred Virginia Reck,
Nancy Rosetta SchibiIla, Fred
Ralph Wessman, Mary Mildred Win
Ter and Maria Barbara wicker.
The names of the graduates of
the college proper have been pub