Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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R. W. Tavenner, B.S., California. Major. Education. Minor, Psychology. Thesis : Student activities in high schools with special reference to Oregon. Frank H. Vender Ahe, B.A., Oregon. Major, Chemistry. Minor, Physics. Thesis : An investigation of the nature of bios particularly with reference to the crystalline substance isolated by Eddy, Kerr and Williams. MASTER OF SCIENCE Edwin K. Harkness, B.S., Oregon. Major, Education. Minor, Fine Arts. Thesis: Some inequalities in educational opportunity in the public schools of Oregon. Thomas Daniel Wyatt, B.S., Oregon. Major, Physiology. Minor, Pharmacology. Thesis : Salmon poisoning in dogs. MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE Lau Fook Tai, B.S. in Arch., Oregon. Thesis: Notes on the geography, history, social, economic, government and aesthetic factors involved in the planning of the city Bou Onn, China. loctar of IGettera The University of Oregon confers the degree of Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa, upon JOHN HENRY NASH Printer, scholar and artist, maker of noble books, worthy successor of Jenson, Aldus and Morris, combining in a western land, love of learning, devotion to beauty and fervor of honest craftsmanship.

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Walther Otto Benthin, B.A., Buena Vista College. Major, Sociology. Minor, Education. Thesis : The sociological possibilities of the rural church. Jessie Laird Brodie, B.A., Reed. Major. Zoology and Experimental Biology. Minor, Pathology. Thesis : Studies in the comparative action of thyroxin and dessicated thyroid upon the division rate of Paramecium. Walter Henry Buxton, B.A., Nebraska. Major, Education. Minor, Mathematics. Thesis: The present status of instruction in religion in American colleges and uni- versities. Leo Herbert Cossmann, B.A., Oregon. Major, Education. Minor, Psychology. Thesis: The relative efficiency of different I. Q. groups in arithmetic and language from grades 3-A to 8-B. Meryl W. Deraing, B.A., Oregon. Major, Chemistry. Minor, Physics. Thesis : Ostwald ' s law of coupled reactions and the energy relationship of endother- mic compounds. RoUien S. Dickerson, B.A., Oregon. Major, Education. Minor, History. Thesis: Justification of composite ' social science in the junior high school and some criteria for choosing materials. Elmer Beal Gardner, LL.B., Arkansas ; B.A., Oklahoma. Major, Education. Minor, Political Science. Thesis : A study of the educational system of Clackamas Covinty, Oregon. Bertha Alice Hays, B.A., Oregon. Major, Zoology. Minor, Chemistry. Thesis: The effects of the intraperitoneal injection of thyroxin upon the body weight and upon certain organs, especially the gonads and the hypophysis, of the albino rat. Alfred Renault Hedrick, B.A., Chicago. Major, English. Minor. Psychology. Thesis: England — the presentation of the Elizabethan ' s world: a study of sixteenth century English Chauvinism and patriotism. Arthur Carhart Jones, B.A., Pacific University. Major, Anatomy. Minor, Pathology. Thesis : Nerve endings in the reptilian lung. David John Jones, B.A. in Ed., Washington; B.M.. Montana Wesleyan. Major, Education. Minor, History. Thesis: Welsh education from 1840 to 1881. Percy A. Lasselle. B.A., Oregon. Major. Chemistry. Minor, Physics. Thesis : A study of the highly reducing substances occuring in nyroligneoue acid. Lois Allen Laughlin, B.A., Oregon. Major, English. Minor, History. Thesis : The revolt against Main Street- ture. Edward Dorris McAlister, B.A., Oregon. Major, Physics. Minor, Mathematics. Thesis: An analysis of the causes of variation in thermal electromotive force. Rose A. Schoenberg-McGrew, B.A., Oregon. Major, German. Minor, French. Thesis: E. T. A. Hoffmann und sein Verhaeltnis zur Romantik als Dichter, Musiker und Mensch. Luceil Morrow Osvold, B.A., Oregon, Major, English. Minor, Philosophy. Thesis : A statisticial study of pauses in English blank verse. Oscar White Richards, B.A.. Oregon. Major, Zoology. Minor, Psychology. Thesis : The groi -th of the yeast S. Cerevisiae : a mathematical analysis of its growth curve and the effect of temperature on its growth as shown by the Arrhenius temperature equation. William Sherman Savage, B.A., Howard University. Major, History. Minor. Education. Thesis: Abolitionist literature in the mails. 1835-1886. -a study in contemporary American litera-

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Announcements of i ' djolaralitija anb prises The Failing Price The Failing prize of one hundred and fifty dollars is the income from a gift made to the University by Hon. Henry Failing, of Portland. It is awarded to that member of the senior class who shall pronounce the best oration at the time of his or her graduation. The trinner of this prize will be an- nounced at the Commence nent Exercises. The Beekman Prise The Beekman prize of one hundred dol- lars is the income from a gift made to the University by Hon. C. C. Beekman, of Jacksonville. It is awarded under the same conditions as the Failing prize, for the second best oration. The winner of thU ! rize will be an- nounced at the Commencement Exercises. The Warner Prises These prizes were awarded by Mrs. Mur- ray Warner, curator of the Museum of Oriental Art. for the best essays on sub- jects connected with Oriental and Ameri- can relations. First prise, one hundred dolUirs. HAROLD A. KIRK Second prise, sixty-five dollars. MILDRED V. HAYDEN Third prise, thirty-five dollars. AUGUSTIN P. CARMISIS The Koyl Cup ROBERT T. MAUTZ The Koyl cup, presented by Charles W. Koyl. ' 11, is awarded each year by a com- mittee of the faculty to that man of the junior class who is, in their judgment, the best all ' round man. The Gerlinger Cup ELOISE BUCK The Gerlinger cup, presented by Mrs. George Gerlinger, regent of the Univer- sity, is awarded by a committee of Uni- versity and town women to the best all- round woman of the junior class. The Albert Cup MARY JANE HATHAWAY The Albert cup, presented by Mr, Joseph Albert of Salem, is awarded each year to the senior showing the greatest proKress toward all-round development in charac- ter, service, and wholesome influence. The Edison Marshall Prize DORIS PARKER A prize of fifty dollars for the best short story is priven each year by Edison Marshall, ' 17. Contestants are limited to undergraduates regularly enrolled and in good standing. The Architecture Medal ARNOLD RALPH SOUTHWELL This medal is awarded annually by the American Institute of Architects to the student graduating with the best record in architecture during his college course. The Phi Chi Theta Scholarship Women 8 Honorary Coin merce Fraternity MARY JANE HATHAWAY The Phi Chi Theta scholarship of fifty dollars is awarded annually on the basis of high scholastic standing and general student activities to a woman in the junior or senior class of the School of Business Administration. The Beta Gamma Sigma Award FRED G. NIEMI To honor outstanding scholastic attain- ment, the name of the freshman major student in the School of Business Admin- istration receiving the highest average for the year, is engraved on a permanent rec- ord plate placed in the corridor of the Commerce building by Beta Gamma Sig- ma, honorary commerce fraternity. The John Bernard Jakzvay Memorial Scholarship In Chemistry PAUL SHEPARD BILUNGTON This scholarship which is awarded an- nually to the most outstanding junior in the department of chemistry, consists of the interest on SI, 000 given by Mr. and Mrs. Bernard C. Jakway in memory of their son, John Bernard Jakway. Condon Club Prize EUGENE CALLAGHAN The Condon Club prize is offered by the staff in Geology to the best junior student in the department. It is awarded on the basis of scholarship and scientific fitneaa and ability.