Evening star., 1923-06-21
149 GET DIPLOMAS
AT WESTERN HIGH
Vim. T. Page Addresses
Students at Graduation
Exercises.
Western High Schools 14s graduates,

Western High Schools 149 graduates,
| who received diplomas at commence
ment exercises yesterday afternoon in
Memorial Continental Hall, were told
by William Tyler Page, clerk of the
House of Representatives, that the
| country awaited them to assist in hand
ling its great problems.
DR.. Elmer s. Newton, principal of
! Western, gave a sketch of the schools
| history during the twenty-five years he
has been its head. From that time. he
said, the school has grown from 250
pupils with fifteen teachers. to 1,10O
pupils with forty-two teachers.
| Order of Exercises.
| Three selections by the orchestra,
| under the direction of Herman G. Rake
| mann, and the singing of 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" by Frank Miles
Flint president Of the graduating class,
opened the exercises. Invocation was
pronounced by Mai William r. Scott,
| chaplain in the United States Army DIR.
Abram Simon. president of the board of
education, presided. The salutatory
| was delivered by Annie Louise Flint
and the valedictory by Linn McRae
Daniel J. Callahan. vice president of
the school board, assisted by Miss M.
Roberta Wallace.
DR.. Newton announced that Linn Nc
Rae Brantley stood first in the grad
uating class for excellence. Closely
| following were Frank Miles Flint and
his twin sister Annie Louise Flint. both
of whom were tied for second place.
Richard Walton Edwards, Allen Rus
sell Foster. William w. Ten Eyck and
Olive Chace were others who received
honors for excellence in scholarship.
Scholarships Given.
Announcement also was made by
Principal Newton that scholarships
| competed for by pupils of the school
| only were won by Mary Winifred Nc
Minimy to the University Of Mary
land; Horace Fountain to the George
to the University OF Virginia, SYRIA
] cuse. Colgate and Lafayette, DIR.
/ Newton said. had not been applied
| for and would be held open for Il
| few days
The graduates follow: EIizabct,
Adkins. Margaret Rivers AkehurSt
| Rose Eaten Becker, Elizabeth q.
Bell. Isabella McC. Bell. Jessie Isa bel
| Booth, Evelyn BrazeIton, Martha
Amanda Butler. Louise Frances Car
pell Helen Virginia Clark. Mary
Chcnery Clark, Mary L. Conrart
Bertha Coontz, Dorothy Croissant.
Myrna Charlotte Dake, Maybelle Eliz-
dDcIH zone Darcy, A1a
May Dougall, Ellen Condor bowling
Eleanore Russell Eastman. Mildred
r. Elicit, Elinor Keller Finckel. Alice
Carlyle Fisher. Virginia Charlotte
Fiske, HermOine Fitch, Annie Louise
i Flint. Elizabeth Stuart Gibson. Julia
King Gleaves. Margaret Helene
German. Margaret Todd Hammerly
Ruth Fuller Harding. Elizabeth
Hastings. Doris Hcaton, Annie Louise
Hickman, Mary Temple Hill, Dorothy
Louise Houston. Ann Rita Keliher.
Cora Rebtcca Kidwell, Ruth Rowland
Kimball Dorothy Bache Kimmell.
Alice Margaret Kingsolver, Anne
Margaret L1atterner. Helen Clayton
Latterner Margaret f. Lynch. Fran
ces Lynham. Mary Winifred McMin-
imy. Therma Virginia Maddox, Caro-
line Dickson Marsh. Katharine Thax-
ter Martin. Irene Curtis Mead, Mary
Bolts Miller, Helen Marr Mitchell.
Mary Elizabeth Morris, Margaret
Myfanwy Mostyn Anita Virginia
Mueller, Grace l.. Newton. Alice Was
son Owens. Lillian Z. Pace, Elizabeth
Marie Palmer, Sarah Virginia Pick,
Evelyn Morgan Preble, Dorothy Reed
Margaret Lee Rogers. Mareery shin
kle. Etlan Shotwell. Christine Stew
art, Mary Stuart, Anna, Dodge Stur-
gis Marie Louise Suter Dorothy
Tebbetts. jamie Dee Troxel. Laura
Valentine. Marie van de Vies.