Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
GOLDEN RULE PUT
BEFORE GRADUATES
Minister Addresses Class at
Armstrong High
School.

An appeal for greater respect for law
and observation Of the golden rule was
made by Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pas
tor Of the First Congregational Church,
In o graduation address before the Arm
strong High School, First and o streets,
last night.
In discussing Americas greatest need
today DR.. Pierce declared it to be better
men and women who would be imbued
with ideals and possess the courage to
remain true to them. He declared that
q high type Of citizenship would inev-
itably result in better government, and
urged the graduating class to be worthy
of the many opportunities bestowed
upon them by free government.
The graduation ceremony was opened
with an invocation by Rev. w. r.
Brooks, pastor of the Lincoln Temple
Congregational Church. Robert Thomas
Murray a member of the graduating
class, rendered a musical selection, en-
titled Roses of Picardy.' Prizes for
excellence In scholarship and all-around
school activity were presented to Edgar
Poindexter Lee, Thomas Adolph Clark
and Mathilda Evelyn Monkey. Bernard
Hamilton Nelson was awarded a schol- !
arship to Howard University as the
outstanding member of the class.
The presentation of the diplomas to
graduates was made by Proctor l..
DouRherty, Commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia, assisted by G. David
Houston, principal of the school, The
Armstrong Orchestra, composed entirely
of students Of the school, contributed
several selections.
The members of the graduating class
are william Radford Anderson. John
Lester Barry. Julian Dee Branch, Nor
man Ages Browne, James A. Cannady.
James Sylvester Cawthorne, Jesse
Barnes Chase, Thomas Adolph Clark,
Robert Henry Crawford Julian Moten
Dove, Robert Grant Ellis, Jesse James
Ellison, william Thomas Epps, Charles
IgnatiuS Emanuel Fields, Jacob CAL |
houn Ford, Albert Lee George, Milton |
Joseph Gray, Robert Thomas Green
field, Robert Samuel Hamilton, Elmer
Harris, Richard Francis Jones, John
Milton Landers, Nelson Nathaniel Lyles, |
Joseph Elias Matthews. James Arthur
Miles, Alexander Augustus Moorhead,
Hamilton Nelson, Francis Powell, Gil
bert Matthew Proctor, William Edgar
Ross, Herman Lenard Scott Cecil Ross
Shamwell, Ralph Scott Shumate John
Frederick Smith, Lawrence Carter
Smith, William Harrell Smith, William
Norman Suter, jr.; Charles Arnett Tai
bert, Robert Lee Taylor Charles Will
liam Thomas, Samuel Wilbert Tucker, |
Paul Coles Venture.
Gretchen LaVerne Allen, Florine Oc-
tavia Anderson, Doris. Adele Barnes,
Ruby Mae Branch, Talitha Wood
Brewer, Agnes Amelia Butler, Inez
ONEIDA Butler, Edna Mae Broaddus, |
Alice Gertrude Carter. Doreatha Gladys
Carter, DANIEL Wanda Chase, Lillian
Frances Combs, Elizabeth Wallach Da-
Wis, Mary Regina Digs, Rebecca Eliza
beth Dixon. Selma Elizabeth Dodson,
Mary Lucille Drew, Matte Lee Ellis,
Rose Elizabeth Frazier, Virginia Estelle
Gray, Elizabeth Louise Hawkins, Helen
Miller Gould Hayes, Wilhelmina Nells
Hedgeman, Ellen Colbert Henry, Mary
Frances johnson, Viola Sarah Hawkins,
Alma Arleen Jones, Dorothy Beatrice
1,yles, Doris Adele McLane, Marjorie
Vera Mcleod, Mary Odeal Morris, Ma
thilda Evelyn Monkey, Margaret Orrie
Murphy, Clarice Virginia Annie Piper,
Annie Mae Ports, Mabel Sylvia Quinn,
CoriSa Mae Robinson, Dorothy Helen
Scott. Dorothy Mae Shorter, Dorothy
Lee Sneed, Frances Vivien Taylor, Lii
Ian Lucille Taylor, Winnie Beatrice
walker, Otelia Dorothy Wallace, Sadie
Beatrice Warrick, Juanita Eleanora
Washington, Rosalie Orietta Washing
ton, Evelyn Virginia Watkins, Christine
Anita Willis and Ora Lee Wilson.