The Washington times., 1922-06-08
LARGE CHASSIS
GIVEN HONOR At
ROCKVILLE HIGH
Closing Graduation Exercises
Held In Assembly Hall
Last Night.

ROCKVILLE, Nd. June Sin
the presence of large gathering
the annual closing exercises OF the
Rockville High School were held last
evening In the assembly hall at the
school. The program was conducted
oy Prof Harry s. Beall, principal of
6 ie school, and included the invocation
oy the Rev. Nolan b. Harmon. Jr.,
pastor OF the Methodist Church: es-
says by Misses Josephine Wolfe.
Mary Lee Cashell and Margaret
Wolfe and Bradley Karn and Hugh
Reading; the presentation OF certi-
ncates, diplomas and medals by Prof.
Edwin w. Broome, county super.
intendent Of schools, and several Sc
lections by the orchestra.
The graduates were Misses Lola
Atwood, Kathleen Aud, Beulah
Becker, Gladys Benson, Mary Lee
Cashell. Louise Johnson, Mildred
Karn. Elizabeth Larcombe. Ethelyn
Pratt, Josephine Wolfe and Margaret
Wolfe and Pearl Baughman; ArliDg-
ton Bennett, Donald Garrett, Bradley
Karn, Harry Merrick. Otis Pope,
Hugh Reading and Edward Ronsa-
Vile.
The annual banquet OF the alumni
association to the graduating class
was held in the assembly hall Tues.
day evening. the guests, which mum.
bered about eighty. including stu.
dents, former students, members ol
the faculty. school officials ard
others. The hall was attractively
decorated in the class colors-purple
and gold.
G. L. Edmonds Toastmaster.
DR.. George L. Edmonds, a member
Of the county board Of education. wds
toastmaster. and toasts were re.
sponded to by Stonestreet Lamar. Of
the class Of 1923; Arlington Bennett.
Of the class of 1922: Miss Helen Kirk.
land, OF the class OF 1921: Miss Mary
Reading, of the class of 1920: DR..
James E. Deets. Of the county hoard
of education: Prof. Harry 8. Bcall.
Rev. p. Rowland Wagner and Miss
Margaret Karn, of the school faculty;
George II. Lamar, former member OF
the county board Of education. and
Robert E. L. Smith. of the board of
school trustees.
At the annual meeting OF the
Montgomery County Social Service
League. held at Sandy Spring. Off
GERS were chosen as follows: Presi.
dent, the Rev. Thomas D. Windiate.
Of Kensington: first vice president,
the Rev. James Kirkpatrick. OF
Bethesda; second vice president,
Mrs. J. Ross Thomson, Of Garrett
Park: treasurer. Mrs. Milton W.
Bancroft. Of Sandy Spring: secre-
tary, Mrs. James Adkins. Of Chevy
Chase: trustees, Eugene z. Stevens.
OF Chevy Chase: DR.. William L.
Lewis. OF Kensington: DR.. Jacob
w. Bird. Of Sandy Spring. and the
Rev. Thomas d. Windiate.
II was decided to conduct a mem
bership campaign, to start June IS
and continue two weeks. and vii.
liam F. Prettyman, of Rockville.
was named as chairman Of the com.
mittee. the other members OF the
committee being E. P. Hav. George
H. Lamar. Francis z. Mcmillan
DR.. Jacob w. Bird, Mrs. James Ad.
kins, Miss Martha s. Poole. Miss
Elizabeth Spamer. William f. Viett.
Mrs. James II. Jones and Mrs. Mil
obtain sufficient members to make
the annual fees for the year total
$500. II will, 1t is estimated. re-
quire $7400 to run the organization
during the year. and $2.100 is as
sured from other sources.
Prof. French Speaks.
Morning and afternoon sessions
were held. and at noon a fine lunch
con was served. The morning was
devoted to business, reports of Off
GERS and chairmen Of committees
being submitted, and in the after
noon Prof. William j. French. COM
missioner of child welfare OF the
State Of Delaware, and Mrs. Walter
S. Ufford, of the Board of Chill.
dren's Guardians, of the District Of
Clumbia. delivering addresses. The
topic discussed by both speakers
was: Saving the Child; Does It
Pay?" DIR. French treated the cues.
ton from the standpoint Of health.
and Mrs. Ufford discussed It from
the social standpoint.
Representative Frederick N. Zihl-
man delivered the address to the
graduating class at the annual clos
ing exercises Of the Sandy Spring
High School, which were held last
evening in the presence OF a very
large assemblage. The graduates were
Misses Martha F. Barnsley. Anna
Gilpin, Catharine Vessel Hines, Ruth
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