Evening star., 1936-06-10
G. v. WILL AWARO|
DIPLOMAS TONIGHT
Or. Marvin to Address Grad
uateS-Prize Winners
Announced.

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ercises and awards last night, the 115th
annual commencement exercises OF
George Washington University will
reach a climax at 8 o'clock tonight in
Hall, where diplomas will
be presented to members of the grad
uating class. DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president of the university, will address
the graduating class
Provost William Carl Ruediger will
present three members of the faculty,
who are to be designated professor
emeritus. DR., oscar F. Blackwelder
will offer the invocation.
Dean Elmer Louis Kayser, university
marshal, will introduce the deans of
the colleges and schools and directors
of the divisions, who in turn will pre-
sent candidates for degrees. As each
candidates name is called, he will
receive his diploma from President
Marvin, who later will confer honorary
degrees upon three members of the
Board Of Trustees.
Academic Procession.
The academic procession, led by the
marshal, and with the presi-
dent, trustees. deans, members of the
faculty and deans forming the line,
will enter the hall at pm.
Harry Deming. foot ball captain and
member of the Student Council at the
university, was selected last night as
the senior who, throughout his career
at the school, has contributed the most
constructive work in student activities.
This outstanding honor headed the
list of A awards made at the class
night exercises in the university yard.
Deming was given the Delta Tau
Delta Medal
DR.. Marvin made the announce
ments and presented the awards, ex-
cept in one case. He called on Mrs
Jessie FAINT Evans, a trustee, to present
the Morgan Richardson Goddard award
in commerce, won by Joshua Evans,
Sd. her son The award signifies out
standing accomplishment in economics.
business administration. foreign COM
merce and public accounting. Evans
earned ell AS in the subjects.
Ruth Critchfield Wins Medal.
Ruth Critchfield, 1905 A street
northeast. received the Pi Beta Phi
medal, awarded to the woman in the
senior class who. throughout her
course. has done the most construc-
tive work in student activities. Miss
Critchfield has been vice president of
the Student Council and president OF
the Womans Athletic Association.
She has been active In athletics, de-
bate and dramatics.
Graduating with the highest scho-
lastic average in the law class. Whit
field Huff Marshall. 1923 Blair road,
Antonio Gonzalez Revilla Panama,
whose scholastic average is the high
est in the medical class, received the
John Ordronaux Award.
The Alexander Wilbourne Weddell
Award a prize of 5000 for the best
essay on international peace, went to
Ames William williams, 1915 G street.
Six Tapped for Fraternity.
Six men outstanding in student
activities were tapped for member
ship in Omicron Delta Kappa.
honorary student activities fraternity,
including William Chestham, 1882 l
street; Charles Hallam, 1888 Nc
Kinley street: Robert Hankins. 2704
Brentwood road northeast; Paul
Meats. 2l64 Florida avenue; Charles
Stofberg. 1857 Thirty-first street, and
Sam Walker, 1912 N street.
Sixteen honor graduates Of the
Law School were elected to member
ship in the Order of the Golf. legal
honor society. including: Douglas Otis
Baird, 1903 Biltmore street; Homer
Joel Nick. Barlow, Union Trust
Building; Hugh Kemp Clark, Nor
folk; Julius Maurice Friedenson, West
Haven, Conn; William F. Lemke,
Fargo, N. OAK; William A. Lowe.
1909 Floral street: Robert Henry
Marcus, Chicago; Whitfield Huff
Marshall, 1923 Blair road; Thomas
Lee McCann, 1927 Wyoming avenue;
Seymour Stanley Mintz, 35l8 Twenty
third street: Platonia Ernest Papps,
Detroit. Mich; James Auburn Roberts,
Missouri; Helen Roberta Sherfey,
1901 New Hampshire avenue; Kather-
inc Emma Shilling. Troy. Ohio; Willis
Sylvanus Siferd. jr., Lima. Ohio;
Ralph Page Wanlass. Logan, Utah.
Other awards included:
Alpha Chi Sigma Freshman Awards,
chemistry-Byrne Thurtell Burns,
William Frederick Sager and Oscar
Klioze
Alpha Chi Sigma Senior Award.
chemistry-Arthur Vincent Dannern
Veyay, Ind.
Miss Carbon Gets Award.
Alpha Delta Pi Award, French
Margaret WINS Carbon.
Alpha Delta Theta Award. chem
istry-Clara Helen Larsgaard.
Alpha Kappa Psi Award, COM
william David Nye.
American Institute Of Chemists
Award, chemistry - William Anton
Heine.
Beta Phi Alpha Award, zoology
Mary Shelor Bowman.
Chi Omega Award, society sciences
Ruth Joyce Allen.
Colonial Danes Award. history
Marie Garland McNeese.
Elk. Cutter Award, English-David
Scott Thomas.
D. A. r. Award, American history
Charles Perry Sheppard.
Isaac Davis Awards, public speak
ing-William Francis GoodyEoontz.
first; Jennie Frances Garner, second
| and Edmund Allan Ziman. third.
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