Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-19

House of Repre- A..E. Hen1e.
SentatiVeS. made
stirring inspirational address on the i'm
portance of preparedness. He stressed
the Importance of special preparation
Gin the banking field in which
thorough knowledge of the essentials OF
finance is so essential. Francis G.. Addi-
son, ir., former president of the District
Brankers' Association, brought greetings
from that body and assured the 1nstl-
tute of continued support. Victor B.
Deyber, as secretary of the Washington
Clearing House Association, presented
similar message from that organization
Eliot H. Thomson was present as
representative of the faculty and called
attention to the great difficulty en-
countered in awarding some OF tne
prizes. Several students made 100 per
cent in their ranks and others came
close to that mark AS some had
exactly the same ranks, the prizes had
TO be divided. During the evening
Chairman H. F. Kimball of the athletic
committee presented Patrick I. COOK
with the w. w. Spaid trophy, won IN
the recent golf tournament. The STU
dents awarded the regular certlncaCcs
and the special prizes are as 1ohoWS'
Students Win Many Prizes.
washington Clearing House Assocla-
tion prize for banking fundamentals
Mary L. Chadwick, Washington Loan
r Trust Co., won first prize, and Ernest
Wolff, Riggs National Bank, Yea lor
first, received second. Howard Massey
Riggs National Bank; John H. Schae1er,
Treasury Department, and August H.
Turneak, washington Savings BANK
-The George w. White prize in COM
Yr1Ercial law was distributed among
Donald w. Mowbray. American Secur-
ity & Trust Co.; William F. OrrlSon
Commercial National; Samuel B. Riggs.
washington Loan & Trust Co: EDWARD
H. Story, Lincoln National Bank. and
B. E. Thomas, Potomac Savings BANK.
The Robert v. Fleming prize In ne
potiable nstruments-Emory M. Grid
ner and Catherine M. Krieg, Riggs Ma
tional, first and second; c. M. Wells,
Alexandria National, third.
The John Poole prize for standard
economics-Mrs. Louise 3. Coale. Ia
koma Park Bank, first; Willard q.
Barker, Morris Plan Bank, second Viz
ginia M. Harrison, Takoma Park Bank,
third.
The Charles ]. Bell prize for stand
ard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS M. Harrison, Ia
koma Park Bank, first; Clayton F. Ran
dolph, Mount Vernon Savings, second:
p. j. Settler, American Security &
Trust Co., and Blanche Wise, Treasury
Department, third.
The w. ]. Father prize for credits
j. Frederick English, Commercial Ma
tional. first; William P. Keith, Ameri-
can Security & Trust Co., second;
Charles B. Hagen, National Metropoli-
tan, and Hollis D. Champlain. Liberty
National, third
The w. w. Spaid prize for invest
ments-R. Gordon Finney. Y. E. Book
er Co., first; Walton L. Sanderson, Fed
eral-American National, second; Lee
Ross Wilson, Treasury Department,
third.
The I. ]. Roberts and James A. Soper
prize for trust functions-Laura A.
Forbes and Ora Leland Hunt, Riggs Ma
tional, first and second: Henry F. Kim
ball, American Security & Trust Co.,
third.
washington Chapter prize for bust
ness forecasting-J. Frederick English,
Commercial National, first; Anne P.
Crawford McLachlen Banking Corpo-
ration second.
The w. NICK. Stowell prize for finan-
cial tatements-William P. Keith and
Carl w. Thompson, American Security
& Trust Co., first and second: Paul F.
Griffith, B. F. Saul Co., third. The
Bankwomen's Club prize to the woman
finishing the standard courses with the
highest average was won by Virginia M
Harrison Takoma Park Bank.
Awarded Standard Certificates.
Institute graduates receiving standard
certificates we're Helen E. Baily, Sc
curity Savings & Commercial; George
r. Barker, National Savings g. Trust
Co.: Willard G. Barker, Morris. Plan
Bank; Kathryn E. Bowers, Seventh Street
Savings; Randolph P. Butler, Riggs Ma
4. n1V,Ia u
non Savings; Louise B. Coale. Takoma
Park Bank; Herman Corder, CONNER
cial National; Theodore P. Cowgirl,
Riggs National; George G. CozzenS, jr.,
Washington Savings; Eugene B. Glenn,
A. G. Harris, Commercial National; Vir-
ginia M. Harrison, Takoma Park Bank.
George w. Hurst, Commercial Nation
al; Wales H. Jack, Merchants Bank &
Trust Co.: Milton r. johnson, Equitable
Cooperative Building Association;
Gerald E. Keene, Second National;
Sheridan S. Kleindienst, Columbia Ma
tional; Catherine M. Kreig, Riggs Ma
tional; Frank w. Lee, Mount Yer
non Saving; Robert E. Lee, Lincoln
National; Albert A. May First National
Of Alexandria; Charles A. Monroe.
Mount Vernon Savings; Ivan B. Munich.
McLachlen Banking Corporation; Claude
b. Navarro, Commercial National
T. Richard Padgett. Washington Me-
chanics Savings; Frank M. Perley
American Security g. Trust Co.; Mrs
Helen v. Reed, Burke & Herbert Alex
andria; Vera w. Rhine, Morris Plan
Bank; l.. B. Roueche, Commercial Ma
tional; G. F. Schreiner, First National
of Alexandria; Paul j. Settler, Ameri-
can Security g. Trust Co.; Homer G.
Smith, Commercial National; Lewis S.
Springer, Arlington Trust Co, Rosslyn,
Va; Sadye L. Weir, National Metropoli-
tan; Gertrude c. Wick, Liberty Nation
al; Ferdinand z. Walter, Morris Plan
Bank.
Banks Declared Dividends.
The directors of the National Met
ropolitan Bank yesterday declared the
regular semi-annual S per cent divi-
dend, payable October Is. The books
will be closed october S to IA, inclusive.
At meeting of the directors of the
Security Savings & Commercial Bank,
held yesterday, the regular quarterly
dividend of 4 per cent was declared,
payable September 80 to stockholders
of record September IS.
At a meeting Of the board Of directors
of the Lincoln Investment Corporation,
held at the Offices of the company in
the American Building on Tuesday. 1t
was voted that the regular quarterly
dividend of IL per cent on preferred
stock outstanding as Of September 81
be paid to stockholders of record. A
dividend of IS cents per share was
voted on the common stock. The divi-
dends are payable october /.