Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-13
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
HELD BY JOHN MARSHALL
Two Hundred and Six Receive
Certificates OF Graduation at
City Auditorium.
JOHN II. SAUNDERS Is HEARD
Scholarships Awarded to Twelve
Highest Graders in Class of 1920.
Eleven Receive Honorable Men
fion-Spcakcr Flnys Radicals.

',When the names of Borah AMI
Lodge. God forgive them, l cans; are
tram pied in the DUST OF forgotten
memory. the name .. Woodrow Nil-
son Will bc cmblazoncd on tho
AMERICAN people and on the minds OF
the world said Attorney General
John Il. Saunders. amid roar of APP
prevail from the hundreds who pacned
the City Auditorium last night for
the. final exercises of John Marshall
High School.
Mr.. Saunders opened his address
with brief review OF the growth of
me public school "ystem in Virginia.
lie told OF it's struggle for existence
during tSc trying times that followed
the war between the States.
would rather give my child the
heritage OF a splendid education than
= leave IL all the wealth that could
bcraccumulatcd in the world. Should
s. income ask ne wN.t Tie jewels OF
virginia were ! would not point to the
towering structures that grace the
CitS, nor would show him the mighty
railway systems that traverse our
State, but would bring him here and
point TO the graduating class OF this
school and to the classes that are
graduating elsewhere. and say to him.
Here are the jewels Of this state. :"
America 81 Mecca.
HOur country long has been tho
mecca to which the weary and worn
of the old world turn in their time of
trouble, and we welcome them to our
land. But let me tell you, those who
are not willing to come 10 our fair
land and abide by our Jaws. we don't
want them. and We Will not have
them.
.srhcre are only two ways of deal
Ing with those who are not satisfied.
One is TO ship them back from whence
they came, and the other is to hang
them TO the nearest teiephon. post
AmouS this class OF graduates are
the men and women the world will
turn TO for aid when trouble comes
When a crisis Mas come III the his
tory OF this country. Virginia has al.
ways furnished the man who stepped
into the breach II was NirEinian
that led the iattcrcd armies OF the
republic when she throw of the :piSe
OF Britain at Yorktown. II was a
NirEinian that led the armies of the
South across the b!oodstaincd fields
OF the War between the States AND,
when THIS country came TO greatest
ginian that stepped 70 the front and
led American and the world to ;lu
greatest victory IN the history Of
time. When the name of Borah and
forgotten memory. the name Of
Woodrow Wilson will he cmblazoncd
on the hearts Of the American people
and on the minds of the world
=. Rcnms Presents Diplomas.
Diplomas were delivered TO the
graduates by w. Floyd Ecaus,
Chairman OF the City school Board.
-Four certificates were given in voca-
tiopal machine work
Twelve scholarships were awarded.
those receiving scholarships being
highest in their class. and had there
been enough scholarships for girls
girls would have taken them ali
eleven having higher grades than
any boy who received an award.
Life ,mcmbership in the John Mar
shall High School Alumni Associa-
ton, given 10y DR. Ramon n. Garcin.
was awarded 10 Joseph i. Sadlcr, Jr,
was considered the best school man
OF the class, and had shown the finest
class spirit OF the year. Sadlcr was
given an ovation by his classmates
us he was awarded his diploma
The program was concluded with