Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-03
OLE MISS ENDS MOST
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
University Boy Wins Odom Prize
One Hundred And Fourteen
Degrees Awarded

New Orleans, the awarding OF La
degrees and diplomas by Gov. Lee M
Russell and the delivery of medals
and prizes, the 1919-20 session of the
University of Mississippi, one of the
most successful years in the history
of the University, although run un-
der crowded and congested condi-
tions, came to a close Tuesday.
The baccalaureate address by DR..
Paul Hill Saunders, who graduated
from the university as valedictorian
of the class of 1890, later received his
masters degree and Phi. D. from here,
and Tuesday had the degree of LII. d.
conferred upon him, was mastery
one. DIR. Saunders was professor of
Greek in the university from 1895 to
1905, resigning in 1905 to enter upon
a business career. AS banker he
was successful, first at Laurel, Miss,
and later at New Orleans, where he
resigned as president of the Canal
Commercial Bank to take effect June
1. Before entering into his main
theme he paid tribute to his former
teachers. He made plea for better
support Of the University of Missis-
sippi and other state institutions for
learning by putting them on a millage
basis. He also made a plea for a
more active alumni association by
giving the alumni something to do,
suggesting a representation of the
alumni association on the board of
trustees of the university. The theme
of his address to the senior class was
''The Rehabilitation of the Finances
of the World" and it was business
address by a business man. He in a
very interesting way and from the
standpoint of a business man pointed
ont the causes of the high cost of
living. He mentioned many, but at
tributed it mainly to the masses of
the people themselves through their
own extravaganza. The keynote to
his address and advice to the young
man and young woman and others in
their part to attain success in help
| ing bring about normal conditions was
l"Do more than is required of you and
spend less than you make"
l h0 1iv,1a
awarded by Gov. Russell. He in a
brief address urged the young men
and women to work for the bond is
sue in order that the university and
other state institutions might exist
and the cause of education might not
suffer.
The following degrees and diplo-
mas were awarded:
Learned Doctor of Laws-Paul Hill
Saunders, New Orleans, La.
Master of Arts-George C. Enger-
rand, University; Arthur Palmer Hud-
son, Oxford
Civil Engineer-Quincy C. Ayres;
University; Edwin C. Seymour.
Bachelor of Arts-Carl Iverson
Bagwell, University; Harry Homer
Bell, Trenton; Sara Ruth Dean, Green
wood; Frances Ethel Giles. Walnut;
James Boyce Henderson, University;
William Purvis Ivy, Brookhaven, with
distinction; James Nicholas Lockard,
Vancleave; William Milton Mauldin,
Pontotoc; Addie Elizabeth Mccain,
Greenwood, with special distinction;
Nathan William Newson. Grenada;
Chester Lamar Summers. Marietta,
with distinction.
Bachelor of Science-Stewart H.
Butler, McCalls Creek; James Wilson
Carnathan, Oxford; Andre Blythe
Carney, Clarksdale; Eliza Somerville
Cheek, Canton; Edward Louis Coch-
ran, Baldwin; Rufus Horton Creek
more, Water Valley, with distinction;
j. Preston Davis. Lumberton; Hind
man Doxey, Holly Springs; Mary Nc
Neill Dunlap, University, with distinc-
ton; Alonzo Phelps George, Nitta
Yuma; Rosa Irene Hargis, Univer-
sity; Selah Harvey Hawks, Meridian;
Ira Fulton Jones, fernando; Robert
Dixon Kirk, Jr.. Baldwin; Ashford
Hunter Little, Wesson; Taylor Hol-
comb McElroy, Burgess; Henry Noun
ger, Jr., Columbia; Edward Lille MUIR
phree, Okolona; Russell Clarke Pig
ford, Meridian; Edward Hunt Ray,
Selma. Ala; Leighton Webb Ray,
Kosciusko; Curtis McWhorter Roberts
Blue Springs, with distinctions; Bob
Clarke Stovall, Okolona; Miss Mar
jorie Tankersley, Oxford; James Sa-
ger Threlkeld, Saltillo; James R. Tom
linson, Helena, Ark; Edward Blount
Turner, Jr.. fernando; Annie See
Walker, Oxford, with special distinc-
ton; Mary Paine Wendell, Oxford;
Lydia Elizabeth White, Como; Katie
May Wilson, Hazlehurst, with dis
tinctiOn.
Bachelor of Laws Gerard Hamil-
ton Brandon, Natchez, with distinc-
tion; Adrian Latham Brunson, Merid-
ian; with special distinction; Robert
]. Coker. Jr., Yaz0o City; James Tam
ner Crawley, Jr., with special distinc
tion; Kosciusko, James Wallace Cren-
shaw, Collierville, Tenn; Clifton La
mar Denton. Meridian; John Harry
Fox, Clinton, with distinction; Mar
tin Garner, Tunica; John Mitchell
Golden, Walnut Grove, with distinc-
tion; Herbert Andrew Harper, Flor
ence; James Boyce Henderson, Ponto-
toe; Leon Frost Hendrick, Jackson;
Clyde Lanier Hester. Taylorsville;
William Harrington Hilzim, Jackson;
David Warren Holmes, Hattiesburg;
Percy Delos Liddeu. Fayette; Fowler
Reed Malone, fernando; Felix Bow