Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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College Prizes Clarence A. Seward Prise Scholarship, $200. lgob-j. Frank Elmer Wilson, Chicago, III. Thompson English Prize Scholarship, $100, t j06- . Kalil Asaph Bisiiaka, Mt. Lebanon, Syria Charles II. Prize Scholarship in English, $tio, hjo6-j. Lawrence Prescott Van Slyice. Geneva. X. V. White Essay Prize, $20 Joseph Lorenz Sporer, Owego. X. V. White Rhetorical Prize, $30. Edward Gcv Nellis, Geneva, X. V. Honorable Mention: Kalil Asaph Bisiiaka, Mt. Lebanon, Syria Cobh English Literature Prize, $20. Marry Paines Marshall, Geneva. X Y. Sutherland Prizes. Joseph Lorenz Sporer. Owego, X. V., Richard Yates Hoi-eman, Chicago, 111., Leo Tolstoi Wilcox. Woodhull. X. Y. Packman Classical Prize, $30. Harry Roberts Drummond, Fargo. X. Dak. Freshman Declamation Prizes. Nat Thomas Sarin, Warren, Ohio, - First Prize, S10 Lawrence Prescott Van Slyke, Geneva. X. Y., Second Prize, S5 Philosophy Prize, $25 Physics Prize, S25 Classics Prize. S25 2 a

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Honors and Prizes, 1906 PHI BETA KAPPA ELECTIONS Maurice Alonzo Leffingwell, Watertown, N. Y. Joseph Loricnz Sporer. Owego, N. Y. Herbert Alfred Bradford, Gasport, N. Y. HONORS Maurice Alonzo Leffingwell,Latin, German and English. Joseph Lorenz Sporer, French, German, English and Philosophy Herbert Alfred Bradford, Greek and English. HONORABLE MENTION David LeRoy Williams, Utica, N. Y., Chemistry INTER-COLLEGI ATE PRIZES The following are the awards made to Hobart students by the Association for Promoting the Interests of Church Schools, Colleges and Seminaries in 1906. The examinations are open to the Univer- sity of the South, Trinity, Kenyon, St. Stephen's, St. John’s and Hobart. The examiners are professors in Columbia University. Senior Prises in English Maurice Alonzo Leffingwell, Watertown, N. Y., 91%. Second Prize, Si00 Sophomore Prises in English Richard Yates Hoffman, Chicago, 111., 95%, First Prize. S100 Harry Roberts Drummond, Fargo, N. Dak., 93%, Second Prize, S50 Sophomore Prises in Greek Walter Hetiierington Durfee, Geneva, N. Y., 83%, First Prize, Si00 Sophomore Prise in Mathematics Walter Hetiierington Durfee, Geneva, N. Y., 95%, First Prize, $100 25

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U i Class Day Exercises JUNE 19, 1906 1. Song, - 2. Address, ----- 3. Roll Call, - 4. Class Prophecy, - . Poem, ----- 6. Paddle Oration, - 7. Response, - 8. Alma Mater, Class Pres. J. L. Sporer D. L. Williams D. H. Weeks - G. E. Shipler W. S. Stevens, '06 - B. L. Visscher. ’07 Class POST-GRADUATE William Sutherland Stevens, A. B. ’06 - 36 Madison St. Geneva. N. Y. Son of Job S. Stevens, M.D., Ilobart 1840, was born at Sutherland Farms, Penn Van, X Y., Sept. 14th. 1871 ; was prepared for college at Penn Van Academy, and in 1888 was instructor in Advanced Mathematics and assistant in Physics and Chemistry in that school. From 1889 to 1898 was engaged in build- ing pipe organs ; entered Hobart in 1898 ; was in business in Kansas in 1903-4 , attended Kansas City Medical College in 1904 ; re-entered Ilobart in 1905 ; was vice-president Senior Class first term 1905-6 ; Paddle Orator Senior Class 1906. In charge at St. Andrew's Chapel 1900-1903, and again assumed charge of same church in September, 1905. 27