Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-14
FUN AMONG GRADS
Those of Western High Hold
Class Night Exercises.
PRESENTS FOR MEMBERS
But With Each Little Gift" Went
Little knock" in Al
most Every Case.

Members of the graduating class OF
Western High School held their class
night exercises last evening in the as
sembly hall of the Business High School
before large audience of parents
friends. pupils and teachers of the school
The exercises were held at Business. as
the Western High School is undergoing
repairs.
As president OF the class. Howard S
McCandlish presided and introduced those
who took part in the program. The salu-
tatory address was made by Miss Isabel
NJ. Lucey.
The members Of the class marched to
the platform to a march composed and
played by Miss Kate Alderman. Ray
mond Leroy Shoemaker read the class
history. describing the onward march OF
the class from the freshman year, when
they looked up at the three other classes
until they had reached their present po-
sition.
James Booth Lockwood. AS class prophe
he foretold the changes which would bt
made In the forthcoming years. Each
member Of the class was presented witt
small gift by Walter +. Upman
These were little knocks on the mem
bers in almost every case At the con
clusion of the presentation to the mem
bers of the class Mr.. Tpman presented
a large bouquet of roses to Miss Mar
garet B. Merrell. member of the faculty
in behalf of the class. The class poem
was recited by Miss Dorothy Loud. while
Harry Cullen Blanton, as valedictorian
said a formal farewell to the school, aDC
expressed the regret of the class at leav
ing their alma mater.
Glass Composes Songs.
4 feature of the evening was the sing
ing of songs by the class, composed by
members of it. The songs, which were
sung to popular airs. were written by
Howard $. McCandlish Raymond l.
Shoemaker. Edwin A. Hale and Miss Ma
RE A. Peary.
The members of the class are Misses
Genevieve Shober Ambrose. Cecilia
Woods Arnold. Bertha A. Baker. kath-
leen Bitter. Frances r. Brown, Lenore
G. Burkett. Catherine Clark. EuI,n Scott
Combes. Mary Conry. Louise d. Critten-
don. Avonelle NJ. Crockett, Loleta l. LAW
son. Ruth E. Dodge. Lucy Dortch. Grace
l.. Forsythe. Dorothy X. Harvey, Mar
Helen NJ. knight. Flora May Lin
kins, Dorothy Loud, Isabel NJ Lucey.
Frances NJ Naher. Helen NJ. McCumber
Florence Louise Mcconnell. Edythe New
ms McQuade. Zenaida Merriam. Theresa
-hcSei- NhOIIlS, 1MdIlol -NSsicy. l.
Bertha Newell, Helen Ruth Nolan, Mary
Margaret O'Brien, Lily May Payne
Marie A. Peary, Helen Knight Rogers
Marianne c. Rucker. Madeline Gertrude
Schneider. Margaret Church Scofield.
Ruth f. Shoemaker. Emily Nourse Steuart
Mary Sanderson Thrift, Mabel Updegraff
Virginia Wheat aE2 Ruth Fisher Wright
son: Messrs. John &. Aspinwall. Harold
Bantz. Edwin Alexander Bethel. Harry
Cullen Blanton, Edwin Caleb Burt,
Paul Bushnell. James A. Cahill, jr..
John J. Chew. I'd: Maurice Cohen,
James II Courts. Stanley Coville. Dun
can Fuller. Alan f. Garner. Alexander
German. William NJ. Gray. Edwin A.
Hale. William p. Herbst. jr.; Randall
F. Holden. Frederick Hammond
knight. Richard II. Lansburgh, James
Booth Lockwood. Howard S McCand
lish. Summerfield McCarteney, Benja
min II. Micou, Hilary Herbert Micou.
l.. Emmart Meany. Paul Theodore
Mcneil Morris A. Paris. Kenneth
Hassler Read, Thomas NJ Rector
Adolph !. Richmond. Frank Clark SEQ
field. Raymond Leroy Shoemaker, and
Walter +. Upman.
dance was held after the exercises
in the gymnasium of the school.
The commencement exercises of the
class will he held Monday afternoon
at 4:3O o'clock at the Columbia The
alter.