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PRIZES 105
The Hollingworth Honorarium of $50, established by Dr. W. G. Hollingworth
of Utica in 191 1, is awarded to a senior in the Veterinary College on his general
good standing throughout the course and especially on his standing in pathology
and bacteriology. Awarded to Robert Herman Volgenau and Walter Joseph
Gibbons.
The Early English Text Society presents four of its publications annually to be
awarded as prizes to those students who pass the best examinations in Early
English. Awarded to Richard Beck.
The Fuertes Memorial Prizes in Public Speaking were founded in 1912 by
Charles H. Baker, a graduate of the School of Civil Engineering of the Class of
1886. Three prizes, one of $125, one of $35, and one of $20, are offered annually
to members of the junior and senior classes in the Colleges of Engineering and
Architecture for proficiency in public speaking. Awarded to Kenneth Gregg Van
Wynen, Glen Leslie Logan, and Richard Irving Land.
The Graduate Prize in Philosophy, established in 1912, has an annual value of
about $25 and is open to competition by students registered in the Graduate
School. It is given to the student who submits the best paper embodying the
results of research in the field of philosophy. Not awarded in 1924-25.
The James Gordon Bennett Prize of $50, founded in 19 12, is open to seniors
in the Veterinary College and is offered for work in the clinics giving evidence of
ability to handle diseased animals humanely, emphasis being put upon the stu
dent's ability to apply local and general anaesthesia effectively. Awarded to
Robert Herman Volgenau and Paul Albert Raymond.
The Jane Miller Prize of $50, founded in 19 12, is awarded to the student
or students having the highest standing in veterinary physiology. It is usually
divided into prizes of $30 and $20 and awarded at the end of the junior year.
Awarded to Alexander Zeissig and Andre Ray DeMott.
The George Chapman Caldwell Prize of $50 was established in 19 13 by Frank
Cary Caldwell and Mrs. Grace Caldwell Chamberlain as a memorial of their
father, the first Professor of Chemistry at this University. It is awarded annually
in money, accompanied by a certificate, to a member of the senior class, for general
excellence in the Course in Chemistry. Awarded to Harold Adlard Lovenberg.
The Ring Memorial Prizes, established in 1913 by bequest of Charles A. Ring
of Newfane, New York, are awarded to undergraduates of the College of Agricul
ture for essays giving reviews of literature in the field of floriculture, vegetable
gardening, or pomology, and showing the greatest ability to evaluate scientific
evidence. A first prize of about $30 and a second prize of about $20 are offered.
First prize awarded to Robert Hughes Hartshorn; second prize to Shu Chun
Teng and Cuyler Emory Paine.
The Stewart Prize, offered annually since 1913 by S. L. Stewart of Brookside
Farms, Newburgh, New York, is a prize of $50 to be divided among students par
ticipating in a clean-milk contest. Awarded to Kenneth Renney Button, Charles
Isaac Bowman, Parseg Gumushian, and Elmer Irving Browning.
T%e J. G. White Prizes in Spanish, founded by James Gilbert White in 1914,
are three prizes, each of the value of $100, offered annually. Two are offered for
excellence in Spanish, one of them to juniors and seniors in the College of Engi
neering and the other to juniors and seniors in the other colleges of the University.
The third is offered for excellence in English to undergraduates from the Latin-
American Republics and until June, 1925, but not thereafter, to undergraduates
from Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Awarded to Arthur Esteban Saldana
of the College of Engineering; the other two prizes were not awarded in 1924-25.
The Student Medal of the American Institute of Architects has been offered each
year since 191 5 to that member of the graduating class of the College of Archi
tecture whose record is the best throughout the course. The person to whom the
medal is awarded is invited to exhibit his work at the next annual convention of
the Institute. Awarded to Thomas Jefferson Baird.
The Charles Lathrop Pack Foundation, endowed with $500 in 19 15 by Mr.
Pack, who increased the endowment to $2,000 in 1923, supports two prizes of
$50 each which are offered annually to students of the Department of Forestry.
The former is offered to be awarded to that student of forestry in the graduating