Evening star., 1950-05-25
Students in Area Win
Many Maryland U. y
Honors and Awards

Students living in the Washing
ton Metropolitan Area captured
many Of the high honors and
awards presented last night at al
assembly of the University OF
Maryland.
One of the highest. the Alpha
Lambda Delta award, went tc
Miss Barbara r. Carpenter. 4804
College avenue, College Park. She
is the daughter of Prof. Ray w
Carpenter, head of the univer-
sity's agricultural engineering de.
partment. and senior in the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences. She
was honored on the basis of a
scholastic average of 3.76 for three
and one-half years. highest in her
group.
Miss Carpenter also won the
Delta Gamma scholarship awar
to the senior with the highest
average.
The highest possible rating is
40.
Top Freshman Average.
For attaining the perfect record.
John 2. Williams of Hagerstown,
Md. won the Sigma Chi cup as
the freshman having the highest
scolastic average.
William H. Preston, jr., of
Bowie. Md, won the James Doug
las Goddard Medal awarded tc
the Prince Georges County stu
dent OF many character with the
highest average. He made 2.95
Two students tied. at 3.94. TO,
Delta Delta Delta Sorority med.
ais for top average among cir
sophomores. They are Miss Mar.
ian Alice Quisenberry. daughter
OF DR.. and Mrs. Karl s. Quisen-
berry. 6427 Colesville road, Hyatts-
vile. and Miss Margaret Jean
Smith, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Richard K. Smith. IL Sunnyside
road. Silver Spring.
Award for Leadership.
For scholarship and community
leadership, the American Asso-
citation Of University Women
Award was presented to Miss
Helen White. daughter of Prof.
Charles E. White of the chemistry
department. 4405 Beachwood road
HyattSVille. Her all-tirne avera DO
is 3.74.
The Omicron Nu Award to the
girl n home economics was re-
ceived by Miss Sarah E. Bissell
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Bissell. 4316 Hartwick road
College Park. Her average was
3.76.
With top average of 363
Thomas E. Hainsworth, TOOL PYLE
road, Bethesda, won the Dinah
Berman Memorial Award for
sophomores in engineering. His
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. Regi-
nald G. Hainsworth.
Civil Engineer Prize.
James G. Steffler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence w. Steffier 1O3
CEDAR avenue, Takoma Park, won
the American Society of Civil En-
glneers Award for top standing as
civil engineering senior.
Charles May, son of DR.. and
Mrs. Curtis May, 410 Carroll ave-
nue., Takoma Park, won the Tau
Beta Pi Award as the sophomore
showing the greatest Improvement
IN engineering over his freshman
year.
Seniors considered to have done
most for campus dramatics are
MISS Bettye w. Smith, daughter
OF Mrs. Hortense Smith. 80 Rit-
tenhouse street NV, and Ken
nard B. Calfee, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter B. Calfee, 5316 Pat
terson road, Riverdale. They re-
celved the Charles B. Hale dra-
matics awards.
Rosenbaum Memorial Founda-
ton awards for excellence in He
brew studies were presented to
Miss Miriam Ezekiel, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. Walter N. Ezekiel
3l05 Thirty-fourth street NV
and lamar E. Soloff, Baltimore.
Citizenship prizes awarded bv
President Harry C. Byrd and Mrs
Albert F. Woods, wife of a former
university president, were pre-
sented 0. Morton Weston. jr., of
Hagerstown. and Miss Ann C.
Sipp. Baltimore