Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Commencement Awards
Made At Several High
Schools This Week

Commencement exercises were held
Monday night at four Montgomery
county senior high schools. They were
Richard Montgomery at Rockville
Montgomery Blair at Silver Spring
and the Poolesville and Damascus
high schools.
high schools. Details of the exercises
at Sherwood High will be given next
week.
DR.. Harry c. Byrd delivered the
commencement address at the Rich.
ard Montgomery exercises, while Mrs
Julius Hall prominent civic leader and
member of the County Board of Edu-
cation, presented diplomas to 81
graduates.
Invocation was by the Rev. ]. Lloyd
Black of the Rockville Christian
Church. The Rev. Henry K. Pasma Of
the Rockville Presbyterian Church
pronounced benediction.
Prof. L. Fletcher Schott, school
principal, made the awards as fol
lows: Brawner Nicholson Memorial
Cup, to senior for outstanding sports.
ranship, Arthur Woodward; banking
award, most efficient in school bank,
Carlton Whalen; Loren Fletcher
Schott, Jr., medal, senior boy for out
standing character, Arthur Wood.
ward; citizenship medal, senior who
did most to promote citizenship in the
high school during the year, Dorothy
Monday; years subscription to Read.
ers Digest, senior for outstanding
scholarship, Arthur Woodward; gold
keys for citizenship In the honorary
citizenship council, seniors, Esther
Hines, Gordon Conklin, Dorothy Mon
day, Jean Parent. Arthur Wood
ward. Scholarships, Cochran School OF
Art, Rowland Mansfield; Washington
School of Secretaries, Esther Hines;
Temple School, Dorothy Monday
Southeastern University Law School
R. Edwin Brown; National Par4
Junior College, Mary Marguerite Will
son.
The commencement program at the
Poolesville High School was handled
entirely by the students, divided into
groups, each group interpreted one
phase of the school curriculum with
musical numbers between.
julius P. Stadler of the County
Board Of Education, who presented
the diplomas, also made a special
citizenship award to Edward Max
well. C. Merrick Wilson, principal,
presented the class valedictorian
Charlotte B. White, with a one-yea1
subscription to the Readers Digest
Invocation and benediction were made
by the Rev. Guy Crook.
DR.. Edwin w. Broome, superin-
tendent of county schools, handed out
the diplomas at Damascus School.
Senior class speakers were Mary Mae
Burns, Allen Bryant, Louise Barnes
and Philip Souder.
William Woodfield delivered the
salutatory address. A musical pro-
gram included solo by Evelyn
Walker and a duet by Miss Walker
and Louise Barnes. Principal E. Guy
Jewell announced the awards.
One of the largest classes in the
history of the Gaithersburg High
School was graduated Tuesday night
when diplomas were presented to
fifty members of the Senior Glass by
DR.. Edwin w. Broome, County Super.
intendent of Schools.
DR.. A. B. Potorf, Professor of Re.
l:gion at the American University
who made the main address of the
evening told the graduates that
"Life's Greatest Lesson is to Learr
How to Live Life" basing his re-
marks upon Henry Van Dykes wei
known poem, "Four Things.
Special music included violin duet
by Sally Reynolds and Maurice Ward
mixed choruses and Farewell Song
BY the senior class and selections by
the school orchestra under the direc
tion of Mrs. Lyla Nash Wartenbe, in.
structor.
Rev. Norman o. Scribner, pastor Of
the Epworth M. E. Church offered the
invocation and Rev. w. d. King, pas.
tor of the Grace M. E. Church, South
the benediction.
The following were awarded honor
pins of outstanding achievements and
extra curricula activities during their
high school years:
Lee Gartner, Eleanor Gartner
Alice Griffith, Sally Reynolds, Grace
Marie Thompson, Mary Lou Walker,
Joe Nicol, Sara Wolfson, David ALL