The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-05
THE STORY OF JOHN MARSHALL.
Members of the District Bar Talk to
High school students.

Members of the District Bar Talk to
High school students.
With ceremonies beftting the occasion.
exercises of a patriotic nature were held
in all the High Schools of this city
and in the seventh and eighth grades of
OF public schools. in honor of the one
hundredth anniversary of the induction
into Office of Chief Justice Marshall. The
exercises, which were held by order of
the Board of Education. acting on a re.
quest of the Bar Association of the Dis
! trict of Columbia, were III charge of a
committee appointed by the association.
the chairman of which was William II.
singleton. a prominent member of the
local bar, the principals of the various
High Schools. together with the teachers
OF the seventh and eighth grades, having
arranged the programmes for their re-
/ spective schools
The ceremonies at the Central High
School were divided into two sessions.
one at O'Clock and the other ut 30
owing to the limited amount of space in
that building. and the desire of Mr..
Hughes, the principal, that all that could
should hear the speaker. After hearing
the brilliant address of Mr.. Singleton,
the pupils of that school closed the exer
cises by the singing OF America"
The ceremonies of the Eastern High
School were presided over by Mr.. Orrin
b. Hallam. who paid a splendid tribute to
the character and accomplishments of the
great jurist. Mr.. Hallam's remarks were
loudly applauded by the scholars. Miss
Simpson. a scholar of the school, then
responded by reading paper entitled
How Much John Marshall Saw of Amer
ican History" "A Brief Sketch of the
Jurist's Life" by Mr.. McNaughton, and
Relics and Reminders of John Marshall,
| by Miss Parkinson. closing the programme.
the exercises being closed by the singing
of My Country 'Tis of Thee" by the
scholars.
The address for the Bar Association at
the Business High School was given by
Mr.. Walter C. Clephane. a member OF the
local bar. Mr. Clephane. in referring to
the famous jurist. said in part:
John Marshall, in whose memory We
are assembled here on this occasion, was
man who achieved distinction both on
| the battlefield and in the quieter atmos-
/ phere Of the courtroom. But 1t Is espe-
| cially his wisdom and clear insight into
the principles of the Government under
| which We live to which We turn today
with admiration. From boyhood to the
| time of his death his life was spent in
! service for his country. Having fought
for freedom, his soul was fired with the
4, patriotic foresight which enabled him to
, see clearly that the safety OF the new
/ Government lay in a centralized power.
| Hence 1t is that all over the land today
the courts have adjourned and the judges
and lawyers are uniting in honoring the
memory of him to whom too much fame
cannot be given; and throughout the coun-
| try at this hour the students in our schools
| and universities are indulging in retro
| spect of his work"
In closing his address the speaker said:
Into the company OF jurists. Marshall
has now passed. taking place not only in
| the immediate history of his country. but
| in the grander history OF civilization"
Mr.. Clephane was followed by Mr.. Neu-
myer. one OF the scholars. in Sketch of
| the Life of John Marshall followed by
Education" by Miss J. Ferguson, and Tho
| Characterization OF Marshall as a Man."
| by Mr. Birch, for the school.
The exercises at the Western High
School consisted OF addresses by the pupils
| of the school and by Greed NJ. Fulton, to
| whose lot had fallen the homer Of being
the speaker OF the occasion. He said:
"In all the public career OF John Mar
shall, he distinguished himself as a man
OF strong intellectual and moral forces,
ana was the greatest lawyer ana JurlSt OF
his time having immortalized himself more
by the position he took. maintained. and
established for the first time that the law
is higher than the Government, and that
any enactment of the Government repug-
nant TO the fundamental law Is alb iHitio
void
''Chief Justice Marshall approached the
work OF framing and handing down de-
cisions upon constitutional questions
which have challenged the admiration OF
the worlds greatest jurists and have been
accepted and recognized as the law OF our
land"
Miss Field spoke on John Marshall. the
MAN. Lervy Chamberlin. Life Of John
Marshall Prior to 1901" Fred Tyler THE
Constitution as Interpreted by Marshall"
Similar exercises were held in all OF the
public schools and at the Colored High
School. the programme of the exercises at
the latter place being as follows:
Chorus. Star Spangled Banner school;
essay John Marshall" Rutherford Ber-
rymAn; Grafton. T. N. Hewlett, of District
bar; remarks. Prof. W. H. H Hart, of
Howard University, the exercises being
brought to a close by the singing of
America by the school.