The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-01
Fellowships Awarded
 At Wesleyan Today
President Snyder of Northwestern University Chief
 Speaker at COnvOcatiOn Ceremonies; k Three Classes Present

Middletown, Conn, Oct. 1--Presi-
 dent Franklyn B. Snyder of North
 western university was the chief
 speaker at the convocation in rec
 ognitlon Of scholarship held in
 Memorial chapel at Wesleyan uni-
 versity this morning, when the
 names of 135 members of the classes
 of 1942, 1943 and 1944 who have
 been placed on the honor roll were
 read, and the winners of fellowships,
 scholarships and prizes announced,
 Dr. Snyder was born in Middle
 town, and during the exercises m
 honorary degree of IL D, was con-
 Eerred upon him by Wesleyan at
 tha hands of President James L.
 McConaughy.
 The Denison scholarships of $500 each to seniors of high standing were awarded to: V, Algird Alksninis of New Haven; Walter T, Bedient, Branford; Franklin II. Branin, Jra South Orange, N. J.; Arthur w.
 Hoffman, White Plains, N, r.; George W. LaFlash, Hartford; Ben Jamin A. Richards, West Haven; Alfred B. Rollins, Jr, Manchester, ~. H.: Carl D. Ross, Washington, p. O.: Frank T. Underhill, JrY Summit, N. J.; Robert w. Vest cott, Bellevue, Pa.
 The Olin fellowship for graduate study in English, amounting to e400, was awarded to John B. Ben- nett, 41, of Worcester, Mass; while Che Surdna Foundation fellowship of $2b0 for study as an interne at Che National Institute of Public Af- fairs ct Washington. D. O., went to Thomas c. Meeker, Al, of East Orange, N. J. The Rich fellowship of from $400 to $550, for graduate study in the department of eco- monies and social science, was awarded to Van Dyke Burhans, Jro '4l, of Englewood, N. J.; and the winchester fellowship Of $450 for graduate work in English went to A. Robert Gordan, Al, of Middle town, and Carl W. Plehaty, Jr,, Al, of White Plains, N. Y.
 Other scholarships announced to- kiay were: the William Day Leonard, dncome of q fund of $2700, to Ray snond R. Marsh '42, of Ieonia, N J.: the Bradford Paul Raymond, income of q fund of 5000 to David lI. Riege, 43, of Madison; the Will ilanaSsKenyon, income of fund of D7 ,240 to Theodore GoldStein, "A, arall River, Mass; the Kathrin Miller Cady, income of fund of e3,Oe0, to Lawrence Cohen, "a, This years exchange student to Reed college. Portland, Ore, Is Don- aid R. Little, '43. The Summer Science scholarShip for work by ad- vancOd students ct the Marine Biological Laborary ct Woods Hole, Mass, went to Samuel c, Dodd, 42, caldwell, N. J., and Nell D. Jo- sephson. 42, Holyoke, Mass.
 The Bridgeport Alumni prize of n26, given to that sophomore in the Bridgeport area who shows the greatest scholastic improvement over his freshman year, was award- cd to Carl w. Tillmanns, Jr., 43, Of Bridgeport. The Cleveland prize of S26, the gift of two Cleveland alumni, went to Arthur T. Dietz, '4A, oe Pelham Manor, N. r.; this prize is awarded to the freshman whose second semester's record ghows the greatest improvement over that of the first semester.
 Of the sixteen schools represented iy three or more members In the class of i944, on the basis Of the average grade of their representa- tives for the freshman year, the Hartford Public high school again led those ranking above the aver age for the class, with an average of SIS per cent. Other high-rank- ing schools were the Mlddletown high school, Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day school, Phillips academy, Woodrow Wilson high in Middletown, Loomis school, Garden City (N. Y) high school, Worcester academy, Lawrenceville school, Williston academy and White Plains (N. Y) high school.
 The College scholarship average was announced as 70 per cent, ex- aetly the same as last year. The senior class average was SIT per cent, the junior class, 79,7 per cent, the sophomore, 79,2 per cent and che freshman, 77.3 per cent.
 Among the fraternities, Sigma Chi again ranked first, winning the Jackson cup with 82,2 per cent scholarship average, The present s'Jackson cup" has been given by an anoYmouR alumnuS to carry on