University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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THEE UNIVERSITY BADGER.1 evilku 4 Iif - enon.-- f=--- sibrary {'all, 1uesday, canE 18, 1889. At the Banquet, besides the Faculty, were Gov. Hoard, Judge Cassoday, Jwdge Hand, of Racine, Dr. Butler and many other distinguished persons. -The following were elected officers of the associationfor the en- suing year: JUDGE GEORGE H. NOYES, of Milwaukee, DR. ALMA J. FRISBY, of Milwaukee, - PROF. JULIUS E. OLSoN, of Madison, Miss BERTHA S. PITMAN, of Madison, - HoN. R. M. LA FOLLE-TE, of Madison, HON. GEo. F. MERRILL} of Ashland. - President. Vice-President. - Secretary. Treasurer. - Orator for 1890. Alternate. MISS CARRIE B. CHANDLER, o0 Lancaster, - Poetess for i890. MRS. FLORENCE G. BUCKSTAFF, of Oshkosh, Alternate. The association adopted the following amendment to the Con- stitution: All graduates of the University in any course requiring four years of study, and all persons, upon whom the Regents of the -University have conferred, cr may confer any of the degrees granted pursuant to such four years courses, -shall be members of the Association. Great interest in the association was shown by all the mem- bers present. UMVYERSITYOF WISCONSIN. 36t1 Annual Commencement. ORDER OF EXERCISES. 11MUSIC. PRAYER. MUSIC. DrssLnTATroN-Arthur William Richter, The Beneficent Influence of Mechanical Ii ORATION- Claire Brayton Bird, - - Monuments. DISSERTATION -Lillie Dale Baker, - - Some Dangers of College Specialii ORATION -Frederick Harvey Whitton,- - V5.i.l U:.... MUSIC. DISSERTATION-James Bremer Kerr, - -The Development of Genius. ORATION -- Frederick Godfrey Kraege, Sheridan, the Soldier. DIssERTATION-Joseph Horace Powers, - The Undue Extension of the Theory of I ORATION -Helen Smith, - - - Minstrelsy. MUSIC. DISSEMTATIOx- Henry ('orwen Lord, The History of the Discovery of Universal Manitowoc. Madison. - Madison. Madison. -,A- , 4 19-

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8TE UxirV amp;t -BG Y. W. A. WoL- was born in 1865: was educated and receiveed the degree -of B. 'S. in the U-niversity of Norway, fron -which in- stitution he also -received the degree of Ph. B. in 1883. From -1i882-85 Mr. Woll stdied- Analytical and Synthetical Chemistry in the institution where he was educated. He Lame- to A-erica in I885, and after a year's post-graduate Course in the University of Wisconsin, took the degree -of M S.; was made 'Second Assist- ant and then Assistant Chemist of the Agricultural Experi-ment Station, in this institution. He has written several articles for local and other agricultural papers. ALB1$R-T S. FLINT was born Sept. 12, t8S, -at Salem, Mas.. and graduated from Harvard in i875. He was a special student at the Massachusetts Institute of Techn 187-6-7; student in Astronomy at Princeton, I878-9; Student Assistant at the Cin- cinnati Observatory, T879-80. He was employed with Transit of Venus Commission and the U. S. Naval Observatory, 88I-89. In October, I889, he was appointed Assistant Astronomer of the Washburn Observatory, University of Wisconsin. Prof. Flint has made several contributions to the Annals of Mathematics. THE FRENCH PROFESSOR-FISHING. -18 I V

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THE UNI a ORATION - Sarah Belle Flesh, - - - - Piqua, Ohio. How to Live Well. DISSERTATION - Ada Eugenie Griswold, - - Columbus. The County Jail. ORATION-Winfield Robert Smith, - - Milwaukee. The Tendency of Scientific Philosophy. CONFERRING OF DEGREES. BENEDICTION. SPECIAL HONORS. Theses Read in Library Hall, Monday, June 17, 10 A. M. Mary Frances Winston, - - - - In Mathematics. Integrating Factors of Differential Equations. Arthur William Richter, - - In Mechanical Engineering. A System of Water Works for the City of Whitewater. Nettie Luella Smith, - - - In English Literature. The Ethics of Tennyson's Poetry. Joseph Horace Powers, - - - - In Psychology. Unconscious Cerebration. Frederick Godfrey Kraege, - - - - In Psychology. Thought and Language. Sue Tullis, - - - - - - In French. Madame Roland. James Bremer Kerr, - - - - - - In Latin. The Philosophy of Lucretius in its Relation to the Atomic Theory.' Excused from speaking. 'ERSITY BADGER. '91 .- sib. Ada Eu-erli. Grsod - - - - T- T.S-t+- Cicero's Domestic Relations, as Illustrated by His Letters. Frederick William Stearns,- - - - In History. - Labor and Prices in England from 1259-1582. Florence Porter Robinson, - - - - In History. The Constitutional History of the Reign of Henry II., as Illustrated by Nicholas Trivet. FELLOWSHIPS. JOHN JOHNSTON FET.LOWSHIP. Walter Alexander Rogers, B. C. E., - - - - 'In Engineering. UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS. Hattie Trayne Remington, B. L., John Samuel Roeseler, B. L. (Eng.), Harry Luman Russell, B. S., - James Bremer Kerr, - - - - AI Frederick Harvey Whitton, - - - Ar Sarah Belle Flesh, - - - - M Joseph Horace Powers, - - - - G Arthur William Richter, - - Mechanic HONORABLE MENTION. Ada Eugenie Griswold, - - - - - - - In German. - In History. - In Biology. icient Classical Course. Lcient Classical Course. :cdem Classical Course. reneral Science Course. al Engineering Course. - Columbus. =5 w i i i i i .I I i i . i I i i i i I