Evening star., 1933-01-01
CENTRAL ALUMNI
WILL HONOR -FOUR
FORMER STUDENTS
Sperry, Babcock, SpeideI and
SEE to Get Certificates
at Annual Reunion.
AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE
DISTINGUISHED WORK
Election Of Officers, Basket Ball
Game and Swimming Meet Also
on Tomorrow's Program.

Four former Central High School
students, who have attained distinction
in their respective fields of endeavor
will be honored by the Central High
School Alumni Association at its
twenty-fourth annual reunion, TO DC
held tomorrow at the school.
The quartet-Marcy L. Sperry, presl-
dent of the Washington Gas Light Co.;
e. Claude Babcock, secretary OF the
United States Civil Service Commis-
sion: DR.. Carl Caskey Speidel, profess
sor of anatomy at the University OF
Virginia Medical School, and DR.. Sao-
Ke Alfred SEE, prominent Chinese
diplomat-are to be presented with
certificates of distinction. ian award in
stituted only last year ty the associa-
ton
The days program for the reunion
which begins at l.30 pm, schedules the
award to take place at $3.50 o'clock,
with Mai. William E. r. Covel, former
president of the Central High School
Alumni Association, as the principal
speaker.
Athletic Events Scheduled.
The first order of business for the
reunion will be the election of officers,
Following that, at o'clock, a basket
ball game between the alumni and
high school teams is scheduled. This
will be followed by a swimming meet
at the Central pool, beginning at 2:30
pm, after which the alumni will en-
gage the high school boys team in q
rife match.
Mr.. Sperry, who was born in An
napolis, Md, attended school near
Charlottesville, Va, and the Force
School in Washington before enrolling
at Central High School. He is the son
of Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry
U. S. N, and attended school here
while his father was on duty in the
Capital. After leaving Washington
Mr.. Sperry entered the Pratt Institute
in Brooklyn, and later graduated from
the Massachusetts Institute OF Tech
nology.
The gas company executive, who is
receiving a certificate for distinction In
public utilities management, first en-
tered that business in Savannah, Ga.
as a student engineer. He worked In
Ponce, Puerto Rico; Minneapolis
Mimi; Boston, Mass, and was vice
president of the Fall River Gas Works
Co. before coming TO the Capital as
president of the Washington Gas Light
| Co. last June.
Served Overseas in War.
Mr.. Babcock, who receives his award
for distinguished service in the Fed
eral Government, is war veteran
having served in France, Belgium and
Germany during the World War, par
ticipattng In five major engagements
He was born In Sandusky, Mich, ir
February. 1892, and after attending the
4 ~ Dor
| and Washington, entered Central High
| School. Graduating from the latter
! Mr.. Babcock received q scholarship tc
the University of Virginia, and later
acquired his LII. B. degree at George
| Washington University. After. receiv-
| ing certificate d'etudes at the Uni
versity Axe -Marseilles, France, and g
| doctor of laws degree at the University
! of Lyons. Mr.. Babcock practiced law ir
| France for three years.
He has served with the Civil Service
Commission since June IS, 1923, begin.
1 ming as clerk, and was appointed sec
retary OF the commission by President
Hoover in July last. He is a member
OF the Federal Bar Association, Ameri.
can Bar Association and Federal Club
and is active in fraternal and civic af-
fairs of the Capital.
1 1lothlSu1oAlcQ 5SINlCG III IIlG Il6IQ o.
| medical research is the basis for the
honor to be bestowed on DR.. Speidel
VINO attended Central from 1906 II
1910, graduating with a scholarship tx
Lafayette College. He attended Prince
ton University and the University O.
AKRON before going to the Universit,
OF Virginia Medical School in 1920.
Settled Scientific Controversy.
One of DR.. Speidels outstanding
| achievements of recent years was hi
scientific contribution of a year age
when he learned the secrets of nervi
growth by studying nerves inside ami
NAL organisms, thereby settling scien'
tlnc controversy lasting more than n
years. For this he was awarded tn.
annual research prize of the American
| Association for the Advancement o
| Science at the New Orleans meetint
] OF the organization last January /
Other research awards which DR.. Spei-
del has received include the 1927 anc
| 1880 research prizes of the Virginis
| Academy OF Science, and the presiden
and visitors research prize OF thl
University of Virginia in 1880.
Dr.. SEE, who is being honored for hi!
distinguished service in internationa
affairs, attended Central High Schoo
during the time his father was attacht
at the Chinese Legation. He left Cen.
tral in 1897, and later was graduated
from Cornell.
DR.. SEE has served his government
IN various capacities in the foreign
diplomatic service. He was minister tx
Great Britain and to this country, ant
recently figured prominently in the ne
gotlations with Japan looking towart
settlement Of the Manchurian problem
The SEE family established memo
rial room at Central High School, fur
nlshed and decorated in Chinese fash
ION, In honor of the late Miss M. Ell;
Morgan, English teacher and clos
friend of the Sees.
The only other holders of the Centra
High School Alumni Associations Ger
tihcate of distinction are John Edga
Hoover, Lieut. Norman Ives, RepreSen
tatiVe John w. Boehne, jr, of Indians
ana Percival D. Lowell, all former Cen
trai students, who received the aware
last year.
The reunion activities will conclud
WIN dancing and music by the Georg
washington Troubadours. l.. v. Lamp
son Is president Of the associations
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