Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18

ments In the world Of tomorrow are
greater than ever given to man. On them
rested the obligation Of making the world
better. he said. and this enjoined upon
them obedience to the laws OF truth.
Education he defined as the power to
think logically in accordance with the
laws of truth. Some Of the best edu-
Gated men he has known, he said, could
barely read and write. while some of
the worst educated had q sheepskin in
their hands. and q sheep head on their
shoulders. Teachers, he also said, are
scarce. although the most dignified pro-
fessiOn in the world. Thousands of les-
son-droolers there are. he said, but few
who are really instructors of youth.
Ernest H. Daniel. vice president OF the
board of education, presided. Mrs. Edith
kingman Kern OF the board OF education
presented the diplomas DIR. William 81.
arships. program was presented by
the Mckinley Manual Training School Or
chestra.
Scholarships Awarded.
The scholarship in the University of
pennsylvania was awarded to Robert
Willett Wilson, in Lafayette Cniver-
sity to Benjamin Damn. in Syracuse
University to Claude A. Adler, in the
University of Virginia to Ebert Todd
Nash in Washington and Lee Tniver-
sity TO Douglas Preston Kennedy. and
in Colgate TO Earle r. Mclaughlin.
First prize in an open competition
among high school pupils Of the Dis
trict of Columbia for the best essay
upon the war of 1912, was awarded to
Norwood Bessling.! Mrs. Kate X.
Henry, representing the donors, the
Washington Society Of tho Daughters
Of 1872. made the presentation. The
medal for the best essay upon ques-
tons affecting citizenship. open TO all
fourth-year pupils in the high schools,
was won by Chester c. Hough, with a
paper entitled THE Evolution OF tho
Representative System" The medal
Daughters.
The class officers are: H. Ernest
Galleher. jr., president; NJ. Hazel CHS
holm, vice president; E. Francis Col
Her. secretary, and Edwin Lewis,
treasurer.
Those Getting Diplomas.
The graduates are: Mary Stuart An
derson, Anna Marguerite Armstrong.
Marie Hazel Chisholm, Isabelle Har-
ban, Alma Greenwood Isel, +. Louise
Jacobs. Eugenia Ernestine Lansburgh.
Bernard Marie MacWilliams. Lucille
Mace. Mildred Elizabeth Martin. Hester
Irene Munger. Helen McKnew Sheriff,
ILSttio Gtucl Ste"drt. villa IOTeIlc
Wallace Grace Wright
.iaude A. Adler. Frank H. Betz. jr.,
Roger Birdsell. Ernest E. Blau, Everett
Lamont Bradley. Eugene Francis Collier,
Edwin Leslie Davis. Harold Charles
Davis. John L. Defandorf. Louis F. Die
terick. Frank Ellsworth Dietz. Frederick
William Dodson. John E. A. Doer,nann.
Edwin Joseph Dowd, George r. rcken-
dorff. Thomas Rives Edwards II. Ernest
Galleher, jr., Theodore G. Gerber, Ralph
L. Goldsmith. George Thomas Hall. Gil
bert Hauke, Don n. Holmes, Frank Joy
Hopkins. Chester Carroll Hough. Edwin
brendel Hunt, douglas Preston Kennedy,
Harry Victor Levy, Edward Lewis. vii
liam donald Mesinney, Earle r. Nc
Loughlin, Karl ". Miller, Ebert Todd
Nash. Francis Ford Nesbit, Walker Q.
::ettleton. Charles Vincent w. O'Brien,
Magruder Wilson Orutt. IT., Oliver II.
erry, John shontz Petrie. Francis B.
Rankin. Reginald V. V. Roberts. Ran
dali NJ. Saunders, Reuben Schmidt, Fred
e. Shoemaker, harry O. strawn. Mark
Taylor. Leslie Wayne Teller. Edgar Du-
laney Thompson, Carl Ford Walker,
Charles Morris Willis, Robert Willett
Wilson and Philip Gunckel Wrightsman.