Evening star., 1920-06-24
THURSTON GIVEN
OVAT|0NBY CROWD
At CENTRAL HIGH
Twenty-Five Hundred Fill
Auditorium at Commence
ment Exercises.

packed the auditorium in Centra
High School to capacity last nigh,
for the commencement exercises OF
the institution gave supt of Schools
! Thurston an ovation which lasted
fully five minutes. The superintend-
| ent showed that he was deeply moved
by the demonstration, and said that
| while the occasion was primarily in
| honor Of the graduating class, 1t gave
him the opportunity to speak the
thoughts in his mind. Then he gave
a brief resume of the problems that
/ confronted him during the war as
| superintendent Of schools.
| Mr.. Thurston also paid tribute to
the graduating class, pointing out
that it was the largest class Of high
| school students in the history of Wash
| usual in the history of Central High
School. This class, the superintend-
| ent said. is the first class to graduate
which has spent it's entire four years
| in the new building. Mr.. Thurston
| urged the class to hold in mind the
| life for Centra1-Emory M. Wilson,
| the one man most responsible for
| the erection of the new building
| four years ago." He also paid trib-
ute to Robert A. Maurer. the new
: principal Of Central.
Thanks Crowd for Honor.
Referring to the ovation Supt.
Thurston said that you have done me
great honor tonight LAS have gone
| to and fro in recent weeks / have
heard from many organizations and
individuals expressions of good will.
feel that the community has given
me the greatest honor man could
get"
Mr.. Thurston pointed out that he
hoe for
twenty-seven years, and for six and a
half years of that time has been in the
difficult position of superintendent.
1T was my pleasure to have been
with the schools during the war"
said Mr.. Thurston, "and to aid in the
trying conditions. I had hoped to
continue to help work out the prob
lens of the schools during the recon-
Struction period. Even though I am
not permitted to continue to serve. I
feel rewarded for my work. wish to
probation for evidences of esteem of
my fellow townsmen which have come
to me during the last few weeks"
Representative Kelly Speaks.
A warning against class control and
radicalism was given by Representa-
tive Kelly of Michigan, the principal
speaker. He declared that the free
compulsory school system Of the
United States was the greatest force
for unity and Americanization of all
national institutions.
Representative Kelly added that the
schools will not finish their work un-
til every American child receives it's
elementary education in the Eng
lish language. He pointed out that
school teachers are conservative men
and women" and said that they
should receive sufficient salaries to
keep them conservative.
Winners Of Awards.
Prior to the awarding of diplomas
to the 372 graduates, Principal Maurer
announced the winners of the schol-
arship awards. They were George
Washington University, second uni
versity scholarship, Paul F. Brandt;
fourth university scholarship, May
Cecilia Bergin; fifth university schoI-
arship, Catherine Chisholm; Colum-
blan women scholarship, Alice Fen
wick Hall; Georgetown University,
pre-medical course. Wilhelm Hansen /;
Goucher scholarship, Imogene Moore,
92 per cent -(highest average made
in examinations); Harvard College
scholarship. Weston Gage Thomas:
Arthur L. Wheeler memorial scholar
ship to Princeton University, Richard
Newly; Colorado School of Mines
scholarship. William Berry.
Awarded on school record-Cath-
olic University, Jacob Burns; Colgate
University, Leon Katz; Lafayette
College, Jacob Gichner; Maryland
State College, Malvern Nettleton: Syr-
acuse University, Sarah Jane McCar-
ter; University Of Virginia, James Ma
gel; Wesleyan University, Everett
Carman.
Honor Students.
The announcement was made that
Sarah Jane Craig McCarter, Philip
Robinson Garges and Weston Gage
Thomas had been accredited with a
scholastic record of all "E's" for
their four years course. Members
der Berberich. jr; Paul F. Brandt,
Margaret Farrar Call, Melville Dom
aid Hensey, Alice Fenwick Hill,
Anna Elizabeth johnson, Leon Katz,
Samuel Edwin LI,atimer. Beatrice
Marjorie Phillips McCarty. Imogene
Moore, Phoebe Morrison, Malvern
Nettleton, George Brown Porter,
Charles Eskridge SALESMAN, Alice
Helen Shaw, Clinton Blake Town
send, Edward F. Willett, Hurd C.
Blanche Wingo, Addison Yung Kwai
and William Augustine Zalesak. Hon
orable mention. Julia R. Mickle.
Presentation of diplomas was
made by Stephen E. Kramer. as
sistant superintendent of schools.
The invocation was pronounced by
the Rev. James H. Taylor of Cen
trail Presbyterian Church.
The graduates are as follows:
Girl Graduates.
Emmie Marshall Allen, Frances
Clarke Allen, Mary Isabel Alfred,
Louise Ethel Alter. Winifred Dickson
Alter, Elaine Pauline Arnaud. Edith
Marguerite Atchison, Lois Beryl Beat
tie, Sara Beatty. Flora Rubye Berga-
Moree Besley. Gladys M. Blackney,
HELEN Hanna Bland Lucy Sylvia
Bliss, Ruth Block. Virginia Helen
Bluhm, M. Lucille Booker. Cora Rob-
ertson Bowen, Eloise Morrison Bowen,
Marian Bowker, Elizabeth D. Bowman,
Ruth Brashears, Helen Newman
Briggs, Mary Hester Brilliant, Lucy
Helen Brodsky, Janeiro Virginia
Brooks. Pauline May Bruner, Kath-
crime Gertrude Bryant. Helen Marie
Bussey. Emma Shumway Byler. Mar
garet Ferrer Call, Alena Mary Camp
bell. Mildred Elizabeth Carey. Ruth
Louise Carruthers. Catherine CHS
holm. Florence Janet Claim. Nathalie
Pauline Clapham. Irene Harvey Clark.
Thelma Ivetta Clover. Julia Cohen.
Emily D. Cooper, Thelma Cecilia Cox,
LuVerne Crabtree, Alice Edwina Craig.
Marion Alberta Dammeyer. Hazel Jen-
nings Davis, Lenora Carey Davis,
Lonnelle Glover Dawson. Frances
Teresa Deeds. Gladys Thelma
.DelIinger, Hazel Harriet Dickey,
Elizabeth Loree Dickson. Caro-
line Virginia Diedel. Edith Row
ena Dinwiddie, Mana Katherine Doyle.
Elise Kathleen Duffy, Roger Elizabeth
Duffey, Olga Marian Dunbar. Oma
Wood Early, Dorothy Virginia Edelin,
Esther Edgerton, Lois Elefsiades
Mildred Don Nella Ellis, Vir-