Evening star., 1945-05-29
" Wilson, Western Hiqh Schools Honor War Dead

Parents, friends, faculty members
and students of Woodrow Wilson
High School this morning sat in
the school stadium, under q bright
sun, and listened to memorial serv-
Ices for 46 former students who had
given their lives in this war.
simultaneously a group of stu
dents filed into the Western High
School Auditorium for memorial
services to "a former students killed
In action.
A scroll with the ~ names had
been placed at the entrance of the
Western auditorium. Peonies had
been placed before it. Briefly the
students heard 1t. Robert McC Comas,
Navy chaplain, say that while free
dom lived these boys had not died
in vain. A girls choir sang There
Is no Death"
Woman Finds Sons Name.
Just outside the hall a woman
stood. While the chaplain spoke
she turned and pointed out for a
teacher the seventh name on the
scroll-her 22-year-old son, John
Paul Beall, killed two years ago
while serving as an infantry captain
in Tunisia. The teacher asked if he
had been a good student.
"Yes," Mrs. John c. w. Beall, 6475
Nebraska avenue NV, said. 1T all
seems a little futile now. Now I
grasp at straws-I come to see If his
name is on SCROLL" The students
gathered around to look at the
scroll themselves, then turned to
their classes.
AS the services at Woodrow Wilson
got Under way all was quiet as the
stadium flag was raised to half staff
by the 9Th Regiment color guard
Everybody stood at attention with
barred heads as the school band
played THE Star Spangled Banner" /"
Standing at desk on the grass
before the stadium, the Rev. ].
Hillman Hollister, pastor of Chew
Chase Presbyterian Church, pro-
nounced the invocation. Behind him
In a semicircle sat girls dressed in
white. Each girl held an American
flag.
For the Lord Is a Mighty God" /"
was then sung by the choir.
Honor Roll Grows.
Capt. Donald F. Hersch, AAF, re-
called that a year ago, at similar
services. only 10 members, OF the
school had given their lives. To-
day the role totaled 46. "Victory
Is never cheap" he said. Amer
leans have learned that through
bitter experience. Let us press the
war to final victory and then let
us press onward to a better world,
so the sacrifice these boys made
will not have been In vain"
Normal J. Nelson, principal of
the school. who was presiding, then
said I'VE shall always remember
these boys as young, healthy and
alive"
Il remember him." one teacher
as the principal men
toned one Of the students who had
given his life in Germany.
The Battle Hymn of the Repub-
hc" was sung by the students.
Comdr. Lester H. steinem of the
National Cathedral Post of the
American Legion, James H. Gordon
OF the Legion's Americanism Com
mittee and Vice Comdr. Herbert J.
jacob Of the District Department of
the Legion then spoke. They told of
the Gold Star Certificates to be
given to the next Of kin of each of
the boys. Many of these youths
had received the Legion citation for
good citizenship" Comdr. jacob
said.
Biographies Draw Tears.
Each name was then read by a
student, one following the other. as
the short biography was recited.
Each name was greeted with q low
murmur by the worshipers. He
was shy. Such young boy"
America" was then sung. Taps
was sounded by the bugler. As the
solemn notes came across the field
from near the 11agpole, mothers in
the front rows held handkerchief
to their eyes. The fathers looked
straight ahead, eyes filled with
tears.
After the services the students
went into the building. The crowd
gradually left the stadium. As they
hled out, youths from the school
clad In shorts and sweat shirts, ran
out on the field to play baseball,
The memorial service was over.
Wilson Honor Roll.
The list of those honored at
woodrow Wilson, as given out by
the high school, follows:
Dav., laws James T. Noodle. David W.
D1ury' r' ,Hcnard B. ODonnell, Richard J.
EoS, J. MsfV1n q. Reed, Howard p.
Leiserson, Charles r. Rounds. John
pa.,Ia, H,ym4no Iy1o Z. Rowland, Robert N.
SchEab, Richard T. StalIinps, George n
Wiiiis Vi Fo6elt o6ert Z. z stiles, William B., jr
n.t.S ~Sett "A. 1ayIor, sherman
pssS ~ IoLoon M. Tenny, Clesen H., jr.
Disa;;M piIcx; y. T., "a Watson. William
11iteio' rranK a: Williams, Paul M.
Sa3,y otaniey Z. Durgin, Marshall
Dodd, John w. Fndiey. C,harIss
EGs;HSton, Eopert 9. Shoemaker, Thomss
Sin9Io. robert e.. Krant, Harold D., jr.
Soo9ne' francis q. Graham, James A.
Ssoooioe' LINDSEY w. Hollenbeck, M. B., jr.
y MS4sncml, James A. Huddleston, J. M.
naeAee' W. G. III Jones, William c.