Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-17
Favors Practical Education.

Tribute was paid to the school by the
speaker, who said he favored a practical
education
I'VE are waking up to the fact that
our schools have not been as we'll equip
ped for teaching children to meet the
actual problems of life as they should
be-" said Mr.. Willis. He believed in cor
relating studies with practical work and
pointed out that only in recent years were
country schools taking up agriculture.
Mr.. Willis address was filled with adj
vice to the graduates. There is moth
ing asserted the speaker. like the abil-
ity to deliver the goods That is the
There is an immense demand everywhere
in this country for people who can do
things accurately and at once
Don't ever allow yourself to become a
bore to somebody in their office. Do not
take an hour and a half to tell a man
what should take only a minute to tell.
Every business man is anxious for you
to get to the point right away.
Then, remember this-there isn't any
thing you can accomplish in the business
world. the professional world or any 9TH
er world that l know of that is worth a
farthing that isn't backed up by an in
finite amount of work"
Mr.. Willis then spoke of Speaker Clark
and Jim Mann, republican floor leader
OF the House. who he said were two of
the great national characters of the day
because they worked "They dig, dig.
dig he said. '.and do about five . times mes;
as much work as anybody else
Without honesty-plain, unadulter-
ated honesty-you can't hope to sue
coed in business he continued 81
wouldn't put a cent in bank where
any man from janitor to president has
played the races or gambled. The bust
CANDLES is unreliable So be square.
be honest and tell the truth.
Also, be always happy. cheerful and
good natured and remember it always
pays to be polite. 1t never pays to
be anything else than a gentleman or
a lady. Anybody can smile and be
pleasant when things are going right
but when things are going wrong,
then's the time it counts
DIR. William NJ. Davidson. superin-
tendent of public schools, who presided,
in introducing Mr. Willis stated that
this was the ERA when men were
leaving teachers desks to go into the
White House and leaving the White
House to go again behind the teachers
desk"
William T. Ga]liher. the newly -ap-
pointed member of the Board of Edu-
cation. who presented the diplomas,
stated that while he was of the belief
that woman shines most Respondent
in the domestic sphere" she had nu-
merous opportunities for entering
other spheres of usefulness.
Distribution of Honors.
Henry P Blair, president of the board
of education, announced the following
award of Donors at Business: Leroy j.
McCarty and A. Pauline Smith, Gait
prize competitors in commercial geogra-
ply; Charles L. Gulford and Emma
Windridge, Gait prize competitors in COM
mercial history and sociology. Mary EliZ-
abeth kleindenst and Marguerite Ma
RE Milne. Calf prize alternates in COM
mercial history and sociology, John =. +.
Palmer, scholarship in the Washington
College of Law; Leslie Raymond Nelson.
scholarship in Syracuse University
George Roland Reed, scholarship in
Georgetown University Law School; Her
man Ludwig Volker. alternate to George
town University Law School
Rev. Paul X. Hickok delivered the invo-
cation Musical selections were played
by the B. II. S. Orchestra. Besides those
named there were present Mrs. Susie
Root Rhodes, member of the board OF
education: Ernest Thurston, assist
ant superintendent of schools. AM Allan
Davis. principal of Business High School.