Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1920 — RENSSELAER STUDENT HONORED AT NORTHWESTERN [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER STUDENT HONORED AT NORTHWESTERN

Miss Helen Leatherman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Leatherman, of this city, who is a senior at Northwestern University, at Evanston, 111., has been elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. This is a very high honor and is conferred on college studerits in recognition of the attainment of high scholarship. This society is national in its scope and is composed only of students of superior ability and scholastic attainment. Miss Leatherman was graduated from the- Rensselaer high school four years ago with a very high standing in scholarship.— She attended Ward-Belmont college, at Nashville, Tenn. Completing the course there in two years, she became a junior at Northwestern last year and this year she is a senior. Mr. and Mrs. Leatherman arre justly proud of the record made by their daughter and the editor of the Republican speaking for himself and at the same time expressing the sentiment of the many friends of Mass Leatherman, extend most hearty congratulations to daughter and parents. * This high honor has been bestowed upon two other Rensselaer students at Northwestern, they were Miss Aileen Allman, who was graduated in 1919 and the Rev. Glenn Wishard, who was graduated some years ago and is now in the mission field in India for the Methodist Episcopal church.