Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1915 — BOLTS CLASS LINE TO OBTAIN HIS DEGREE. [ARTICLE]

BOLTS CLASS LINE TO OBTAIN HIS DEGREE.

New York.—J. Donald Duncan, one of the Columbia seniors, who was graduated recently, actually swam for a degree of bachelor of arts, and he swam as he never did before and probably never will again. It was 9:30 a. m. when Duncan dishe could not have his degree, because be had failed to pass the swimming examinations. With a yell of dismay he broke from the alreadyformed line, casting off garments as he ran for the gymnasium pooL By the time he reached it he was in a proper state of unattire to make the plunge. He hesitated for just a moment, for he never liked the water. Then the thought of his degree came to his rescue and he tumbled In. He swam until exhausted, and yet not enough. The music from the riwwn room came floating to his ears. He put forth renewed efforts. At last the goal was reached. The professor attached his signature to Duncan’s papers, and the ink was as wet as the young man's hair as he again hurried panting into the line. He had been gone Just eleven minutes,' but It was sufficient to obtain his degree.