The Washington herald., 1920-12-22
LEADING THREE
GRANTED AWARDS
ATA.L.B. SESSION
Mallery of Riggs Tops
List of Present
Years Grants.
CHAS. ]. BELL, DONOR
Bean Addresses Large Crowd.
Spirited Local Session
Senator Scott Returns.
CHAS. ]. BELL, DONOR

As a reward for hard. conscientious
study which resulted in highest
honors attainable from the Ameri-
can Institute of Banking, John p.
Mallery. Of Riggs National Bank; o.
D. Morrissette. of the Federal Reserve
Board. and F. H. Cox. of the Com
mercial National Bank, graduates of
the June. 1920. class Of the wash
-ington Chapter. were last night pre-
sented SIS, SIS and SO In gold, re-
spectively.
The presents, which were the gift
of Charles ]. Bell. president of the
American Security and Trust Com
pany, were awarded at the close OF
the regular weekly meeting of the
elementary class and came as a COM
plete' surprise to the recipients An
appropriate, carefully worded speech
preceded the presentations in which
glowing tribute was paid the efforts
of the three fortunate graduates.
Incidentally. 1t was mentioned. NAL
lery, of Riggs. besides standing at
the head of his class, successfully
passed both elementary and ad-
vanced class examinations in one
year.
After this special ceremony was
performed, standard certificates Of
graduation were presented the MEM
bers of last years June class. Those
receiving this form of diploma were
as follows: John p. Mallery, o. B.
Morrissette, Graham Davis, Alfred G.
Toombs. Alfred E Fisher, r. NJ.
Golladay, John II. Ketner, W. H.
Mitchell. Clyde NJ. Noble. J. Frank
Rice, /. ]. Roberts. Misses Julia
Moore, A. Booth Bland and Fannie
Holmes.
Those graduating from the ele-
mentary class and receiving ele-
mentary certificates of graduation
were L. II. Brown, Louise. Ficks,
WILDER B. Glover, John J. Judge, jr.;
Miss Esther McClelland. Orin G.
Bundy, Edward Fisher, Miss Jennie
J. Harris, Milton F. Landis, John P.
Mallery. o. 3. Morrissette. A. n.
Schroeder, Miss Ruth A. westergren.
+. H. Cox. Robert c. Daniel, Graham
L. Davis, II. c. Thompson, Miss Anna
j. Sloane. Alfred G. Toombs, W. H.
Reese, Miss Julia Moore, A. Jesse
Chaney, Madison Ballantyne and
James \. Soper.
Quite the largest turnout Of the
year attended last nights meeting
which was held in the small ballroom
of the New willard Hotel Robert
H. Bean, New York City, authority
on credit. delivered an interesting
and lengthy address on Credit Ac-
ceptance." President Charles d.
Boyer. who is known in A. 1. &.
circles as never failing" presided.
The leader for the past few days
on the Washington Stock Exchange,
namely. Railway 4 per cent bonds.
was strangely missing among yes
terday's sales when another lively
trading session was INDUCED in.
Potomac Electric Consolidated 5s
sprang into demand after call and
were traded in to the extent of S10.-
900 face value at S2i5. Washington
Gas SIS also came in for a share of
attention. $4,000 of these changing
hands at IS.
Columbia Graphophone preferred
was by far the most active of the
stock list, 500 shares being disposed
OF in three lots at So. Railway pre-
ferred sold to the amount of 143
shares at prices ranging from 5Ok
to 50k, while sales aggregating so
shares at 2113 were recorded for the
common issue
A moderate loss was recorded for
the Capital Traction shares when
this security sold at 80 to the extent
of ten shares. Small transactions in
Washington Gas and Real Estate
Title stock were, also made.
Senator VI. d. Scott, father OF the
late Guy 7. Scott, and chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Con-
tinental Trust Company, returned to
his desk yesterday after a sojourn in
California.
Oficials of the Lincoln National
Rank yesterday advised that ]. Ham
mond Wetzel, receiving teller, who
has been seriously i'll in Georgetown
Hospital for a long time, is in an
improved condition and may be able
to leave that Institution the first of
next week.