Evening star., 1942-06-10
477 Graduated
By -Four Nearby
Senior Highs
Junior High Schools
Also Give Awards
And Certificates

And Certificates
Four hundred and seventy-sever
seniors received diplomas ant
scores of awards were presented a.
four nearby Maryland and Virginia
senior high schools held graduation
exercises last night Two junior
high schools also held commence.
ments.
Schools holding exercises were ir
Alexandria, Maryland Park, Be.
thesda-C Chevy Chase, Sandy Spring
Montgomery Hills and Takoma -Sil.
yer Spring.
Diplomas were issued to 14s
seniors at the George Washington
High School, Alexandria, by Schoo
Supt. T. C. Williams.
Fhe speakers were selected from
among the student body and in
cluded Edward Mason and Mary
Louise Hopke, winners of the boys
and girls speaking championship oi
the Virginia Literary and Athletic
League. and Douglas Schoo!ey
State reading champion.
Awards Are Made.
Cecil Spalding as valedictoriar
was awarded the Kiwanis Club
Medal and Edward Mason as salu-
tatorian won the Rotary Club Med
al.
Leroy S. Bendheim, chairman OF
the school board, made the follow
ing awards:
Arthur Adams, the Mount Vern-
On Chapter, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution history medal; Err
nest Suit and Elaine We'll. Ameri-
can Legion essay medal: James A
w. Smith, DR.. Kate Waller Barrett
Chapter, OAR citizenship medal;
Cecil Spalding, Mount Vernon
Chapter. OAR citizenship medal;
Mary Louise Hopke and Edward
Mason, Lions Club public speaking
medals; Jane Hulfish and Norbert
Graumann, faculty medals for CO.
operation; Robert Athey, science de-
partment medal: Edward Mason
mathematics department medal;
William Deeton, Principal H. T
Moncure medal for outstanding ca
Diet; Douglas Schooley, Alexandria
Womens Club medal for reading
James Hughes, Pan-American So
ciety Spanish medal; Evelyn Cox
modern language medal; Marga-
ret Divilbliss, Lester Arthur, and
Lawrence Bibb, commercial depart
ment medal, and William Mart n,
Virginia Classical Association medal
for Latin.
Scholarships were presented the
following:
Barabara Bowman, mple
Secretarial School: Simeon Taylor,
Southeastern University; Cecil
SpAldins and David Barry, George
Washington University; Lawrence
Bibb, Benjamin Franklin Universi-
ty, and Robert Shumway, College Of
William and Mary.
Maryland Park Graduates.
A class of "a was graduated from
the Maryland Park High School.
Jean Berry was awarded an attend
ance medal and Martha Foster and
Ray Haller were given citizenship
medals. Honor students receiving
gold medals were George Bennsky,
the valedictorian, first place; Cecilia
Wright, second, and Martha Foster
third.
DR.. Paul Douglas, president of
American University. was the speak
er before the 220 members of the
graduating class of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School at com
mencement exercises in the Leland
auditorium.
John Church, chaplain of the
class, opened the exercises with
Scripture readings and Georges Ede-
lin, class president, made the address
Of welcome.
Albert w. Walker, member of the
Montgomery County Board of Edu-
cation, presented the diplomas and
Thomas w. Pyle, principle, closed
the program with farewell to the
graQuaCeS.
20 at Sherwood High.
Twenty-eight graduates OF Sher-
wood High School, Sandy Spring,
Md, were presented diplomas by F..
K. Metzger of the Montgomery
Board of Education.
The Young Mems Club award for
the outstanding high school boy went
to Robert Thompson; the Wednes-
day Club award for the outstanding
high school girl, to Edna Nicholson;
the patrol service medal, to Charles
Gregg; the Rensselaer, award, given
by the Rensselaer, Alumni Associa-
ton of Washington for proficiency
In mathematics and science, to Ed
ward Wilson; the Elgar scholarship
award for highest academic rating,
to Mary Lloyd Benson, and the