Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-21
Isl Receive Diploma,
From Montgomery
High Schools
Bethesda Chevy Chase
Class of l99 Hears
Talk by Farley

Diplomas were handed to 26l
Montgomery County Md High
School graduates last night at the
Bethesda Chevy Chase, Sherwood
and Gaithersburg Schools.
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley told the Bethesda Chevy Chase
class that the world Is in greater
need Of trained minds today than
ever before" With increased popu-
latlon, he said, our civilization be-
comes more complex and "limita-
lions encircle individual rights.
Remember that the men and
women whose memory we cherish
in history are not those who accum-
ulated great wealth, but those who
rendered a distinct service to man
kind" he said
| 1873 In Graduating Class.
The l99-member class was the
largest in any of the county schools.
School Supt. Edwin w. Broome pre-
Sented the diplomas Blake Lancas-
ter, class president. made an address
OF welcome and Principal Thomas
w. Pyle, who presided. announced
the following scholarship awards:
Robert Warthen and Virginia
Smith, George Washington Univer-
sity, with Andrew Balm and Augusta
Ann Morgan as alternates; Judson
French and Marjorie Pitt, Ameri-
can University: Charles D. Curtiss,
jr., Lehigh; Ann Watkins, Radcliffe:
Augusta Ann Morgan, Western
Women's College; Richard Mayfield,
Swarthmore: Barbara Dickinson.
University of Maryland, and Mary
Jane Moore. National School of Fine
and Applied Arts.
Announcement was made that
unaWarded scholarships are still
open for class members to Benjamin
Franklin University. Southeastern
University, National Park Junior
College, Washington and Lee Uni
versity, Shenandoah College and
Georgetown University.
James Cremins and Lucille Brack-
EFT were awarded the prizes given
annually by the American Legion
to the outstanding boy and girl in
the senior class. Miss Augusta Ann
Morgan and Blake Lancaster re-
ceived the D. A. r. citizenship
awards.
Sherwood High Gift.
| Presentation of a cash donation
to be used as the basis for a
scholarship to permit worthy stu
dents to continue their studies at
college. high-lighted the commence
ment at the Sherwood High School
in Sandy Spring.
The presentation was made BY
Robert Kimball, president of the
senior class, as the class gift to the
school, and accepted by Principal
Austin A. La Mar Mr. Kimball ex-
pressed the belief that the PIT.
A. and other community groups
would cooperate in the scholarship
project.
Virginia Murphy, class salutator-
ian, who was i'll in Montgomery
County General Hospital, was unable
to read her essay on Art and Archi-
lecture in Our Own Vicinity" 1t
was read for her by Gloria Metzger.
Doris Carr, valedictorian, delivered
the essay, Vocational Survey of the
Sandy Spring Neighborhood."
Julius p. Standler, acting presi-
dent of the County Board of Educa-
ton, presented the diplomas to the
n members of the class. Principal
Lamar announced the following
honors and awards:
Miss Carr. the Elgar award to
academic student showing highest
scholastic average: Dement, Boni-
FAINT, the Young Mems Club Of St.
Johns Medal for the outstanding
boy in the senior high school; Vivi-
anne Rudasill the Wednesday Club
improvement Medal; Doris Metzger,
the Sons of the American Revolu-
ton Good Citizenship Medal. Miss
Carr, the Readers Digest award:
Bonifant, Rensselaer, Alumni Medal
for highest rating in mathematics
and science; Robert Kimban, Amer
lean Automobile Association Patrol
Medal. Willard Bond, Sportsmanship
Medal.