Evening star., 1938-06-11
10 At WOODWARD
BOYS GRADUATED
Presentation Of Honors of
School Is Made at Goth
Commencement.

Thirteen graduates OF the high school
and six OF the junior, or grammar
school, Of the woodward School for
Boys were awarded diplomas last
night ut the schools 20th annual
commencement exercises. held In the
auditorium in the Central Young Mems
Christian Association building, 1896
q street NV.
The occasion was featured by more
than 10 awards to students for scholar
ship, athletic and other achievements.
The graduates were addressed by Or.
Edgar c. Higbie. president Of Wilson
Teachers College. and the diplomas
were presented by James J. King,
headmaster of the school. The pro-
gram included prayer by Page NICK.
Etchison. religious swork director of
the "Y." and vocal selections by Harlan
Randall. baritone. George A. Lewis,
chairman Of the Educational Commit
tee Of the Y. M. c. A.. presided.
Awards Listed.
The awards and their recipients
we're:
Four Woodward scholarships of $50
each, awarded to the boys who led in
the schools three-fold ideal OF de-
velopment. one each to Robert J.
Brown, Edward Charles Burns. James
ID. Mclean, jr, and Alan B. Prosise. jr.
The r. Harris Cup for the best all
round athlete and the Woodward
School award of s25 to the best all
round boy in school. both awarded TO
Robert J. Fast; Faculty Gold Medal
award to the boy who made the great
est progress during the year to Meade
Bell. high school. and to Douglas
Morrison. junior school; Woodward
Gold medal to the Junior school stu
dent who best represented the ideals
OF the school to william Noyes, and
the school medal to the high school
student who best represented the
schools ideals. to James d. Mclean. jr.
woodward Scholarship Medal,
awarded to the graduating student who
during the last year received the high
est grades in mathematics. science, his
tory. language and literature, to Herr
mark Safer; special merit award to the
student who, through leadership, con-
tributed most to the school, to Robert
Z. Pitts: the intersociety loving Gun
award. made to the schools Washing
ton Literary Society, whose debaters.
Ransom Boltwood, Robert Fast and
Bennett Johnscher. won the annual
debate with the other literary society.
Defamation Winners.
The intersociety medals, gold, silver
and bronze. awarded to the winners
in the annual defamation contest
Robert ]. Fast, first; James d. Hayes,
second. and Waldo Starkweather
third: annual feid day medals to win-
ners in the feld day meet, awarded to
Robert C. Burns, first; Joseph LOTUS,
second. and Hugh Falconer, third; the
woodward Trophy to the literary 30
ciety winning the annual field day
meet. won by the Washington Literary
Society. A years subscription to the
Readers Digest was awarded to Herr
mark Safer, valedictorian Of the senior
class.
Athletic certificates, with the school
letter. were awarded to members OF
the senior and Junior basket ball teams
and to members Of the baseball team.
Graduates were rs follows:
High School.
Baker. John 9. Horne. Ralph NJ. jr
6oltwood Ransom H. Hurley, Robert W.
COOK. FraiSe A. Pitts, Robert T.
Craddock, Richard B. Safer. Herxmark
Crandan. Patke Evan Schmedegnard, 6. H.
Faulconer. Hugh C. Thielscher. r. T.
Grammar School.
Bell. avid Pratt Middleton. r. q.
Brown. Robert j. Noyes, William McC
Green, Richard p Turnage H. ", jr.