Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1916 — Richard Rice Wins New School Honprs. [ARTICLE]

Richard Rice Wins New School Honprs.

Richard A. Rice returned yesterday from Bowling Green, Ky., where he took a post-graduate course in commercial work at the university al that place, and last week at the graduation exercises received the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science. He was also selected as one of the speakers at a banquet given the graduates, his subject being “To the Special Teachers.” The advanced class of 1916 numbered 69, out of an enrollment of nearly 700, and every state in the union was represented Mr. Rice is a graduate of Jefferson high school, afterwards attending Purdue university and later taking a special course in accountancy at Winona college, at Winona. He is now in charge of the commercial department of the Rensselaer high school —Lafayette Journal.