Evening star., 1928-06-20
M'K|NLEY SENIORS
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Or. F. B. Harris Addresses
GraduateS-MisS Fuqitt
Gives VaIedictory.

Calling upon the students to con-
| tribute their best efforts toward the
welfare of the world, DR., Frederick
| Brown Harris of the Foundry M. E.
Church, delivering the graduation ad-
dress before the senior class of Nc
Kinley Technical High School. in the
auditorium of Central High School last
night. recommended consideration of
the debts that an individual owes to
life, rather than the debts the world
owes an individual. as proper COM
mencement-time theme.
Dwelling upon the idea OF life. mot
as bill TO be collected. but as a debt
to be paid" Dr. Harris declared, II
am sure we cannot come to graduation
time without thinking of the unpaid
bills of motherhood and fatherhood, for
all our abilities and capabilities are
gifts Of the past to us"
Girl Gives valedictory.
The only other speaker on the pro-
gram was Miss Helen Jean Fugitt, hon
or student, who delivered the valedic-
tory. F.. c. Daniel, principal of Nc
Kinley, presided in the absence of
Charles F. Carusi president of the
Board of Education, who was unable
TO attend because of illness. Chaplain
Milton O. Beebe delivered the invoca-
ton. Music was furnished by the Tech
Orchestra. Dore Walten, conductor,
with Emerson Meyers as concert master.
F. A. Woodward, assistant principal.
announced the scholarship awards.
Members Of the June class receiving
scholarships were Barton Brooke Bright
and Miss Mercedes Persis Jordan, Amer
lean University: Harry Edward Wellens,
Electrical School
Graves, Catholic University: Grover
Cleveland Nicholas. ir, District of Co
lumbia College, Y. NJ. c. A: Miss Helene
Elaine Swarthout. Steward School for
Secretaries, and Miss EloySe Sargent,
Strayer Business College. Malcolm Tay-
lor and Austin Saunders of the Febru-
airy class were given scholarships to
George washington University and the
University of Virginia, respectively.
Following the announcement of
scholarship awards. Principal Daniel
assisted by Mr.. Woodward and Miss
Esther Foster, presented the diplomas
to the graduating class.
The honor students of the class. those
having an average of 90 per cent or
better for the four years, were:
Louise Gonzenbach Babcock, Grace
Margaret Bauer, Helen Jean Fugitt,
Elizabeth Hinton Hoeke, Mercedes Per-
sis Jordan, Eloyse Sargent. Gladys
Jenette Smith. David Fred Anderson,
David Tressel Griggs, James Craig Nc
Lanahan, Paul Macleod Niidkiff. Basil
Lowell PoStlethwaite, Charles Richard
Potter, Frederick Carl Stelzer, jr.: Gill
bert Franklin Tyler and Kennedy Camp
bell Watkins.
Diploma List.
Mckinley High Schools 1874 gradu-
ateS follow: Louise Gonzenbach Bab-
cock, Helen La Vonne Bailey, Grace
Margaret Bauer, Edna Marie Blumer
Mary Hayes Booth, Edna Marie Byron.
Margaret Elizabeth Connor, Annie
Aleen Cornwell. Virginia Eunice Crow
der, Dorothy Brewood Dunn, Ellamay
Elizabeth Edmondson, Gather; Mar
bury English. Evelyn Rebecca Essex,
Ellen Fenwick. Helen Jean Fugitt,
Mary Jane Gull, Helen Marie Hahn,
Eva Mae Henderson. Kathryne Eileen
Higdon. Elizabeth Louise Higgins, Eliza
beth Hinton Hoeke, Marjorie Louise
Jones. Mercedes Persis Jordon, Theo
Levy, Miriam Edith Moss, Edith Frost
Pierdon, Edna May Pitcher, Helen
Juliana Ramisch, Dorothy Charlotte
Reiss. Margaret Bowen Rose, Eloyse
Sargent, Gladys Jenette Smith, Mabel
Buell. Stanley. Averl Elaine Stevens,
Helene Elaine Swarthout Rora Estelle
Tucker and Adelena Thetis Willis.
Abraham Alvin Alloy, David Fred