Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-06
HUGHES SAYS FLAG MEANS
UNDIVIDED ALLEGIANCE
Declares II Is Symbol of National
Unity and Aspiration and of
America First.
HE sCORSs sELF-INDULGENCE
In Scclusion OF National Cathedral
School Lawn, Justice Makes First
Address Since Opening of Cam
paign-Senator Martin Hears Him.

WASHINGTON. June 5.--In the Sc
clusion Of the National Cathedral School
lawn. where ne was presenting an
American flag 20 the honor graduates.
Juatice Charles r Hughes to-day made
his first public address since the open
ing OF the preconvcntion campaign. He
told the young women graduates that
the flag meant America FIRST an un-
divided allegiance, and nation united
and equal TO it's tasks.
This flag means more than associ-
alton and reward" said the justice. 1T
u the symbol Of our national unity. our
national endeavor, our national asPira-
;!on. 1t tells you OF the struggle for
Independence, OF union preserved, OF
liberty and union one and insepara able.
OF the sacrifices of brave men and
women TO whom the Ideals and honor
Of th:s nation have been dcarer than
life
y, means America first, it means our
undivided allegiance. IT means America
united. strong and efficient equal to
her tasks. 1t means that you cannot
be saved by tho valor and devotion OF
.-our ancestors: that TO each generation
comes its patriotic duty, and that upon
yorr Willingness 10 sacrifice and en-
'Iu-e, those before you have sacri-
feed and endured rests the national
nope.
EI.nitI2NT OF OiR COMMON
INTERESTS AND DESTINY
1T speaks 0f equal rights: of the
inspiration OF free institutions cxem-
p!ined and vindicated; OF liberty under
law. !ntelligently conceived and admin :
istered. There Is not II thread in II but
scorns self-indulgcnce, weakness and
rapacity. II is eloquent OF our COM
mon interests. outwsiEhirg all diver
EenceS of opinion; and Of our common
destiny.
Given as prize TO those who have
the highest standing. il happily en-
forces the lesson that Intelligence and
zeal must go together; that discipline
must accompany emotion, and that we
must ultimately rely upon enlightened
opinion"
Under the custom OF the school. the
student to stand Mt the head of the
graduating class receives rs n reward
the flag which has flown over the school
grounds all year. Several months ago
Justice Hughes was invited to make
The presentation address. but no an
nouncement of his acceptance ever was
made. Miss Katherine Hughes. daugh-
ter of the Justice, was member OF the
graduating class. but she missed the
coveted honor OF winning the dag by
Il few points, taking rank among the
first ten.
DECLARATIOS OF NATIONAL
SPIRIT 1T STANDS FOR
In beginning his address. Justice
Hughes told tho graduates that the
Intellectual inheritance OF the age
counted only as II actually was pos
sessed and used. He said il was a
miserable spectacle to see the youtl,
neglecting the lessons OF science. the
instruction of history. the resources Of
literature and art. End leading a life
small and impoverished amid the op-
portunities OF the twentieth century.
Abiding then TO the beauty Of tho
prize he was awarding. he told of the
associations and memories Of school life
1t would recall. and concluded with the
declaration Of the broader national
spirit 1t stood for.
Senator Martin. OF Virginia. was the
only man in high public life to hear
the address.