The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-05-10
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strenuousness and manhood, President
Roosevelt. He entered the room and
Mr.. Burleigh proceeded to introduce
our Principal to the President while he
in turn introduced each of us. After
the introduction by Mr.. Burleigh, our
Principal seemed somewhat embarrassed,
whether owing to the august presence
before which he stood or to some mis-
demeanor on our part, we knew not
" hen it came my turn to be Introduces,
| stood as every young American should,
eager to grasp the hand of our honored
President, when, sad mishap, our some
what confused Principal presented mo,
a partially developed specimen of man
hood. as "Niss-." With smile, that
showed the humor characteristic of all
great minds, and with a special Roose-
veltian emphasis on the word Miss said
"Dee lighted to meet you Miss,
while | simply echoed the word Dee
lighted"
After we had gone through the White
House we visited the State. ar and
Navy department This is one Of the
largest of the Government buildings
and we enjoyed our visit to it. There
are models of all sorts of ships from the
old fashioned sloop-of war to the mod
ern iron clad battleship
Tuesday afternoon we went on the
auto" tour, which lasted about an
hour and half We had the services
of an experienced lecturer and all en-
loved it very much We passed by the
Government buildings and historic
statues and also obtained near view of
the different Embassies
In the evening we attended recep
ton given in our honor by Mr.. and Mrs
Geo o Smith We were royalty enter
tanned and enjoyed the evening very
much Our hos's were extremely hos
pitable and made the occasion an un-
usually pleasant one. Among those
present were the Misses Pooler and Rep
Burleigh
Wednesday morning the other party
of twelve went down to see the Presi
dent, while we took the boat for Mt
Vernon VT. Vernon is a grand and
historic spot, deservedly dear to the
heart of every American 1t ID an ideal
site for home, situated on high
bank overlooking the muddy Potomac
Mt. Vernon is a historic mansion pain
ted white and must have been a home
worthy of the Father of His Country"
he 0lubTeDl IOOnb nave UOOu iSbAOA u
to their former style of the Colonial
period Here we saw many mementoes
of Washington, such as his old coach,
his surveying instruments and many
other things of interest. The most in
teresting thing was, of course. the tomb
of Washington Here we stood with
uncovered heads, and hearts uplifted to
heaven with thanks because God bad
given 80 great and good man to pre-
serve the country.
In the afternoon after returning to
Washington, we visited the smithsonian
Institute aud National Museum The
structure is of red sandstone and IA of
the Gothic and Romanesque style of
architecture. 1t is especially rich In
antiquities The theological exhibits
in the National Museum are exception
ally good There are also mementoes
of most of the Presidents and of many
statesmen who have advanced the pros
perity of the country
Thursday morning we returned home,
the return trip being without incident
Many of us stayed off at New York and
Boston, there being but five who return
ed on Friday evening. Considering
everything we had an enjoyable time
aud feel it did us much more good
than would have the usual Commence
ment exercises.
A SENIOR.