Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-13
GEORGETOWN PREP
GIVES g DIPLOMAS
Charles w. Darr, c. of c.
President, Addresses
Class.

Twenty-eight graduates OF the
Georgetown Preparatory School, at Gar
rett Park, Md, received diplomas, and
a number of scholastic prizes were
awarded to honor seniors at commence
nnent exercises yesterday afternoon;
Charles w Darr. president OF the
Washington Chamber of Commerce, ao-
dressed the. graduates. In ms aod oiGh
he stressed the Importance OF hlgh
school training in comparison with eIe-
rnentarv and college education. Inc
high school plays a big part In boy
life he said, because he Is IN MS lorna
tive period and if he is not started on
the right way at this time, his col
lese days will be Improbable.
Siqht Rev, John M. Mcnamara auXil-
isry bishop of Washington. conferred
the diplomas and awards and addressed
the Young men. Among those attend
ing the exercises were DR.. w. Coleman
Nevils, S. j.. president of Georgetown
University, and many out-ot-toWn
guests. soa
only when the average OF the student
has been over IS per cent for the en-
tire wear. The George E. Hamilton
medal for general excellence in studies,
in, school activities, athletics ana n
pro,noting the best interests OF tne
school was awarded TO George DAVID
Crowley, jr. of Illinois.
Other medals were awarded as 1ol-
lows: John Keating medal for Chris
tian doctrine. Somers Matthews OF Ar
kansas: OReilly elocution and Naylon
debate medals, both to George d. Grow
lev, ir.; william Quicksall medal for
hest oral examination in Shakespeare,
William Over Foote. District OF Coun-
bia. and a premium for second honors
to John P F. Gallagher OF Ohio: the
gold medal for the highest average in
Latin. English and Greek awarded eX
aeouo to Charles w. Darr, Sd, Of the
District of Columbia and Rupert Her
mes Friday of Pennsylvania, and pre-
MUM for the next in merit awarded
to James A. Cannon. jr. honorable
mention, Prudencio F. J. Llach of Cen
trial America. Joseph F. Sullivan, jr.
California; George D. Crowley anc
George E. Cutley, ir., of New Jersey,
Premium IN modern history awarded
TO James P. Edwards. ir., of Kentucky
premium in trigonometry, Charles w
Darr and Somers Matthews; honorable
mention. James J. Fitzmaurice, Jr.. o.
New York: Rupert H. Friday, Jr.; Pru'
dencio Llach, Joseph Sullivan anc
James A. Cannon. jr
Premium in French awarded to jaime!
A. Cannon, jr.; honorable mention
Charles w Darr and Joseph F. Sulll
van. jr Premium in Spanish, Ruper
H. Friday; honorable mention, Somer
Matthews.
IN addition to the foregoing prizt
winners, all of whom were seniors, thu
others to receive their diplomas in thu
graduating class were: Alfred JOSEPH
Danahy, New York; Leonardo Mlchae
di Berardino, Pennsylvania; Edward Lei
Hahn, Maryland; Gilbert Grosvenor l;
GORGE. District of Columbia Arthur
Dennis McCarrens Ohio: Frank p. May
District of Columbia; Joseph Orator
Merriam, Ohio; John Edward Monk, Jr.
District of Columbia Edmond Sen
tenne Morse, New York; Peter Carol
Nallen, West Virginia; Edmund Der
nard O'Reilly, New York; John JOSEPH
Robinson, jr., New York; Walter Levi
Roche, Ohio; Howard Thomas Waldron
New Jersey; Charles Matthew William
of Ohio and George Joseph Winter, jr
of Pennsylvania.