Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
TO LIVE FOR REPUBLIC
BEST WAY TO SERVE t
So G. Grosvenor DAVE Tells Grad
uating Glass of Central
High School.
Diplomas Distributed by Mrs. Edith
Kingman Kern, Member of
Education Board.


the United States by nobly living for it,
not dying for it. was the thought given
by G. Grosvenor Dave to the thirty-four
members Of the midyear graduating class
of Central High School. at commencement
exercises held in the school auditorium
last night. Mr.. DAVE pointed out to his
young hearers the necessity of realizing
ones true relationship with ones self and
every one else in this world.
MY relationship with my day is the
real test of my value" he said To-day
the most solid things in which We be-
lieved seem to be rocking What shall
it profit a man if he gain the whole world
and lose his soul? And what shall it
profit a nation if it gain the whole world
and lose its national soul?
Loss of Nations Soul.
What shall it gain the United States
if we get the commerce of the world at
our feet if we amass gold such as no
nation Of old ever had, If we lose our
soul? And we do lose it if we come to
think of the dainties Of life as the glories
of life
Take the glories of our great city
of Washington. AS great as are our
great city, do not make the mistake of
thinking that the city itself is the
glory of our civilization. All of our
cities have been built by toll, by the
toll of the farmer out there. by the
honest work of the miner, by the toll
of men. In this trying time in the
worlds history do not get the idea that
mere money, or mere dress, or mere
personal success, or mere beauty, mean
everything.
1--WE have got to realize that it is daily,
noble living that will save the Ameri-
can nation from ruin" Mr.. Dave told
his hearers. And how he asked,
turning to the graduating class. can
you serve the dream of a republic,
handed down to US by those who used
to be? Not necessarily by fighting for
it,"
Parents and friends OF the graduates.
who crowded the auditorium. showed
entire agreement with this thought of
the speaker by spontaneous applause.
Real Test of Patriotism.
But by living for it" continued Mr..
Dave. How can we uphold patriotism
in America? Not by fighting. A coun-
try Is made chiefly by those who live
for it.
And if you do not love your own
folks, and the people around you. you
40 not love your country. Inc rear,
great summons of the United States
today is not for the swinging of flags
and wild hurrahs. The real summons
of today is:
you who love America have got to
love your own place. That is why
we live here
The debt of the graduate to those
who used to be-" Mr.. Dave told his
hearers, is one which they can only
repay by using wortkily the legacy
bequeathed them.
Distribution of Diplomas.
Mrs. Edith Kingman Kern, member of
the board of education, distributed
diplomas to the following. now used to
be-" as far as high school life is con-
cerned: Frances Elizabeth Armstrong,
Marjorie Brown, Agnes Bartlett Bryan.
Duckett, Helen r. FISCHER. Frances
Fitzpatrick. Valerie Davenport French.
Josephine Morgan Gantley. Mary j.
Jones, Henrietta Luber, Marie Fred
Page. Roberta Mitchell Patterson.
Louise Protas. Mary Margaret Rogers.
Armina Manning Root, Alice Belle
Schiller. Ola Audrey Spruce. Dorothy
Hart Stokes, Edith L. swsiNwout. Grace
Fletcher Beal, jr.; William Paul Carey.
Walter Clayton Cox, Roger William
Eisinger, James Herbert Hornaday, AL
pheus Stuart King. Alexander Mac
donald, John Hartley Potts, Fred E.
Stack, Paul Wager Stein and Edgar 8.
Vansant
Westerns Graduates Entertained.
Midyear graduates of Western High
School last evening were the guests of
tho Dramatic Society Of the schoo1
when 1.-The Neighbors" was presented
This took the place of the conventional
class night exercises. Those taking
part were: Rose Palmer, Katherine
Crowley, Katherine Stopffer. Hugh
John Cobb, Eleanor Irelan,