The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-22
SEES IN AMERICA
BUFFER OF WORLD
Hobson Says 1t Must Hold
Back Decay of Europe and
I Far East Menace.

Representative Richmond Pearson
Hobson Of the Sixth Alabama district
looked into the future this morning up
at the annual graduation exercises OF
Washington Normal School, No. 1, in
the Franklin School building, and saw
far or in the distance a millennium
wherein all the nations of the earth
shall lie down together and do each to
the other no harm.
Preceding that millennium Is to come
a period. the Representative believes,
wherein America is TO stand with hands
Uplifted upon the apex of the world.
With her mighty left arm she will hold
away the old and crumbIing civiliza-
tions of Europe with their militarism
and the kings and emperors. and such.
and her right would be jabbed hard
against he grinning yellow races of
the Far East lnst1lled, as they are with
q spirit Of militarism also.
The bird of prey must vanish from
the earth. said Representative FIobson
so must the man Of prey and the
business Of prey. And the nation of
prey must give way as must the others.
see Tar In the future a government
analogous to ours, in which all the ma
tons Of the world shall participate,
IN which the nations shall have charge
OF their own municipal affairs Just as
our States do now. In this worldwide
government there shall be a department
of justice and other departments such
as We have in our Government today
American Beauties"
Mr.. Hobson made a decided hit with
the graduates when he said:
II have seen beautiful things in all
parts of the world. I have seen the
iris in Japan and the lily in France.
but nowhere have I seen such an ag-
gregstion OF beauty as is presented by
these American beauties and the gal
liant former captain pointed TO the
stXty-nine graduates upon the plat
form.
During the course of his speech he re-
marked that he saw no flag in the as
sembly room where the exercises were
held When ne finished his speech and
sat down one of the teachers thrust a
silken flag through an aperture back
of the stage. some other teacher at the
piano struck up The Star-Spangled
Banner" and the whole crowd rose up
and sang one verse and the chorus.
Mr.. HobsOn told the graduates to
make their pupils be men Of action.
America, he said, is getting to be rec
ognized as the nation Of action and to
sustain her place in the world she must
have boys grow Up into men who act
quickly and well.
Mcfarland Speaks.
Commissioner mcfarland, another
speaker, said he believed the time Is
coming when Washington viii have
normal school with normal
school building. He didn't particular
lie about 1t. but said that he thought ,
such is coming surely enough.
DR.. Barton ". Evermann, of the
Board of Education, presided. Prayer
was delivered by the Rev. Charles =.
Guthrie. and CAPTAIN James F oyster,
president Of the Board Of Education,
awarded the diplomas Miss Sailie T.
Mason am Mrs. c. v Byram were the
accompanies. The assembly rooms vas
decorated with palms. The school col
ors, white and gold, were noticeable.
The graduates were;
REGULAR COURSE:
Elsie May Allwine.
Nellie Boyle.
Mabel 4. Dyer.
Cornelia Reynolds Capers.
Ethel HaxtOn CaFswell.
Mary Elizabeth CObey.
Elsie Janet Cunningham.
Grace Irene Curl.
Gertruds Josephine Dixon.
Freda Dorothy Egbert.
LOttie Lee FahTenbruch.
Ella Davidson Falconer.
Margaret GessfOrd.
Jennie Harmed
Harriet Ellen Harding.
sara Teresa Hart.
Mamie France Helm.
Helen Malinda Herbert.
Florence Mabel Hllyard.
Selma kause.
Trina Louise King.
Myrtle Virginia King.
Olga Edith Krey-
Mary Katherine Lowry.
Eliza beth Cunmins Magruder.
JOY Hills MarstOn.
Alice Nav McElvare.
Marie Cecilia MCGiu
Mary Mckee.
Grace tetings Meyer.
C0rnelia Feakins 8Iuddiman.
Ethel Irene Noack.
Elizabeth Tabler Petingale.
Laura Virginia Pywell
Mary agnes Cecilia Rafferty,.
Bernice Dunnell Randall
Grace Rice.
Bessie Robinson.
Sadie Pauline Rucker.
Grace Anatolia Schneider
Frederick Danman S1dith.
Laura Virginia Speer-
Emily Lavinia Sprishtley.
Mary Adelinc Stephenson.
Imogeue Cawcod Socket.
Marie Louise Stockett.
Ethel SWaine.
Myrtle Louis Thomas.
Gertrude Thomas.
Josephine Marie Tomlin.
Louise Veihmeyer-
Sarah Elizabeth Watkins.
KINDERGARTEN COURSE:
Margaret Mary Berrett.
Ruth Collins.
Elizabeth PulIen Crawford.
Mildred Earnest.
Katharine Follin.
Clara Cynthia Grandheld
Margaret EurneA HANDY.
Enid Holden
CeneVieVe kinncar.
Amy Pearl Langley
Anne Dudley Manning.
Man Genevieve MIuniX.
Edith Mona gou.
Margaret Springs Parharn.
Helen Gertrude Rollins.
Eta Naomi SChaefer.
Katharine Cunninghame Washington. j
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