The Washington times., 1902-06-22

siding officer of the occasion. made an
address.
This Is the crown of the public
school commencements. We who have
been attending them almost continuous
ly since last Monday morning appreciate
as never before what it is that the pub
lie school system of the District of CO.
lumbia, with it's 1900 teachers and its
AZ 900 pupils tmore than the population
of many city,, is turning out. Through
these days we have felt an increasing
sympathy with the splendid efforts of
those who are carrying on this creates.
of all the works of the District, and an
increasing pride in their results.
Nearly one-sixth of the population of
the District OF Columbia is in its public
schools"
Conferred the Prizes.
Mr.. A. T. Stuart. superintendent of
schools, conferred the scholarships and
prizes. He made neat address compli-
menting the winners upon their success.
The winners were as follows:
The Kendall and Columbian scholar
ships were awarded upon examination
as follows:
Kendall Scholarship. Catherine Agatha
McAvoy. Central High School.
First Columbian Scholarship, Rhoda
Watkins. Central High School.
Second Columbian Scholarship, Adele
Rita Taylor, Western High School.
Third Columbian Scholarship, Will
lam Webb SnifIin. Eastern High School.
Fourth Columbian Scholarship, Har-
old English Stonebraker, Eastern High
School.
The following Is n quotation from the
letter OF Mr.. H. L. Hodgkins, dean of
Columbian University, regarding the
award of the Kendall and First Column
bian Scholarships:
Il take pleasure In saying that the
averages attained by Miss McAvoy and
Miss Watkins are the highest attained
in the last fve years.
There is assigned to each academic
high school scholarship in the Wom-
ans College Of Baltimore, Nd. These
are awarded to applicants whose schol-
arship and department are the highest
These were awarded to Miss Esther
Jean Spencer. Central High School; Miss
Louise Jane Smith. Eastern High School,
and Miss Isabel Louise Towner, West
ern High School
There are assigned to each of The
academic high schools two scholarships
in Lehigh University, one classical or
Latin-scientific and one technical.
which were awarded upon the school
record
These were awarded as follows:
Central High School-The technical
scholarship to Mr.. Kenneth Mills.
Eastern High School-The technical
scholarship to Mr.. Harlan Verne Honn.
Western High School-The technical
scholarship to Mr.. Edwin Hayes.
The Boston University scholarship
was awarded to Mr. Louis H. Maxson.
of the Eastern High School, upon his
school record.
The King scholarship in Dickinson
College was awarded to Miss Lillian
Brock. of the Eastern High School, upon
her record.
The Georgetown University medical
scholarship was awarded to Mr.. Julian
Chew Blackstone. Of the Central High
School, upon competitive examination.
Law Scholarships.
The scholarship in the Washington
College Of Law of this city was award
ed to Miss Sarah Irma Brashears, of the
Central High School. upon her record.
The technical scholarship In Lehigh
University. was awarded in the Manual
Training School to Mr.. Charles Hook
Tom2kins.
The scholarship given by the Art Stu
dents League was awarded to Miss Ruth
Darwin. of the Western High School.
After the graduating class had stood
while the Marine Band rendered the
Star Spangled Banner" it was dis
missed and 214 boys and girls were
launched upon the busy world to make
their careers-careers for which no
prophecy can be made.