Evening star., 1933-07-26
STRAYER GRADS
HEARUTTLEPAGE
Record Class of ia for Semi
Annual Exercises Given
Diplomas.

Stressing the opportunities open for
business graduates and emphasizing the
value of a knowledge of economics and
finance in the administration Of govern
ment, Thomas P. Littlepage. president
of the Washington Chamber of Com
merce, delivered the commencement ad-
dress at the Strayer College semi-annual
graduation exercises held last evening
in the grand ball room of the Mayfiower
Hotel
One hundred and fourteen students
received degrees and diplomas. which
is the largest class ever to be graduated
by the college at semi-annual con-
vocation.
Pinckney j. Harman, director OF the
college, presided at the exercises, and
Edmond s. Donoho, president, awarded
the diplomas to the Secretarial graduates.
c. Vaughan Darby, secretary OF the
board of accountancy for the District
Of Columbia and dean of the graduate
school, conferred the bachelor of COM
mercial science degree upon 19 account
ing graduates, and the master Of COM
mercial science degree upon the first
graduating class Of the graduate school
Purvis Announces Honors.
Elgie G. Purvis dean of the account
the degrees and announced the honors
and awards. Lewis E. Smith, registrar
presented the secretarial graduates Tor
their diplomas, which Percy E. Sackett,
accounting instructor, assisted in award
ing.
John Wilbur Robb, graduate Of Nc
Kinley High School, delivered tne
speech of welcome as president OF the
secretarial class. and J. Richard Roszei,
graduate of Upperville High Schooi,
Va. was elected president OF the &C
counting class to represent that Depart
ment on the program.
Rev Charles T. Warner OF SAINT
Adams Rectory delivered both the
invocation and benediction.
Music during the exercises was played
by Leon Brusiloff and his Music
Masters, who also played for closed
dance in the ball room for the grad
yates and their guests after the dance.
Graduated with Distinction.
Frances Onyun, John Robb and
Margaret Walker were graduated with
high distinction, and the following IA
secretarial students were graduated with
distinction: Mary Barbour, Adah May
Brady. Elsie Bunts. Mary Cushing.
Josephine Davis, Phyllis-Gay Deemer.
Eileen Evans, Lucille Lippert. Marjorie
: Sellars Mccall. Helen McGhee. Mary
Ann Meador, Marie Smith, Glendora
Winfield and Julia Wilmer.
The following accounting graduates
were graduated with distinction: Hugh
Berger, Clarence Dyson. Paul Hager,
Herman Kozlow, Marion Gertrude
Kocher and Oscar Mitchell.
The master of commercial science de-
! gree was conferred upon Alena Camp
bell. Everett Beall and Charles King:
The following received the bachelor OF
! commercial science degree Charles
| Apperson, Hugh Berger. James w.
, Black, James Rupert Corbin, Clarence
Dyson, Paul Hager, George Heath
Robert Hooker, Gertrude Kocher. Her
man Kozlow. Charles Millard. Oscar
| Mitchell. Arthur Moats Harold Nicholas,
Frederick Rem, Richard RosZel. David
Stebbing, Edward Wade-Dalton and
Glen Windel.
A special Reception Committee. COM
posed of Robert Waters. Wilson Cantor
j. Leslie Bowling and Theodore Nickson
officiated at the exercises. which were
/ planned by Margaret Hutchinson and
Adelbert w. Heinmiller
| Graduates include: Nellie Mae Ander-
son. Ann Asbury, Mary Lorena Barbour
Russell Joseph Barger. Marian L.
Beard, June Arlene Beaver, Gladys
olivia Bergman, Adah May Brady,
Mary Helen Brown. Yeager Garland