Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

allowed to present to the university the first
| seal and flag and his offer had been &C
| cepted.
Great Seal Presented.
| Mr.. Owen stepped forward and presented
| to President Needham the key of the box
| containing the SEAL which was tied with
! red. white and blue ribbon: the covering
of the box was removed and the seal was
| exposed to view amid the cheers of the au-
| dience.
| The seal is two inches in diameter. 1t
| bears a medallion head of George wash
lington, from the Stuart portrait, and a
| shield, on which is open Bible. The
words George Washington University,
| 1921" are about the border. The die for the
| phia. DR.. C. NJ. Carroll, member of the
| faculty of the department of arts and
| sciences of the university. read an address
| prepared by Mr.. Owen explaining the de-
| signs for tie flag and seal.
Mr.. /. c. Pepper, of Iowa law, %, pres
! dent of the association of class presidents,
| then loosened the ribbon which bound the
American flag before the University en-
blem and exposed the new colors to view.
While the flag was being unveiled the band
| played the George Washington march, writ
| ten and played during Washington's admin
istration. The ground of the flag is buff
with a cross of blue, dividing it into four
parts. AT the intersection of the arms Of
the cross replica of the seal of the uni
whole is bound with gold fringe and has
two gold cords and tassels
Mr.. Vacveagh's Address.
After a selection by the band. DIR. Need
ham introduced Mr.. Wayne MacVeagh,
chairman of the board of trustees of the
university. Mr. MacVeagh was greeted
with the class and college yells. He said:
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
1 stand only for moment between you
and the distinguished jurist who honors
all by his presence today and to whom you
are eager to listen. AS American citizens
Ii is good for us to be here and to observe
with ever recurring devotion the 22d of
February, and it is eminently fitting that
this university destined soon to be one of
the chief seats of the higher education of
the country. and which now bears the illus
trious name of the first President of the
United States. should seek to give the full
est possible effect to his ardent and often
expressed wishes for the establishment of
great university in this city of the nation
She is walking in the pathway his far
sighted wisdom marked out for her, and
she is proud and glad on this anniversary
of his birth to give you some evidence of
the progress she is making.
First the church, then the school, then
the college, then the university, and all
related to each other as to form an accord
ant system of Christian education produce
ing men and women fit for the duties and
the glory of true American citizenship and
to this beneficent result this youthful seat
of learning is destined, we believe, to make
an ever-growing contribution.
Indeed, it is only by such growth in use
fulness she can prove herself worthy Of
the name she bears.
There have been other great generals
and there have been other wise statesmen,
but history reveals no one else who COM
bined in himself such a splendid array of
great qualities, such courage, unselfishness
patience, Judgment, such devotion to the
right and such loyalty to liberty as he
whom our childrens children will always
call the father of his country.
He has now been dead for more than
hundred years, but he was never more loved
and honored than today, nor was his infiu-
ence ever greater.
The grace and charm of his nobility of
character are only increased and hallowed
by time, and it is his divine and happy
fortune that his fame has become one of
the priceless possessions of mankind; secure
beyond the possibility of change. We can
add nothing by any weak words Of ours to
his renown. To every race his example is
a blessing and an inspiration, and his mem
DRY will be fresh in the hearts of men for
ever.
Let US reverently thank God that our
fathers in their hours of darkest trial had
for guidance the SagaciouS leadership of
this Christian gentleman, this peerless SOL
der, statesman and patriot; greatest among
good men and of great men the best
George Washington.
He we'll deserves our noblest service of
praise and commentator, and 1t is with
the greatest pleasure that I present to you
as the orator of the day Mr.. Justice Brewer
of the Supreme Court of the United States
Before Justice Brewer could begin his ad-
dress the students paid another tribute to
Mr.. MacVeagh in characteristic form, each
class and department doing its duty sepa-
rately and then the whole student body in
unison. Justice Brewer referred to dis
cussions among theologians and scientists
from the result of which one theologian
termed the Almighty, Intelligent energy"
and scientist had denied the existence of
material atom, the only existence being
electricity. Adopting this phraseology, he
continued it may be affirmed that educa
ton has attracted the attention and enlisted
the sympathy of every one OF the Presi-
dents of the United States from that in
telligent energy named George Washing
ton to that concrete electricity call
Theodore Roosevelt.
Of Wide Scope.
Justice Brewer declared that education
moves horizontally and perpendicuarly.
Horizontally it means the common school
and perpendicularly the university. Hori-
zontally it uplifts the many, perpendicular
ly the few. There are Websters and Clays
today towering in lofty grandeur but by
the horizontal uplift of universal education
the masses are nearer their submits. JUS
tice Brewer then referred to the Will OF
Washington and of his provision for the
establishment of a free school in Alexan-
dria, and for the endowment of a national
university in the District. He said:
The value of these requests is not to be
measured by the money they bestow, but
by the influence which will be exerted
when the thought they express is fully car
ried into the life of the nation. The
American people have recognized the first
and putting it into effect wherever be-
tween the oceans Old Glory waves supreme.
BY the census of 1880 Ghe last statistics
h1a, OIL to rhta jnl thnrn In
United States, in round numbers, 10000
school houses, 423, 600 teachers and 1874
600 students. Thus in one respect have
they nagnifcently executed the will of
George Washington.
There is yet no national university
and that thought of the father of his coun-
try has not yet been carried into erect.
VIII the American people execute also this
provision of Washington's will? We have
in the land many colleges and universities
Shall we have a national university?
place of birth may be within narrow
boundaries while the life touches the con-
fines of earth and time. The waters OF