The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-16
ALEXANDRIA HIGH GIVES
DIPLOMAS TO TWELVE.
Six Girls and Six Boys Are Grad
uated and Six Gold Medals
Are Awarded.
MANY PUPILS ARE PROMOTED

Alexandria. Va, June 16-Diplomas
were conferred on class of twelve grad
yates, six young women and six young
men. tonight at the annual commence.
ment exercises of the Alexandria High
School in the Westminster Building. Six
gold medals were also conferred on sue.
cessful pupils during the year.
Capt. w. II. Sweeney. superintendent
of schools. presided. On the stage were
members Of the faculty. the graduating
class and number Of school oficials.
The invocation was pronounced by Rev.
DR.. John Lee Allison. pastor OF the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church. while Rev.
p. p. Phillips, rector Of St Pauls p. z.
Church. pronounced benediction. An ad-
dress to the graduates was made by DR..
Z. II. Russell. president Of the Fred
ericksburs State Normal School. Miss
Corinne Reardon delivered the salutatory,
while the valedictory was delivered by
Francis r. Johnston. Superintendent
Sweeney awarded the diplomas, while the
awards of certificates of promotion were
made by Clerk Harry Kirk.
The graduates are the Misses Corinne
Reardon. Mary Moore, Helen r. Blake.
Madeline oLuise Martin. Flora Glasgow.
and Mabel Henderson. and Francis Z.
Johnston. Baron Phillips. Eldon Rison,
Joseph Chauncey, Robert e. knight, jr.,
and Howard st. Clair.
Medals. given by Representative c. c.
Carlin. were awarded to Miss Mary
Moore. for scholarship and attendance:
Eldon Raison, best all-round athlet
Miss Lucy Reardon. for scholarship In
seventh grade. Lee School; Hugh MUIR
ply. for scholarship in seventh grade,
Washington School; Ashby Bladen. de-
batting medal: Francis E. Johnston. de-
Chalmers medal. The last two medals
were given by the Literary Society of the
High School.
Cards Of promotion In the hig school
were awarded as follows:
From third to fourth year-Marion e.
Hayden. Helen l. Davis. Marion Dickert.
William A. Wells. Charles Bruce Morton,
Lucille Dienelt, Herbert Byrne. John
Reardon. Con Mullins. Susie Murphy,
Cora NJ. Pullman, Nettie Chauncey. Hirst
Hayes. John A. Wenzel, and Laura NJ.
Taylor.
From second to third year-Dolly Cal
lahan. Elisabeth Hantzmon, William
Schafer. Topper Barrett. Albert Bryan.
tr.. Mildred Callahan, Ruth st. Clair.
Ashby Bladen. James Goodwin, Anna
Hook. Louise Bender. Francis Nugent.
and Clyde Smith.
From first to second year-William Fair
fax. Edith Garrett, Mazda. Foster. Carol
NJ Leadbeater. Clifton W. Barrett. West
on Atkinson. William Meeks, May Pit
ger. Elsie Devers, A. J. Pohl, jr.: Hattie
A. Meade. James NJ. Dwyer, Ellie r.
Faulkner, Ruth E. Smith. Alice Bladen.
Carolina Yates. Eutha Uranium. Ruth
Nagel, Lorinne Risheill. Ruth lie hew.
Ruth B. Deahl, Anna Haseltt. Reginald
Dyson. William NJ. p. Desmond, Mary
X. Henderson. John L. Curtin. Aubrey
Barnett, James w. Mills. Anita Birrell,
Carl Appich. Louise De Mol, Hugh Will
Jams and Earl W. Trigger
Cards of promotion in Washington
School for Boys. from seventh grade to
first year high school-James Bayne.
Leon Rrawner. George Bremen, Ben.
tamin Delet. Carl Dreifus, Vernon Dy-
son. Robert Elliott. Marshall Francis.
Byron Herring, Claude Hunt, Adrian
katZ, Charles keegan, Samuel Keene.
Everett Kelly. Raymond King, Preston
Merchant. Tavner Moore. william
Morton. Hugh Murphy, Rosser Nichol-
son. Milton Penn. Leo PohL Edward
Puryear, Harold Quigley, George Rice,
Nevelle Roberts. Marshall Shuman. Au-
brey Vaughn. Kenneth Wicker. Harry
and Willard Blewett.
In Lee School. from seventh grade to
first year of high school-Abie Brown,
Thelma Ballenger. Doris E. Bruin. Mag
gle Bond, Helen Farmhouse, Lillian
Audrey Gaines, Ida Harvey.
Elizabeth Howell. Mary Kern. Leslie