The Washington herald., 1911-06-21
COMMENCEMENT Held in the
National Theater.
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED
Address Delivered by Representa-
tive Foster, OF Vermont, Who
Makes Strong Plea In which He
Says schools should BE Kept Ont
OF Hands OF Commissioners.


The sheepskins were given. scholarships
were awarded, and .all were made happy
In the midst or proud friends and rela-
tiyes.
The address was made by Representa-
tive David ]. Foster, OF Vermont, who
varied the usual formula by making a
strong plea for the District schools, de-
lclaring they should remain Independent
Of the District Commissioners, and IN
the sole charge Of an unhampered and
progressive school board Seated on the
platform with him were Capt James r.
Oyster, president OF the board OF educa-
ton; Ernest H Daniel the baby men,
Der" OF the board; Rev. Freeland II.
Peter, who delivered the Invocation; Sec
rotary Harry o. Hfne, Of the board Of
education. and others.
Massed ON the Stage.
In the conventional manner, the grad
yates were massed on the stage, all the
girls In the simple white frocks decreed
by the board recently, but. nevertheless,
looking as pretty and charming as If
gowhed In satin and lace. Nearly 70
per cent of the sheepskin candidates were
OF the distafr side. The theater was
crowded with their friends, and thu ap-
plause bestowed upon them would make
the heart Of many a popular prima donna
green with envy.
'I want to tell you folks who are GO
ing out In the world. said Represent
alive Foster. that however far you
roam away from Washington in the pur-
suit OF fortune, not to forget the District
schools. Exact a pledge from your
Senators and from your Representatives
that he viii see to Il that Washington
Is treated right IN this matter. Make
this one OF the conditions upon which
you will vote for him Make II q. mat
ter Of national pride. That is my ad-
vice to you, for I am as interested as
any one else that the schools OF the
Capital be worthy of the nation, that
/ they are equal to the best In the land.
The schools must be kept out OF
politics OF every sort. That Is why
think the school board should stand
apart from any branch OF the District
government; that II should be abso-
tribute TO your present board, to your
retiring superintendent, Alexander T..
Stuart; to your principal, Mr.. Wilson.
for know Of their efforts through per-
sonal experience and know how devoted
they are"
tion by the Marine Band, and was fol-
lowed by a brief address by Capt. Oyster,
IN which he paid tribute to the progress
OF Central High in past years.
Scholarship winners.
scholarships were distributed as follows:
George Washington University scholar
ships: Kendall. Miss Margaret Reisinger:
first university, Erwin Harsch; second
university, Miss Everil worrell; fourth
university. Miss Helen Gam; sixth -uni-
versity, Miss Letitia southgate; medical,
Paul Putzki-
Wesleyan University scholarship. Wal
ling Harvey.
/ Goucher College (BaItimore) scholarship,
| Miss Miriam Franc.
University of Pennsylvania scholarship,
James Cryer.
Lafayette College scholarships, William
| Collins and Laurence Leonard.
Colgate University scholarship, Sterling
March.
Georgetown University medical scholar
ship, Magruder Mcdonald.
Washington and Lee University scholar
ship, Randolph Shaw.
Prize offered by the Washington Colony
Of New England Women for the best es-
say on The Pilgrims" was won by Miss
Alice Easterling.
Then came the distribution of diplomas.
Amid thunderous applause each OF the
| .isweet girl graduates passed before the
palm-embanked footlights, and accepted
her certificate from Ernest H Daniel
| WIN a udluAg clL1lC anu . gOu
D on her lips. Then came the boys, also
facing the obvious perturbation the heavy
handclapping, which attested their popu-
larity.
The Role of Graduates.
The complete list Of graduates follow:
Jane Ballon Angel, Julia Randolph
Ayers, Eva Baker, Alma Barker, Flor
ence Love Barker, Gertrude Emelia
Becker, Georgia Belt Mary Gladys Ben
| son. Lell Anna Bitter, Beulah Marian
Boss. Edith May Brighton. Bessie Brill,
Helen Elizabeth Cam, Almyra Eleanor
Campbell, Marion Roberts Carter Loretta
Camp Capell, Jessie Blanche Carr, Eileen
Alton Colonna, Dorothy DashieI, Doro-1
thy May Davis, Eula Mead Dawkins,
Rachel Margaret De Wolf, Alice Easter
ling, Regina Ehrlich, Alice Barnes Ed
/ ridge Rosa Charlotte Elliott, Gladys Sue
Evans, Lille Ferguson, Bernice Jean
Finney, Miriam Alice Franc. Frances
| IGeschil<ter Carrie Gibson, Grace Gilmore,
Helen Mckee Granfield, Jessie Rockwell
Green, Alice Eleanor Griff1th, Emma Lor-
raine Grigsby, Johanna Gsantner, Alberta
Virginia Haden, Hortense Hano, Portia
Vermillion Harrah, Helen Liva Harrison,
Ruth Harrison, Marian Roeder Heltmul-
Ter, Lima Priscilla Huber, Flora Hull
Marie Gertrude Humphreys, Fanny Eliz-
abeth Hunt, Cyrflle 1reton, Margaret
Josephine Jarboe, Pauline Margaret John
ston, Ruby Marguerite Johnston. Eliza
beth Landis Kirby. Bessie Kibbcy Lacy.
/ Elizabeth Anne Lauxman, Helen Kathe-
rine Lockwood, Catherine Eleanore Nc
Closkey. Miriam Narcissa Mcdonnell,
Caroline Brigham Mckinley. Beryl Toll
l son Macauley Marjorie Alys MacNab,
Mary Ethel MacWiliian1s. Margaret Eliz-
beth Martin, Helen Rank Mayors, Nellie
Il 70
Clarinda Elizabeth Nichols. Grace Dun-
reath Odell. Caroline simon Oppenheimer. 1
Marguerite Elizabeth Penny. Inez King
Petingale. Joanna Marshall Petingale.
Edith Prettyman, Margaret Edna Reisin-
ger. Mildred Newell Rider, Jacqueltne
Core. Roach, Frances Wilhelmina Scher-
/ ger. Rita Schiffwan, Lucy Virginia Scho-
field, Louise Amy Schui. Letitia Park
Southg6te, Ruth Ella Stanton, Blanche
Mae Stewart, Phebe Stine. Mary Rebecca
Stout, Ruth Elizabeth Sudwarth, Frances
Swaine, Marie Akehurst Thomas Mildred
Margaret Brock True, Thehna Jean .UIl- |
man. Willie Welborn, Jennie Gladys
White, Dorothy Whitfords Elizabeth Sa-
brina wilbur. Marguerite CORTLAND Will
son. Katherine Dorothy Wright, Eyeril
Florence Worreil
Warren Adams. PAUL. Stuart ARM /
strong. Raymond Boyer Beach. Rudolph /
Franklin Bid. William Shock Boteler. |
Francis william Bowie. James Herbert |
Brackett William Hazel Collins. Benja- /
min Allison Colonna. James Nagifi Cry
- William EliyBon Currie. Wiifred