Evening star., 1942-06-06
Exercises Held
Al SchooIs.in
Prince Georges
700 Students Receive
Diplomas; Numerous
Awards Presented


Seven hundred Prince Georges |
County students received diplomas
and many awards were presented as
10 high schools held commence
ment exercises last night.
Two other county high schools,
Laurel and Maryland Park will pre-
sent diplomas next week, the former
on Wednesday and the latter Tues
day. Those which held their ex-
ercises last night were Hyattsville,
Surrattsville, Brandywine, Upper
Marlboro, Oxon Hill, Mount Rainier.
Greenbelt, Bladensburg, Bowie and
Baden.
The Rensselaer, Alumni ASsocia-
ton Medal for excellence in mathe-
matics and science was presented
Arthur Ballard at exercises at the
Hyattsville High School.
j. Albert Miller, principal, also
presented the following awards:
Mary Bolgiano, one-year scholar
ship to Temple Secretarial School,
Washington; James Arthur O'Neill
and Anna Louis Miller, citizenship
medals from Snyder-Farmer Post
No. 8, American Legion; Jane Linn,
Readers Digest medal and sub
scription: Conway Bliss Gibson,
Anna Louise Miller and Ann C.
Myers, gold seal certificates for four
years of perfect attendance; Beat
rice Allen, a junior, merit certificate
from the Art Division, Scholastic
Magazine: Billy Poole. junior, first
prize, and Robert Ford, a freshman,
second prize, in the 1912 poster con-
test of the Baltimore Humane So
ciety. ..
SurrattsvilIe Awards.
At the Surrattsville High School,
Paul Smith was presented the Read
ers' Digest scholastic award; Mary
Virginia Laughlin, one-year scholar
ship at Strayers College. Washing
ton, the result of competitive
countrywide examination; Helen
Buckler, scholarship at Capitol City
Business College; Margaret Baker
and Katherine Duke, each received
citizenship certificates from the
Prince Georges KiwaniS Club.
At ceremonies held on the front
lawn of the Brandywine High School
Lewis Steward and Mary Elizabeth
Finch were presented the Kiwanis
Club citizenship awards. John Mar
shall received the Sons of the
American Revolution citizenship
medal and the Readers Digest
award. John Huckels received the
American Automobile Associations
patrol service pin for the senior who
contributed most to schoolboy patrol
safety.
jeanne Provost and James Bobbitt
were given American Legion citi-
Zenship medals at exercises in the
Greenbelt High School. James Bob
bitt and Louise Burke received the
Kiwanis Club citizenship award.
Miss Helen ZoellneE received the
Daughters of American Revolution
citizenship award.
Awards given at the Marlboro
High School included the presenta-
ton of the best all-around senior
medal to Miss Marie Wilson, while
the highest scholarship pin was
presented to Miss Elizabeth Harri-
son.
Defamation Medal.
TvLor1o. .xo1~a - e~oeL,oo1 W
ceived the boys defamation medal,
contributed by the First National
Bank of Southern Maryland
The girls defamation medal was
awarded Miss Ann Summers,
member of the graduating class.
The medal was presented by the
County Trust Co. Of Maryland.
William Cooksey received the
schoolboy patrol service pin. The
Kiwanis citizenship certificate had
been presented previously to Calvert
Pumphrey, senior class president,
and Miss Summers.
Diplomas were given out by Floyd
Cromwell, State supervisor of voca-
tional and educational guidance,
former principal of the school.
At the Oxon Hill graduation exer-
cises, Miss Lily Mae Conley received
the Churchill Literary Society
award, while Miss Regina Shives re-
ceived the Van Dyke Literary So
ciety award.
Dramatic Club Award.
The Dramatic Club award went to
Eugene Hungerford and the Choral
Club award was presented to Miss
Virginia Czonka. Miss Eleanor
Moore, a member of the Junior class,
received the Mattingly citizenship
award for the outstanding junior or
senior.
Miss Alma Birckner received the
Balfour award as the outstanding
senior over a three-year period. The
schoolboy patrol service pin went to
Harry Ritter.
A special award for having perfect
school attendance during the past IL
years was received by Miss Rebecca
Sowell. Miss Sowell and Herbert