Pomp and circumstances

George Delbert Thompson

It is so aggravating when I find something noteworthy online, only not to find it again. Somewhere I saw a clipping indicating that George Delbert Thompson had to petition OSU for his spring graduation; understandably, Delbert had difficulty completing his final requirements due to his poison injuries in February. However, I did find confirmation he succeeded in the Thursday, March 19, 1925 edition of the Canton Daily News:

 

Canton Men To Receive Degres [sic]

    One hundred and thirty-six students are candidates for degrees at the spring convocation or quarterly commencement exercises to be held Friday at the Ohio State University. Eight of the university's 11 colleges with present candidates for degrees.

    The exercises will be held in the university chapel. Dr. H.G. Hoskins, head of the department of physiology, will deliver the convocation address. His topic will be "Biological Bargains."

    Conferring of degrees and certificates upon the present class brings the total for the year here to nearly 500, counting those granted at the autumn and winter convocations.

    Among the prospective candidates are the following Canton students: 

    Arland Russell Hershberger, Master of Science; Byron Franklin Wenger, College of Arts; [and] George Delbert Thompson, College of Commerce in Business Administration.

 

I wonder what the Delbert thought about the address, "Biological Bargains."

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