Evening star., 1933-06-05
19 GET DIPLOMAS
FROM ST. ALBANS.
Graduating Class One oil
Largest Since Establish
ment of School.

Nineteen boys were graduated by the
st. Adams School for Boys at its annual
commencement Saturday, when Right
Rev. James E. Freeman. bishop oi
Washington, awarded the diplomas anc
certificates. Rev. Churchill j. Gibson
rector of st. James Church, Richmond
preached the baccalaureate sermon
The graduating class was one Of the
largest since the establishment Of the
school In 1909.
Diplomas were presented to the fol-
lowing: Theodore Nicholas Gill, 3D.
Robert Debs Heinl, jr; James Hender-
son, jr.; Eric Rafter, Arthur German
Hills. Raymond Stanton Patton, jr., al
of Washington; Frederick Dunstan
Wright of Chevy Chase, Md; William
Watson Stuart of Portsmouth, Va, ano
John Grover Beard, jr, of Chapel Hill,
N. c.
Certificates of graduation were
awarded to Thomas Stone Sappingtcr
and William Ralph Van Buren, jr., Of
Washington, Luther Kohler Bates o1
of Friendship Heights, Md; Archibald
Henderson, jr., Of Chapel Hill, N. c.;
Robert Eugene Lorton of Tulsa, Okla.
Godfrey Lloyd Peters of Chevy Chase
Md: Allen Saunders of Coldwater
Mich. and Charles Robertson Watt oi
Plainfield, NJ j.
John Grover Beard, jr.. was named
salutatorian and James Henderson, jr.
delivered the valedictory.
John Van Ness Philip, jr., had the
highest general average in the lower
school, with honorable mention to Fred
eric Wilson Pritchett, jr The Catterlee
medal for the highest general average
for 1888 in the upper school was
awarded to John Henry Hoskinson, with
honorable mention to Harrison Brand, Sd
Anson Roberts Hyde won the Charles
c. Glover mathematics medal and Rob-
ert Debs Heinl, jr., won the Charles c.
Glover English medal. The William
Howell Church College board mathe-
matics prize, awarded for the highest
mark in college entrance mathematics
examinations, was won by Eric Rafter
and T. Nicholas Gill, Sd. The Walden
Myer language medal was awarded to
William Harrington Clark, jr., and the
Marshall Maynard Holcombe science
prize, awarded this year for the first
time by graduate of the class of 1892
was received by John Francis Stetson.
John David MCGEE won the Robert
Rice Cup, awarded to the best all
around athlete in 1888. Athletic certifi-
Gates were awarded to Is boys who have
received their letters in the various
sports OF the year. The George Francis
Green foot ball award, awarded to the
most inspirational member of the var
slty foot ball team, went to Robert Eu-
award was won by Archibald Hender-
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liable member of the st. Adams Tennis
team, which won the prep school tennis
championship for the season Of 1898. A
prize for faithfulness in ringing the
chimes for the school chapel was given
to Antonio Johnston Waring, jr. The
st. Adams school flag was won by John
Grover Beard, jr., for faithful service
during 1932-1933. The American flag
was awarded to Raymond Stanton Pat
ton, 1r., the retiring senior prefect.
The Harvard Club award for the best
all-around boy in the fifth form was
awarded to John Gilbert Nettleton, jr.,
and the Sisters Of the Epiphany prize,
awarded to the boy who Is commended
by his fellows for courtesy, kindness
and consideration Of others, was re-
ceived by James Henderson, jr. The
headmaster's prize, for service to the
school in 1888, was won by Martin
Madden Henderson, and Raymond STAN
ton Patton, jr., received the Thomas
Hyde Medal for the best all-around
boy IN the school during the last year.
Jerusalem crosses were awarded to the
following boys as projects for next years
Gold cross to Martin Madden Hender-
son as senior prefect and silver crosses
to Donald Page Cornwell, Thomas Perry
Lippitt, Charles Frederick Bachman
I'd; John Gilbert Nettleton, jr., and
John David MCGEE.