Evening star., 1927-07-17
81 Young Americans
Prove Their Fitness
For Consular Service

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! DR.. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, be
/ fore he goes for year or two of
| study of Oriental languages in Toxic.
Several members of this class, which
| matriculated In the Foreign Service
! School in October of last year, already
were married.
| OF those who, having spent the past
year under the teachers of the de
partment, Washington feels most
affectionate interest in Samuel Reber.
jr., son of Maj. and Mrs. Samuel
Reber, the latter formerly Miss Celia
Miles. The marriage of Capt. Reber
and Miss Miles occurred in Washing
ton and was a brilliant event of the
middle half of the second Roosevelt
administration. There are two sons,
Miles, named for his grandfather,
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, and Samuel.
both of whom spent much time here
with the general. Mr.. Reber made
his studies at Harvard and has passed
the last two years in Washington
preparing for his diplomatic service
He will be vice consul a Lima, Peru,
Nlr. Samuel Walter Washington OF
Charles Town, w. Va. who has sailed
for Buenos Aires, descends from
Judge Samuel Washington. whose de-
scendants are very numerous about
his home section of West Virginia
He has many relatives in Washington
and has been popular during his two
wears of study. Thomas Foster
Sherman of Boston, who will he vice
consul at Berlin, comes of the re-
nowned family which has produced
jurists, warriors and statesmen since
the colonial years. Mr.. Henry Abra.
ham Winchester Beck of indianapolis,
who will go next week to Athens,
made a fine record in Harvard when
he was preparing for the foreign
service. and has lived in Washington
for the past two years. Mr.. John
Bernard Faust came to the school
from the branch of such training con-
Quoted by the Georgetown University.
he is assigned to Buenos Aires and
will sail next week. Mr.. Faust is
from Denmark. S. C., and practically
all of his student life has been spent
in this city.
Mr. John Martin Gwynn came from
the City of the Angels" and had a
credltable career there before he
selected the foreign service as his life
work. He graduated from the south
ern branch of the University of Cali.
Iornla, which is in Los Angeles. and
lhen put in four years studying the
languages in Paris and Madrid He
served through the war as an amhu-
lance driver at first and then in
belslum with Mr.. Hoover i'm the relief
work and food administration. He
mas oeen sent 10 Prague.
MI. Gordon Phelps Merriam of Iev.
IrStoh. Mass. is related to the distin.
suished family of scientists of that
name: He will serve in Beirut, SYRIA
Mf. George Rowland Butler of Evans.
toh' H., Will go TO La Paz. Bolivia
MI: John Moors Cabot. whose legal
residence is Cambridge, Mass, belongs
70 the historic family of Massachu.
setts, but has lived in Washington
redrIy y All ms life. He will serve in
Lima Peru. Mr.. George Frost Ken.
, nan Oh milwaukee win go to Ham.
ourg ana Mr.. Hugh Fra nkIin Ram.
aaS Oh FRANKLIN. n. Y. and a veteran n
~ me world War, will be stationed
:" s.uttsart, Germany. Mr.. Joseph
IN, % TIhwalte of Tecumseh. Mich.
", u,h go 10 Gaudalajara, Mexico, and
Mr.. William Allen Rhode of RaIt;pora
10 uaya9uil. Mr.. Harry Eric Tram.
men Of this city. graduate of the Csn.
,rai High School, will make his initial
DOW in Guatemala City.
rms present class is larger by nine
members than that assigned last sum.
hef and more than 30 young men
recently passed the examinations at
.he department and their names have
neen added to the eligible list. If thew
prove their mettle during the year
tney must spend the time under the
direct surveillance of the officials as.
signed by Secretary kellogg. 1t would
seem that the fifth gradua ting class.
next june will be TWICE that of 1927.
Gloves nrnAIInod h.,