Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Corcoran Art School
Honors A Students al
Closing Exercises
Six Win First Prizes
Of $50 Each; Others
Receive Awards

The Corcoran School of Art held
it's annual closing exercises last
night in the auditorium of the Cor
coran Gallery, and 40 students were
honored for their work. Awards
were based on talent displayed in a
final two-week period of competi-
ton and upon general excellence
throughout the term.
The $50 first-prize winners were
Sonia Biskin, in the Richard Lahey
class; Paul Bond, in the Eugen
Weisz class; William Whitney, in
the Nicolai Cikovsky class; Betty
Standish, In the Kenneth Stubs
class; Dean Carter, in the sculp-
ture class, and John Doyel, in
the composition class.
R. M. Kaufman. representing
the Board of Trustees of the gallery
presented the prizes and accom-
panying certificates after brief talks
by members of the school faculty
The jury of awards for painting was
composed of Mr.. Lahey, principal;
Mr.. Weisz, vice principal; Mr.
Cikovsky and Mr.. Stubs, instruc-
tors, and Herman Maril of Balti-
more and Prentiss Taylor of Wash
ington. The sculpture was judged
by Robert Laurent, instructor, and
Concetta Scaravaglione of New
York City.
Others Also HOnOred.
The first prize in sculpture was
donated by Mrs. COrcoran Thorn.
Others were gifts of the school.
In addition to the recipients of
principal prizes, the following were
honored:
Lahey CLASSICS second prize, Jean
Benefited; first honorable mention
Charlotte Aides; second honorable
mention. Eunice Small third hon.
orable mention, Walter Shut; fourth
honorable mention, Sidney Hammer
Weisz CLASSICS second prize
Dorothy Short; first honorable men,
ton, Ralph Robinson; second honor
able mention, Florence Ruhl; third
honorable mention, Bernard Cure
vitz; fourth honorable mention
Eleanor Rives.
Cikovsky class-$25 second prize
Flavia Halloran: first honorable
mention, Christine WeSterStr0m
second honorable mention. Mary
Ruth Snow; third honorable men,
ton, Honor r. Maginnis: fourth
honorable mention, Alfred Nc
adams,
Stubs class-S25 second prize
Helen Beihl; first honorable men
ton, Robin Brant; second honorable
mention. Josephine Wallace.
Drawing CLASSICS first prize
Eunice Small and Paul Bond.
Composition class-FirSt honor
able mention, Jean circuit Batter;
second honorable mention, Eleanor
Rives; third honorable mention, En-
ma A. Sanford.
Landscape Glass Honors.
Landscape class-First honorable
mention. Virginia Averill; second
honorable mention, William Whit
ney.
Antique drawing and painting
class-Honorable mention, Mathilde
Shapiro.
Sculpture-First honorable men
ton, Russell Houston; second hon.
orable mention, Alicia Woods; third
honorable mention, William Stimp.
son.
First prizes of S. in four Saturday
classes in drawing and painting for
children were given to Marianne
Grisgby, Charles Stevenson, Norma
Paddock and Conley Slusher. Win
ners of the respective honorable
mentions were Margaret Beerbower
NARROW Anderson, Ann Aiken and
Evangeline Sprague.
Doris Jones was awarded the IS
first prize in the children's sculpture
class. Robert Eggleston and Morris
zelditch were given honorable men,
lions.
Scholarship winners Announced.
The following competitive scholar
ship winners among high school
seniors were announced: Doris Nc
Whirt, Roosevelt; Margaret Mess,
Montgomery Blair; Charlotte Lamm,
j. Homer Smith, Gen.
trail; Caldwell Brewer. Western, and
Everett McQueary. Woodrow Will
son. The scholarships enable win
ners to attend the school next term
without payment of the entrance
fee.
Prominent American artists who
are or have been associated with
the Corcoran School of Art include:
McClelland Barclay, S. Burtis Bak-
er, Sara Blakeslee, Richard Brooke,
Mr.. Cikovsky, Catherine Critcher,
Thomas Donnelly, James H. Dough-
terry, Jerry Farnsworth, Frank God
win. formerly of The Star: Felicie
Waldo Howell, Alexander James, Mr..
Lahey, Mr.. Laurent, Julian Lamar,
Mathilde M. Leisenring, Maj. Gen
Joseph Oswald Mauborgne, Richard
S. Meryman, Edmund c. Messer, j
Maxwell Miller, Carl c. Nose, Ho.
bart Nichols, Kimon Nicolaides
Abraham Rather, Eugene Savage
Hans Schiller, Francis Speight, Mr.
Stubs, Edmund Tarbell, Mr.. Tay.
lor and Mr.. Weisz.