Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1928, Page 22

o4 GET DIPLOMAS ATKINLEY HIGH William Knowles Cooper Is Speaker at Commence- ment Exercises. Advising them to “major” in history, | geography and political science, so that they may bestgserve their Nation as worthy citizens, Willlam Knowles Cooper, general secretary of the \\'nih- ington Young Men's Christian Associ- | ation, last night gave the 54 midyear graduates of McKinley Technical High | School a verbal send-off into melr nev\ life” of promised golden opportuni As the principal speaker on !he pn-— gram of commencement exercises at- tending the award of d!]plomu to the | graduates. Mr. Cooper told the 14 girls and 40 boys of the class that their hich school graduation, .because it opens to | them a literal new world of new friends. | new endeavors. new communities and new problems, is the outstanding event | in their lives. Deploring the failure of 49 per cent of the franchised citizenry | 10 cast the ballot on important ques- | re the mmmm umd‘ the 1o study larly history, and political science, that | become intelligent, stable and citizens. the costumed girls set prettily in a 2 of green fernery on the Mc- ey ditorium stage, where the weet pea corsage bouquets they wore gave the seiting its only vestige of color, Mr. Cooper told them they were equal partners with the dark- suited boys of the class that served as the! out of background in the carrying the duties of citizenship. Principal Daniel Presides. absence of Charles F. Carusi, Daniel. principal. introduced the par- ticipan: TH? fipst person whom Mr. Daniel presented to the sudience of students and parents was Rev. Henry Manken. jr.. pastor of the Inearnation Lutheran Church, who intoned a rev- erent prayer for success of the graduates ‘When he rose to announce the honor mdullts. Mr. Daniel told the class ' ha had the distinction of being one n' the last groups of “Tech™ stu- | dents to be graduated tmml.heschool; in the present building. Next Septem- ber, he told them, their successors will talled in the new McKinley Building, at Third and T streets north- east, where, he suggested. the school will be housed for the first time in i history in quarters which are McKinley's honor graduates, includ- szzmmethommmwumo(] of 90 per cent or} follows: | scholarship to the Young Men's Chris- tian Association School of Accountancy, 2nd Oscar Pittleman, who captured & similar award offered by Strayer's Bus- uates Charles H Ralph A. Meyer, Joseph F. Myers, Wil- | liam B. Oehmann, John G. Osterman, | Oscar W. Pittleman. Joseph B. mnn Edv! s Gral Rice, Hgroid B. Robinson. Jouph !!,udden rge R. Ruhl, Austin C. Saunders, lip Shurman, Harry C. agder K. Stanton, Samuel J. Sugar. Theodore Taube, Malcolm Taylor and Herbert A Van g s Installs Lounge Smoking Cars. 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