The Washington herald., 1911-03-22

A farewell luncheon IN honor of W.
Morgan Shuster. recently appointed treas
urer general OF the Persian empire. was
given in the red parIor of the New VII
lard Hotel yesterday afternoon by the
alumni of the Central High School The
room was appropriately decorated for the
occasion. the place cards bearing artistic
emblems of the American and Persian
governments.
Mr.. Shuster Is A graduate OF the class
Of '95. Central High School. and leaves
on Monday for the East. where he Is
charged with the duty OF revising the
system Of finances, customs, and taxation
OF the Persian empire. His previous
services to the United States m the or
gantzation and administration OF Cuban
and Philippine customs. as member of
the Philippine commission, and as SEC
rotary of public instruction of the ISL
ands. have given him great prominence
in the field Of governmental finance and
customs administration It was in recog-
milton of these honors and as a token of
regard and admiration from his friends
Of the city that the luncheon was given
The committee in charge was composed
OF the following graduates of the Central
High School: Alexander T. Hensey. Is;
Harry English, 'S3; Walter C. Clephane,
81; Emory NJ Wilson. SO: John B. Sic
man, jr-, 81, Harry T. Domer, %. and
Roswell W. Snow, Oh
Taft Sends Congratulations
About fifty guests sat down to the taS>A
Mr. Slenan, as POSTMASTER, read the fol-
lowing letter from President Taft:
II write to extend my congratulations
and good wishes to your guest, Mr.. Nor
gan Shuster- 1 knew Mr.. Shuster we'll in
the Philippines. and came to have a very
high opinion of his ability and his atten-
ton to duty 1t gave me pleasure to
speak strongly OF him in connection with
the discharge OF his new duties, and I
have no doubt that in his new and i'm
portant post he will give great satisfac-
ton
George A Provost. the first speaker of
the afternoon, was called upon TO respond
for what Mr. Sleman humorousfy termed
the "grandfathers class" the class of '7S
being the first to graduate from the Wash
ington High School Mr.. Provost grace
fully referred to the presence of a num-
Der of his classmates, and their pleasure
in doing honor to a younger graduate
Evan E Young. chief Of the Near
Eastern Bureau, presented the greeting
and best wishes OF the State Department,
and Senior Don Manuel Quezon, resident
delegate of the Philippine Islands. spoke
of Mr.. Shuster's valuable services as COL
lector of customs at Manila and as MEM
Der of the Philippine commission
Classmate Pays Tribute.
Harry Tennyson Domer was next called
upon to speak for the class of IS, Mr..
Shuster's own class in the high school
Mr.. Domer described Mr. Shuster's ac-
tivities at the high school as a student,
cadet, and athlete, finding in this COM
binaton of the practical and theoretical
the keynote of Mr.. ShuSters later career
Emory NJ Wilson, principal of the Gen.
trail High School. presented the greetings
of the school, and spoke glowingly OF the
institution which had equipped men for
such high stations and distinguished sue
cess in public and private life
The board of education was repre-
scented by Ernest H Daniel. who warmly
congratulated Mr.. Shuster in behalf of
his colleagues of the board. and eX-
pressed his qualification of this evidence
of the efficiency of Washington's educa-
tional system
merce Court. former governor general OF
the Philippines, gave an interesting ac-
count of Mr.. Shuster's services in the
islands
Henry B. F. mcfarland. former Com
missioner OF the District, in felicitous
address, denied the allegation. so often
heard. that Washington was deficient in
civic pride He said that such a gather
ing as this was but one evidence among
many that the citizens of the District
were properly appreciative of their ad-
vantages as the Capital City. and Of the
honorS that have been gained and con-
ferred upon il by her own inhabitants.
Ralph w. Hills, a member of the class
of '93, Central High School, who is to
accompany Mr.. Shuster as expert ac-
countant, spoke of his satisfaction at
serving with a fellow-W ashingtonian, and
expressed his confidence that MIR. Shus-
ter's mission would be successful
Shuster Deeply Touched.
Mr.. Sleman then introduced the guest
of honor. Mr. Shuster, in responding.
said he was deeply touched by the honor
thus conferred upon him. and by the
words of praise and high regard which
had been so generously voiced by all the
speakers.
The luncheon was fittingiy terminated
by three rousing cheers for MI Shuster
and Mr.. Hills, given by all the guests
standing A parchment suitably in
scribed and signed by all present, was
given to MIR. ShuSter as HleinorlA u
the occasion.
Those present were: w. Morgan Shus-
ter, Ralph w. Hills, John Joy Edson'
William NJ Shuster. Henry B. F. Mac
farland. John 3. Sfeman, jr-, Clarence
r. Rheem, Alexander T Hensey, Manuel
Quezon, Evan f. Young. Harry T. Domer'
George A Provost, Ernest H Daniel, l.
H. Reichelderfer. Emory NJ wilson
Harry English, Robert Scott Lamb.
Ianss = smith. Justin Morrill, Cham
berlin, Addison T. Ruan. Benito Legarda,
G. A. Aspinwau. C. L. Bouve. w. c.
Clephane. H. A Heitmuller, John B. Es-
new. Charles S. Hyer, Charles r Luce,
Eenr,, G. Hanford, Russell W. Snow,
William H. Won Bayer. John F. Conner,
E. H. McLachlen. Guy HI johnson, Ar
thur B. Heaton, Frank II. Eastman, +.
NcC,. Smith, r. D. Searle, Paul Charlton,
FRANK Mackintyre, ]. T. Hendrick, s. E
kramer. c. P. Ravenburg, H H Bur-
roughs. L. H. Matungly. and o. b
Drown.