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J. L. McCartney Prize: Medal offered
by Prof. McCartney's sons for the best
work on some assigned topic in the De
partment of science, to Tom B. Jones,
Aliquippa.
GENEVA COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT
Honorary degrees were conferred on
three persons by President Charles M.
Lee at the Geneva College commence
ment exercises in Reeves field, June 7.
C. Lee Austin, president of Jones and
Laughlin Steel corporation, gave the
commencement address. Dr. Austin's
topic was "Facing Up to Our New
World."
Bachelor degrees were presented to
117 seniors, including
12 who completed
their work in January, and four stu
dents received secretarial certificates.
Those receiving honorary doctor of di
vinity degrees were the Rev. Howard C.
Emrick, pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Ellwood City; and D. Ray Wil
cox, assistant professor of Greek and
Bible at the College. Rev. Emrick has
served as president of the Geneva alum
ni association the past two years. Rev.
Emrick was graduated from Geneva in
1929, and Rev. Wilcox in 1928. David C.
Park, president of Smith and Caffrey
Steel company, Syracuse, N. Y was
awarded an honorary doctor of laws de
gree. Mr. Park is a brother of Dr. Park,
retiring Dean of the College and acting
head of the Bible department. He has
been a member of the Geneva Board of
Trustees since 1949.
Ten students were graduated with
honors including
highest honors.
three seniors with
Of the 117 bachelor degrees awarded,
31 were bachelor of science; 28 were
bachelor of arts; 24, bachelor of science
in business administration; 21 bachelor
of science in education; and 13, bachelor
of science in industrial engineering.
Prizes were awarded by Dr. .
the following students:
Lee to
Valedictorian's Prize: Interest on a
trust fund given by Dr. S. C. Milligan,
of Pittsburgh, in memory of his father,
the Rev. J. S. T. Milligan, D.D., amount
ing this year to $54.67, to Celeste A.
Battilocchi, Ellwood City.
Alumni Prize: $50 given by the Alum
ni Association to the person in the sen
ior class, recommended by the faculty
and chosen by the alumni council, for
Your President's Letter, from page 413
11, remembering Psalm 127:1, "Ecxept
the Lord build the house, they labour in
vain that build it .
414
Your servant in
Mrs. A. J. McFarland
Synodical President
Christ,
superiority in character, scholarship,
leadership and participation in college
activities, to Guy Dille, Rochester.
General Excellence Prize: $50 offered
by Dr. Robert M. Young
and awarded
on the basis of the highest scholastic
average for the year, with general char
acter and conduct considered, to Janice
C. Martin, East Liverpool, O.
Senior English Prize: $20 offered by
the College Hill Women's club for the
best work in senior English, to Celeste
A. Battilocchi, Ellwood City.
W. A. Bliss Economics Prize: $50
given by Mr. and the late Mrs. W. A.
Bliss to a senior in the department who
is high in scholarship and outstanding
in character and usefulness, to Guy
Dille, Rochester.
R. W. Redpath Memorial: $25, do
nated by Mrs. R. W. Redpath, is given
in memory of Dr. R. W. Redpath to a
student planning to enter Christian
service, to R. Paul Mathews, Wilkins
burg.
Isabella Stewart Memorial Award:
$25 given in memory of Miss Isabella
Stewart, the former head of the Modern
Foreign Languages department and As
sociate Dean of Women, by her family,
to a senior whose character, scholarship,
religious and social activities are in ac
cord with the ideals of Geneva College,
to Erla Jean Willson, Beaver Falls.
Pep Club Prize: $10 presented by the
Pep Club to a senior student contribut
ing the most to the life of the college
during his Geneva career, to Nancy F.
Mandeville, Beaver Falls.
Christian Service Union Prize: A
gold-lettered Bible, awarded to the sen
ior chosen by the Christian Service
Union as having
contributed most to the
spiritual life of the college in his or her
four years as a student, to R.
Mathews, Wilkinsburg, Pittsburgh.
American Association of
Women Award: Membership
Paul
University
for a year
offered by the National chapter to the
young
woman student considered out
standing in character, scholarship and
leadership in college activities, to Mar
jorie L. Houston, Beaver Falls.
Accounting Prize: An accountant's
handbook offered by the Pennsylvania
Institute of Certified Public account
ants to the senior who has thirty hours
and the highest average for the entire
four years in accounting, with character
and leadership taken into consideration,
to Peter R. Gault, New Brighton.
Edwin F. Wendt Greek Prize: $10 of
fered in memory of the late Dr. Edwin
F. Wendt for the best work in the de
partment of Greek, to be divided be
tween Kenneth E. Miller, Beaver Falls,
and Loukis C. Theocharides, Larnaca,
Cyprus.
John Lincoln Downie Prize: $25 of
fered by the late R. M. Downie in honor
of his son, John Lincoln Downie, to the
most successful student in oratory, to
Robert H. McFarland, Sterling, Kans.
Engineering Prize: Set of drawing in
struments offered by Mr. Joseph M.
Steele, of Philadelphia, for the best
work in mechanical drawing, to Richard
M. Ramer, Beaver Falls.
Bible Prize: $25 offered by Dr. and
Mrs. John Robertson McCartney in hon
or of their mother, Catherine Robertson
McCartney, for the best work in Bible,
to Donald H. Mullinnix, of Indianapolis,
Ind.
History Prize: $50 offered by David
C. Park, Syracuse, N. Y., brother of Dr.
Robert Park, for the best thesis in the
History Seminar course, to Loukis C.
Theocharides, Larnaca, Cyprus.
French Club Prize: $5 offered by the
French club to the upperclassman mak
ing the most progress in French during
the year, to Erla Jean Willson, Beaver
Falls.
Christian Service Award: $10 offered
by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac McKee, of Al
monte, Canada, in memory of their
daughter, Agnes, who at the time of
her death was a freshman at Geneva
College and a member of the Christian
Service Union. The award is given to
the freshman who in the opinion of the
Christian Service Union has rendered
the most valuable service to that group
during the year, to John H. White, New
burgh, N. Y.
Freshman English Prize: $30 offered
by the late Mr. Hayes Euwer, of Pitts
burgh, for the best essay on an assigned
topic in English composition, to Donald
E. Lutz, Ellwood City.
Old Testament History Bible Prize:
$25 given in memory of Dr. J. Boyd
Tweed, former head of the Department
of Religious Education, by his wife and
family to the student doing the best
work in Old Testament History, to
Louis T. Deverka, Aliquippa.
Engineering Prize: $10 offered in
memory of the late Dr. Edwin P Wendt
for the best survey and map of the cam
pus made by a second year student in
engineering, to Mauro Chiaverini,. New
Castle.
THE COVENANTER WITNESS