Milford chronicle., 1940-06-07
$50 Seniors Given Degrees At
U. OfD. Ceremonies Monday
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He also announced that A. ].
{ Green had won first prize offered
by the American Society Of Chemical
Engineers for the best undergrad
uate research in chemistry and John
M. Rhodes, Jr, third prize In the
same competition. Students from
SwarthmCre, Haverford, Dickinson.
| Lafayette, Ursinus. Temple, Univer-
sity OF Pennsylvania, Penn State, and
Johns Hopkins participated. Green
has also received a teaching fellow
ship at the Virginia Polytechnic
Institution.
J. A. Mendenhall was awarded a
S4O0 scholarship for law study at
Harvard; ]. M. Neeson, a scholar
ship for the study. Of ministry at
the Theological Seminary Of Vir-
ginia at Alexandria, Va; J. E. PIotts
received a teaching fellowship in
chemical research at Yale; C. C.
Sutton a scholarship at Cornell, and
Dorothy Taylor a scholarship in the
University Of Maryland Hospital.
Others similarly honored and schoI-
arships and fellowships are: P. J.
Cotty, A. w. Warner, Jr., C. o. Dea-
kyne, Jr., and H. r. Hushebeek.
Judge Morris also announced that
DR.. Carl John Rees was promoted to
| full professorship and now heads the
| department of mathematics and DR..
]. Elizabeth Graustein Of the Wo-
mems College has been promoted to
associate professor.
Other promotions are: DR.. George
Wilson. physics. DR.. William 9.
Fletcher, classical languages, DR..
Elizabeth Dyer. chemistry at Wo-
mems College: DR.. G. C. Weber, /
mathematics, and DR.. Robert G. |
Caldwell, sociology, all to rank of
assistant professor.
DR.. W. o. Sypherd. head of the !
English Department, was the orator |
for the presentation Of the honorary
degrees.
OF the 1sO students who were
graduated. 20 were from Whining
ton and 149 from Delaware. Seven
teen girls and eight men were from !
other states. Twenty-Five Of the
graduates were from Newark.
Towns Represented IN Class
Other Delaware towns represented |
we're:
Delaware College - Harrington, !
SeafOrd, Georgetown, and Elmhurst,
two each, and Richardson Park, Ro- /
selle, Mafshallton, Frankford. Els |
mere, Ashley, Milford, New Castle,
Townsend. Greenwood, Camden,
AIiddletoWn, Rehoboth, Smyrna,
Henry Clay. Dover. HilIcrest. and |
Montchanin, one each.
Women's College Richardson |
Park three; Marshallton, New
Castle, Townsend. FELTON,. Middle
town. and Harrington, two each;
and Claymont, BridgeVille, Christi
ana, Harrington, ChesWoId, Fair
mount. Elsmere, Clayton. Milford,
Rehoboth, Wyoming. Hockessin,
Dove. YOrklyn. Kenton, Lewes, and
Selbgville, one each.
Reid Foster Stearns. senior who
was elected to both Phi Kappa Phi
and Tau Beta Pi, was the graduate
who had maintained the highest
scholastic average for the senior
year. He also was awarded prizes
in four other sections Of the COM
exercises.
Annual Awards
Annual awards for excellence in
subjeet and for campus and aca-
demic achievements we're announc-
ed. They we're:
The prize given hy the pslaEare section Of the
senior in chemistry. membership a the Anerf-
Journal and 'T1d1strisl snd knsinssTinS os-
stry." % Reid Foster etearns.
Winning the greatest number Of points during
ne past four years tn the inlRaniural program
me Samuel Bancroft, JF, nsmofisl priis IN
rsshman q English e szs. svarded Q ths. stu
81 course. 3 howard Lloyd Jones. y. n'a-a An
ssvolution ptIs of SIS. for outstandns WORK Il
,msEiean gpyeE1magent' 70 Michael Anthony
lie Ayoda Club prize Of $40, awarded By the
University Of DeisEaFe, who has Done sxeeIlsnt
ioFk m the course in American government, 70
9rsIo NE NoTis has y iSa sor,., mis-. =,
IS, offered 70 the senior class member q the n
Tomotes ths best Interest u ne e'a any.rls To
ivided equally and awarded to Red Fastsf
Ihe MoTTis & BlambeTg msmoEiaI, prize Of
m. shSEn sas FEs1sss5s 2 5 PSS q sue
The Morris K BiumbsFS, memorial isi pTiSs Of
10. given annually 10 that student IN the
ishsst scholarship Standing at he end q ths
Jphomore year. divided equally and awarded 70
fss oFase Aaa ssnSsrr siSq f95 ss % P p
SO, given annually 70 that student Ia engl-
eerinF. Who. at the time Of graduation. has
noEn the greatest advaneement m the work
hleh he has pursued. to Edward Joseph War
me Gertrude B. BImherg Tau Beta Pi prize
b5 S ss en5Ss ve e bss % 5ne5 &c
lahest scholastic standing In his senior year
Reid Foster Stearns.
freshman Prise Winner
The Tau Beta Fi freshman prize Of SO, Of
ised TO- freshman IN the school q engineer
e ranking In the upper third Of his class
Who at the end Of the freshman
ar has earned the greatest number Of extra
lrricular points counteu according tc the
iaetiCe Of the Student Council. 20 Robert Henry
me Thonae ). Craven prizes IN American
story. tgc prizes Of $50 each, established IA
emery Of the late Thomas J. Craven. grad
lte Of Delaware College, Class Of 1883, by his
,ushtere. Awarded to students who have at
ined a high grade In the survey course n
meFiean history and submitted the best essays
! scme topic dealing with constitutional or
llitical phases Of the colonial or the national
riod o. American history. 70 Joseph Abraham
endenhal. $50 and Dana BigeloW Christie, $50.
The william D. Clark prize IN mathematics Of
0. awarded 70 the student who has shown th8
eatest phoneieney IN Mathematics, 10 walter