The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
TEN STUDENTS
Rewarded FOR
WORK OF MERIT
Annual Fellowship List of
Indiana University
Announced.
byTimes Special

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May g.
Dean Fernandus Payne Of the In
diana university graduate school
announces names Of ten graduate
students who have been awarded
university fellowships for next year.
These fellowships, carrying sti-
pend Of $500 and cancellation Of
contingent fees annually are granted
to students who have had at least
one year of graduate work. and
who show extraordinary ability in
research.
The students granted the fellow
ships and the subject in which they
viii do research are as follows:
Int NJ. Blackburn, Pineville, Pa,
history; John A. Coffin, Muncie, his
tory: Harold D. Ross. Jefersonville,
English; Lowell r Hopkins, Evans
vile, education; George I. Whit
latch, CharlestoWn, geology; Ancil
Holloway. Paramount. zoology; Rob
ert D. Blue. Claypool, chemistry;
John E. Potzger, Indianapolis, bot
any; Frank (. Dolian, Coalmont,
chemistry, and George G. Reeves,
Bloomington, philosophy
Blackburn received the A. B. de-
gree in Greek in 1922, the Mus. B.
in piano theory the following year
from Indiana Central college and
the A. NJ degree in Greek from
I. U. in 1924. He now is enrolled
for his second year of graduate
study here. His particular research
work is a study of the Greek col
ony Of Cyrene in North Africa.
Studies Wing History
Coffin holds the B. S. degree in
history from Ball State Teachers
college and the A. M. from Indiana
university. His original investiga-
ton has to do with the evolution
and the work of the Wing party
in Kentucky.
Rose received the A. 3. degree
from I. U. in English in 1929 and
will have completed the work for
the A. N. degree this June. He is
working on the formation of
fundamental vocabulary of not
more than 1000 words that should
belong to an international scien-
tif1c language.
Hopkins holds the A. B. degree in
mathematics and Latin from Oak
land City college and will receive
the A. M. degree from the Univer-
sity of Missouri in June. He is en-
rolled in the graduate school here
this year
Whitlatch received the A. B. de-
gree in 1928 and the A. NJ. degree in
1929 from Indiana university, both
in geology. From 1928-30 he was
assistant in the geology department,
and this year holds a university
wolves a field and laboratory in
vestigation of the clay resources Of
the state of Indiana.
The research work of Holloway
is concerned with the oak genus,
quercus. He is also an assistant in
the zoology department., completing
his third year of graduate work at
the university. He received the A.
B. degree in biology from Pennsyl-
vania college in 1926. He already
has completed $4,000 miles of field
work and is planning an extensive
collecting trip into Mexico during
1928
Holds Chemistry Award
a Grasselli fellowship in chemis-
try is held this year by Blue, who
received the A. B. degree from I. U.
in 1929 and the A. M. in 1880, both
in chemistry. His research prob
lem is the electro-deposition of
metals from homogeneous solutions.
Potzger received the A. B. degree
in botany from Butler university
in 1927 and will receive his A. M.
degree there in June. He has spent
the present year, which is his
fourth of graduate study, at Indi-
ana university. His research prob
lem deals with the swamp flora and
plant succession in the Salt creek
region OF Monroe county.
Reeves received the A. Is. degree
in English in 1929 and the A. M. in
1890 from the Cincinnati Bible In
stitute He has done additional
graduate work here and at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
Dolian received the A. B. degree
in chemistry here in 1880 and has
been working for the A. M, degree
in that subject this year He has
been investigating the action of an
hydrous salt on the process Of es-
tenification in the vapor system.