Evening star., 1924-06-19


and illumination of existence. Rev.
Charles Wood, pastor of the Church
of the Covenant, told the graduates
of Central High School at commence
ment exercises last night in the au
ditorium of the institution. Diplomas
were presented to 511 students, the
largest class ever graduated from
Central.
DR.. Wood outlined briefly the prog
ress of education, and admonished the
graduates to adhere to the golden
rule. "Whoever takes the golden rule
and adheres to it persistently," he
said, lis building character, and
character is our goal and our aim
The exercises were opened with a
selection by the Central High School
Orchestra, under the direction of Fl.
p. Hoover. James T. Lloyd, president
of the board of education, presided.
Invocation was by Rev. Edward
Hayes, pastor of the Petworth NJ. F.
Church. Superintendent of Schools
Frank W. Ballou presented the di-
The Central Auditorium was
packed to capacity with friends and
relatives of the graduates. and by
$50 o'clock the fire marshal or
scores of persons were turned away.
Scholarships Are Awarded.
Stephen E. Kramer. principal, an
nounced the following scholarship
awards:
University of Pennsylvania =
Awarded on interhigh school COM
petitive examination to Andrew
George Washington University =
Awarded on interhigh school COM
petitive examination-F'trst univer-
sity, Alice williams: third university,
Dorothy Hood Field: fourth univer-
sity, Spencer Scott Prentiss; fifth
university, Eileen Haloyon Phillips.
The following scholarships were award
ed on school record-Catholic Univer
sity, John Lawrence Mcdonald: Col
gate University. Charles Butler Hunt
Georgetown University, Joseph Dessoff :;
Lafayette University, Edwin Butt
Eckel; Pace Institute, Robert Etter
Brake: Syracuse University, Annette
Marguerite Hord: University of Mary
land, Pauline Louise Tomlin, and Uni
versity of Maryland, William Lawrence
krebs.
Have High Standing.
The following pupils have received
thirty-two Els out of a required thirty
two points for graduation: Lydagene
Black, Katherine Branham, Herbert
Nelson Budlong, Dorothea Creager,
Margaret Cristadoro. Raphael Brill
Ezekiel Theodore Dodge Gatchell. Helen
Pauline Tomlin.
The following pupils have received
IS per cent E's out Of required
thirty-two points for graduation
eson Baumgarten, Margaret Persis
Birtwell. Jessie Bunch, Joseph DeS-
soft. Geneva Margaret Dye. Dorothy
Field, Lillian Dorothy Finch. Dorothy
h
Elizabeth Lilley Griffiths Elizabeth
Bosley Hayes, Alexander Miller
Heron. Walter Francis Hyde. Ann
Elizabeth James, William Lawrence
krebs, Laura Garfield Lee, Yvonne
Augustine Levy, James Bolt May,
Catherine Paige Magill. Mary Jane
McCurdy. George Edward Monk, Ethel
Eleanor Mowatt, Ruth Theodora New
burn, Eileen Halcyon Phillips. Spen-
Ger Scott Prentiss. Lucille Caroline
Robey, Elizabeth Stein. Virginia Mae
Stoy, Francis Winfield Smith, Dor
othy Janet Walker, Mary Evelyn
Williams, and Roberta Watterson
Z The following pupils have had per-
feet attendance for four years
present and punctual every day: Mar
garet Maize, Curtis Mcdonnell, George
Edward Monk and William koontz
Teepo.
A silver loving cup was presented
to T NJ Pelzman, captain of the COM
pany which won the 1924 competitive
drill of the Washington High School
Cadet Corps, by the American Wom-
ems Legion.
List of Graduates.
The list of graduates follows:
Girls.
Bessie Abramson, Henrietta Albers,
Marie Theresa Amrein, Catherine
Thomson Andrews, Frances Foye An
drews, Julia Grace Atkins, Virginia
Warren Aylor, Frances Bacon, Alba
Lynette Bailey, Catharine Thackeray
Bannerman. Elizabeth Barr, Ruth
BarrowS, Irma Margaret Baulsir,
Marian Mitchison Baumgarten, Anna
Helene Beall, Elizabeth May Beall.
Clara Avis Beatty, Lillian Powell
Beech, Sara Florence Bennett, Doro-