The Washington herald., 1912-02-01
HOPE OF REPUBLIC
LIES In SCHOOLS
DR.. W. N. Davidson Makes signif-
cant Speech at Business High
School Graduation Exercises.

Declaring that the hope Of the republic
lies in the proper training OF the youth
OF the land. Dr. william NJ. Davidson,
superintendent OF schools, in an address
last night before the midyear gradual
ing class OF Business High School at
their commencement, said that every
dollar spent on public schools is an in
vestment and not an expense The as
sertion was considered significant, IN
view OF the recent action OF the House
Of Representatives in materially reduc-
ing the appropriation for the mainte-
nance Of schools in the District during
the next fiscal year.
Were II not for public schools said
DR.. Davidson. this republic could not
stand longer than. the span of a genera
ton. Tear down the school buildings and
in thirty years what would this country
become? The hope OF the republic lies
In the proper training OF the youth of
the land. Every dollar spent on public
schools is an investment and not an ex-
pense. And let me say that the main
tenance OF good schools requires a deal
Of money.
Little Waste I'm schools.
There Is always some opposition to
large appropriations for schools, but /
administered with less waste than any
other branch Of the government
There are three kinds of training
which every child shoufd receive, and
which trust the graduates here to-
night have received-the training or the
head, the training OF the hand. and the
training Of the heart. The training OF the
head is not sufficient 1t must be sup
plemented by training Of the hand. II we
are to be supreme as a republic, we
must train the hand with the head. But
with both Of these kinds of training,
education is incomplete without the train
ing Of the heart
Many persons who really know moth
ing at all about education criticise school
boards for including so many studies in
the curriculum.
There are three great reasons for at
tending school The first is that one may
know something, the second Is that one
may do something. and the third is that
one may be something. 1t is not sufi-
cient TO know something. The test is to
use what one knows"
Capt. Oyster PresIdes.
Capt James F. Oyster, president Of the
board Of education, presided at the exer-
cises. The invocation was by Rev.
Samuel II. Woodrow. d. d. A violin
solo, Concerto, No L. was rendered by
Leroy Taylor. The diplomas were pre-
sented to the graduates by Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, vice president of the
tions were given by the Washington
High School Orchestra, under the leader
ship OF J. r. Wells, the director.
The officers Of the four-year Eraduat-
ing class were John Thomas Schram,
president; Rose Eleanor Mann. vice presi-
dent; Christine Lee Birmingham, secre-
tary, and Arthur Bull Cole, treasurer
The officers of the two-yesr graduating
class were Henry Charles Spengler,
Daisy Helen Murphy. vice
president: Marion Stewart Hardy. secre-
tary. and Norman Samuel Smith, treas
urer.
List of Graduates.
Diplomas were conferred upon the fol- |
Catherine Edna Bailey, Florence May |
BesI, Christine Lee Birmingham, Mary |
Bernardine Bridget, SaIlie Jane Chalk. |
Mary Ella Finotu, Katherine Hartig. |
Rose Eleanor Mann. Shirley Parkhurst |
Katherine Parsons, Annebel /
Lee Tillett. Phoebe Evangeline Tyrrell, |
Arthur Bull Cole, Julian EiSeman, Rob
ert Sloat Nash. John. Thomas Schram.
The following graduates OF the two
year course were presented with certif-
Gates: Elsie Anastatia Branson, Ethel
May Brooks, Hazel Cecilia Browne, An
ME Cohen. Elsie Christine Coon, Jeanette
Fischer. Florence Mary Agnes Fitzger-
aid, Elizabeth Cecilia Grady. Edith Oc-
tavia Hainsworth, Adelaide Ruth Har-
bers. Marion Stewart Hardy. Miriam
Louise Hobson. Lillian Gertrude Jones,
Margaret Evelyn Keane, Jennie Sander
son Keely, Elizabeth Mildred Kintz,
Emily Espey Law, Frances Lazerow,
Elsie Louise Lelshear Helen Emma Nor
gan, Daisy Helen Murphy, Pearl Angus
Ia Putnam, Alma Elizabeth Schmidt,
Edna Eugenia Struble. Maude Elaine
Lena Weinberg. Frank Herbert
Bonnet, Percy Allen Brunger. Herman
ilanzman, William Eugene Hart, Clar-
snce Fitzhugh Lee, Normal Samuel
smith, Henry Charles Spengler, and Don
I'D Richard Sweetman.
Upon the platform with the graduates
md those participating in the exercises
we're Ernest L. Thurston. assistant su-
Of schools. and Allan Davis,
principal Of Business High School.
Commencement exercises of the mid
'ear graduating class of the Mckinley ,
Manual Training School will be held at
o'clock tonight in the school building.
Nineteen students will receive diplomas.
rhe address to the graduates will be
made by DIR. Davidson.
Diplomas for High school Pupils.
Seven graduates from Western High
school and four from the Normal School !
we're awarded diplomas yesterday by the /
principals of their schools. Owing to the I
mallness the graduating classes, no 7
'ublic ceremonies were held. IL
Certificates of graduation from the I
raded schools were given to more than I
90 pupils at the midwInter exercises held
n the various school divisions yesterday.
and prominent citizens
made addresses at the exercises. "