Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-17
THE EMERY SCHOOL:
New Building Dedicated This
Morning.
INTERESTING EXERCISE
AN ADDRESS BY COMMISSIONERS
MCFARLAND.
Mr.. W. v. Cox Also Spoke for the
Family of the Late Mayor
Emery.
INTERESTING EXERCISE

Dedcatory exercises were held this morn
ing at IL o'clock al the new Matthew G..
Emery school building in lexington. The
school is one of the modern type of struc-
lures. planned by the Commissioners 1t is
situated on Lincoln avenue, just north of R
street and was placed in use with the open
ing of the fall school session last month.
DR.. Richard Kingsman of the board of ed
ucation presided at the ceremonies this
morning, and there were addresses by Mr..
Henry B. F. Maefarland, president of the
board of District Commissioners; Mr.. w V.
Cox. a son-in-law of the late Mayor Emery,
for whom the building was named, and Mr.
A R. Server of the lexington Citizens AS
ISOLATION. Mr.. Cox also presented a large
portrait of Mr.. Emery to the school.
The exercises were opened with the sing
ing of America by the pupils, and an an
nouncement by DR.. Kingsman. after which
Mr.. Macfarland was introduced.
Mr.. Macfarland's Address.
lone year ago." said the Commissioner,
Matthew Gault Emery, the last mayor Of
the city of Washington, passed away at
the ripe age of eighty-three, after sixty
years of service in private and public sta
ton in the District of Columbia We come
to honor his memory while his strong, kind
face is still before the eyes of our minds
and to honor it in way that would please
him more than any other, because of his
deep and constant interest in the young and
in public schools. 1t is appropriate,
moreover, because his career affords such
shining example.
THE White mountains typify the strength
and beauty Of the New Hampshire char
acter. Mr.. Emery with his honorable rev.
dictionary and colonial ancestry, inherited
the elements of that character, and when
he came from New Hampshire to Washing
ton, in 1910, he brought wealth in his
bust mind and body and in his noble heart,
although he brought little money in his
pocket. In thirty years, by honest and en-
terprising industry, he had made his for
tune, and in the meantime by private
kindness and benefaction and by public
service, he had made friends and reputa-
ton
1T was characteristic of this grandson
OF captain in the revolutionary war that
he, with President Lincoln's commission as
captain. was one Of the first defenders of
the national capital iL. the civil war. and
that he spent his time and money freely
for the Union and it's soldiers. He always
showed marked interest in public affairs,
and marked public spirit. He knew all the
Presidents from Van Buren, down. and all
the great men in public life. 1t was nat
ural that his fellow citizens called upon
him to serve in the government of the city
of Washington. first as alderman and then
as mayor, and equally natural that he con-
bly,. In the thirty years that followed he
served the community, the church that he
loved and his innumerable friends In many
other ways. But 1t is his official service
We celebrate in placing his name on this
public school building. In his long career,
which almost spanned the nineteenth CEN
fury, nothing was more significant than
this civic service and in honoring it we
honor Mr.. Emerey's entire life. In all the
line of able and honorable men who held
the office of mayor of Washington none ex-
celled Mr.. Emery in fidelity or efficiency.
None of them more deserves the comment
grafton for all the future which we begin in
this building today.
The little men and little women who will
receive within these walls prepare ton for
the work they shall do ought to be better
men and women ii the active citizenship OF
this community, because they studied under
the name Of Mayor Emery. And certainly
their teachers ought to emulate as serv-
ants of the public. his public service. The
Commissioners of the District found pecul-
lar pleasure in showing respect for Mr.
Emery's memory, because he was always
responsive to every call they made for serv-
ice or contributions, and because the new
form of government from the beginning
even though it displaced the old order in
which he had held office, had no more
stanch or sympathetic supporter"