Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-03-26
ASSEMBLY
At COLONIAL THEATRE.
The Community OF Annapolis
And Annapolis High School
In Cooperation.
YESTERDAYS EXERCISES.
Wonderful Music Directed By
Mrs. Low. Maryland's Deeds
And Words Extoled BY
DR.. Smith.

sign displayed long before the hour
/ announced for the exercises to begin
I i'm The Colonial Theatre yesterday.
Both auditorium and galleries we're
! filled. and many stood out in the
lobby
/ The occasion was Maryland Day
| celebration, the like OF which has
/ never been known in Annapolis The
| atmosphere was full of patriotism.
/ The audience breathed it, the faces
| beamed it. and the flags everywhere be-
spoke patriotism with a big p A
! large American flag hung from above
1 the stage, and large Maryland flag
( covered the piano just below. Small
1 flags We're everywhere. and flags Of
/ England and France also graced the
walls and were festooned above the
| boxes.
ii was not only a Maryland Day
celebration, but a community affair
one in which the community of An
napoIs co-operated with the Annapo-
lis High School, and each was
| brought closer TO the other with the
commingling of voices i'm song. Music
was "a distinctive feature of the occa-
sion and such delightful music. 1t
was an inspiration. People. older peo-
pie, who went to the theatre with the
burden of the worlds war news of
the day in their hearts found comfort.
even happiness in the presence of that
wonderful woman conductor OF the
schools music for Mrs. Henrietta
Baker Low is an inspiration in herself.
She has so taught and directed the
chorus that their singing is a marvel
10 hose who thought they had heard
the school sing before, but who real
izc they never did until now.
The accompanist, Mr.. AdOlph TOrOv-
sky. did q large share toward making
The afternoons celebration the sue
cess it was. as did Mrs. Roland Childs,
the soloist, whose sweet well trained
voice i'm Keep the Home Fires
Burning, found an echo in every
heart Mrs. Childs was encored again
ana again.
The program opened with invoca-
tion by the Rev. Father c. Warren,
C.SS.R.. rector of st. Mary's Church,
after which the High School sang in
good time and perfect tune the Hymn
10 Spring. This was a magnificent
effort Three choir boys sang the
lines and then followed the men in the
audience in unison with "Alleluia,"
and the women. "AlleIuia."
The ceremonies were presided over
ly Mayor James f. Strange, and the
speakers of the afternoon were DR.. c.
my. and Prof Washburn.
Mayor Strange who presided at the
ceremonies. before announcing the
program made a happily expressed
speech in which he referred 70 the iui-
portanCe OF the occasion, of the land
ing of the Ark and Dove on these
shores 2S4 years ago, and the estab-
li.nment OF the colony Of Maryland.
lie said This was an auspicious occa-
sion. and there was no time when our
people should be inspired with pa
.riotism like the present We have
given our sons and brothers to fight
for the worlds democracy against au-
t0cracv. and that the greatset battle
is raging at the front across the seas
,
occasion one of greater significance.
Or. Smith, in that pleasing style
that is now familiar to all Annapoli-
tans who delight in hearing him, said
he wanted to talk chiefly to the boys
and girls. That Maryland Day be-
longs to them. He told of the little
group that landed on the shores of
this State just 2SA years ago. who set
uu a cross. that noble band of men
and women around whom memories OF
today cluster. memories of the past
and achievements of the future.
DR.. Smith referred to the Seal OF
MARYLAND on which is written Deeds
are Masculine; Words are Feminine
He said he never understood there
was any reflection in this TO either
men or women. that men and women
are hemispheres and the two hemi-
spheres make the perfect sphere. Ii
required great deeds and great words
to make a great state such as Mary
land. Has Maryland made good IN
great deeds and great wOrds?' asked
DR.. Smith. and he answered the ques-
tion by saying that when the roll of
Maryland is called there is no State
that can answer with its greater
statesmen than Leonard. Charles and
Cecelius Calvert. than Charles Carroll
of Carrollton. and Maryland's Daring
400.
From his earliest boyhood DR.. Smith
said he had been taught TO honor
Gunby and John Eager Howard, Mary
lands own statesmen. There is not
State in the Nation whose history. is
greater than that of Maryland. Its
deeds are great deeds.
How is it with wOrds?' asked the
Doctor No State of its size has
given so much TO literature as Mary
land. When the little colony was
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