Evening star., 1947-06-20
426Graduafed
Schools in
PrinceGeorges
Maryland Park
Has Largest Glass;
Awards Conferred


students last night and Wednesda,
night in graduation exercises o
seven Prince Georges County higl
schools.
Largest class, numbering 1876 sen
iors, was that of Maryland Park
Mrs. Helen Brashears, principal
presented certificates of graduation
Awards went to the following:
william Grello, attendance awar'
for having IL years perfect attend
ance at county schools.
Edward Wood, who was class pres
ident and valedictorian, schoo
scholastic award and the Kiwani
Club citizenship award.
/ Shirley Roberts also won the Ki
wants award.
AGrace Summerville was saluta
torian, while the Rev. William Good
rich, minister of the Seat Pleasan
Lutheran Church, gave the invoca
ton.
Biadensburg Exercises.
at Bladensburg, 132 diplomas wer,
awarded. C. P. Barnhart, principal
announced that one certificate wa
to be mailed to Italy to Doroth.
Gaffey, who pursued her senior yea
studies at an Army sponsored
school. Her father, an Army cap
tain, has been stationed there fol
the past year.
Richard Donovan, class president
gave the address of welcome. Hi
also was given the Kiwanis citizen
ship award, and the faculty aware
for general all-around student
Helen Winks also received the XII
wants award.
Jane Moreau was presented witt
the Readers Digest scholastic prize
while Donald Brown won the st
Johns College scholarship award
Airline Compton received the County
Teachers Association scholarship
award.
j. Frank Dent, president of the
County Board of Education, pre-
sented diplomas.
Sumner Welles, former Undersec-
retary of State, presented diplomas
to the 81 graduates of the Oxon Hill
High School.
Awards Presented.
The following awards were pre-
sented by Thomas S. Gwynn, jr.
principal:
Mattingly citizenship award, Anne
Mattingly; Balfour award, Edna
Thompson; choral and dramatic
club awards, Beverly Milstead ano
Edna Thompson, and patrol ano
trafic squad medals, Charles Under
wood, Ellsworth Beveridge, and Pat
Thorne.
The graduating class at Upper
Marlboro includes so boys and girls
Frances Moore, class president
was valedictorian. Awards went to:
Russell Cross and Evelyn Love-
less,s defamation contest.
Ann Buck and Robert Wyvill, XII
wants citizenship award.
Ola Mae FraZee, scholarship med
al given by the alumni association.
DR.. B. H. Jarman, of George
Washington University. addressed
the graduates.
Douglass Graduates 81.
Douglass graduated 81 seniors.
Hi]da M. Proctor, the valedictor-
ian. was presented with alumni
scholarship and the home economics
award. The latter also was won by
Cleopatra Curtis.
Other awards went to:
Octavia Henry, County Parent
Teachers Association and the Coun-
ty Teachers Association prizes, both
of them for scholarship.
Leon Proctor, scholarship to Nor
gan College, Baltimore, and the
agriculture award.
Edith Carroll, citizenship award.
Levi Brooks and Erma Hall, Dan
forth Foundation award for leader
ship.
Calvin Brooks, music award.
The ceremonies at the GWynn
Park school marked the end of their
high school careers for 80 students,
who in effect voluntarily accepted
a demotion in 1912 to participate
in an educational experiment as
the first class 70 complete 12-year
school program in Prince Georges
County.
Until that time, students went
from the seventh grade into high
school. These 80, according to
Michael E. Hernick, principal, were
asked to volunteer for the eighth
grade after having already received
their elementary school certificates.
Pullen and Orem Speak.
Speakers were DR.. Thomas G.
Pullen, jr., Maryland State super
intendent of schools, and Nicholas
Orem, former superintendent OF
Prince Georges County schools. Di-
plomas were presented by G. Gard
ner Shugart. the present super
intendent.
Six students, led by Virginia
Finch, class president, also spoke.
Included among honors were the
Kiwanis Citizenship Awards to Miss
Finch and Paul Cutler, class vice
president. Miss Finch also was
awarded a certificate by the Hi
Hat Club of Brandywine for being
the outstanding senior in the COM
naercial department and shared a
duplicate Readers Digest scholar
ship award with Beverly Thomas.
The Sons of the American Revo-
luton Citizenship Award was pre-
sented to Margaret Mcpherson: the
Brandywine Women's Club certifi-
cate to the outstanding senior in
home economics went to Ruth
Boutwell,, and the Waldorf Brandy
wine Lions Club award for the out
standing senior in industrial arts
was presented to Ernest Schlaef1i.
As Graduate at Laurel.
Members of the National Honor
Society included Miss Finch and
Mr.. Cutler, Irene Hamilton and
Edward Baden.
At Laurel, As students, including
two war veterans, James r. New
berry, ir., and Harold P Fleming,
received diplomas from o. w.
Phair, member of the County
Board of Education.
Principal speakers were five mem
bers of the class, Mary Ann Hobbs
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