Development," by the Academic representative, "The Nation's Anchorage," by the Law representative, and "Texas Grit," by the Engineering representative. The whole was lacking in original conception and character. There were no mock ceremonies, no bright witticisms, no apt retorts. In vain did the Chairman urge upon a listless audience the propriety of applause on such a formal occasion. In vain did eloquence appeal for a warm response. This is not the place to recommend a program of the character that would be befitting the occasion, but we may say it is the opinion of some that this feature of the Commencement season should be abandoned, unless it could be made more original and more sparkling than the occasion of the Twentieth Commencement.

The Class Prophesy was read by Miss Helen Devine, and the key of knowledge presented by Mr. B. H. Powell to the Juniors, who accepted it through their representative, Mr. J. F. Cox.

PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION.

After the hand concert, given on The University campus, President Prather tendered the graduating classes an elaborate reception. The spacious lawn at his home was brilliantly lighted with lanterns and electric lights. Two particularly striking electric light figures, one a large Texas star, the other a monogram reading "U. of T. 1903," attracted the attention of the visitors from a distance. Several hundred callers, representing the Board of Regents, Faculty, and graduating classes of former years, as well as of 1903, enjoyed the hospitality of President and Mrs. Prather.

TUESDAY-ALUMNI MEETING.

The yearly business meeting of the Alumni Association was held on Tuesday morning. Mr. Clarence H. Miller, '86, President of the Associa tion, called the meeting to order, and called for the report of the Treasurer, Mr. James Maxwell, '90. After the reading of this report, the entire meeting became interested in the question why the Alumni showed such a lack of interest in the affairs of the Association. T. W. Gregory, '85, D. E. Simmons, '92, and E. P. Schoch, '97, made speeches on the subject. They all seemed to agree that the source of trouble was in the lack of proper methods of attracting the attention of the fifteen hundred alumni in the State, and of sustaining their interest after it had once been aroused. W. H. Stacy, '95, moved that a ways and means committee be created, especially to devise and put into operation some more effective plan of procedure whereby a larger number of alumni would respond to the calls of the Association, and assist in promoting the highest interests of their alma mater.

Mr. Stacy's suggestions met with a favorable response, and the following committee was announced: W. H. Stacy, '95; Yancey Lewis, '85; E. P. Schoch, '97; Jessie Andrews, '84; Lilia Casis, '95.

Mr. Maxwell, the Treasurer of the Association, had a grievance which he lodged against the constitution and by-laws, declaring that they were

out of date. Miss Helen Hornsby supported this view, and a committee of five on revision was ordered.

Chairman Miller appointed J. W. Maxwell, '90; Arthur Lefevre, '95; D. E. Simmons, '92; D. A. Penick, '96, and Miss Hornsby.

At this point Hon. Jack Beall, '90, sprang a surprise on the Association. According to reports, Mr. Beall said: "I am deeply pained by the display of indifference on the part of the Alumni to the objects for which this Association was formed. So striking is the absence of enthusiasm and good fellowship that an alumnus, like a stranger, might wander from one end of the long corridor to the other without meeting a class-mate. He experiences but few of the delights which should come to the alumnus when he returns to the shadow of this institution. In my judgment, the whole future of The University depends largely upon awakening the interest of the Alumni in its welfare and in its advancement. If they can not take interest in this institution, who can ? If it can not find protection with them, where will it come to find protection? If they are not its friends, where will you seek to find its friends, if not among its own household, among those who have received the benefits of its training, who have received the inspiration of four years of blessed association here in this institution? I believe there is a field for missionary work among the Alumni. If it is ever to prosper, they may be largely responsible for its prosperity. University spirit seems to me to be dead—almost dead-among the men and women who have left its halls. I think a special effort ought to be made during the coming year to revive The University feeling among its Alumni. If every man and woman who has gone out from its halls will do his or her duty during the coming summer, we can have two thousand students for the session of 1903-1904. I do not claim that I have done my duty. I have neglected the work as much as any one else, but for one I intend to try to do something for The University. As suggesting what I am willing to do, I want to pledge to this Association one hundred dollars for the Ellis county scholarship, to be paid when The University opens in October."

Mr. Beall sat down amid the liveliest manifestations of enthusiasm that marked the entire proceedings.

The election of officers resulted as follows: President, H. Y. Benedict, '92; Vice-President, D. E. Simmons, '92; Treasurer, W. A. Holliday, '00; Secretary, Miss Roberta Lavender, '97; Orator, Tom Connally, '98. Executive Committee, E. B. Parker, '89, Houston; Wm. Thompson, '87, Dallas; W. H. Stacy, '96, Austin; Yale Hicks, '90, San Antonio; James McClendon, '95, Austin.

There being no further business, the Association adjourned sine die. The Alumni Banquet. The Alumni Banquet was given, as usual, at University Hall, where an elaborate menu was served. After the dinner, the following toasts were responded to, Hon. T. W. Gregory acting as toastmaster: "The University," President Prather; "Texas," James B. Clark; "The Faculty," Hon. Jack Beall; "The Law Department," J. P. Haven; "Tramps," Richard Morgan; "College Athletics," R. M. Bates; "The Edu

cated Man in Commerce," Hon. Arthur Lefevre; "Now and Then," Hon. T. W. Gregory. Covers were laid for a hundred and twenty, and the occasion proved altogether enjoyable, except for the fact that a heavy shower came up and drove the guests from the lawn. Great satisfaction was expressed in University circles over the live interest of so many of the prominent alumni.

WEDNESDAY.

The Graduating Exercises. The occasion of the week in which the greatest interest centered was the graduating exercises on Wednesday morning. This occasion was notable this year, because the largest class in the history of The University was graduated. Fifty-nine students received the degree of Bachelor of Laws; eight, the degree of Civil Engineer; fourteen, the degree of Bachelor of Literature; thirty-one, the degree of Bachelor of Science; twenty, the degree of Bachelor of Arts; two, the degree of Master of Science; six, the degree of Master of Arts-a total of 132. The exercises, moreover, were of an unusually high character, and the occasion was distinguished by the presence of many men high in public life. The address of Hon. Edward F. Harris, of Galveston, which appears elsewhere in THE RECORD, produced a very fine impression. The address of the President to the graduating classes and to the students of The University, at the conclusion of the exercises, should be mentioned for its high tone and for the especially happy manner in which he turned a joke on the student poet. An attractive feature of the graduation ceremonies was the appearance of the academic Seniors in caps and gowns.

Degrees Conferred.

FIRST DEGREES--BACHELOR OF LAWS

Willy Walter Holland, Jr.
Guy Percy Horton

Edward Howd Hughes
Thomas Claude Hutchings
Godfrey Jacob Kapner
Claude Lawrence

Eugene Selden Leavell

Frederick Flower Lendewig
George Nelson Lytle

William Samuel Moore

Wiley Boothe Merrill

James Edmonson Niday, M. A.

Charles Elijah Perkins

William Rufus Parker, B. A.

Benjamin Harrison Powell

William Lambdin Prather, Jr., B. S.

Edgar Samuel Ratcliff

Romulus John Rhome

Angus T. Russell
Joel J. Samuell
William Erving Sayle
Cleveland Sewall
Jay Augustus Stansell
John Dudley Stephenson
Walter J. True

James Du Bose Walthall

Clyde Fleetwood Winn, Ph. B.
William Alonzo Wise
Charles Eugene Witt

ADVANCED DEGREES-MASTER OF SCIENCE

ARCHIE MAURICE SPURGIN, M, D.

Enamel in the Teeth of an Embryo Edentate.

EDMUND WILD.

Friedrich Nietzsche's Philosophy; A Critical Study of His Philosophy, with Special Reference to its Ethical Aspects.

MASTER OF ARTS

MATTIE ALICE AUSTIN, B. LIT.

THESIS: Municipal Government of San Fernando De Bexar.

EDWIN ELMORE BEWLEY, B. LIT.

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates; a Study in Argumentative Oratory.

HENRY LEE BORDEN, B. LIT.
THESIS: Land Transfer in Texas.

OLATIA CRANE, B. LIT.

THESIS: The Gutierres-Magee Expedition.

WILLIAM LAMBDIN PRATHER, JR., B. S.

THESIS: Economic Effects of the Homestead and Exemption Laws; With Special Reference to the Homestead and Exemption Laws of Texas.

ETHEL ZIVLEY RATHER, B. ▲.

THESIS: De Witt's Colony, 1825-1836.

Permanent Certificates Granted. Permanent certificates were granted to the following: Roy Bedichek, B. S.; Alice Vivian Carman, B. S.; Nellie Lucy Dancy, B. S.; Helen Olive Devine, B. Lit.; Else Sophia Frischmeyer, B. Lit.; Frances Miranda Hogan, B. Lit.; Louis Herman Hubbard, B. S.; Miranda Jagoe, B. S.; Alma Keturah Jones, B. Lit.; Katherine Lockhart, B. S.; Mora Cordelia McCombs, B. Lit.; Margaret Marshall, B. S.; Gretchen Rochs, B. Lit.

Advanced Certificates Granted. Lavert Chamberlain; Florence Devine; Ray Perrenot; Harriet Smither; Kate Wilson.

Elementary Certificates Granted. Eunice Aden; Willie Alberta Blackburn; Minnie Laura Cade; Mabel E. Cooley; James F. Cox; Janie Ellis ; Ethel L. Hibbs; Colon Holeman; May Hopkins; Bertha Jackson; Kate B. Jenkins; Margaret E. Kenney; Emily Rawlings; Lettie E. Richter; R. A. Robertson; Katherine A. Searcy; Henry A. Stanley; Minnie Lee York.

Prizes. The following prizes were announced as having been awarded during the year: The Gregory-Batts prize of $50.00 cash, for best debater, to William A. Cocke, of San Antonio; the Gammel prize of $25.00, to Edmund B. Griffin, of Van Alstyne; the DuBois prize in oratory, to Jesse P. Luton, of Ector. No papers were submitted in competition for the Colonial Dames' prize of $50.00 for the best essay on "Colonial Times," or the William J. Bryan Prize of $25.00 for the best essay on “Good Government."

The Edward Thompson Book Company prize, consisting of either the American and English Encyclopædia of Law, or the American and English Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice, awarded annually to the member of the Senior Law class who writes the best thesis on some law subject, was awarded to Mr. Henry Lee Borden for his thesis entitled "Land Transfer in Texas."

The cash prizes of $150.00 and $100.00, given each year by Messrs. Trezevant & Cochran of Dallas, for the best and next best thesis on some subject connected with fire insurance, were awarded respectively to Joseph Burton Dibrell, of Seguin, for his thesis entitled, "The Power of an Agent to Waive the Stipulations of the Fire Policy," and to Mr. B. Ashby Carter, of Hamilton, for his thesis entitled, "Warranties of the Fire Policy."

The Hancock Fellowship in Political Science, valued at $250.00, awarded to the student who, working under the supervision of the School of Politi