Evening star., 1939-06-04
Coed Who SET N. j.
Scholastic Mark Holds
Graduation Spotlight
Two Brothers and Twin
Sisters Shore Honors
At Commencement

Twin sisters, two brothers, three
youths from foreign countries and
a comely miss with a near-perfect
record in the classroom shared the
spotlight with fellow students yes
terday as 715 University of Mary
land seniors mounted the rostrum
in Ritchie Coliseum, received their
diplomas and turned to careers in
the outside world.
Lydia Macmillan Evans of Chevy
Chase. Md, the pretty graduate
with the impressive record, set a
new university mark with a four
year grade of 3.91 in classwork,
just shade short of perfect 400.
Her plans for the future were in
definite as she prepared to leave
the campus, but DR.. H. c. Byrd,
president of the college, and other
officials predict she'll be an out
standing success in anything she
undertakes.
The twins, Lucy and Lula Trun-
die, 81, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Dawson Trundle of Ashton, both
stars in women's athletics and
prominent in college life, will teach
IN the Montgomery County public
schools next term.
Brothers Get Honors.
One of the brothers, Thomas Par
ker Wharton, %, son of j. S. M.
Wharton of College Park, will 60
to work Monday as an engineer at
the new Washington Airport be-
ing built at Gravelly Point and is
to specialize in soil mechanics,
something new in the engineering
field.
The other, Edward Martin Whar-
ton, 10, who, like Thomas, gradu-
ated with high honors, had been
awarded teaching fellowship at
College Park and will come back in
the fall to work for a doctors de-
gree in philosophy while aiding the
faculty.
Jose Grave De Pralta Ibarzabal of
Cuba, one of the three youths from
foreign climes. hopes to enter the
Medical School of the University of
Maryland in Baltimore. He became
interested in Maryland after meet
ing College Park graduate in
? Havana four years ago and decided
to enroll here.
Homer Walter Carhart of Chile
and Bertrand Oswald Chang-Pong
of the British West Indies, the
other foreign students, have not
decided where they will turn next,
but will remain in the United States.
Reflected Glory.
Two other students attracted the
attention of the huge throng that
witnessed commencement exercises.
One of these, Evelyn Westover Byrd,
received her bachelors degree in
science from her father, DR.. H. C.
Byrd. president of the university
She is graduate of the College of
Home Economics.
The other, Edwin Roberts John
son, is the son of Walter Perry
johnson, idol of millions of baseball
fans. Edwin was standout in
basket ball and baseball and received
the Sylvester Medal for excellence in
athletics earlier in the week.
A sidelight at the exercises was
the award of an honorary certificate
in agriculture to William Alan
McGregor of Worton, Md. In the
auditorium as the award was made
were his two sons, James A.
McGregor, member of the Junior
class and William A. McGregor,
freshman.
Dean Rowland Honored.
Dr. Byrd announced during the
exercises that Dean j. M. H. Row.
land, who is retiring from the fac
ulty, has been made dean emeritus
of the School of Medicine for life.
In a special tribute he awarded di-
plomas to the graduates from that
branch of the university.
Dean RoWland's successor as act
I've head of the School of Medicine
has not been announced.
Charles w. Sylvester of Baltimore
class of 1908, was elected president
of the alumni association Friday
night.
Peter w. Chichester, 20, of Fred
erick was named first vice president
and Harold Burnside, '04, of Wash
ington, second vice president. G.
Finley Pollock of College Park con-
tinues as secretary treasurer.
Representatives chosen by the as
sociation are j. Donald Kieffer, 80,
New York City, arts and science;
Ransom R. Lewis, 10, Frederick, edu-
cation; Norwood Sothoron, "a,
Washington, commerce; Philip
Westheimer, '29. Frederick, and Ed
ward Powell, 13, Towson, mems
representatives at large; Gertrude
Chestnut, '26, Hyattsville, and Mary
York Gadd. %, Catonsville, womens
Representatives at large.