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Exercises on Campus
Gen. Hershey ond Daughter
Among Those Honored
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Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey was
among more than go recipients of
awards for outstanding service in
scholarship and eXtra-curricular ao-
tivities presented at George Wash
ington University's class night ex-
ercises last night.
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president
OF the university, presented the
awards. The ceremonies, held on
the schools Lisner Terrace, were
presided over by Richard Burns,
president of the class.
Degrees and certificates will be
awarded to CTS students at COM
mencement exercises at 8 O'Clock to-
night in Constitution Hall. In ad-
dition to the degree and certificate
awards, three honorary degrees and
six Alumni Achievement Awards
will be conferred.
The honorary degrees will be pre-
sented to Admiral Ross T. McIntire,
Surgeon General of the Navy and
White House physician; Maj. Gen.
Edwin M. Watson, military aide and
secretary to the President, and Will
liam Tyler Page, former clerk of the
House of Representatives and author
of The Americans Creed"
Alumni to Be Honored.
The graduates to receive alumni
achievement awards are DR.. Nevil
Hnnrna Hop&i,e v4II Ill ~.
Enlows, Watson Davis, Miss Eliza
beth Webb Wilson, DR.. Luther Hal
sey Reichelderfer and Alexander
Wilbollrne Weddell.
Gen. Hershey, director of selec-
tive service, was tapped last night
by Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary
activities fraternity for men, along
with Col. Norman Bruce Ames,
United States Army, and Willard
Hayes Yeager, Depew professor of
public speaking.
Undergraduate students honored
by membership in Omicron Delta
Kappa included:
Charles Baldwin, Matt Zunic,
Bobby Gilham, Roy Mcneil, Melvin
Bers, Keith Adamson, Charles
Daugherty, Ernest Payne and Bill
Sten.
Kathryn Elizabeth Hershey,
daughter of the Selective Service
director, and Michael McKool were
announced the outstanding woman
and man seniors. They were
awarded the Pi Beta Phi and Omi-
cron Delta Kappa honors for con-
Structive service" in local activities.
Following the awarding of honors,
the university band presented a
brief concert and dance was held
in the school Student Club.
Other Awards Made.
Scholarship and leadership award
winners included Jack Newton
Hayes, jr- winner of the John Bell
Lardner Award to the law school
graduate attaining the highest av-
erage grade in the entire course;
Oscar Sugar, winner of the John
OrdronauX Award to the school OF
medicine graduate maintaining the
highest scholastic standing; Harold
Arthur Naisbitt, recipient of the
Joshua Evans III Memorial Award
for signal ability in the social and
political sciences; Edward August
Marelius, winner of the $3.50 Alex
ander Wilbourne Wedden Award for
the best essay on THE Promotion of
Peace Among the Nations of the
World" and Dorothy Ellen Farwell,
who received the Delphi Award for
work in promotion of student activi-
ties among women of the junior
class.
Other prizes awarded follow:
Alpha Chi Sigma freshman awards
in chemistry. Oscar Fritz Moss jr.,
Allen Gardner Weise and Estal D.
West.
Mr.. Moss also received the Phi
Eta Sigma award as high freshman
in scholastic standing.
Alpha Chi Sigma senior award in
chemistry, John Pierce Hewlett, jr.;
Alpha Delta Pi award in French,
Bette Dawson; Alpha Kappa Psi
award in commerce, Robert S. Nor
rison; American Institute of Chem
lists award in chemistry, Donald
Moore Brasted; American Society of
Civil Engineers award, Walter Rob-
nson Douglas; Byrne Thurtell Burns
award in chemistry, Murray Berdick;
Chi Omega award in social sciences,
Nettie Sucher; Colonial Danes
award in history, Jeannette Marr.
English and History Prizes.
z. K. Cutter award in English,
Priscilla Dana Young; Daughters
of the American Revolution award
in American history, Marie-Louise
Ralph; Harry Cassell Davis awards
in public speaking, first semester,
John Virgil Waits, first; Marjorie
Taylor, second; Teddy Marie Kinsey,
third; second semester, Cullen
Yates Christensen, first; Richard
Paul Bolt Markoff, second; Isaac
Davis awards in public speaking,
John Francis Xavier Britt, first;
Henry Cole Reasin, second; Eliza
beth Ann Green, third.
William Thornwall Davis award in
ophthalmology, Jean E. Paquin;
Delta Sigma Rho awards to the win
ners of the interfraternity debates,
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity and
Delta zeta Sorority; Delta Zeta
award in botany, Vernard Franklin
Bond, jr.: Ellsworth award in patent
law, Victor Myer.
European history award, Zelda
Diamond; Willie E. Fitch award in
Chemistry, Norman E. Sharpless;
Alice Douglas Goddard award in
American literature, Margaret Cope
land; Edward Darlington Goddard
award in French, Louise Harris;
James D. Goddard award in phar-
macy. Donald William Smith; Gard
ner G. Hubbard award in American
history, 10 Bruce Crozier.
Scholarship Award.
Kappa Delta scholarship award to
the woman student in the freshman
class maintaining the highest scho-
lastic average, Phyllis Irma Abrams;
Kappa Kappa Gamma award in
botany, Ruth Wright; Mortar Board
award to the woman student in the
sophomore class having scholastic
standing of B or higher and the