Evening star., 1939-06-25
70 in District Area
Win Four-Year
6. W. Scholarships
Boy and Girl Chosen
From Eoch Of High
Schools by Committee

Twenty outstanding high school
graduates from Washington and
nearby Maryland and Virginia have
been awarded four year scholar
ships to George Washington Univer-
sity, the university announced yes
terday.
The awards are made annually
to q boy and girl from each of the
seven senior high schools in the
District, the Bethesda-C Chevy Chase
High School, the Washington-Lee
High School in Arlington and the
George Washington High School
In Alexandria.
Winners, chosen by a committee
composed Of the high school prin-
cipal, the chairman of the school
college bureau, the dean of the
university Junior college and an
alumnus Of the school who is also
an alumnus of the university, will
enter next September.
Basis for selection was high schol-
arship and qualities Of leadership as
evidenced In school activities. In
addition the winners were inter-
viewed personally.
This years winners are:
Central High School-Herbert
Stanley Benjamin, 3616 Rock Greek
Church road. Member of the Ma
tional Honor Society. Editor in
chief Of the Bulletin. President OF
the Student Forum. Treasurer of
the Debating Socity. Member: The
debate team, Dramatic Society and
the &C" Club. Winner of the alumni
debate and publication medals.
Moreno Frances Burnette, 308
North Carolina avenue, Sc. Member
of the National Honor Society,"
President of the Archery and Sketch
Clubs. Member of the Student
Council. Member of the Radio Guild.
Eastern High School:
William Mathews Robinson, PIT
Eleventh street Sc. Winner OF
first scholastic honors eight semes-
tiers. Member the Cadet Corps, Rifle
Club, Oficers' Club and the Hi-Y
Club.
Anna Marie Sesso, $40 Fifteenth
street Sc, Winner of first honors
six semesters. Member of the East
erner staff. Historian of the June
graduating class. Member the Book
Club, the Chess Club and the Dra-
matte Society.
Roosevelt High School:
Gorden Lee Calvert, 737 Butter
nut street. Charter member of the
National Honor Society. Colonel of
the Washington. High School Cadet
Corps, president of the Student
Council, editor of the Rough Rider,
president Of the school bank. presi-
dent Of the Debating Club, vice
president Of the Hi-Y Club, vice
president Of the 80" Club.
Anna Lucille Bean, 735 Butternut
street. On the honor roll every
semester and q member of the Ma
tional Honor Society, president of
the Mathematic Club, letter winner
in basket ball, 1898; member the
Debating Society, the Latin Club,
the German Club, the Chemistry
Club, the Foreign Correspondence
Club. the Girl Reserves and the
Girls Auxiliary.
Western High School:
David Rumbough Donaldson,
Fort Myer. Va. On the honor roll
every semester, captain in the Cadet
Corps and member Of the Omcers'
Club, member of the Student Coun-
Gil, member of the Chemistry Club.
Margaret Elizabeth Nichols, 34ls
Twenty-ninth street. On the honor
roll every semester and q member
OF the National Honor Society,
member Of the Westerner stan,
member the German Club and the
Studio Sketch Club.
Mckinley High School
Morton Johan. 10 Seaton place.
On the honor roll every semester
and member of the National Honor
Society. President Of the Dramatic
Club. Captain in the High School
Cadet Band. President Of the Gen.
eral Organization Council. Winner
of the Harvard award as the out
standing Junior in the 1888 class.
Nina Foster Brown, 1915 Tenth
street NE. On the honor roll every
semester and q member of the Ma:
tional Honor Society. Voted the
outstanding student in the gradual
Ing class. Secretary, the graduating
class, the Dramatic Club, the De-
batting Society and the Chemistry
Club. Member, the Students Citi-
zenship Council and the Glee Club.
Wilson High School
John Paul Carter, 42l5 Thirty
eighth street. Member of the Ma
tional Honor Society. Pre1dent of
the Debating Club. Lieutenant in
the High School Cadet Corps. Mem
ber. the Student Forum, Onicers
Club, the Chevrons Club, Science
Club, French Club and Panel Club.
Caroline Bowman Parkinson, 3707
Military road. Member of the Ma
tional Honor Society. President of
the Hi-Writers. Associate editor of
the Beacon. Winner of the Radcliffe
award to the outstanding junior girl.
Anacosta High School
John Grason McCubbin, 1921
Eighteenth place Sc. On the honor
roll five semesters. Member of the
High School Cadet Corps. Member
the yearbook staff, the Chevrons
Club an dthe bank stan.
Margaret Belle Waddle, 318 Ana
costa road Sc. On the honor roll
every semester. Valedictorian of
graduating class. President of the
Red Cross Club. Member, yearbook
staff, Glee Club, Hiking Club and
the Skating Club.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School
Virginia Slayton Smith, ITO Tay-
lor street, Chevy Chase, Md. Mem
Der of the National Honor Society