Evening star., 1928-06-12
SCHOOL LISTS NINE
SENIORS UNDER 16
Three Boys and Six Girls
Among Youthful Western
High Graduates.

! Nine members of the class which
| Western High School will graduate June
| 20 are under 16. it was announced today
| by DR.. Elmer S. Newton when he was
completing details for the commence
ment exercises.
| OF the nine. three arc boys, and of
/ the same group only three required
the full four years to complete the
course. The others totaled. the re-
quired number of credits in three, and
three and a half years
The youngest Of the group is Oliver
Pagan, who was Is in March. Oliver
is the son of DR.. and Mrs Albert
f. Pagan, 3407 Lowell street. He en-
tered Western from the John Eaton
| Elementary School four years ago and
although he will be graduated with
high scholastic honors next week. he
plans to return to Western for post
graduate work in preparation for COL
lege entrance. He has not yet decided
what higher institution he will enter.
Saves Nearly Year.
The second boy Is Tom Blackburn, IS,
son of Capt. P. p. Blackburn, u. S. N,
and Mrs. Blackburn, 1922 Decatur
place. Tom is completing his course
in little more than three years, having
come to the District high school with
two Of the required 80 credits, which
he earned In an elementary schools in
Switzerland. He plans to enter the
Severn Preparatory School next Fall,
and later he hopes to go to the Naval
Academy.
Alton Keller, Is, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. r. Keller, 3l15 Ridge road, went To
Western from the John Eaton School,
fat~ fIiI1 Ar h{
diploma. Next year he will enter
American University to resume his
studies.
Miss Lucy Dunbar, IS, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. p B. Dunbar. 3l1 Cum
berland street, Chevy Chase, Md, and
Miss Frederica Ritter, Is. daughter of
Mr.. and Mr3. Gilbert Ritter, 1921 Fair
mont street, and Miss Dolly Tschiffely,
Is, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Claude
Tschiffely, 3416 Thirty-fourth street,
are completing their course in three
and a half years.
Miss Dunbar. who entered Western
from the T. V. Brown school, and Miss
TSchiffely, who went TO the high school
from the John Eaton school, expect TO
enter George Washington University
together next Fall while Miss Ritter
plans to go to Wellesley.
Takes Full Course.
Miss Jean Cameron, Is, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. jerks Cameron, 3458
Thirty-fourth place, is completing her
course after four years OF study. She
went TO Western from John Eaton
school Miss Cameron said today her
plans for the future are not completed
Miss Helen Henry, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. C.. w, Henry, 1922 N street,
Is leaving high school at IS also, having
entered Western from the Force school
three and a half years ago. She expects
to enter George Washington University
next Fall,
Miss Caroline Lee Mcneil, Is. daugh-
ter Of Mai G. S. Mcneil u. s. A., and
Mrs. Mcneil, 1922 r street. is the last
Of the. youthful group of graduates
Miss Mcneil has spent greater part Of
her school life travelling with her par
ents, and she entered Western only
one year ago. at which time she held
graduation credits which permitted her
TO receive the Western diploma at the
| conclusion Of this year Her plans still
are undetermined, she said, and, at
present, she expects to return to West
ern High School for postgraduate
credits next Fall. while at the same
time she viii study music at the Wash
lngton College Of Music.