The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-22


Commencement exercises of the McKin-
ley Manual Training School were aeld
yesterday afternoon at the Columbia
Theater, when hfty-hve graduates re-
celved honors'
H. B. F. mcfarland. acted as chair
man in the place of DR.. Barton W. Ever
man. It was through the former Com
missioner that fhe institution was named
after the martyred President. Dir. Mac
farland said he took special pride in pre-
siding over the commencement on this
account Rev DR.. Abram Simon said
the invocation.
DR.. Elmer E. Brown. United States
Commissioner Of Education, delivered the
address 10 the graduates The tenor Oh
his remarks was that the world to-day
did not need narrow men, but broad men
sharpened 10 a point He urged upon me
graduates, therefore. a concerted, Definite
line of action. something worth while 10
show for their work and preparation.
Tribute from Stuart.
Superintendent a. T. Stuart announced
the award of scholarships. He praised
highly Alvin Nee Brown, winner of
scholarship in George Washington Uni
versity who, he said. was poet as well
as a technical student. a good black
smith. and a trained machinist-ah COM
mendable attachments for development of
the muse. The superintendent also paid
a special tribute 10 George Washington
| University for its noble action in con-
tinuing its yearly grant to the District
schools OF three scholarships, despite its
straitened circumstances.
The scholarships and the winners were:
| University of Pennsylvania, for highest
| four-year average standing, B. ". Shir-
Cliff; Harvard University provided by
Harvard Club of Washington, +. II.
Beall; George Washington University, II.
| P. Greenwald. a. Nee. Brown. NJ. C.
| Baker; Lafayette College, G. W McKen-
zie. W. c. NJ Zirpel: alternates. ". J..
Ahern and G. G. Frazier; Syracuse Uni
versity. G. Lewis; Washington and Lee
University. R. NJ Walters: Brown Uni
versity, L. B. Pusey; Wesleyan Univer-
sity. r. z. Mccarthy; West Point. c. c.
/ Benson. The West Point scholarship was
won only recently by young Benson after
q competitive test. Dr.. Brown delivered
the diplomas.
List OF Graduates.
/ Misses May Ford. Jane JACKSON Pidgeon, Eloise
/ Pratt and Mary Ellen Tracy: William J Ahern.
/ Harold +. Allen. Melville C. BAKER. Frank Howard
/ Beal, Chaplin Brown Bauman CIarence C0Tinth
/ Benson. Ralph ". Benton Henry L. Bfeuninges.
Benjamin Harrison Bril- Leon Brill Alsin Nee
/ Brown George Burton Buck Harold {. BurThus
Philip l. Collins, Alexander Cr1lickshanks Edward
A. Dent. Griffin Guy Frazier, Robert Rankin Gallo
way. Charles Henry Gerner. James Guss 5iraham.
/ Harold Putnam GreenWald. Philip c. Gunion Kari
William Hartig, Russei Mckee Harrington. GeoTgg
Bowen Kinds. Charles Rembert Hodges. Lawrence
/ Cooper H0ugh. Earl Monroe jeffrey. Ernest Fred
! erck King George Lewis; Walter l. Lockwood
| Robert Emmett Mccarthy Francis William Nc
! Carthy Clarence W Mckenzie. Daniel Leigh Nor
/ ris. Robert ChauDcey Macon. Lewis Barron Pussy
/ Charles Chandlee PidgCon Robert Henry Rathyon
Paul Van v Rogers. Prentiss DIXON sale. Eugene
| Schalk Bernard W Shir-Clif Louis Chapman
| Slioer, Brewer Cox SpranSy. Hiram Eugene Spear
| Harry W. Thompson William Stark T-igg. Henri
| HYDE True. Robert NJ. Walters, Walter Charles
| Martin Zirpel.
The following were awarded certificates