Evening star., 1938-05-30
MRS. RUTHROHDE
COLLEGE SPEAKER
To Give Address Thursday
at Annual Exercises at
National Park.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FOREST GLEN. Nd. May 80
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde. former Amer
lean Minister to Denmark and At
one time member OF the House Of
Representatives. will deliver the COM
mencement address at junior college
graduation exercises of the National
Park College Thursday at 1880 am.
The exercises will mark the close
Of the 45th commencement week ut
the college. which began Friday with
the arrival of several hundred alum
nae and parents.
Twenty-Five years ago Mrs. Rohde' 8
father, william Jennings Bryan. de-
livered the commencement address at
the college, then known As National
Park Seminary.
Mrs. Rohde's topic. Opening Doors. +"
will deal with the progress Of woman-
hood during the last rs years.
List Of Graduates.
Junior College graduates are Wini-
ired Ashner. Detroit; Frances Baer-
man. Pittsburgh: Mae Tillie Baldwin,
Rochester. N. Y: Marie Bender, Mem
phis, Tenn; Jean Dale Bird, St.
Joseph, Mo-; Martha George Bowers,
Warrington, w. Va: Marjorie Bril-
lault. Kansas City, Mo-; Mary Alice
Burnett. Amarillo. Tex; Jane Camp
bell, Charleston, w. Va: Choral
Carleson. Salt Lake City, Utah: Dom
namae Gaunt. Dunkirk, Ind: Geral-
dine Oillis, Freno, Calf; Ruth Ham,
burger. Pittsburgh; Maria Marta Har-
ington, San Jose. Costa Rica. Central
America; Jane Henderson. Wilmette,
H.; Eloise Hilb Cincinnati; Jane
Kinsel, Detroit; GwendOlyn Mouser
Marion, Ohio: Virginia Mullen, Oak
Park, ILL.,; Virginia Murray, East
Cleveland, Ohio: Lillian Neustadt.
Chicago; Marjorie Ramsey. Hinsdale,
ILL.,: Margaret Richardson. Phlladel-
phia: June Belle Scott, Azusa, CALI;
Pauline Smith. Memphis; Mary Prim-
rose Stub, New Orleans. La; Mary
Jacqueline Templeton. Phoenix. Ariz.,
and Phyllis Zouck. Suffern, N. Y.
DR.. James Shera Montgomery. chap
lain of the House, will be the speaker
at the commencement exercises OF the
students Of the preparatory depart
ment on Wednesday at noon. DR..
Montgomery is q member Of the Ad-
visory Board OF the college. Those
who are to receive high school diplomas
are:
Doris Baker, Elmira. N. Y; Selma
Bronston, Miami Beach, Fla; Phyllis
CrocOmbe. Chicago; Doris Dives, Shll-'
lington. Pa: Jane Eloise Dunn, Fay
etteville, N. Y: Muriel Fox. Cleveland
Heights, Ohio: Sally Hart. West Hart
foro. Conn; Ann Henry. Cincinnati;
Dorothy Hutton. Buffalo, N. Y: Ruthe
Jacobs, Brooklyn, N. Y: Mary Geane
johnson. Norman. Okla; Celeste
Lawrence, South Orange. N. j.: Nancy
Lucas, York. Pa: Enrol MacAdam,
Long Island, N. Y; Alice May Nc
Cluskey. Easton. Pa; Jean Mulholland,
Milford. Del: Patricia Needham, De-
troit: Sonya Hope Rosenzweig, New.
York, and Sarah Russell Turner,
Easton. Pa.
Awarding Of Diplomas.
DR.. Roy Tasco Davis, president Of
the college, will award the diplomas
at both commencement programs.
Baccalaureate services were held
yesterday at 4:30 pm. with the Rev.
William S. Abernethy Of Calvary Bap-
tist Church delivering the sermon.
Following the service students enter
tanned relatives and alumnae with tea
in the campus sorority houses. an in
formal sing" on the campus and an
exhibit by the fine arts department.
Today's program includes = horse
show under the sponsorship of the
alumnae and a presentation Of play
by four sororities.
Other major events include an alum
nae dance tomorrow evening. at
which athletic trophies and other
prizes will be awarded, and class day
exercises on Wednesday.