14 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

HONORS AND PRIZES

SOPHOMORE HONorRS. Sophomore honors and high honors are awarded
on the basis of a minimum of two full years’ work, not less than 60 credits,
completed in residence at the University. A student securing during these
two years 135 grade-points, plus 1% grade-points for each credit above 60
required in his course, will be awarded Sophomore Honors; a student se-
curing during these two years 165 grade-points, plus 2 grade-points for each
credit above 60 required in his course, will be awarded Sophomore High
Honors.

SENIOR Honors. Senior honors and high honors are awarded on the
basis of the academic requirements for the second half of any four-year
course. A student securing 135 grade-points, plus 1% grade-points for
each credit above 60 required in his course for completing the second half,
will be awarded Senior Honors; a student securing 165 grade-points, plus
2 grade-points for each credit above 60 required in his course for complet-
ing the second half, will be awarded Senior High Honors. Any student
who has been permitted to carry more than the minimum number of credits
during the first two years of his course and less than the minimum during
the last two years, will not thereby be barred from securing senior honors.

THESIS Honors. Senior thesis honors are awarded at commencement
to students who have written exceptionally fine or original theses, without
reference to their other work.

BRYAN PRIZE FuND. In 1899 William Jennings Bryan presented $250
to the University, the income to be used as a prize for the best essay on
The Science of Government. Unused income is added annually to the prin-
cipal. The fund now amounts to $625.00.

EDNA KERNGOOD GLICKSMAN PRIZE. “This prize, perpetuating the
memory and influence of Edna Kerngood Glicksman and awarded each year
to a member of the senior class in recognition of intellectual attainments,
high womanhood, and service in the college community,” was awarded in
1929 to Miss Sylvia E. Meyer.

THE THEODORE HERFURTH EFFICIENCY Prize. Mr. Theodore Her-
furth, of Madison, has offered a prize of $100 to a senior male student who
shows greatest evidence of initiative and efficiency. In 1929 the award
went to Wallace M. Jensen.

JUBILEE MEDAL. The award of this medal, a reproduction in gold of
the medal designed for the University at the time of its fiftieth anniver-
sary, was established by the cooperation of the Departments of Economics,
History, and Political Science in recognition of the best senior thesis in
those three departments, and is awarded annually at Commencement. The
Departments of Philosophy and Sociology are now included in the competi-
tion. The medal for 1929 was awarded to Miss Berniece N. Lotwin.