Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-15
JEFFERSON GRADE
PUPILS GRADUATED
Largest Class in Schools
History Receives Diplomas
From Superintendent.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June l5.-The
largest graduating class in the history
of Jefferson Elementary School was pre-
sented with diplomas by r. c. Bowton,
superintendent Of public schools, yes
tHrday At the commencement exercises
held in the Alexandria High School
auditorium. The award was made to
las students.
Elliott F. Hoffman. president Of the
KiwaniS Club, in the main address to
the graduates, urged them to play fair
The boy who plays fair in play" he
said. lis the boy who will play fair in
business and that is the boy who will
succeed"
Mr.. Hoffman also told the graduates
that the youth of today had much bet
ter opportunities for advancement than
the youths of bygone years. Especially
is that true in this city, he said, where
! the average age of the men holding
executive Offices for the city is but 40
years.
The Program.
The program opened with invocation
by the Rev. Ryland T. Dodge, pastor OF
Baptist Temple, followed by talks by
Principal G. H. Strader, who presided
and Supt. Bowton and w. c. Locker
Certificates for excellence in penn1an-
ship were presented to 81 members OF
the graduating class.
Those who received diplomas are:
Dorothy Mae Allen. Marie Campbell
Ruth Barton, Christine Covan, Virgins
Grouse, Isabel Dean, Catherine Elliott
Catherine Haynes Eva Henderson, Mar
garet Humphreys, Mamie Bell Irwin
Carrie Jacobs, Evelyn Lee, Wilhelmina
Mattern, Isabel Mercer. Catherine MORT
arity. Harriet Polkinhorn, Pauline
Shelton, Audrey Wilson, Sylvia Wolfson
Gertrude Blunt, Inez Brown. Frances
Chappelle, Fay Cooksey, Audrey Hicks
Jessie Neish, Virginia Nolan, Agnes
Wilkerson.
Leila Wiley, Jessie Arnold, Grace
Bender, Lavina Wayland, Josephine
Cross, Grace Wingate, Pearl Hoover
Betty Smythe, Marjorie Mankin, Ethel
Smoot, Alice McCaffrey, Thelma Sey.
mour, Margaret Smith, Shirley Breed
love, Pauline Bolton, Ruth Cornell, Ray
Cox, Doris De Coss. Margaret Howes
Annette Irby, Janet McLane, Joyact
McLane. AIRY Owens, Maybell Penn
Margaret Pierpoint, Alma Patz, Ger
aldine Pulzone.
Ruth Rawlett. Lillian Shepherd. Paul
inc Shull, Martha Smith. Laura Smith
Elizabeth Parks, Mildred Astryke, Thur
mean Baker. Celestine Diener. Barbars
Ewald, Doris Fletcher. Doris Talmar
Anna Kelley, Margaret Lloyd, Mar
guerite Milan. Madeline MILAN, Evelyn
Morris Maredell Mott, Mamie Painter
Neila Riley, Annette Rind.
Lynwood Butcher, Franklin Curtin
Sidney Cohen, Harlan Dodson, Thomas
Ennis. Leo Carney, Llewellyn Gillum
Jack Hall. Bernard Shampansky John
Stillman, Andrew Toms. John Travers,
Jack White. Otey Carroll. Eugene Dove,
Stanley Feeder, Robert Gray, Edward
Lyons Francis McMenamin. Carroll
Parker, Elmer Ridgely, Harrison Rouse
James Smith.
Benediction Given.
Lawrence Smith, Edward Sumption,
Delbert wilkins. Stewart Abraham
Bentley Apperman, Norman Bern
heimer, Conway Brawner. Norman
Brown, Charles Burns, Gordon Camp
bell, Harold Chilcotte, Harry Kennedy
William MCGOWAN, Thomas Sebrell,
Leonard Sheads. Carroll Smelt Rich
ard Stultz, Edmund TIGER, Herman
Fletcher, Norvell Herring, Leonard
Jackson, Jock Lawler.
Kirk Linton. Samuel Mendelson
Ralph Payne, Melvin Peregoy. Charles
| Sampson, Davis Simpson, Ralph Suth-
ard, Samuel Armistead, Robert Arnold
Rozier Bayley. Topping Bradley, VII
liam Duty, Carl Hammersley, Benjamin
Mendelson, Ashton Powell. Marshall
Snyder, Edward Taylor, Adrian Tomlin
The exercises were closed with bene-
diction by Rev Mr. Dodge.