Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31
FREEDOM Of YOUTH
OF TODAY IS TOP|C|
Dr.. G. B. Woods Makes Strik'
ing Observations at West
ern High Commencement.

The Freedom of Modern Youth" was
| the subject of the Western High
School mid.year commencement ad-
| dress delivered this morning at the
| school auditorium by DIR. George b.
Woods, dean of the College of Liberal
Arts, American University.
What Is Real Pleasure?
In explaining the attitude Of mod
ern writer's on the youth of today, DR..
Woods said that if children are the
same as their elders, people say they
are mere imitators. with no initiative,
no ingenuity and no individuality,
whereas if they are different from
their elders, people say they are too
independent and self-willed.
Fundamentally different ideas as to
what life is,' said DIR. Woods, ''as to
what constitutes real pleasure and
happiness are at the root of the mis-
understanding. One generation thinks
happiness Is carelessness, hilarious
fun; the other thinks 1t is sweet peace
and contentment of mind, and both
are right"
The commencement exercises were
presided over by DR.. Frank w. Bal
lou, superintendent Of Schools while
the diplomas were awarded by Joseph
w. Cox president of the Western
High School Home and School Asso.
citation, assisted by Miss Sue Fl. Gard
ner. DR.. Elmer S. Newton, principal of
Western High School, made the an
nouncements and Miss Frances Rog-
ers delivered the valedictory address.
The musical program was rendered by
the school orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Miss Lucy G. Lynch and Miss
Bernice Wagner, with violin solos by
Miss Jean Westbrool1, accompanied by
Frank Westbrook
Awarded Diplomas.
The following were awarded diplo.
mas: Martha Temple Allison, Marga-
ret Angel, Sophie Boxer. Oriana Chas-
mar, Elma Mcdowell Moore, Ann Holt
Pegram, Mary Emily Reid, Frances
Hume Rogers, Judith Allen Solyom,
Ellen Egbert Stirling, Beatrice Thorn,
Samuel Palmer Bremerman, jr.:
Southwell Brown. Joseph Harold De
Veau, Paul Whitney Eckert, Rob-
ert Gordon Finney, jr.: Warren
Harlan Hoover, William Edward Jen-
kins, Edison William Mollohan. Ellis
Chandler Saint, Roger Alan Thornett
and Charles Mandell Wilpan.
The honor roll at Western is as fol-
lows, the first four on the list being
members of the graduating class:
Frances Rogers, Beatrice Thorn,
Palmer Bremerman, Oriana Chasmar.
Dorothy Cook, Margaret Broxton,
Catherine Groseclose, Caroline Sander
son. Elizabeth Conway, Robert Hobbs,
Rush Lincoln, Lillian Lindquist, Mary
Putnam, June Robinson, David Nc.
Dougal, Anna McHugh, Margaretta
Moore, Louisa Alney, Ruth Riddick,
Helen Whitwell, Jack Whitwell, Helen
Steele, Loretta Slattery, Emily
Cramer, Cecile Harrington, Mary
Priest, Margaret Ruph, Dorothy Al
bert, Martha Benenson, Robert Ham
ilton, Paul Porterfield, Anna Louise
Chandler, Dorothy Dolph, Florence
Kincheloe. lola Boley, Ellsworth
Davis, Nellie Clayton, William Bull
Arthur Murphy, Virginia Hoskinson,
Herbert Pasch, Everard Meade, Chris.
tine Spignul, Mary Jane Allen, Elaine
Bechtel, Martha Osborn, Mary Living
ston, Grace Hall, Lucille Miller, Hud-
son Upham, Louise Duncan, Charlotte
Reed, Peggy Cromwell. Julia Dodson,
Amy Behrend, Billy Dix, Charlotte
Hobbs, Billy Carpenter, Jane Thorpe,
Betty Shipp, Charlestine Sparhawk,
Frank Gardner, Jack Wilson, Betty
Hartshorn, Rose Cubbison, Alice Price,
Bernice Stafford, Burley Martin,
Helena Kimball and Janet Smith.
Villette Sullivan. Nancy Stark,
Aleese Kenney, Beatrice Spasoff,
Robert Stowell, Pauline Schaub, Nancy
Poore, hewitt Smoot, Ann Scofield,
Glenn Wolcott, Jack Varela, John
Gilbert, Elizabeth Wheeler, Hester
Sias, Helen Ritter, Barbara Hughes,
Elizabeth Petty, Luisita Dye, Edward
Dawson, Anne De Almond, Charles
Gilbert, Elinor Martin, Mary Park
hurst, Amory Maddox Mary Brown.
Dorothy Hamilton, William Hales.
Roland Harmon, Katherine Smith,
Robert Wales, Elizabeth Churchill,
Mary Clark, Ruth Constantine, Eliza
beth Towne, Richard Lane, Mae Rast
all, Constance Robinson, Douglas