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To Be Conferred
ByHigh Schools
Exercises Are Set
Today, Tomorrow
And Wednesday

Approximately 5000 District high
school students this week are wind
ing up a round Of proms, picnics,
class days and parties-all the
events that crowd the few days be-
fore graduation.
The IS District public high schools
and junior high schools will hold
commencement exercises today, to-
morrow and Wednesday. For the
graduates at the senior high schools
it means going to college or taking
the job. For the junior high school
students it is a promotion to the
senior high school more than a
graduation.
Wilson Teachers College and
Miner Teachers College, both part
of the District public school system,
also hold commencement exercises
this week, on Thursday.
Picnics Planned Today.
Among the commencement week
events still left on the schedule is
the Central High Schools C Club
picnic this afternoon at Rock Creek
Park. Benecker Junior High School
also is having a picnic today at the
park for the seniors.
Roosevelt High Schools alumni
association is giving dance for the
graduates at 9 o'clock tonight at
the Washington Hotel. This dance
they call a "facgradalum.
Cardozo High Schools senior class
is holding banquet at o'clock to-
night at the school while Western
High School and Dunbar High
School seniors are presenting class
night at their schools at 8 o'clock.
Phelps to Have Senior Prom.
Phelps Vocational High School is
having the senior prom at 8 o'clock
tonight at Carver Hail. Alumni will
be visiting the Washington Voca-
tional High School all day and have
luncheon scheduled at 1870 o'clock.
Farewell assemblies are scheduled
at Chamberlain Vocational High
School, Mckinley High School,
Gordon Junior High School and
Kramer Junior High School.
Many of the schools held bac-
calaureate exercises yesterday, in
cluding Wilson Teachers College,
Miner Teachers College, Anacostia
High School, Eastern High School
and Woodrow Wilson High School.
Bell Drops Special Events.
Members of the senior class at
Bell Vocational High School. many
of them veterans, voted not to have
any of the usual events except the
graduation itself because they did
not want to lose time from their
shop work.
Commencement exercises at Ter
rell Junior High School are sched-
uled for 1:30 o'clock today at the
Armstrong High School auditorium.
Students attending the night high
schools will receive diplomas in cere-
monies at 8 o'clock tonight at the
Mckinley High School auditorium.
Schools participating will be Bell
Vocational, Central, Hjne, Roose-
velt and Mckinley Night High
Schools.
Schedule for Tomorrow.
Tomorrow the following schools
will have commencement exercises:
Anacostia High School, pm;
Central High School, pm; East
ern High School, $50 pm; Woodrow
Wilson High School, pm, and
Dunbar High School, 8 pm.
Also, Eliot Junior High School, 2
pm; Gordon Junior High School,
2 pm; Jefferson Junior High School,
8 pm; Kramer Junior High School,
2 pm; Langley Junior High School,
2 pm; Mcfarland Junior High
School, 2 pm; Taft Junior High
School, 8 pm.
Also. Bell Vocational High School.
2 pm; Burdick Vocational High
School, PIN; Browne Junior High
School, II am; Francis Junior High
School, 1890 am; Garnet-Patter-
son Junior High School, 2 pm;
Randall Junior High School, 10:30
am, and the M. M. Washington Vo-
cational High School, pm, at the
Cook Elementary School Auditorium.
Graduations Set Wednesday.
Schools to hold graduations We'd
nesday are.
Mckinley High School, 8 pm:
Roosevelt High School, $50 pm;
and Western High School, 4::40 pm.
Also, Alice Deal Junior High
School, pm; Hine Junior High
School, 2 pm; Paul Junior High
School, 2 pm: Powell Junior High
School, 2 pm; Stuart Junior High
School, 2. pm, and Chamberlain
Vocational High School, 8 pm.
Also, Armstrong High School, 8
pm: Cardolo High School, 8 pm,
at the Francis Junior High School
auditorium; Banneker Junior High
School. 1890 am; Shaw Junior
High School, pm, and Phelps Vo-
cational High School, pm, at the
Young Elementary School audi
torium.
The District public schools two
teachers colleges will hold COM
mencement exercises Thursday as
follows:
Wilson Teachers College, 8 pm,
at the school and Miner Teachers
College, 1890 am, at the Arm
strong High School auditorium.
Coolidge High School will hold
commencement exercises at pm.
Thursday.