Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-25
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ARE
GIVEN HONORS
Thirty Graduates Receive
Diplomas; Many Prizes
for Scholarship and Acti-
vities Are Awarded.

Las Vegas high schools
most deserving we're rewarded
last night for their efforts OF
the past one 10 four years
when, at commencement exer-
ciseS, not only were thirty
handsome diplomas presented,
but students of all classes who
won honcrS and distinctions
of various kinds received re-
wards and honorable mention
for beth scholarship and act
ivitieS.
The formation of a new honol
society also was announced, II
which members CT all classes may
be members when they attain GER
tain specific standards.
DR.. Bruce Baxter, of the Uni
yersity of Sounthern California
delivered the commencement ad-
dress at the ceremony, held in the
high school auditorium, and Mr.
o. K. Adcock, of the school board
presented diplomas to the follow
ing:
Virginia Bachert. Bert Begley
Wendell Bunker, Dorothy Buick
Nancy Craig, Helen Craner, Ivan
De SCnne, Grace Dimick, Alice
Doherty, James Down, JeWe!
French. Helen Garner, Marjorie
Clifford, Harry Griffith, Roland
Haney. Lawrence Higbee, Mona
Kay, Doris Kramer, Yvonne Lod-
wick, Frances Martin. Russell Mer-
rill, Catherine Mosbach, Lucille
Mckenzie, Theo Packard, Joseph
Phillips, Harold Pixies, Elmer Shull
Arlene Stewart, Mary Stockbrger
and Elizabeth Won Tobel.
DR.. Roy w. Martin presented
the first Rotary scholarship award
of $50 a month for one year, to
. Joe Phillips, and the high school
award of $40 a month to Lawrence
Western.
Winning athletes given emblems
by DR.. Martin in behalf OF the
Rotary club were: Harvey Tate,
Claude Casady, Leland Beatty, Ivan
De Some, Angus Hicks, William
Whitehead, Elmer Shaw, Jack
Parvln and Rex Jarrett.
-Four w. c. T. U. scholarships
we're awarded by Miss Frazier as
follows: For the Junior-Senlor
group, Lawrence Western and How
ard Wasden; for the freshman
sophomore group Lucian Bailey
and Burce Beckley.
Prizes for the Eagles Lodge es-
saw contest on Truth" were award
ed to Thomas Martin, first, Eliza
beth Won Tobel, second and Doro-
thy Buick, third.
In the Home Nursery class first
prize was awarded Alice Doherty
and second to Frances Martin.
Laurel Riechart was given first
by the American Chemical So
ciety and Helen Craner second.
The seniors won the cup offered
by Miss Adams for the class show
ing the best scholarship.
Alice Doherty, senior, and Abe
Miller, Junior. won signal honor
when they were elected to member
ship in a national debating socie-
ty. the first time this has occurred
in this state.
Ivan De Some and Jim Down
were elected to membership in a
national athletic and scholarship
society. oo
Mrs. Will Beckley presented $40
to Nancy Craig for the highest
average scholarship for the year,
and Mr.. M. w. Davis gave Bruce
Beckley, freshman, $40 for the
highest for a boy.
In the new honor society three
sophomores were chosen, who had
more than so points, counting A
as q, B as 2, c as and D as
minus q They were George Fran
tin.
Fourteen sophomores were chos-
on by the same standards; Ber-
nice Andrews, Bruce Beckley, Wan
da Bell Ruth Bradshaw. Mary
Campbell, Billie Mott, Thomas
carroll, Calvin Cory, June Mabey
Helen Miller, Rolline Mosbach
Mavdell Pistole, Marguerite Stew
art and Leland Ward.
Memberships in the national
honor society for last year were
given Mona Kay, Frances Martin
and Marjorie Clifford, for this
year to Nancy Craig, Dorothy Bu-
zick, ice Phillips and Helen Garner
and three juniors: Agatha Boast
Marsery Bartell and Minette Cook
Dimick,