Evening star., 1942-05-29
Corcoran Art School
Gives Awards 10 81
Al Closing Exercises
Gifts Are Presented to
Minniserode, on Gallery
Stoff for so Years

Fifty-one students of the Corcoran
School OF Art received awards for
work during the 1912
school year at the annual COM
mencement exercises held last night
in the auditorium of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art.
First prizes of $50 each were pre-
sented to Walter Shut, in the Rich
ard Lahey class; Alfred McAdams,
in the Eugen Weisz class; Alexandra
Kay, in the Nicolai Cikovsky class;
Mrs. Margaret Keshishian, in the
Kenneth Stubbs class; Ralph v.
Robinson, in the drawing class; Mrs.
Florence w. Mills, in the compost
ton class, and Russell Houston in
the Laurent sculpture class.
The exercises were high-Hghted
also by presentation OF a desk set
and electric clock to c. Powell Min
nigerode, director of the gallery, as
a token of appreciation from the
staff and student body for his long
service. On Monday, Mr.. Mimi
gerode will have completed so years
of unbroken service to the gallery.
The presentation was made by Mr..
Lahey, principal of the school.
Checks and certificates were pre-
sented to the prize winners by R. M.
Kaufman, representing the Board
Of Trustees of the gallery. Others
who took part in the exercises were
Mr.. Weisz, vice principal Of the
school; Miss Agnes Mayo, secretary,
and Mr.. Stubbs, instructor in paint
ing.
Jury Of Awards.
The jury of awards for painting
was composed of Mr.. Lahey. Mr..
Weisz, Mr.. Stubbs and Mr.. Cikov-
sky, all of the faculty. and Mrs.
Nan Watson and Raphael Soyer.
The sculpture was judged by Robert
Laurent, instructor, and Oronzio
Malderelli
In addition to the winners Of first
prizes, the following students were
honored:
Lahey class-s25 second prize,
Ralph v. Robinson: first honorable
mention, Mrs. Marion Nelson; sec
ond honorable mention. Mrs. Lola
Csonka; third honorable mention,
A. v. Allegro. and fourth honorable
mention, Mary A. Moore.
Weisz clasS-Second prize OF $25,
June Virga; first honorable mention,
Mrs. Beatrice Heller; second hon.
orable mention, John Malloy; third
honorable mention, Howard Ander-
son; fourth honorable mention,
Blaine Carter.
Cikovsky claSs-Second prize Of
s25, Mrs. Edith Paipert Namias;
first honorable mention, Mrs. Han
nah Wexler; second honorable mem
ton. Miss Margaret Herr; third
honorable mention, Mrs. Jean Ger
nand; fourth honorable mention,
Dorothy Hewes.
Stubbs class-Second prize of $25,
Annabel Echreiber; first honorable
mention, Mrs. Elizabeth Jorgensen;
second honorable mention, Mrs.
Kitty Liebschutz.
Drawing class First honorable
mention, Mrs. Theresa Hersum; sec
ond honorable mention, Mrs. Mil
dred Houmiller
Composition class-First honorable
mention, Randolph Richardson; Sec
ond honorable mention, Julia Homer
Wilson.
Landscape class-First honorable
mention, Mrs. Louise Hilbert; sec
ond honorable mention, Mary
Sleeth.
Laurent sculpture class = First
honorable mention, Edward Bush:
second honorable mention, Edith
Paipert Namias; third honorable
mention, Victor Colby.
Children Receive Prizes.
First prizes of IS each in the Sat-
urday morning classes for children
in drawing and painting were
awarded to Susan Foster, Norma
Rome, Mitzi Chambers and George
Stocking. Winners of the honorable
mentions were Cynthia Rosser, Ken
meth Carter, Barbara Reid. Mary
Bronbacher, Rosamund Fowler,
James Dickson, Collins Snyder and
Ann Aikman.
Marian Bracket won the first
prize of $5 in the children's sculp-
ture class, and honorable mention
awards were given to Marie St. John.
Joan Brown and Morris Zelditch.
Scholarships to graduating STU
dents of the high schools were
awarded as follows: Doris Matthews.
Roosevelt; Mary Wood, Woodrow
Wilson; Betsy Tyree. Western;
Marianne Gribsby, Western, and
Ruth Lewis, Eastern.