Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-15

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| pursue the course to its completion.
The Constitution says all men were
born free and equal. What about the
women? This is another sad feature
about the American High School.
England France and Germany have
seen to il that their boys are educa-
ted. Our American High School sees
TO it that their future mothers and not
the fathers are educated. Each girl
graduate here tonight represents sew
eral besides herself The boys repre-
sent but one. One-half of this class is
prepared to go on in academic learn
ing, the other half to go forward with
the commercial world to meet and
solve its problems. Four only are
young men, all the rest are young
women. We are educating our girls,
not our boys. Why is it that the hon
ors of this class in both departments,
go TO young ladies? / congratulate
them but we men are challenged
thereby. Do you realize the position
women are occupying in this work-a-
day world of ours. In Boston alone
there are 2OS gainful occupations open
to women, among them that of the
butcher, the baker. the candlestick-
maker
American High Schools are spread
ing intelligence, and when we educate
boy We educate but one person;
when you educate girl, you educate
whole family. The widowed mother
does things. She keeps the children
together makes a home (the first
SCHOOL, and educates her children.
BY virtue of the fact that teaching
has become a womanis profession,
there are more women teachers than
men. The army of schools today is
managed, / should say wOman-aged
by 80 per cent. of the women teachers
of the State. This is larger than the
groups of clergymen. doctors and law
yers: | willingly lay tribute to the
loyalty, earnestness and deserving
work of the American woman teacher,
than which there is none other practi-
toner to the community as a whole,
more valuable.
These twenty-five young people who
graduate from the Annapolis High
School, said DR.. Buchner, in address,
ing the graduates, are distinctly mark
ed. They don't belong to the ordinary
mortals tonight. This is their special
occasion. Speaking about the rights
of the people, we too often forget to
speak about the rights of children We
draw up long bills of rights of man,
but never of children. These young
men and young women are no longer
illiterate. They can read and write,
and by virtue of that fact you have
made them master. They can spell
some and even cipher
This event means to them more than
you imagine. The personnel of the
class is significant. You have made
sacrifice which you now have the
privilege of laying on the altar of the
Republic. The kindest service is not
to shoulder musket. or get behind a
gun, but it is to send out into life
a. trained intellect and a warm heart
to fight the battles of life. We have
learned this in Cuba, the Philippines
and in Mexico-the necessity for a
keen intellect and a warm heart.
While you have been dealing with
the problems of life, these graduates,
too have been solving problems not
only of books, but of hand and skill.
and, come what may, the virtues of
head and heart will serve them We
add these graduates to our contribu-
tion TO the Government of the Re-
public.
My advice to you, members of the
Glass of 1916, said DR.. Buchner, is
not to go to sleep at the place where
you have entered life. 1t makes no
difference for the final outcome of your
career what it may be, the essential
thing is that you keep awake after
June IA. 1916, and do not go to sleep.
With all the honors and congratula-
tions you receive on this occasion, you
may say with the old negress 1--WE
amt what we ought to be; we amt
what we're gwine to be. but thank the
Lord we amt what we wuz"
Salute to the Flag.
AT the close of DIR. Buchner's splen-
did address he was warmly applaud
ed, as he had been at telling points
throughout. The High School choir
sang very sweetly "Hark. Hark, the
Lark" by Schubert and Miss Elisabeth
Schaefer was obliged to respond to an
encore of two beautiful vocal selec
tions rendered.
The audience was requested to rise
and salute the flag with the school re-
citing the flag salutation:
Il pledge allegiance to my flag
and the Republic for which it
Sandstone nation indivisible with
liberty and justice for ALL l give
my head, my hands, my heart to
my country - one country = one
language-one flag. Flag of our
great Republic, inspirer. in battle,
guardian of our homes whose
stars and stripes stand for brav-
cry, purity, union and truth-we
salute thee. We the children of
many lands who find rest under
thy folds do pledge our lives, our
hearts, and our sacred honor to
love and protect thee-our coun-
try and the liberty of the Amer