Evening star., 1944-01-07
Central High Alumni
Honor Woman, 4 Men
For Public Service ,

MctiiollcS Ol tIlelT SUuQonJ QayS al
Central High School, when each was
commanding officer in the Cadet
Corps, were recalled by four alumni
yesterday as they received awards
given annually by the Alumni Asso-
citation for distinguished service.
The cadets were there. with thei,
band, at special assembly exercises
The award recipients We're i'm
pressed, too, by the presence oi
neatly uniformed members of the
Girls Corps, something that this
war has produced. Maj Mary
Agnes Brown, WAC service COM
mand director and a former aware
winner. snilingly expressed hel
pleasure over the military appear
ance of the girls. Applause rams
through the auditorium as awards
were presented by Charles E. Smoot
Alumni Association president, to the
following:
Brig. Gen. Charles D. Young (re-
tired, class Of 1898, deputy director
Of defense Transportation; William
H. Collins, class of 1911, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the
Bethlehem Steel Corp; Judge Brice
Clagett, class of 1908 judge of the
District Municipal Court, and
Comdr. William C. Butler, jr., class
of 1925, recipient of the Navy Cross
for heroism
Fifth Award Made.
Miss Helen NJ Coolidge, former
assistant principal of Central High
was named as the fifth award re-
cipient, but illness prevented her
personal appearance. She retired re-
Gently after 81 years faithful service
Judge Clagett was colonel of the
Cadet Corps in 1908. Gen. Young
was captain of Company A, which
won the annual competitive drill in
1898 and received the Allison Naylor
Medal. Mr.. Collins was captain of
Company 1 in 1911, and Comdr. But
Ter was captain of Company E in
1925.
Winners of awards in previous
years attending the exercises YES
terday included former Representa-
tive Boehne, jr., of Indiana; DR..
Sao-we SEE, former Chinese Min
listed to the United States and
Great Britain; Marcy L. Sperry,
president of the Washington Gas
Light Co.; Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
Charles Henry Bates, attorney;
Allan Davis, former principal of
Business High School; DR.. Harold
Wheeler. inventor; Miss Emma S.
Jacobs. home economics authority:
Miss Leila Mechlin. art editor of
The Star; Elizabeth M. Cox. former
president. Women's Bar Association:
William w Everett. president of
woodward & Lothrop; Appleton p.
Clark, jr., architect; Bruce Baird.
president, National Savings & Trust
Co, and Chief Justice William E.
Richardson of the Municipal Court
Of Appeals.
Winners Congratulated.
President Smoot, in concentrating
the award recipients, said distinction
achieved by Central High alumni in
many walks of life is a continuing
inspiration to successive groups of
undergraduates. He told the re-
clplents they are carrying on a ira
dltlon. He said it is believed that
more generals in the Army have
graduated from Central High School
than from any other preparatory
school in the country. A few, he
said, have been:
1t. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell,
Maj. Gems. William E. r. Covell.
Oliver Spaulding, Fred Clute Wal
lace and Horace Fuller and Brig.
Gems. William Richard Dear, Will
liam E. Horton Cdeceased). Henry
c. Fischer (deceased) and Edward
B. Mckinley.
Ihe association, it was announced
Is going to take immediate steps to
increase its active membership by
canvassing tie more than $4,000
graduate beginning with the class
Of 1878. The class of 1886 holds re-
union every year The class of 1878
has done likewise.
Smoot Reelected.
President SMoOt was reelected at
a brief business meeting. Other Of
ficers chosen are:
Vice preSidents-MrS. Jane Luchs
Rosenthal, social activities, Miss
Felicia Miller, school interests; Leon
katz, membership; Mrs. Margaret
Strong Cole. alumni record; treas
urer, Mrs. Mary Jane Mayer; secre-
tary, Mrs. Martha T. Baker. Board
OF Directors. Lawrence G.. Hoover,
Miss Ruth McRae and Richard K.
Brown, honorary vice presidents;
and Mrs. Katherine Fisk BARLEY.
Charles H. Bates, Miss Margaret
Jeannette Bittner, George w. Hodg-
klns, Miss Pauline Holer, Miss Pearl
A. Jones, Daniel J. Kelly Miss Bar
para kephart, Mrs. jeanette G.,
Kern, Robert A Maurer, Robert E.
Newly, Miss Alma H. Preinkert,
George Raymond Pruett, Mrs. Mar
garet Russell Roller, Miss Dorothea
F. Sherman, Alfred L. Stern, Mrs.
Florence B. Stewart. Miss Bessie
Whitford Ernest F. Williams and
Miss Marian WOOley