Evening star., 1933-06-21
WEST IS SPEAKER
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Chief Boy Scout Executive
Tells Roosevelt Graduates
of His History.

James e. West, chief Boy Scout exec
utive and editor Of Boys Life, delivered
the commencement address at Roose-
Welt High Schools first June graduation
last night
Particular attention centered on Mr..
Vests appearance at the school be-
cause he rose from the humble position
of crippled laundry worker at Wash
ington orphan asylum in which he was
reared. largely through the encourage
ment which Allan Davis, principal OF
Roosevelt and principal of that schools
predecessor, old Business High School,
afforded him.
Despite the fact that part-time edu-
cation, or any school curriculum save
the regular school-day schedule, was
unheard of in Mr. Vests youth, Mr..
Davis admitted him to classes four
days a week SO that he could carry out
his chores at the orphanage. Mr.. west
subsequently read" law was admitted
to practice and finally attained the
nationally famous position he now oc-
cupies. Much of this history and the
association between Mr.. Davis and the
young Jimmy" West was retold at the
Roosevelt commencement last night.
Diplomas Given to 1872.
The exercises at which Mr.. West
spoke witnessed the comforting Of di-
plomas upon 1872 boys and girls. Be-
sides the regular diplomas, 103 MEM
bers of the class received certificates
in the shorthand course. Three others
received accountancy course certificates,
three tipping course certificates, 10 re-
ceived bookkeeping certificates and
nine received secretarial course certifl-
Gates.
Margaret Cecilia Gauvreau delivered
the valedictory.
Mr.. Davis announced the scholar
ship winners as follows: Margaret
Gauvreau was the winner of the George
Washington University scholarship and
Ada Sherman was her alternate; Louise
Sapienza received the Southwestern
University scholarship, Abe Singer re-
ceived the Columbus University schol-
arship, Martha Cuticchia received the
BENJAMIN Franklin University scholar
ship and Nettie Diskin received the
6trayer College scholarship.
Awards for Excellence.
Four graduates received scholarship
awards for having "excelled in scholar
ship and shown excellency of character
and loyalty to the school and its
ideals" They were Nicholas Chan
conas, Martha Cuticchia, Margaret
Gauvreau and Louise Sapienza. A
medal for scholarship was presented to
Margaret O'Connell, who was given a
certificate rather than diploma.
Mrs. Juliet Dexter Strahorn, court
stenographer at Annapolis Md, a grad
uate Of old Business High School in
1894, presented diplomas to the follow
ing:
Miriam Abelman, Mary Frances Ady, |
Ethel Mae Anderson, Esther Anzelmo, |
Emily Apperti, Ann Auerbach, Hazel
Elizabeth Barnes, Avis Bell, Helen
Joyce Bell, Lillian Bender, Helen Lee
Gerry. Edna Louise Boege, Dorothy
Frances Campbell Alice May Chandler,
Lena Carmella Checchia, Frances Co
hen, Constance Greenhow Conway,
Martha Mary Cuticchia, Helen Frances
DeFilippis. Ann Deskin, Mary DeVakos'
Estelle Lillian Dick, Nettie Nellie Dis
kin, Ruth Barrick Dulin, Janet Pa
tricia Eastburn, Ruth Ann Eisinger, j
Margaret Helena Esser, Frances Field |
man, Yolanda Frances Forcella, Vivian !
Summerfield Freeman, Mildred Mar |
guerite Garlem, Margaret Cecilia Gauv- |
reau, Genevieve Louise Giller, Annie
Virginia Giss, Lillian Evelyn Gray, !
Virginia Grace Hayes, Rosalie Lillian |
Herman, Margaret Freda Hillow, Elsie |
Marie Hinson, Mary Virginia Hunting
ton Romaine Sullivan Jones, Miriam
Christine Kagle, Anna Katherine Kam-
merer, Regina Ada Happier, Sophia
Karydakis, Eva Marian Katz, Mary /
Irene Keeley, Marion Lillian Kentz,
Helen Anita Kerly, Doris Gervaise Kles- |
ner, Lillian Elizabeth Kneas, Mary Ber-
tina Koustsoukos, Grace Evelyn Ladson, |
Lillian Jean Larcombe, Marion Irene |
Lieberman, Rose Anna Lieberman, Ev-
elyn Roberta Lightfoot, Emma Ander- |
son Long, Annette Lunch, Elmer Louise |
Lustig, Fannie Charlotte Lynn, Mary
Alice Estelle Marks, Celeste Mastro- |
marino, Rose Standish MaykrantA |
Frances Marie Menchini, Virginia Dor
othy Midget, Winona Evelyn Mont |
gomery, Jennie Lillian Moore, Dorothy |
Louise Murphy, Ann Mushinsky, Gene |
We've Dolores Noyes, Aubyne Elizabeth
Ohvet, Martha Marion Oser, Frances
Yerby Pannill, Margaret Lucille Par
ker, Dorothy Jean Pearce, Edith Co.'S
tello Pearson, Dorothy Louise Philips,
Elena Lettie Picchione, Charlotte Pom
erantz Marie Eleanor Reilly, Frances
Jane Rice, Vrgelia Perrow Richardson,
Cecilia Rivkind, Annie Rubinstein.
Hattie Lillian Rubinstein, Eleanor Ve-
ronica Rusk, Louise Mary Sapienza,
Ethel Leah Shuken, Frances Johanna
Smith, Ursul May Smith, Estelle Chris
tine Sokol, Sarah Chrstiana Sothoron,
Mildred Eleanor Sparkes, Mildred Sper-
Ting, Lillian Evelyn Spicer, Jacqueline
Margaret Stancliff, Rose Susser, Edna
Lucille Taylor, Pearl Teichman, Lillian
Thomas, Ruth Mercedes Thompson,
Shirley Voronof, Jean Sarah Werber,
AFrances Elizabeth Werner, Peter Harry
5Blackwell, jr.; Samuel Blum, Paul
Charles Burger, Nicholas ChaconaS, Abe
Clar, Roland Daniels, Ernest Bernard
Donaldson, Alvin Abraham Ehrlich,
Robert Louis Freear, Jacob Friedman,
Robert Roscoe Graves, Thomas Harris
Hart, Marvin Horwitz, Orville Jones
Ingram, Francis Kidwell, Alfred Joseph
Oddone, Walter Ignatius Plant. John
Walker Robertson, Herbert Leonard
Rosendorf, Lyman Schulman, Joseph
Francis Sherman, James Robert Sher-
wood, Abraham Singer. Lawrence Eu-