Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-06-18
TO GRADUATE TONIGHT
Twenty.Four Students of Alexandria
High School to Receive Diplomas
Hon. Charles C. Carlin to Deliver
Address.

School will take place TINS even
ing at 8 o'clock in the high schoo
auditorium, and it is expected thai
tonight's graduation will be one o1
the most successful in the history
of the school, as the largest class
since its founding will be presented
with diplomas.
Representative Charles c. CariIr
will deliver the address of the even
ing, and Superintendent Of Schools
William H. Sweeney will present the
diplomas to the successful Seniors
The invocation will be pronounced
by the Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rec
tor of Grace Episcopal Church, and
{ the Rev. John L. Allison will
give the benediction. Waller Barrett
will deliver the valedictory for the
class and Miss Jennie Rosenberg will
be the salutatorian.
The annual class sermon to men,
bers rof the graduating class was
preached in the Methorist Epissco-
pal Church South last night by the
Rev. E. V. REGISTER, large audi
ence being present.
Those who will receive diplomas
tonight are: Misses Willie Fairfax,
Eva Smith, Louis Abbott, Carolina
Yates, Louise Adams, Mazda Foster,
Edith. Garrett, Kathryn Henderson,
Alice Bladen, Ruth LeHew, Annah
Haslett, Louise Schwarzmann, Marie
Gasson, Marion Greenaway' Jennie
Rosenberg and Robert Hancock, Will
liam Meeks, Reginald Dyson, Earl
Trigger, John Curtin. Francis Sum-
mers, Aubrey Barnett, Waller Bar
rett, Russell Travers.
Exercises were held in the high
school auditorium this morning when
certificates of promotion were award.
ed to the undergraduate pupils pass
ing to higher grades in the high
school. At this time cards of pro-
motion were also issued to those sue
cessfully finishing the first year IN
the commercial department, which
was instituted in the high school cor-
riculum last September, with. c. E,
Bandy as instructor. Appointments
of cadet officers for next session and
awards Of swords were also made.
The following pupils were promot-
ed to the second year of the CONNER
cial department: Miss Mary Reed,
Miss Catherine Hoy, Miss Laura
Taylor, Frederick Schwab, Miss
Marion Otis Miss Frances McDer-
mott, Leon Eddington, Miss Dollie
Burke, Leon Brawner.
Cadet officers for next year were
appointed as follows:
To be captains-Wesley 7. Bitter
and Herbert o. Allen. To be first
lieutenant and adjutant: Willard
Rlewett: to be first lieuten-
ants: George Rice and Harold
ouisley to be second lieutenants: Ad-
rian Katz and William ]. Morton, Jr
to be first sergeants: Everett Poh
and Purvis. Downham; to be ser:
eeants: Leopard Dean, color bearer
sergeant: ,+Herbert 0'Meara color
sergeant; John Schwarzmann, Will
liam r. Remington, George Smith
Norman Simpson, William Cradiln
Edgar Dare; to be corporals: Fred
erick West, Jack Dinwiddie, DAVIS
Jackson, Earl Manson, Milton aSton'
nell, Emmett Lawler, Janney" Yates
Magnus Bales, Harry Meeks, Homer
Bowie. Elwin Brawner is captain.
Honorable mention for scholarship
in the undergraduate classes wa:
as follows:
Hugh Murphy, 90; Byron Herring
OF; William J. Morton, Jr., 500; Caro-
line West, 96.6; Virginia Smith, 96
Hilda Schneider, 95.
Second year-Edgar Dare s6
Thomas Kelly, 95; Charles Davis
94.4; William Craven, "a; 1ren
Manley, 90; Brook Howard, 90
Leonard Deane. 90; Reba O'Neal, 81
George Smith, 81. /,
First year-Thelma Murphy, 95
Edna McCauley, 95; Virginia schwat
s5; Mary Petit, s4.6; Jennie Yates
"a: Linda Carver, 94; Margaret Ca
ton, "a; Cecilia Cox, "a; Carolin
Wattles, "a; Elizabeth Boothe, 935
John: Dinwiddie, 93.s: Charles E
liott, SO; Mary Fauntelroy, 8:
Davis Jackson. 90; Frederick Wes
90; Elizabeth Bryant, 92;. Lau,
Peverill, 90; Elizabeth Schneider, .
Cards of promotion were award