Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-21
PUPILS CELEBRATE
BIRTH OF WASHINGTON
Exercises This Afternoon in the
Local Public Schools.
TT rs KNOWN AS PATRIOTS DAY
Speakers and Presiding Officers Pro-
vided by the Board of Trade,
MANY SONGS AND REGULATIONS
Names of the Children and of the Others Who Par
ticpated-The Several Schools Arranged
Their Respective Programs National
Colors Displayed.

everywhere upon II. The more you study
him the more you will admire him."
Normal No. 2.
At Normal School No. Commissioner
mcfarland spoke at 1890 in the morning:
Mr.. mcfarland spoke of the extraordi-
nary genius of Washington. as illustrated
by the great breadth and extent Of his
vision. He stands out from the other
great men of his time in this as in all
other respects. He saw that the nation
would last and grow to be the great test
while others were wondering whether 1t
would live decade. His plan of the fed
eral city is his unique prediction of the
great republic which would need such II
great capital Even his reputation for I'M
common common sense did not save that
plan from being ridiculed for magnificent
distances"
His attitude toward slavery was charac-
teristic of his great qualities. He never
bought or sold slave; he took the best of
care OF those whom he inherited. and
freed them in his will He believed in
stopping slave importation and gradual
emancipation and in national educatio of
the freed slaves.
Armstrong Tech.
Mr.. J. w. Lyons, at the Armstrong, said,
IN part:
ut is 174 years since George Washington
came into this world. His world wide pos
thumous fame argues that he must have
possessed. in an eminent degree. a number
II not all Of the cardinal virtues
He was honest and truthful to such a
degree that 1t is said Of him that when he
was at school all differences between his
playfeiiows were referred to him for set
Element. He was morally and physically
brave and he cultivated, as all boys should
do, the manly arts.
Urnz hs,,rxt
to his widowed mother. His brother Law
renee, who was an educated soldier,
thought he should enter the navy, and he
thought So too, but when he looked into
the face of his mother, and saw distress
and trouble depicted thereon he abandoned
the idea, and so became the liberator Of
his people and the father of his country.
lie was not great scholar, but he was
pre-emlnent in courage, honesty and per-
sistence, and although surrounded by great
scholars. he was the one to whom all look
ed In the hour of trouble to lead the Amer
lean forces to victory, which he did.
TO sum up the assets of character upon
which he won fame and Immortality L
would mention. first, truthfulness, and then
bravery, for the truthful man Is bound to
be brave man. Second. honesty and a
love of fair play. Third. patience in work
Ing out the great problems which came to
his hands. Success in life may be achiev-
ed by any one who will persistently cling
to these virtues"
M Street High School
The exercises at the NJ Street High School
were impressive and interesting, the lesson
of patriotism being the general theme. At
1890 the cadets OF the school assembled In
the armory and marched thence to the as
sembly hall. Company A, under CAPTAIN
Gordon, entered by the westS door and
halted in the eastern aisle Of the hall: Com
pany u. under Captain Robert Taylor,
"A CT and ho1t
western aisle. The color guard. with the
banner presented to the school by the SOL
diers and Sailors N. B. u. Corps, were sta
toned on the platform, and each voune
soldier, In salute as he passed under its
folds, raised his cap and reyerently nIaced
1t on his left breast. America" was then
sung with right good will. all standing
When the cadets had been ORDERED +o
their seats the principal, Mrs A. J. Cooper.
introduced Mr.. w. S. Montgomery. who
was to preside. Mr.. Smith. with a graceful
Introductory speech. announced the speaker
of the occasion Mr.. Samuel Bond who gava
a most entertaining address on the thoughts
Of the day. The school, under the direction
of Mr.. A. H. Glenn. rendered several ma
triotic choruses, notable among which were
Lowells True Freedom" and Phillips 80
Fatherland."
In the First Division.
The programs Of the first division-Mr
c. s. Clark, superintendent novel and
attractive.
At the Adams school, Mrs Clara r.
Smith. principal. were given paragraph
compositions by pupils Of each grade and
tributes to truthfuiness. earnestness,
faithfulness, unselhshness, true courage
character and immortality. REGULATIONS
in costume were made by Miss Gussie
Buckley and Miss Allison; solos by Miss
Elizabeth wilbur and Miss Marguerite
Nailor.
At the Berret Rotations and readings
by the pupils gave opportunities to Clar-
ence Detmers, Earnest Hartshorn May
Payne. Walter Mari, Ethel Lee, Ralph
Gangwer. Elizabeth Heitmuller. Warren
Adams. Marion Heitmuller. Louise Hines
BENJAMIN Brown. Edmund Flagg, Edna
Ga1leher, Kent Hunter, Caroline Open
heimer, Samuel White, Rose Elliott, Faith
Hibbs and Edna Crump. Miss N. E. L.
Mclean. principal. conducted the exer-
cises
Miss Kate E. Rawlins. principal at the
Dennison, headed her program with the
significant dates 1882 and $780, Washing
tons life was told In part by Jennie Por-
ton, Horace Nuber, Marguerite Poynton,
Ernest King. Alice Rodier, Joe Haight.
Elizabeth Hubbard, Albert Fink, and the
love of country spoken of by Paul jack
son. Music and other Rotations were
othy Smith. Merriot Walker. Leslie
Weeks Raymond Koenig, Casco Duke, AL
len Haight, Elliott Campbell. Robert
Smith, Jackson Miller, Aline kronhum.
Williamson, HARRIET Dickinson and Ros-
setta Pelham.
One OF the features at the Force School
was Grandmother Story of Bunker
Hili.' by Marguerite Mari. Mr.. B. w.
Murch, the principal, was assisted by the
pupils, Wineferd Wilson. Edith Combs.
Peyton Winlock Roger Bone. Wright Nc
Cormick Richard Hale, Helen Green and
Theresa Myers. who explained to the au-
dfence why we are here"
A. 49, 0Hac,aI 0AHoa
At the official office. the Franklin. one
of the few buildings with an assembly hail.
the majority Of the buildings having to
hold general school exercises In the cor