"W" Wearers
JOSEPH BARNES BEACH
NATHANIEL PAUL BIART
LEROY JAMES BURLINGAME
RAY SANFORD ERLANDSON
HAROLD MARTIN GROVES
ALFRED PAUL f IAAKE
FRANK [DELMAR Hi lSON
_JOHN CLEMENT WARNER
SEARGENT PEABODY \VILD
INCE the spring of 1911, when Mrs. Willirm F. Vilas, to encourage debating at Wis-
consin, inaugurated the practice of giving sixgold fobs annually, first in order to seniors,
then juniors and sophomores, the forensic "W  has been treasured by intercollegiate men as a
token of distinction in reward for excellence in intercollegiate debating. What the athletic "W
is to our athletics, the forensic "\  is to our debaters.-the highest award for persistent hard
work, not with muscle, but with brain.
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