Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-20
SAYS NATION NEEDS
!. DEPENDABLE men
John Barrett Cites Country's
Crisis in Address to High
School Graduates.

T. "You axe graduating at an hour OF
extraordinary crisis in the history Of
America What happens during the
next year may determine forever the
position of the United States among
the nations of the world. She is to be-
come either leader or a laggard. She
- to be loved or hated. She Is to be
honcred o. discredited Everything,
therefore. depends upon the attitude of
the American government and people
IN facing the problems before them
Such was the declaration OF John
Barrett. director general of the Pan
American Union. IN addressing the
graduating class of Eastern High
School at commencement exercises held
Mt Polls Theater yesterday afternoon.
An this means tina: we must have
dependable America. And such an
America in turn demands dependable
Americans. By this We mean that
America must be dependable in the
family of nations to meet and master
successfully every responsibility be-
fore her.
Not only does the President of the
Unit States want dependable Ameri-
cans in every government position. at
home and abroad, upon the southern
border and here in Washington. but
q head of government department or
bureau. president of a bank. the head
of a great manufacturing company or
anv kind of business establishment,
BILE. who are always on the job, so to
speak: who are faithful, loyal. honest
and never Striking"
Opening Exercises.
W. T. Galliher of the board of edu-
cation presided. The exercises opened
with an invocation by Rev. E. A. Sex
smith, pastor of the North Carolina
Avenue NJ. P. Church. The orchestra
rendered selections during the pro-
gram.
DR.. Willard S. Small. principal, an
nounced honors and scholarship
awards First honors for the entire
course were awarded to Miss Pearl NJ.
Beard, and Miss Bertha Lowell Lucas;
second honors were given Miss Roberta
Laura McWade. Earl Graham Jonscher
was awarded the National University
Law School scholarship. and Miss Mar
Karet Reid Guest won the scholarship
to the National School of Domestic Arts
and Sciences.
The alumni medal given each year by
the Alumni Association was awarded to
Charles NJ. Boteler. captain of the sec
ond winning company IN the competi-
tive drill and editor of the fastener.
Prizes for the best essays in the essay
contest of the Daughters of 1872 were
won by Miss Helen Riordan and Mis-:
Margaret Guest. Miss NJ. B. Norris of
the Daughters Of 1919 made the pres
entation. Announcement was made
that Miss Roberta McWade was given
honorable mention in the D. A. r. his
torical essay contest.
Winners of Diplomas.
NJ. Ed;,h .E;nr.n K.r, - a..
board of education presented diplomas
to William Ernest Barkman. Morrison
Barr. Charles Magdefrau Boteler.
Charles Edward Burns. William Boone
Douglas, jr.: George Washington Eng
lish, Thomas Farris English. Herbert
Stelwyn Gates Thomas David Gates
Herbert Cornelius Graves. tr.: Edward
Read Handy. Francis Ward Hetfield.
Hugh Palmer Hill, jr.: Earl Graham
Jonscher. Leo J. Lanahan. Quinter Mar
Aulifre. Raymond Jackson McElhannon.
Clifford Wayne McGlasson, Edward
Leonard Maier. Clyde M Shreve. Peter
Henry steitz. jr.: Clarence William
Day Torrey. Martha Vera Aman. Edith
Barnes. Catherine Clark Bassett. Susan
Pauline Batson, Pearl NJ. Beard. NJ. Ruth
Bergling, Susan May Cole. Nellie Cook.
Emily Stahl Corder. Cynthia Elizabeth
Dye. Mary Lillian Fisher. Annie Naylor
Fitzhugh. Cora Esteile Guest. Margaret
Reid Guest Roberta Ilennore Harstin
Hazel Elizabeth Harvey. Mabel Rebecea
H@ckman, Madeline Gordon Hesse. Mir
fam Frances Hicks. Eleanor Craig Hills.
barbara Mary Hind. Elise Frances
Howe. -Dorona Idelle Howell. Katherine
sydney Howell NJ. Eleanor Hunt. Annie
Lucille Hutchinson. Margaret Elizabeth
Jester. Ina Mary Lawrence. Virginia
Blanche Lawrence. Elsa Lehman. Ber-
tina Lowell Lucas, Elsie Grace McComas.
Rachel Collard McKeown. Roberta
Laura McWade. Aimee Johnette Man
ming, Anna Murray. Beniti Magdalene
Peacock, Myrtle Cecilia Peacock, Vera
1zetta Reese. Helen Mead Riordan. Helen
iAidee Robertson. Eleanor B. Ryan. Melva
Saks. Mary Geneva Simmons. Jeanette
Sitter. Helen Carroll Smith. Dorothy
Cecilia Smoot. Anna Katherine Stone,
Eloise Maxine Tebbs. A. Rachel Thomas.
Alice Edna Tucker. Marie Agnes Turner.
Marion Rutherford Watson. Helen Gar
deuer White. Helen Willet Whitman.
Eda Emily Wilson and Grace Merrill
Womersley.