The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-15


produced tie scholars Of the world
and the thinkers like Goethe and
Schiller. Her master[ minds today
are the Krupps and the Hindenburgs.
Whether you admire or deplore her
civilization you must wonder Mt II
as the product OF q system OF edu-
cation" Pausing. DR.. Wilson then
added:
II say TO you with all the emphasis
that Is in me that education does
have power to train the man as well
as the mind"
Continuing Dr.. Wilson declared that
knowledge is not Of worth not for its
excellence. but for .ts use. saying
that the men we have honored are
the men who have u1ed their capaci-
ty.
jeffrey Montague. of the Richmond
News Leader, followed DR.. Wilson, to
present TO Charles NJ. Tucker, Jr., a
gold watch and a gold medal as the
winner of the Statewide essay con-
test. The prize was offered by the
Newport News Chamber of Commerce
for the high school student preparing
the best essay on the upbuilding OF
the merchant marine.
Diplomas were awarded by Ferdl-
nand G. Ebel, chairman of the City
School Board, and the scholarships
by James c. Harwood, principal OF
the John Marshall High School. The
exercises ended with The star
spangled Banner" sung by chorus
and audience.
The Award of Scholarships.
The John Marshall High School
awards annually seventeen scnolar'
ships: most of these scholarships are
awarded on a basis of the pupils com
plete record for the four years IN
the John Marshall High School the
order OF award indicates, therefore
their standing in the class OF 1918.
First Award-Elsie A. Goepfarth
the William Franklin HARDWOOD Schoi'
arship in Richmond College.
Second Award-Walter B. Leonard
Richmond College.
Third Award-Iaura Virginia An,
derson. the NJ. l.. Straus Memoria
Scholarship in Richmond College.
Fifth Award---D. Curtis Ashton
University of Virginia.
Sixth Award-Helen Courtney Ty'
rec, Randolph Macon Woman's Col
lege.
Seventh Award-walter Henr'
Gray. Washington and Lee University
Eighth Award--Ralph Raymond
Chappell. the Lehigh Engineering
| Scholarship.
Ninth Award-wrginia Lee Gay
Hollins College.
Tenth Award--Leah Hirshberg
| Sweet Briar College.
Eleventh Award--George Cpshui
| Carneal, Hampden Sidney College.
I Twelfth Award--Edward Harrison
! Rucker Randolph-Macon College.
/ Thirteenth Award--Wendell Berk
! lev Goode, William and Mary Col
| lege.
Fourteenth Award-Thomas
! Pearman. Jr., Lehigh Universit!
/ (academic).
Fifteenth Award--Niora Dudley D,
| Val, Richmond Training School To-
Kindergartners.
Under the conditions fixed by IL
donors, the william Fox Memoria
/ Scholarship can be given only to !
girl. This scholarship has beef
awarded. TO Francis Woodson.
The scholarship in the Richmond
! Art School can be awarded only II
a pupil who has had me full fou
years of art work In the high school
This scholarship has been awarded
to Elsie A. Goepfarth.
! Honorable Mention.
Under the rulings of the scholar
| ship committee, the following classe
OF pupils are not considered for scsnol
arships until all those whose records
are without complication have beer
considered.
First. Pupils who have failed on,
or more times: second, pupils whit
have divided the course of study
third, pupils who have not a complies
course in the John Marshall Higl
School.
/ Four pupils who made an excelien
record were debarred from competing
by this last provision and the com
mittee has instructed me to max
! honorable mention of their names
They have made an average of owe
80 per cent;
4 Frances Erambert Woodson, c
Houston Patterson. Esther Elizabeth
Singleton, Alfred Koerner.
In order to stimulate interest II
the Alumni Association of the Johl
Marshall High School, the presiden
of the alumni association, DR.. IA
mon d. Garcin, gives annually a If
membership In the alumni association
valued at IS. This membership /
awarded by vote of the faculty to tn
pupil who has shown the creates
amount of high school spirit. Tn
membership this year mas bee
awarded to Carrie Nelson Berkeley
Rosemary Library Memberships.
Through the courtesy OF the man
agement OF the Rosemary Librars
we have the privilege of awardin
each half year eight memberships Il
the library, emitting the holders I
all The privileges. The awards 70
the half term ending January 81
1913. are as follows.
Walter Leonard, Bessie Smith. Elss
worth Wiltshire. Mary Thomas, lisa
bel Goodwin, Theresa Pollak. Irwin
Duke. William Clarke.
The awards of the Rosemary Ii
hrary memberships for the half tern
ending June II. 1915. are A. follows
Esther Singleton. Ellsworth Wilt
shire, Lucille Gwathmey, Georgii
! Woodward, Adelaide Tiller, San
Bendheim. william Clarke, Rosali
Wills.