Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-23

Citations, which ought to be encouraged be-
expression. and because they bring the peo-
pie into closer connection with the District
government. They are our nearest APP
proach to the New England town meeting.
which has been such a factor In the de-
yelopment of that section
I'm the Library of Congress is a beautiful
picture OF Minerva. From a distance IT has
closer inspection reveals the fact that It is
composed of thousands of separate bits OF
color deftly laid. bit by bit, in mosaic work
1t pleases me to think of the city of Wash
1ngton as such picture now In course of
creation. We place here q school building
ana there we open and pave street: here
Is located an attractive park. and there an
avenue Is lined with spreading trees. Day
oy oay. ana year by year. skillful. intelli-
gent and earnest hands place together these
DTS OF the city's mosaic Not In our day
but some time in the future. the picture,
now already displaying its fair proportions.
VIII be completed, a picture which will com
pei the admiration OF the world and which
VIII represent the most beautiful city on
earth Toward the consummatfon Of this
end let us all work together with PATRIOTS
spirit
Contributions Of Virginia.
Rev. Randolph H. McKim. d. D.. rector
Of Epiphany P. E. Church. was the next
speaker. DR.. McKims subject was THE
Contributions of the Colony of Virginia to
the Making of the Republic" DR.. McKim
reminded his hearers that there were many
points Of similarity between the. colonists of
virginia and Massachusetts, The Virginia
colony reached the shores of America in
May, 1907, while the Pilgrims did not arrive
until December. 1920. Capt. John Smith.
one or the leaders of the expedition of Vir-
gfnia colonists, who afterward became the
actual leader of the colony. explored the
coast OF what was afterward Massachu-
sets. and which at that time was named
Northern Virginia. The names of many of
to that land at that time by Capt, John
smith are the names by which they are
known to this day. There We're los colo
nists on the James river while 100 landed
on Plymouth Rock. ..,s.
DR.. McKim made humorous reference to
the names Of the boats used by the two
sets Of colonists and declared that the Pu-
rttans had stolen the Virginians boat. for
they arrived on Plymouth Rock in the dead
of winter in the good ship Mayflower. while
the Virg1nians came under the sunny skies
OF May In the strong bark Godspeed. The
ships should have been reversed and the
Virgtpfans the owners of the Mayfiewer
while the stern Puritans claimed the God
speed The speaker traced the history Of
the early Virginia colonists from the time
OF the landing to the revolutionary war. He
spoke of the struggles OF the colonists with
the Indians and their battle with disease:
OF the departure Of Capt. John Smith, the
depletion of the colony afterward and the
coming OF Lord Delaware just in time to
save the few remaining colonists from Civ
land. DR.. McKim declared that Virginia
was the greatest state Of the Union and
had contributed more to the Union than
any other state in wealth. men and brains.
Justice Browns Address.
Justice H. B. Brown of the United States
Supreme Court was the next speaker Jus
tice Browns address was a humorous ar
raignment Of the Puritan forefathers on
account of their religious intolerance. He
said they rallied against persecution not so
much because they were opposed to perse-
cution as they were opposed to being perse-
cuted. When they arrived at place where
they were a law unto themselves they
promptly set to work to prosecute all those
who did not think as they did Justice
Brown asserted, however, that this stern
ness Of character was no doubt responsible
for the sterling qualities of the descendants
Of the Pilgrims, and that ii would be 1ound
that when it was necessary to undertake
I. some great enterprise in the north or the
south or the east or the west some New
England man would be found at the head
of the movement. pushing 1t through to
successful issue
The speaker referred to the colleges OF
today as compared with those OF yesterday
He said that years ago the most popular
nan In a class was the man who could
write the best essay, recite the best Latin
and who excelled generally in his studies.
Today the great man of his class is the one
who excels In athletics. The speaker said
he could not undertake to criticise this
custom, as he knew little about It, but
supposed it to be the product of the com
mercialism of the age He said that the
college president OF years ago was a man
Of great learning, who knew every man In
the college, and who watched over and
cared for the students father. but who
compelled them to attain a certain degree
OF excellence in their studies The college
president of today, he said, was the head
of a great business corporation, whose
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buttons. building halls and dormitories and
attending banquets. This system Is proba-
bly, all right, the speaker said, and 1t Is
probably responsible for the rush in which
everybody INDUCES for the almighty dollar.
The exercises of the evening were brought
to a close by the singing of the congrega-
tional hymn.
Those Present.
Among those present were: Rev. DR.. and
Mrs. j. L. Ewell. Rev. and Mrs. NJ Ross
Fishburn, Rev Randolph H. McKim, d. D.;
Commissioner and Mrs. Henry l.. West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Clark, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Wood, Mr.. Justice Brown. Justice
and Mrs. David ]. Brewer. Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene F. Ware. Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. l..
Mortified, Prof. and Mrs George N. Cross.
J. Walter Humphrey. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Doyle Carmody, Douglass G. Miller, John
F. Blackmar. H. o. Simmons, Mrs. s. D.
Baldwin. Miss c. c. Barnum, George G.
l.
Jerome F. johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
H. O'Connor, Mrs. Rosa l.. Townshend.
Capt Fred 1. Dean, Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. p.
Davis. Elizabeth Haworth, George F.
Dewein. Miss Mary Plant, Miss Mamie
White, Mrs. Charles F. Darwin, William f.
Bascom, Mr.. and Mrs. A L. Sturtevant.
Prof. A. T. Stuart, N. P. Gage. Miss Eliza
M. Bartlett, Miss Clara G. Brewer, Dr. and
Mrs. Joseph Tabor Johnson, the Misses
johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Redway, Henry
P. Holden. Miss Mary c.; Mccarthy,
Amos hadley. Mrs. Amos Hadley, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. s. Perham, Gen. and Mrs. s. G.
Estes, Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Williams, George
Newton. Charles ]. Gooch. c. l.. Gooch,
Miss Edith Eaton. Miss Mary E. CASTOR.
A. d. CASTOR. Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Marsh.
Mrs. w. H. CLANCY, Frank H. South, Miss
Hattie w. Birge, Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Dingman, Mrs. E. S. Brinton, MI and Mrs.
P. B. Johnson, Miss Flora L. p. Johnson.
David Bradford McLane, E. G. Clark, VII
liam S. Ewell, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L.
Fairman. Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Caywood, Miss
Caywood, Mrs. A. M. Raub. Miss Emily E.
Robinson. Mr.. and Mrs. William Lambdon,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. K. Darling, NJ NJ. Johnson,
Rev. H. P. Higiey, Rev. and Mrs. Franklin
Noble, Mason F. Noble. r. H. Ewell. DR..
and Mrs. W. w. Foster. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Seamon, DR.. and Mrs. Charles T. Cald-
well, M. d. Baldwin, Miss Parry E. Pond,
f Mr. Mrs