Evening star., 1915-01-05
CAPITAL BOY IS HEAD
OF JUNIOR REPUBLIC
Herman johnson Inaugu1ated Pres
ident of Annapolis Junction
Institution
Clarence Mayer, Also Of Washing
ton, Gets Second Highest Office.
DR.. P. F. Claxton Speaks.

inaugural ceremonies at tue 1SdIIoHdA
Junior Republic at Annapolis junction
yesterday afternoon marked the CLOS
ing of what was pronounced as the
most exciting political campaign held
in the institution for years. Running
on a platform of personal popularity
and the determination to see that the
rules of the republic are impartially
upheld, Herman johnson. a Washing
ton boy, attained the highest honor his
fellow citizens could confer upon him
when he took the oath OF office as
chief executive. The old reliable party
carried the day. for Clarence Mayer.
who ran on the same ticket and is also
of Washington, became the repuoilcs
new vice president. The ceremonies
were witnessed by persons or proml-
nence from Washington. Baltimore and
elsewhere.
Purpose of Republic.
The Junior Republic 10 q community
or colony of young people, similar 70
any other community, with the excep-
tion that its citizens are boys from
fifteen to twenty-one years OF age Ats
principles are the principles OF -democ-
racy. 1t aims to instill into the minus
of citizens the lessons Of self-reliance
and self-government by giving them
the actual powers and duties of ctti-
zenship in a miniature state IN wnien
the economic. social ana civic ossihie ~v
identical with like conditions IN the
greater republic Of the United states.
The inauguration took p. PLACE &c IN. IN {ne ine
chapsl of the rePTnlrf obert Garrett gt " Citizens
and spectator. filled the edifice. and the
event was featured by ceremonies Oh
an Impressive nature.
Walter F Rogers g'snt cnle1 u 5us1,e0 the wash W M
inrton Bar Association, Administered
the oath of Office to the new Presiaent
and vice president. Then Prssidens
Johnson called ,eas each bim E1 'Hs The following
were sworn in by him: -,,-
Secretary of state-Arthur Ellington
Of Washington. >,..
Secretary OF the treasur
oon httorney general-Moses Badner of
Baltimore. 1.:
Judge-Freoeflck hahiheE VI
more.
Final Chapter Of Campaign.
yesterday's ceremonies marked the
final chapter in political campaign
which had raised the citizens Of the
republic to the fever heat of excite
mont prior to election day, which fell
| IDecember s. Johnson and Mayer both
| ran on the old reliable ticket. and op-
| nosine them were three other tlckets,
| candidates of the peoples progressive
| and republican parties Johnson and
Maver swept the boards, and the mai
count showed that the former led his
nearest competitor by thirty-two votes.
stuart Scott Of Wilmington was the re-
cent president of the republic whose
term expired yesteraay "hen tn ,ssya s0ahsp.. .pa
was sworn in. scott IS 10 ieaSe the
republic in the near future.
DR.. Claxton Speaks.
/ The principal address OF the day was
delivered by DR.. P. P. Claxton. United
states commissioner OF education lie
.sLed nermission to take two texts.
rb. erst of these was from the sixth
hook of Homer's Had. Hector's prayer
.t the battle of Troy. when. holding
bis infant son in his arms, he prayed
that the world might some day say
..rbis man is greater than his father
was" DR.. Claxton explained that this
was the prayer of every true father IN
America, exemplified In the, the battles les
supDort of educational institutions. and
in daily personal sacrifices that the son
NAV be given chances which the father
never had to better himself
! The second text was taken from the
old Testament LAS are arrows In the
hands of a giant, so are children to him
who hath them" quoted DR.. Claxton
and then went on to explain how this
Illustrated the value of training the
young.
Advice to Citizens.
DR.. Claxton urged each citizen to
learn to earn his living. to learn to
earn all that he honestly could, always
remembering to pay back to the world
lin coin of head or hand or heart all that
they took from life.
He urged each to strive to better
himself socially, and finally to become
better citizens of the Junior Republic
that they might eventually become bet,
ter citizens OF the great republic Of the
United States.
Guy C. Mitchell. former director OF the
republic. also made an address, in which
lhe complimented the citizens upon theil
choice for president He explained tina
while he was director, father hat
, brought his son to the institution, ant
had picked johnson out of the entir,
lassembla9e OF boys to be his sons com
Ipauion. Then he urged all to support tn,
new president in his determination L
satisfa ctorily conduct the affairs of tn,
republic during his administration.
| Presidents Speech.
After the youthful president had takel
the oath OF spec no was called to tn