Brooklyn Daily Eagle
26 June 1935

650 STUDENTS GET DIPLOMAS AT LINCOLN HIGH

       Diplomas and certificates of graduation were presented today to 650 
students at the Abraham Lincoln High School commencement.

       More than 5,000 witnessed the program held on the grass-covered 
athletic field in the rear of the school on Ocean Parkway and Guilder Ave.  
The grandstand was gay with brightly colored school pennants and flags. 

       The Rev. John Paul JONES of the Union Church of Bay Ridge made the 
chief address.
       Dr. Gabriel R. MASON, principal, presided.  

Dorothy PENDROCK was salutatorian and Barry ULANOV valedictorian.  

       Awards were made as follows:

       General honors -- 
Seymour DAVIS, 
Jerome SEIDES, 
Leonard JAFFE, 
Jack SCHLOSSER, 
Alex ZUPNICK, 
Helen KAPP, 
Dorothy KAHLER, 
Ray KAPLAN, 
Sheldon FUCHS, 
Rose AZAROFF, 
Barry ULANOV, 
Shirley SIEGEL. 

       G. O. awards for scholarship -- 
Academics, Seymour DAVIS; 
commercial, Alex ZUPNICK. 

       Parents - Teachers Association award -- 
Boy, Leonard CASSATA; 
girl, Dorothy SCHMITT.

       Kenneth SUTHERLAND award -- 
Irving COOPERMAN.

       BERGOFFEN award -- 
Vera WANTMAN 
Jerome SCHNEIT.

       Frank A. REXFORD awards for co-operation in government -- 
Medal, George ARETAKIS; 
diplomas, 
Herbert MINTZ, 
Roslyn SPINRAD, 
Antoinette IMBERGANO, 
Jeanette COHEN, 
Sheldon FUCHS, 
Ruth PROSKY 
Frances ZELINETSKY.

       Alliance Francaise award -- 
Dorothy ZAHLER.

       Steuben Society award -- 
Seymour DAVIS.
       
       Jewish Club award -- 
Simon LIGHT.

       Classical Club award -- 
Ethel FINK.

       Stage design medal -- 
Morris KARPEN.

       Marvin FEIN medal for creative arts -- 
Selig DUTKA.

       Ruth S. MORRISON memorial award -- 
Blanche MARANOS.

       Alexander art award -- 
Selig DUTKA.

       St. Gauden's medal -- 
George TENENBAUM.

       Italian Teachers Association -- 
Claudia POLICANO.

       BELDING memorial certificates -- 
Accounting, Miriam KAPLAN; 
secretarial, Jeanette SACHS.

       RENSSELAER medal -- 
Leonard JAFFE.

       Louisa WINGATE UNDERHILL certificate -- 
May OKON.

       Athletic medals for girls -- 
May OKON, 
Sonia SINGER, 
Georgina SARDINAS, 
Sophie GREENBERG.

       CRUIKSHANK memorial medal -- 
Francis SISTER.

       Departmental awards -- 
Accounting, Rose AZAROFF; 
art, Sidney KAPLAN; 
art weaving, Bernice CUTLER; 
biological science, Jerome SEIDES; 
economics, Barry ULANOV; 
English, Abraham ROTHENBERG; 
French, Dorothy PENDROCK; 
German, Jerome SEIDES; 
Hebrew,Samuel DERNER; 
history, Seymour DAVIS; 
Latin, Ethel FINK; 
mathematics, Leonard JAFFE; 
music:  
instrumental, Milton WOROBOFF; 
vocal, Jules BERTE; 
nutrition, Claire SALINSKY; 
physical science, Joseph LOEWY; 
sewing, Beatrice BECKER; 
Spanish, Dorothy ZAHLER; 
stenography, Blanche NOVAK.

       Publications -- 
Edward HONIG, 
Jack SCHLOSSER, 
Seymour WOROBOFF, 
Dorothy PENDROCK, 
Harold WIRTENBERG, 
Frances ZELINETSKY, 
Sylvia ZIPSER. 

       Boys' health education -- 
Julius BAUCHNER, 
Irving COOPERMAN, 
Harry FRIEDMAN, 
Kenneth HERMAN, 
Martin LANNIGAN, 
Joseph LOEWY, 
Jerome SCHNEIT, 
Francis SISTER, 
John SURICO, 
Lawrence WROBEL.

       Girls' health education -- 
May OKON, 
Sophie GREENBERG, 
Sonia SINGER, 
Georgina SARDINAS. 

End of article.

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