University of New Mexico - Mirage Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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Prizes and' Scholarships - I907' The Dr. J. A. Henry Scholarship Prize. for the highest general scholarship. Frank Chellis Light. The Dr. W. G. Hope United States History Prize Isobel Ogilvie Niven. The Annual Declamation Contest. First Prize, Kenneth C. Heald. Second Prize, Elwood M. Albright. The Citizens' Oratorical Contest. First Prize, Frank Chellis Light. Second Prize. Roy A. Baldwin. The Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest. Frank Chellis Light. The American Oratory Declamation Contest. First Prize, Grover C. Emmons. Honorable Mention, Roy A. Baldwin. I 908 The Cecil Rhodes Scholarship. Frank Chellis Light.

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The West Do roses bloom ancl lilacs H11 the air? Our skies are roses: everywhere The distant range and wreathed peak Are flowers beyond compare. Do showers lathe the fragrant clells Where leaves in silence fall? A Our sunshine pours its golden floocl Of radiance over all. Do fragile souls aspire the force Of Destiny to move? The Western Heart dares anything Of Charity and Love.

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Rhodes Scholar RANK CHELLIS LIGHT, 'A 'A 'A, was bam in Cha- nute, Kansas, on May l8, ISS9. When he was six years old the family removed to Silver City, New Mexico. Mr. Light's primary grammar and preparatory education was all received in the public schools of Silver City and the Normal School of that city-. It is quite needless to say that during his attendance at the Normal Schc-ol he was a leader in many lines of activity, athletic and scholastic. l-le was particularly prominent in the work of the literary society. In 1906 lVlr. Light graduated from the Normal School as President of his class. In the fall of l906 Mr. Light entered the University and since that time he has been a force in student affairs. It would take too long to examine in detail his career since matriculation and so a summary must suffice. ln I906-7, he joined the Alpha Alpha Alpha Fra- ternity, Dramatic Club, and Khiva Literary Society, of which he was elected Secretary. He was awarded the Scholarship Prize, won the Local Oratorical Contest, was leader of the Freshman Debating Team and served as Assistant Editor on the Weekly and on the Mirage. In I907-8 Mr. Light won the Territorial Oratorical Contest and was elected Rhodes Scholar from New Mexico. ' From the above summary of his college life it can be seen that Mr. Light is a man of broad talents, but it can in no wise show how he has won and kept for himself a secure place in the affection and esteem of his instructors and fellow students. While all his fellow students feel Oxford's gain is assuredly their loss they cannot but wish Mr. Light every success in the wider and broader field upon which he is entering. During his Oxford residence Mr. Light will not specialize along any line, but simply take a broad B. A. course. After graduation he will cnter a law school in the United States to prepare for the bar.