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1934..SCHOOL AWARDS & MEDALS JUNE
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Boys' High School Honors and Awards
William Wright Fisher Medal for excellence in English - Roy H. STEYER
J.F. Wilson Medal for character, service and scholarship - Abraham GOLDSTEIN
D.A.R. Medal for excellence in American history - Louis SILVERBERG
The National Society of Colonial Dames award for highest marks in American
	history - Merel H. HARMEL
Union Franco-Americaine Medal for excellence in French - David UNTERMAN
Institute Francais Medal for excellence in French - Louis E. RABINOWITZ
Steuben Society - DeKalb Unit No. 995 - gold medal for excellence in German - David GILBARG
American Association of Teachers of German award for excellence in German -Allan J. ZINMAN
Association of Spanish Teachers of New York Medal for excellence in
	Spanish - three years - Roy H. STEYER
Pan-American Society of New York Medal for promotion of Pan Americanism -Roy H. STEYER
Institute de las Espanas Medal for excellence in Spanish club activities -Sidney SCHNEIDER
Classical Club Medal for excellence in Latin - four years - Roy H. STEYER
E.B. Parsons Medal for excellence in mathematics - David GILBARG
Mathematics Club Medal - David A. DREILING, Milton LEIFER & Benjamin LIEBOWITZ
Medal for general excellence in biology - Richard J. COWEN
Rensselaer Alumni Association Medal 
	for excellence in mathematics & science - David A. DREILING
Medal for excellence in scholastic activities - Louis E. RABINOWITZ
Medal for excellence in athletics - Gratton A. STEVENSON
Co-operation in Government Awards Medal - Meyer JACOBSON

Girls' Commercial High School
Mrs. Evelyn W. ALLAN, principal, introduced the speaker.  The salute to the
flag was led by Josephine DEYRATANI, class president; Mary HAYDEN, Arista
leader, and Sylvia ROSNER, president of the G.O.

Ruth A. LOSEE, grade adviser, presented the diplomas.  Then the senior song
was sung, which was composed by Bertha KRAVITZ, with words by Eloise PURDY.

Honors Awards
Accounting
Belding Memorial Certificate - Sylvia ROSNER

Art
The Saint Gaudens Medal - School Art League - Gertrude BRAND

French
Alliance Francaise Medal - Theresa AUERBACH
Institut Francais Medal - Edith SELKOWITZ

Spanish
Bolivar Saint Martin Medal - Guilda GONZALEZ
Medal Presented by the American Association of Teachers - Ruth Van THUN
Honorable Mention in both French and Spanish - Benjamin VIEJO
Stenography-Belding Memorial Certificate - Edith KENYON
Co-Operation in Government Award Medal - Edith KENYON
Certificates - Mary HAYDEN, Sylvia ROSNER

School Honors
Economics - Ruth FRIEDMAN
English - Evelyn SHAPIRO
History - Ada LEVINE
Stenography - Evelyn LUSBELA
Law - Ruth FRIEDMAN
Mathematics - Helen Van THUN, Ruth Van THUN
Music - Bertha KRAVITZ
Accounting - Silver Medal - Selma BALK
Art Scholarship Award - Ruth LINDEN
Science:Physiography Medal - Mollie STAROSEISKY
Highest honors for four years science work - Helen Van THUN
Gold Medal for Distinguished Scholarship - Sylvia ROSNER


Public School 2
 47th St. and 4th Ave.
The awards were as follows:
Edward DeNEIRDO, 6B1, medal for general excellence, donated by Mothers' Club
Florence YACEK, 6B3, nature medal.

Public School 23
Superintendent Charles H. WARNER of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children was the speaker at the commencement exercises 
held at the school, Conselyea and Humboldt Sts., yesterday.
District Superintendent of Schools Katherine BAUER also addressed the graduates.
The following awards were made:
History - Aaron APPELSON
American Legion medal - Salvatore ACCERA
Elocution - Frank CAPRIO
Valedictorian medal - Matthew VOGELFANGER
School service - Nicholas CATALDO, Salvatore SIMONELLI, Anthony SERINO,
Anthony GIORDANO, John BIANCO, Stephen RIZZO
Salutatorian medal - Carmine DEDE
Science - Frank BLASS
Service - Bernard D'ALEXANDRO
Shopwork - Joseph FIERRO
General excellence - Joseph DEMERI

Public School 29
County Commander James M. GOLDING of the Kings County American Legion was
the speaker at the commencement exercises, Hicks & Congress Sts., yesterday.
Principal C. Frederick PERTSCH presented the following medals:
Proficiency - Bartolo BONGIORNO, Demenicka CARERI
Service - Cirino GIAMPAPA, Pauline BARBARA
Shopwork - Fred GUILIZIO
Roosevelt medal - Frank SANTISI
Sewing - Angelina CANTANIO
American Legion medal - Anthony SOLIS
Service medals - 
Joseph ANGELONE, 
Honores QUINNONEZ, 
Victor TINE, 
Anthony DeCRESENZA, 
Marion DELFINO, 
Anna SPORTIELLA, 
Josephine SOTTILIE, 
Mildred COPPOLA

Public School 45
Graduation exercises of Public School 45 were held at the Bedford Branch
Y.M.C.A. yesterday.  James J. McCUE, principal, conferred the diplomas and
presented the following awards:
Scholarship - Dorothy HANNIZAN
American Legion Medal - William MIGNANO
Sewing - Minerva ASTERKEN
Homemaking - Antoinette MARANO
Shopwork - John SOLE

Public School 54
The following medals were presented:
Robert G. Powers prize - Seymour DOLIN and Mollie DOCTOR
American Legion history and civics medal - Louis MAGGI
Sewing - Elvira PAVALE
Shop - Joseph WOLOCHOW
Bank - Clara BRAITMAN, Mollie DOCTOR, Jeannette HARRISON, Clara MARONOWITZ,
Charlotte RATNER

Public School 73
241 McDougal St
Former Commissioner of Accounts James HIGGINS was the guest speaker at the
commencement exercises of ., yesterday
Medals were presented to the following:
Shop - Philip BORELLI
Civics - Elizabeth BARTELS
Sewing - Sadie DRUDA, Margit JANSON, Elizabeth BARTELS

Public School 74
Commencement exercises of Public School 74 were held at the school today.
The following prizes were awarded:
English - Shirley ROSEN
History and civics - Same HALPERN
Mathematics - Shirley ROSEN
Science - Howard DINSBURG
Arts and crafts - Peter BROWN
Georgraphy - Frieda RISSNER and James RENDA
Sewing - Pearl DEFFAA and Anna CLEMENTE
Service - Thomas LEGGIARDO, Frank INGAGLIA, Dorothy SLEVIN and Grace COLLIGAN

Public School 76
District Superintendent of Schools Charles E. O'NEILL and Deputy Fire
Commissioner Francis X. GIACCONE were the speakers at the commencement
exercises of Public School 76 held at the school yesterday.
Principal Jessamine R. COOK presented the following medals:
Scholarship - Margaret STAUF
History or civics - Ronald SIEGEL
Sewing - Julia RESNICK
Shop - Renold GENNOSA
Chief aide for boys - Charles O'BRIEN
Chief aide for girls - Pearly ANGERT

Public School 110
Graduation exercises of Public School 110 were held at the school, Monitor
Ave. and Driggs St., yesterday.  The medal for general excellence was
presented to Joseph PALEZECKI; the history medal to Bertram KLEIN and the
craftsmanship medal to James GANGONE.

Public School 129*
Dr. Bert H. DIMAK was the speaker at the graduation exercises of Public
School 128* held at the school yesterday.  Charles DORIS, principal,
presented the following awards:
English - Dorothy Jones and Simon KOFFMAN
Mathematics - Matthias** NOUGET and Laura TURETZKY
History - Paul RAPPAPORT and Ruth HALPERN
Home making - Sylvia MEISELS and Mildred KAMINSKY
Sewing - Mary SOFIO and EMILIE RINGVALD
Shop - Mathias** NOUGET and Joseph GALLO
Music - Thelma SMITH and Lawrence ROSEN
* typed as in newspaper article
** typed as in newspaper article

Public School 167
Graduates at Public School 167 heard Dr. Alexander LYONS, rabbi of the
Eighth Avenue Temple, at commencement exercises held at the school
yesterday.  Dr. LYONS' topic was "Not Completion, but Commencement."
August LODATO, principal, presented the following medals:
Mendelsohm Memorial Medal - Milton SCHLEYEN
Springer Memorial Medal - Myra ELSON
Mathematics - Irma FINESILVER
English - Jeanne COHEN
Gordon Memorial Medal for mathematics - Frances COHEN
Gordon Memorial Medal for English - Herbert FEILER
Gordon Memorial Medal for geography - Charles SAMBERG
Gordon Memorial Medal for science - Herbert LIPPMAN
American Legion History Medal - Dorothy FRIEDMAN
Current Events Medal - Leon PERIMUTTER
Sewing Medal - Ada ZATZKIN
Craftsmanship - Harry O'PRAY
Service - Marie RATHMAN and Harry O'PRAY

Public School 202
The following awards were made at commencement:
General excellence - 
Isabelle GUDELEVICH, 
Max ISRAEL, 
Edward McCARTHY,
Beatrice BRENNER
Parents Association medal - Rachel MOSES and Frances EIGMAN
Craftsmanship - Edward McCARTHY
Service medal - Edward ALMAS
History medal - Edward ALMAS

Transcriber: Barbara Stein
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