Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-06
HONOR MEMORY OF Pr. GERRY
MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION
HEAR ADDRESSES IN EULOGY.
Career of Deceased as a Boy and as a
Man Described by Eloquent
Speakers.

In honor of the memory of Philip r..
Gerry, late Of the staff of The Star.
prominent in literary. musical. art and
educational circles. memorial! meeting
was held by more than 200 of his friends
last evening in the lecture hall of the
Public Library. His character. accom-
piishments and life work We're eulogized
i'll the most impressive manner.
The program was arranged that the
eulogies commenced with Mr.. Gerry as d
boy and concluded with Philip F. Gerry.
the man. The latter by Justice
Stafford. and its composition and the
poetic and eloquent way it was delivered
was impressive. classical and beautiful
Justice Stafford read several of MIR
Gerry's poems. the nature of which clear
ly and convincingly expressed the char
acter and ability of the deceased. The
speaker defined the noble purposes for
which Mr.. Gerry lived and aimed. saving
he was a man of many moods and gifts
when taken all together his full stature
as man and a scholar is fully realized
Justice Stafford concluded by saying:
He was a true man and poet-a lover
of the lover-and an fdealst. He loved
life
Under Auspices of Association.
The meeting was held under the aus
Pi''o " tIc HliIp 'eIiS hSliiol
Association. T. Wayland Vaughan, vice
president, presided and introduced the
speakers. He read a letter from DR. Ed
ware Everett Hale. expressing regret at
not being able to be present and re-
feTrlng to the character and talents of
Mr.. Gerry.
Mr. Gerry'S clean and Industrious boy
hood was narrated by DR.. David T. Day.
Allan Davis spoke of Mr.. Gerry a
Teacher. He said Mr. Gerry was an
excellent teacher and master of English
literature. and as a teacher of the latter
he left his stamp on the three high
schools of this city. Mr.. Davis said that
he had an unusual literary requirement.
ami possessed the rare faculty of prop
erly applying it and imparting it to others.
The speaker emphasized the great moral
qualities of the deceased. and concluded
by saying his standards were Courage
frankness and loyalty
As a Newspaper Man.
The eulogy of Mr. Gerry AS a lecturer
was offered by Miss Emma NJ Gillett
and Mr.. Rudolph Kaufman, managing
editor of The Star, told of him as
newspaper man. In offering his tribute
Mr. Kaufman said he was not only
speaking for himself but for every mem
Der of the editorial department of The
Gerry won for himself Il high and hon
ored place i'll Journalism and i'm many
respects his newspaper career was unique.
His excellent work in reporting public
school matters and his book reviews were
recalled by the speaker
1t gives me pleasure to say that he
made good in newspaper work from
every point of view. Mr.. Kaufman said.
Mr.. Gerry's musical talent and his love
for the music of others, particularly the
classics. was told by Mrs Suzanne Old
berg. and his interest and work in art
and his efforts in making his home city
one of beauty, were described by Glenn
Brown of the National Society Of Fine
Arts.
MIR. Gerry and the Literary Society
Was the subject of DR.. William II. Dali s
eulogy.
The meeting was closed after short
address by DIR. Day. who summed up the
various qualities and requirements and
accomplishments of Mr.. Gerry. and who
made appeal for subscriptions to the
memorial fund with which it is proposed
10 esta blish a gentleman's library alcove
in the Public Library. In this library
which will bear the name OF Mr.. Gerry
Will be the classics which he loved and
tn. music which he sang