Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-25
PAY OF TEACHERS
CALLED A DISGRACE
Judge Tells Central High Gradu-
ates Ballot Is Best Cure
.. for Evils
IA ARE GIVEN DIPLOMAS

THE amount of money paid to
teachers is disgrace to a civilized
country" Judge Horace Stern told the
graduating class at the Central High
School this morning, where seventy -four
students received diplomas. Judge
Stern conferred the degrees and GER
tificates and presented the alumni
prizes.
"Radicalsm can be cured by educa =
tion, but it cannot be cured by blockade
and wars" declared the judge. "The
ballot is the best cure for every evil il
the vote is cast with intelligence by
men and women. The war showed n
staggering illiteracy which must be cor
rected IL radicalism is to disappear.
Last year when the taxes were
larger than ever before in the history
of the country, only 1 per cent was
expended in education, while 93 per cent
went to war costs and @ per cent to ad-
ministration.
The program was opened with a
prayer by the Rev. Richard Montgom-
cry, Of the sixty fourth class. Four
members Of the graduating class
delivered addresses. The speakers,
with their subjects, were as follows !:
Reuben Jacob Magil, The Port Of
Philadelphia" Harry Benjamin Berk,
"The Humanities' Ernest Allen Brav,
1.-The American Army" aud Abraham
Allan Goodman. "Americanizing the
Immigrant"
Grafton Ends Exercises
The veledictory oration by Morris
Aarons brought the ceremony to a
close. Organ selections by Henry s.
Fry, A. A. G. o., supplied the mu-
sical side of the exercises.
Prizes awarded for meritorious work
during the school year were as fol-
lows:
John ]. Weaver prize, a gold watch
and chain-Herbert Goodman Lowen'
stein, classical course, bath class.
Commercial department essay prize
Charles A. Pfahler, economics, 13lth
class.
Athletic scholarship prize--Joseph A..
Meurer, Jr., classical course, both
class. .-..
Freshman prize-Aldes Frantz, 140th
class.
Senior oratory prizes - Morris
Aarons, commercial, 134th class Har-
old b. Heff, Latin scientific, 135th
class.
Junior oratory prizes-Charles b.
Weisberg. Latin scientific, 136th class
Walter f. Gartenlaub, commercial,
136th class.
Alliance Franchise prize-Herbert G..
Lowenstein, classical, bath class: hon =
orable mention to Frederick Santee
Latin scientific. 134th class.
Isaac A. Sheppard prize-Alfred Will
liam Doll, mechanic arts, bath class
Paul Edward Eddowes, mechanics arts
134th class.
English philology prize-H. Lloyt
Nelson, Latin scientific, bath class.
Senior arts prize-Darwin Hickman
Urffer, mechanic arts, 134th class
honorable mention to Louis Isadort
Kahn, Latin scientific. 134th class, ant
to Norman Nathaniel Rice, classical
134th class.
List Of Graduates
The list of those receiving diplomas
follows:
MASTER OF ARTS
Samuel Edelman.
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Classical Course
Robert Herbert Arronson, Harry BENJAMIN
Berk. Milton Cades, Max Cohen. John Craw
ford. Aylward Walton Davies. Walter Johr
hews Lne He fsTt er SoSn haE% ES%
enstein. Norman Nathaniel Rice.
Latln-scentinc Course
Ernest Allan Brav. Charles Charny. Isl
dore Cppes. Philip Clair. Charles Cohn
| Anthony Bennett Creamer. Thomas South
ard Ellis. Samuel Fein. Charles Gettis. Abra
| ham All Goodman. Harry Samuel Green
| baum, Arthur Samuel Grossman. Louis lisa
| dore Kahn. Samuel Kenin. George Kraftsow
| Benjamin sidney Krantz Louis Samue
| Lazarus, Nathaniel Richard LepofsIy. Jacol
| Levin. Marc Magill, Jacob Jack Messenger
| Harry Lloyd Nelson, Isidor Harry Harris
| julie Joel Rachktn. Conard Bauger Rhener
| Frederick Santee. Sidney Sedeman. BenJa
| min Stenzler. Robert Dewitt. Swick Harr!
Joseph Swotes. Milton Martin Weinstoct
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
| Mechanic Arts Course
| a bert Clarence Berkowitz. Walter Gale,
| Bishop. Warren Rodman Class Alfred vii
| liam Doll, Leland Dunlap. Paul Everett Ed
| doves. Alexander Edei. Andrew Carey Finn
Israel Samuel Lerner. Samuel Sei.chik, Oar
Twin Hickman Urffer, Norman Maxfeld Val
entine. Louis Wachtei. Harry Wexler.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS
Course in Commerce
| Morris Aarons. Harry BENJAMIN Barrlsh
| Henry Drizin, Herman Goldman. Samue
| Kravtts. Roger Emerson Lewis Frank Nose
Lissy. Reuben Jacob Magil. Leon Meltzer
Harold Alexander Moore. Charles Angus
Pfahler. Thomas Lindley Ralph Mauric
Hosen. David Schlachter. Abraham Samue