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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-03
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Pastor Isaac Metzler, Bittinger,
conducted Sunday worship services
and spoke On Christian Virtues
in a Modern World. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Metzler, Misses
Elaine and Jane Bittinger, of Nc
Henry.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Noulte and
son Jeffrey, of Canton, o., visited
her home folks over the weekend
Ralph Lichty and Miss Mary Ell
len Miller were united in marriage
at the Eighth Street Mennonite
church in Goshen, Ind, on Satur-
day afternoon. The groom was ac-
companied to Indiana by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lichty
md Mrs Crist CARRIER Mrs. Gar
Der will visit her home folks near
Nappanee.
Simon Schrock and MIR. and Mrs
Noah Petersheim arrived here
Monday, enrOute to Washington af-
ter attending the Lichty-Miller
wedding in Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. SWartzen-
truber visited relatives in Indiana,
and his sister, Sadie, at Orrville,
o. From Indiana where they were
guests at the Miller-Lichty we'd
ding, they went to Arthur, ILL.,, to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Eli
Beachy.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Swartzen-
truber and daughter Rachel, left
here Friday evening to attend the
funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Eli
Beachy, at Arthur, H., on Sun
day. Mrs. Beachy is survived by
her husband, and daughters Dora
and Katie, and son Rudolph, her
mother, Mrs. Dora Yoder, now in
her goth year; q brother, Claude
Yoder; five sisters Mrs Milton
Yoder, Mrs. Effie Yoder, Springs,
Pa, Mrs. Peter Kinsinger, Mrs.
Addie Bender, of Virginia, and
Mrs. Simon Swartzentruber.
Mrs. Fannie Stutzman spent a
day last week with Mrs. Alva
Gortner in Oakland,
Miss Margaret White spent the
weekend with Miss Janice Whet-
sell. Oakland.
Crist CARRIER left for Lancaster
to attend the wedding of a friend.
Misses Esther and Lydia Peters
helm spent Sunday with the Gar
Der young folks.
Mrs. Joni Miller, Jr., and Mrs.
Henry Petersheim spent Sunday
evening with Mrs. Lottie Peachy
and daughters.
Albert Sisk, Norman and Ernest
Schrock, Noah Beachy, Simon
SWartzentruber and John Brenne-
man, Red House, we're business
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visitors in Somerset, Pa, one eve
ming last week.
The following we're in Ohio,
Friday and Saturday; Joni Miller
and son Andy, Atlee Hershberger
and Neil Nissley.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. StoltZfus,
Joni Shelter and family took Sun
day dinner with the Mylo Yoders.
The John Yoder family spent
Sunday with his brother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Yoder
Miss Barbara Petersheim spent
several days with Robert and Da-
vid Swartzentruber while their
parents were in Arthur, III.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faye Hauser and
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk motored
to Seneca via Petersburg, ON Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Lichty, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Lichty returned
home from Indiana. The latter
moved into their trailer on the
home farm Mrs Lichty is a trained
nurse and will be employed in the
Garrett County Memorial hospital.
Miss Harriet Swartzentruber
spent Sunday afternoon in Springs,
Pa, with Miss Hilda College.
Mrs. Ernest Gortner spent last
week with her brother. Everett
Right and family in Pittsburgh.
She and her cousin, Mrs. Marie
Edmiston, accompanied her son
and daughter-in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs
Lawrence Flowers, home from
Pittsburgh, on Saturday.
The following visited Mrs. Emily
Martin, Sunday: Mrs. Ida Teets
Mrs. Ray Shillenburg, Brookside;
Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit Martin
Cresaptown; Mrs. Kenneth Ridder
Mrs. Fannie Stutzman, Mary and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-03

the throat and shooting him. Then,
she related, she ran upstairs and
as she did, she saw her father fall
Smith followed her, seized Mrs.
Harden, and dragged her into the
woods, despite the effort of Rob-
ert to protect her. She declared
Smith released her unframed about
half an hour LATER and she re-
turned home, to find her husband
dead.
The family gave the alarm, and
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that any more; that's enough of
that" Telling his family, including
his wife and nine year old daugh-
ter, Alice, and son, Robert, to run
upstairs, he started toward the
door when it was broken open and
three more shots fired.
Alice later testified that she
saw Smith holding her father by
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-03

posse Of men began the search
for the murderer, finally tracking
him to a shanty where he had been
living. There by crawling through
the chimney, Smith gave them the
slip, and made his way to Win
chester, Va, where he was ar
rested a few days later and re-
turned to the Jail at Oakland. On
his person were found a revolver,
bloody butcher knife and a
bundle of old clothes containing a
coat worn ON the day of the
murder, which had blood spots on
it.
The case was tried at the Sep
TENDER, 1888, term of Garrett Coun-
ty court and the prisoner was de-
Tended by T. j. Peddicord and H..
Wheeler Combs. Despite their eff
forts, however, the jury found
Smith guilty of murder in the
first degree, after celebrating
only thirty minutes. During the
trial, Smith was described as being
unconcerned and devoid of feel
ing. On Monday, September a.
1883, he was sentenced TO die by
hanging. Smith at this time denied
his guilt, claimed he had not re-
ceived justice and wanted new
trial, which was refused.
Makes Jail Break
On October A, Smith managed
to escape from the local Jail. In
reporting the incident, the Cum
berland News related:
Oakland was in an uproar such
as has never been witnessed
within the memory of the Oldest
inhabitant. About four o'clock in
the afternoon, John Smith, the
murderer of Josiah Harden, broke
Jail and made good his escape.
Sheriff Edmund Jamison had just
left the Jail and had gone down
town to transact business when
Smith called to the jailer to give
him some water When he opened
the cell door to do SO, Smith
knocked him down, walked out
and locked the jailer in the build
ing. Then he seized Ratchet and
broke off his shackles and made
for the woods"
However, his second escape was
also of short duration. Sheriff
Jamison and volunteers blockaded
the road between Oakland and
Deer Park, and Smith eventually
returned to the Jail and gave him
self up. The following Monday,
the governor set November is as
the date for his execution.
The night before his execution,
he ate a hearty supper, and in
the evening was visited by Rev.
Benjamin Ison, of St. Paurs Metho-
dist church, who remained with
him for several hours.
Rev. Ison later reported that
Smith talked freely on all subjects
except the crime, merely repeating
his assertions of innocence. The
pastor said a considerable portion
of the evening was passed in sing
ing hymns, and in prayer.
Signs Confession
Smith was reported to have
spent a good night, and enjoyed
substantial breakfast the morning
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for performing his trying duty
well. There was no jar and the
last act of springing the bolt was
done firmly, quietly and swiftly"
1t was then discovered that even
on the morning Of the execution,
Smith had made plans for one
more escape. He had wrenched
metal bar from his bed to pry
off his shackles, but had been dis
couraged by other occupants of
the Jail who informed him that
armed soldiers had surrounded the
building. sd
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ners in Keyser, Sunday, who are
moving this week from Keyser to
Florida. They had dinner at Table
Rock enroute home in the eve
ming.
MI. and Mrs. Elwood Schlosnagle
had as guests, her sister, Sadie
and husband, of Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-03

Ross Lichty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Roth and
children, Cleveland, o., spent
several dhys with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Schlosnagie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Gortner.
Mrs. Anna Bittinger, Mrs. Marie
Edmiston visited the Willard Gort-
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of his execution. Then he again
called for Rev Ison, who remained
with him most of the morning.
Under Rev. Ison's influence, Smith
repented of his crime, and for
the first time made a confession
of guilt, which Rev. Ison tran
scribed for him. In part, he die
tated:
Il fired the shots that killed
Harden. l fired one through the
window and one in the house. I
was about half drunk. The reason /
did not give myself up to the men
who came after me that night was
/ was afraid they would lynch me.
q have made my peace with
God and have nothing against
anybody. l am thankful to my
spiritual adviser, Mr.. Ison, and to
the sheriff, Mr.. Jamison, for their
kindness to me-"
The first signs of the approach
ing execution came about 9 a. M,
when Company B. Second Bat
TALON, AZ men and officers, went
or guard duty around the court
house and Jail, keeping out of the
grounds all persons except those
authorized.
The day was reported as freez-
ing cold, with snow on the ground,
but this failed to discourage the
crowd which began to form about
1890. BY noon, shortly before the
hour the execution was understood
to be fixed for, the crowd gathered
outside the guard line numbered
between 800 and 400 persons. They
were described as orderly, with
curiosity seeming to be the motive
that led them to endure the cold.
But all they got was a glimpse of
the man as he was taken from
the Jail to the entrance of the
temporary enclosure.
The hanging took place within
the enclosure built in the rear of
the Jail. A fence 16 feet high had
been erected around the scaffold,
which stood in the center. This
had been constructed by P. A.
Chisholm, who said he had never
seen a similar structure. Apparent
ly it was well designed and built,
for a newspaper account Of the
period describes it as working
like a charm"
The platform was eight feet
from the ground, and the drop was
about four feet square. 1t was
sprung by means of lever placed
at the side of the stairs in such a
manner that the sheriff could push
it when he reached the second
step. The rope, it was stated, was
of the finest Italian hemp, and
made for the purpose"
At one o'clock, the procession
was formed, consisting of the
sheriff and his deputies, the mill
tary guard, the condemned man
and the chaplain, which filed out
of the rear door of the Jail to the
enclosed area.
Smith, who showed no nervous
ness, is said to have been smoking
a cigar. He is described as being
of medium height, strongly built,
and weighed about 1870 pounds. He
wore a short mustache and beard.
Turning to those assembled, he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

are more maids in Commu-
mist Russia than in capital
list America.
II women wage earners
don't spend every ruble they
make, it's perhaps not SO
much thrift as the fact they
can't find anything to buy.
Quality consumer goods is in
meager supply.
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RussionWivesvs VS.. American

ating earthmoving machinery
and doing other heavy man.
ual tasks. But then, they do
get the same pay as men.
Superiority?
AS for the claim of Soviet
superiority in matrimony:
1t is perhaps unlikely the
two defectors have q person.
al interest in finding mates
behind the Iron Curtain. But
If they're going to harp on
the greater desirability of
Muscovite matronS, they first
should take a good look
around to see If married life
there is really their idea of
uxorial Utopia.
Recent reports from ex-
perienced observers of the
Soviet scene indicate this Is
the marital picture:
Achieving togetherness is
no problem. The challenge
lies in escaping it OCCASION
ally. Not only is the aver
age family crowded into one
room, but frequently couples
work at the same plant.
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In many cases, the wife is
the boss at the job: often
she outranks her husband. If
he protests, she can always
point proudly to Ekaterina
Furtseva, who's q Presidium
member while her husband.
Nikolai Firyubin, is a mere
diplomat with rank Of am
bassador.
Unromantic though it
sounds, the nuptial VOWS
make little change in the
normal scheme Of things:
Work is still paramount. AL
most all wives work. even
after they're mothers.
The Children
Youngsters are cared for
either in state-run day nur-
series or by a grandmother
or other elderly relative no
longer otherwise employable.
Working mothers who hold
well-paying jobs hire maids
to care for the children, take
care of the apartment and
cook. It's a good guess there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
BY JOY MILLER

NEW YORK, Sept. TO-
DO Russian women really
make better wives than
American girls?
Two detecting United
States code clerks, bachelors
william Martin and Vernon
Mitchell, were pretty. en-
phatic about it at their news
conference in Moscow the
other day.
The ungallant-and left
handed--swipe at their coun-
trywomen went this way:
Women's talents are more
encouraged in Russia, they
said, and this makes Soviet
women more desirable as
mates"
Well now. nobody denies
Russian women are emanci-
pated.
Westerners in Russia some
times think privately that
equality between the sexes
can be carried too far. That's
when they see girls laying
bricks. paving streets. oper-
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Dinner Planned By Society

will be booths with farm
products, home-canned foods
and plain and fancy aprons
for sale. There will also be
pony rides for children.
Mrs. Edward j. Bacon is
chairman of the benefit. as
sisted by Mrs. Lawrence F.
Walter, Mrs. Lawrence Mohr
and Mrs. Henry Kumrn, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

While Russian women may
not seem fashion-conscious
they're eager to buy foreign
clothes because domestic APP
parel is all alike. 1t makes for
pretty dull gossip around the
samovar when everybody not
only knows what everybody
else has, but wears the same
clothes herself.
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The Women's Society of
the Potomac Methodist
Church will hold its annual
barbecued chicken dinner on
Wednesday from $50 to $50
p4a- in the parish house on
South Glen read in Potomac.
Md.
The dinner will feature a
G0untry Fair" theme, There
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-17

bury, N. j., elementary education
Nancy Williams Woodward, Mid
dletown, elementary education; and
Michael Glen Timko. r. ID. 2, Har-
! rington, horticulture.
Students qualifying for honors
in course were Berta NJ. Church
14th and Broom Streets, Whining
ton; Mildred Weierbach Simpson
373 East High Street, Hellertown
Pa; Susan Davis Ries, 431 First
Avenue, Haddon Heights, N. j.;
and Alois A. Wilder, Niagara Falls
N. Y, all of the school of arts and
science.
Also JoAnn Lee Krumbeck, 35
Terrace. Avenue, Nutley, N. j.;
Nancy Katharine Scafe, 2317 Wal
nut Lane, Arden, and Roberta Step
phenson, 1907 Marion Avenue, Bel
lefonte, school of education: and
Barbara Ann Fox, 312 Marsh Road
Wilmington, school of home eco
nomics.
Sworn in as second lieutenants
in the U. s. Army Reserve and as
signed to various units from down
state were:
Adjutant Generals Corps: George
Richard Price, Is West Frazier
Street, Smyrna.
Army Intelligence: Donald Eu-
gene Reed, Cowgirl Street, r. d. 8,
Dover.
Army Security: Stephen Richard
Welch, 319 South Walnut Street,
Milford.
Armor: Russell Stockley Boyce,
r. d. 2, Laurel.
Artillery: Gerald Lee Horrison,
Millsboro; Donald Kemp Taber, 40
East Division Street, Dover
Infantry: William Swain Brere-
ton, 210 S. E. Front Street, Mil
ford.
Quartermaster Corps: Laurence
Station Cordrey, Millsboro.
The following students from the
two lower counties received de-
grees:
Bridgeville: Jean Ann Hastings,
r. ID. 2, B. S. in Arts and Science /;
Saundra Jones, r. d. /, B. S. in
E<0uN0IAOAg 4bOOCAL ACC OAAAlIAAg H. -.
2, Box SIS, B. s. in Arts and Sci
ence; Stephen James Bette, 3O5
Jacobs Drive, Master of Educa-
ton; Donald Ward Campbell, r.
d. 1, Master of Education.
Camden: Clarence M. Dyer, Cam
den-Wyoming Avenue, B. S. in Ed
ucation; Ella Mae ]. Forrest,
Clarkes Trailer Court, B. S. in Ed
Clayton: Shirley Ann Darrell,
r. d. 1, B. S. in Education; Harriet
c. Burris, p. o. Box 207, B. S. in
Education; Charlotte Ruth Pryor,
R. F. D., B. S. in Education.
Dagsboro: Otis Paynter Jeffer-
son, Master of Education.
Delmar: John Monitor Sirman,
r. d. 1, Bachelor of Civil Engineer
ing.
Laurel: Margaret Lynn Beach,
227 9Th Street, B. S. in Home Eco
nomics; Russell S. Boyce, r. D. 2,
Box 282, B. S. in Agriculture;
George X. Hastings, West Street,
B. S. in Agriculture; Gene Ross
Littleton, P. o. Box 169, B. S. in
Agriculture; Richard d. Pretty
man, Oak Street, B. S. in Arts and
Science; Marjorie P. Wright,
Sharptown Road, B. S. in Educa-
tion.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-17

fessor of military science and tao
tics.
Graduates receiving the degree
with distinction and honors in
course were Sara Ann Heimbach
Determan, 2607 New Road, Will
mington, history; Norman Hudson
Dill, 2703 Market Street, Whining
ton, biology; Robert Charles
Griggs, All Irving Drive, Whining
ton, chemistry; Carol Eleanor Hoff-
ecker, 16 Madelyn Avenue, Will
mington, history; Amy Claire Nc
Nulty, 1906 West Street, Whining
ton, history; Barbar Ann Snow,
5O4 Springfield Avenue, Phillips
Heights, Wilmington. French; and
Joseph John Sliwkowski, 1919
Chestnut Street, Wilmington, cleo
trical engineering.
To qualify for the degree with
distinction and honOrs in course,
students must attain an overall
scholastic index of 3.5 and COM
plete a special research project in
their major field. Students receiv-
ing the degree with distinction
must have completed the research
project and have a 3.5 in their ma
jor field of study. Students with a
3.5 overall index automatically be-
come eligible for honors in course.
Those who received the degree
with distinction were Melvin Her
bert Fine, 523 West 38th Street,
Wilmington, biology: Veronica Le-
titia Matthews, 900 Lindsay Road,
Wilmington, French; George Rich
ard Price, Is West Frazier Street,
Smyrna, psychology; John Monitor
Sirman, Route A, Delmar, civil en-
cheering; Gladys Clark Durbo-
raw, 555 Westminster Avenue,
Swarthmore, Pa, elementary edu-
cation; Rosalie Ruskin, 227-08
Gath Avenue, Bayside, N. Y, ele-
mentary education; Nancy Carol
Weir, 439 Hemlock Terrace, Wood
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. George Carey and
children visited Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Lynch and family at their new cot
tage at Fenwick Island.
Earl Norman of Smyrna was an
overnight guest of Frank and Ken
ny Jefferson on Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Robbins and
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Jones of
Milton and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Wiltsey were callers of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Jones on Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur d. Davis
visited their little granddaughter.
Mary Ann Davis, in a Wilmington
Hospital recently. Mary Ann,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Rus
sell Davis of Wilmington, was
scalded when she turned hot coffee
over on her neck and shoulders.
Mrs. Carlton E. Argo is recuper-
ating from an operation performed
in the Milford Memorial Hospital
recently.
She has the best wishes of her
many friends for a speedy recov-
cry.
Mrs. Margaret E. Bennett visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis c. Jenkins in
Wyoming on Friday.
Miss Harriet Wilson is now at
home on Fairfield Farm spending
her summer vacation with her mo-
ther, Mrs. Thomas R. Wilson and
family. Her brother, Houston Will
son and wife Kitty and their chill
dren, Kathy and Tom of George
town, spent the weekend with
them. Last week, Miss Harriet
Wilson spent the weekend with
her brother, Marvel Wilson and
family in Swarthmore, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Derrickson
of Wilmington were guests of their
sister and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Davis, the past weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Derrickson
of Chester, Pa, and mother, Mrs.
Ella Jensen of Milton visited Mr..
and Mrs. Wilbur Davis on Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Reynolds,
Sr., and granddaughters were re-
cent visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred Mitchell
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Clifton and
family attended the Hudson-Atkins
family reunion at Ocean City, Md,
on Sunday. Mrs. Clifton's brother
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-17
SLAUGHTER NECK
Mrs. Russell II. Bennett
Phone Milton 1858

The Sunday School will convene
at 10Aa. m. June 10. v. H. Carey
superintendent; Carlton E. Argo
assistant uperintendent; Marlyn
Bennett, pianist; Carolyn Finnity
assistant pianist. There were SO
present last Sunday. The junior
choir sang 'The Beautiful Garden
of Prayer"
Worship service and sermon by
the pastor, Rev. w. w. Hamilton
A welcome awaits you to attend
these services. The senior choir
sang for their selection "The Old
Country Church"
Sunday evening, June 19, the
Children's Day program will be
presented by the youth of the
church. Everyone is invited to en-
joy the exercises of recitations and
music at 1880 p. m.
The Slaughter Neck Home Dem
onstration Club will meet on Tues
day afternoon at 1890, June %, al
the home of Mrs. Walter Muncy. A
picnic lunch is planned to be en-
joyed on the lawn. All members
are asked to bring covered dish
and table service.
Mrs. Elmer Benson was hostess
for the WSCS on Tuesday evening
in the social room of the church
Mrs. Fenwick Bennett led the de-
Yotions. There were 1S members
one visitor and the trustees of the
church to decide on purchasing a
new piano for the church.
After the business meeting the
hostess served delicious home
made ice cream and cake.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Graham
have been entertaining their son
George B. Graham, who has been
enjoying a twelve day leave from
the Coast Guards. On Tuesday he
will report back to New York.
Other guests over the weekend
were Mrs. Ray Grant and daugh-
ters, Mr.. and Mrs. McBroom and
children, Mrs. Leroy Dear and
family.
Mrs. Hilda Conoway and Mrs.
Blanche Conoway spent Friday
with Mrs. Urania Carey. Her Wis
itors on Saturday evening were
Miss Gertrude Draper and friend
of Wilmington.
Blanche Bennett attended the
baccalaureate service on Sunday
of Miss Susie Speakman who is a
graduate of Power Hill School,
The services were held at Christ
Church in Christiana Hundred.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-17
II. OF ID. Exercises
Held Last Sunday

continued from page one)
live in a great and dreadful age.
We have three heavy burdens to
carry, three great problems which
must find solution. The first of
these is the bridling of atomic fis-
sion and fusion to peaceful pur-
poses. The A-Bomb has become
the H-Bomb The H-Bomb has be-
come the N-Bomb, and we are just
halfway through the alphabet.
"The second great problem is ex-
plOding populations which, bar
ring atomic war, may engulf all of
us. The third great problem is how
to make a democratic capitalistic
form of government work. This, as
/ have already indicated, is a mat
ter OF education. If we are not sue
cessful In this, nature which abhOrs
the unsuccessful, will substitute
new and more radical systems"
The commencement speaker was
one of four distinguished Delawar-
cans awarded honorary degrees.
Judge Biggs and Henry b. DUPONT
received the honorary degree of
doctor of laws, while honorary
master of arts degrees were con-
ferred upon Miss B. Ethelda Mullen
and Isaac B. Finkelstein.
DIR. John A. Perkins, president Of
the university, conferred bachelors
degrees upon 405 members of the
senior class and awarded 144 mas
ter's degrees, % doctorates and IL
two-year certificates.
twenty-five seniors were grad
uated with special honors and 81
men took the oath Of office as sec
ond lieutenants in the United
States Army Reserve administered
by Colonel Gerald H. Ragsdale, pro-