The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-21


this afternoon Tomorrow the schools
will be closed. The pupils at the various
buildings assembled in one of the larger
rooms where they heard addresses by
speakers appointed by A. P Pardon. Chair
man of the Board of Trade Committee on
Public Schools. In some of the schools
patriotic music formed feature of the
programme.
Dr.. y. Percy FIickling presided at the
Central High School and District Commits
sioner H B. F. Maclarland was the prin-
cipaI speaker. Mr.. Macfarland said in
part:
The day for eulogy Of George Wash
ingion is past. The poet has had little 10
say of him. but The orator and the histO-
ran have exhausted praise in his honor
The patriotic societies, which have pro-
Guced in recent years more general and
q more Jealous celebration OF Washington'S
Birthday, have made all the facts OF Wash
ingt0n's life, and all that has been said in
praise OF them. more familiar to US than
they ever were before.
Washington. like every other very great
man of genius. can never be known ade-
| quately by other men. But We know now
all that can ever be known about him, and
everything has been said that an be said
GDDut MS extraordinary ne y ueD WASH
ingtOn died century ago detr2cJI0n. which
had barked even at his heels. skulked away
and he took his place among the few i'm
mortals Of the World-a world hero; the
first American whose fame spread over
Overy sea: the first great expansionst. who
not only thCLEAt continentalIy' and led
the advance of America beyond the Appa-
iachian Chain. 5ut spread the American
! ideas over every land.
No can now add iSnrpl n his
! crown or take one away. What, then, is
( left for US, and especially for those who
/ live in the capital which he founded. under
! the shadow of his mighty monument, and
/ almost in sight OF his home and gTave2
! It is 10 initiate his example It is that
each should be, in MS place aud time, in
/ kind. though not in degree. I Washington.
! Such genius as his is rare No other man
/ in our history has had il: for Abraham
/ LincOln'S. though similar WAS not the
same But such character as Washing
/ tons thank God, is not rare but can be
! had by anyone who is determined TO have
/ it.
/ We cannot have the genius that car
I Tied through to independence the Ameri-
! can Revolution, and then. within a de-
! cade. converted the rope Of sand of the
! Confederation ;nto the rope Of steel OF the
+ United States. We cannot have the ability
/ that used fully the French as allies with
that made friends of the English when it
/ WAS no longer necessary that they should
/ be enemies. We cannot have the insight
/ and the foresight that kept the young
I Republic out OF entangling alliances with
! Europe, expa nded the borders OF the
! United States without limit made the
/ Monroe doctrine inevitable, and provided
for US a future Of constant growth and
! uEceasing glory
But we can have If we viii TO have,
I the noble character that controlled these
/ noble powers. We know nov, after both
. wicked Islander and fuIsome praise have
been swept aside. that Washington was a
true man. We need no cherry tree story
10 know that he could not lie, Tor ne could
be neither coward nor trick5ter. We see
him, from his boyLood 10 his untimely
| death IN the prime of life, a high-minded
/ honorable, patriotic gentleman loyal 10
lis family, his country. and his God
The mauliness Of Christianity was new
I er better shown by public man, whether
in his faith and hope at Valley Forge, or
in his modesty and nagnanimity at York
! town There was nothing 'gOOdy- gOody'
! or sentimental about Washington. He stood
ike his monument fOur-square in massive
/ strength 10 every wind that blew. tcwer-
! irg above the world and pointing 10 the
sky We have neither his strength nor his
! Height. but We can stand firm for what We
! know TO be right, and keep our lives point
ing upward.
washington went through his wars
| without a wound upon his bcdy though his
| soul was wounded over and over again.
hut he laid his life on the altar Of his
! country as perfectly as il he had died for
| II. II IS this self-sscrifice. this unseltish-
| ress. which is the essence OF noble living
| and this we can all emulate
At the Eastern High School Thomas W
! Smith presided and patriotic address
| was made by E Southland Parker c. F.
/ Nesbit presided at the Western High
School and the students heard an eloquent
address delivered by Lyman L. Pierce At
the Business High School the exercises
were under the direction of Allan Davis
An address by Simon Wolf was listened
10 with closest attention by The embryo
business men and women.
The speakers at the other schools we're
as follows:
FIRST Division-BerTet School, Thomas
P Morgan Adams. Rev Teunis S Ham
lin, Dennison, Col Thomas II. Anderson
Force. William H. Singleton; Franklin.
/ Walter c Ciephane; Harrison. Rev. F D
! Power: Phelps William B. King
| Second Divisi5n-AbboIt School, Rev z
| Lawrence Hunt: lexington, Henry Shell
den; Henry. Charles W Needham; Morse,
| Rev. Frederick ". Moot: Polk, Rev.
Charles II. Butler; SeatCn, George T. Pol
lock- tEIulug, Kew J. J. AIuiIs " Gus CI,
Rev A. s. Fiske.
Third Division-Brent, T L JefIords,
/ Carbery. Rev. E d. Huntley; LenoX Rev
E Hez Sven; Maury, Rev. z. n Kirby;
/ Peabody, Judge o. 3. Hallam; Wallach,
| Miles II ShaEd: Hilton. James B. Archer.
IT.; Towers Rev T c. Easton-
| Fourth INSTRUMENTATION School. Rev
| George c. Bowers; Bradley. Rev. AIexan-
de- Bielaski; Jefferson. John c. Cha
ney; Smallwood, Rev. Edward Warren;
GreenIeaf, J. d. Croissant.
Fifth INSTRUMENTATION ScEcOl, Duane
E. Fox; CorcoTan. Rev. ". 5. o. Thomas
/ Curtis. Rev William c. Alexander; Fill
! more, Col. /. L. Bridges; Grant, Rev Ger
| hart 4 Wilson: jackson, Rev Emanuel
Pearce. Toner, Mrs. Charlotte y. COnger;
| Weightman, Rev. Page Ailburn-
Sixth Diyision-Arthur School. Dr. W
c. Woodward: Blair. Miss Emma NJ Gil
| Cotton: Hayes. Rev. E B. Bagby; MaGi-
| son, Rev 5. w. Harstock; Pierce. Rev
| n c NayIor; Taylor, Rev Joseph "
| Clark
Seventh Observation-Disclosures School.
| Louis p Shoemaker; BroOkland, Rev.
| Charles H BIaden; Johnson, Frank s.
| Campbell; Chevy Chase G. ". F. Swart-
| yell: Hubbard, Senator William E. Mason;
| Monroe. Rev. Charles Alvin Smith. Ten
| lev. Rev J. c. Mallon; Bruce, Rev Will
| IAN Y. Tunnel; Wilson. Mrs. Caroline
| Franklin Cook; Mott, R w. Thompson;
| Fort Slocum, Rev. Mr. Cheny; Military
| Road Louis r. Bolden.