Iron County Record | 1949-07-07 | Page 7 | Cedarite Awarded Degree at Purdue University Ceremony

Cedaiite Awaided Degree at Purdue University Ceremony William Walter Willmarth, Cedar Ce-dar City, was awarded a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering at the twin commencement com-mencement exercises held at Purdue university recently. With an all-time record of nearly 2000 receiving the baccalaureate, advanced ad-vanced and professional degrees, two separate identical exercises were held for the first time in the history of the university to provide seating accommodations for parents, relatives and friends of the graduates. This brings the total of graduates for the current cur-rent academic year to 3563. At these exercises baccalaureate baccalaure-ate degrees were conferred upon graduates of the engineering schools in the morning, and at exercises that afternoon, upon graduates of other, schools and ' curricula. President' Frederick L. Hovde conferred the degrees and spoke briefly at each program.