Evening star., 1947-06-18
Graduation Exercises
Will Be Held Today in
IA Public Schools
fList OF Graduates on Page 400

Commencement week continued
in the District public schools as
seven high schools and seven Junior
high schools planned for graduation
ceremonies today.
Also scheduled to graduate today
are As students from the Webster
Americanization School and group
of seven shut-in pupils who will
receive their diplomas during a
radio broadcast over radio station
WMAL.
Tomorrow the Wilson Teachers
College and Miner Teachers College,
also part of the public school sys-
tenn, and Coolidge High School will
hold their graduations to windup
the regular school session until next
September.
About 5000 high school and junior
high school seniors are being grad
uated from IS schools this week
Already this week, 20 schools have
held their exercises.
Fulbright to Speak.
Senator F'ulbright, Democrat, of
Arkansas will discuss America S
foreign policy at the commence
ment exercises of Wilson Teachers
College at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
the Wilson High School Auditorium.
DR.. Walter E. Hager, president
of the college will preside, and
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
will present diplomas and degrees
The exercises at Miner Teachers
College will be held at 1890 am.
tomorrow at the auditorium of the
Armstrong High School. The prin-
cipal speaker will be DR.. Horace
Mann Bond, president of Lincoln
College, Philadelphia. DR.. E. A.
Clark, president Of the school, will
preside.
At the Central High School gradu-
alton last night, Frank C. Daniel,
principal OF Mckinley High School
for 26 years, received a certificate
of award for having "honorably
completed a half century of en-
inently worthy citizenship In the
fields of education and social serv-
ice"
Mrs, Henry Grafton Doyle, pres
ident of the Board Of Education,
made the presentation. Mr.. Daniel
was the regimental cadet colonel
when he was graduated from Cen
trail High School SO years ago. He
will retire in october, when he
reaches 10.
Taught by Visiting Corps.
The seven shut-in pupils, who
due to illness, have not been able
to attend regular classes, have been
taught by members of the visiting
instruction corps.
Four of them will receive high
school diplomas They are Carl
Baumann, Is, of 1877 Fourth street
S.W.; Donald Eugene Behe, 10, of
1922 Fourteenth street Sc: Frances
Demma, 18, of 1868 Emerson street
NE, and Jean Juoson, II, of 2311
Fifteenth street NV. Three will
be graduated from Junior high. They
are Betty Jane Cook, II. of 1923 g
street Sc: Ramona Grant, II, of
405 Massachusetts, avenue NV, and
Betty Jean Hurley, Is, of 1918 Ingo-
mar street NV.
The exercises are scheduled for
1:30 pm. over Radio Station WMAL.
The As graduates from the
Webster Americanization School re-
ceived their diplomas in ceremonies
this morning at the school. All
were members Of the day English
classes, which they attended for
6 months to years. Three are
ready for college, 80 completed their
high school work and II will GO
to junior high schools. The gradu-
ates were introduced by James T.
Gallahorn, administrative principal
and diplomas were presented by Nor
man j. Nelson, associate superin-
tendent Of schools.
Other schools scheduled to hold
graduations today are:
Mckinley High School, pm;
Roosevelt High School, $50 pm;
Western High School. $40 pm;