The Washington herald., 1921-02-21
UNIVERSITY OPENS
FETE TO OBSERVE
lOOTH MILESTONE
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Cannon as Battle Token
Presented to G. w. U.
With Exercises.

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policy Saturday by Gen. Coilardet
French military sattache In the
United States and war hero, during
an address at opening OF the fve.
day centennial celebration at George
washington University.
Gen. Collardet declared that hack
OF preparedness on. the part of the
allies was entirely responsible for
the late world war beinS q Ions
and bloody struggle. and c6unciled
all countries-regardle Of power
or situation-to be adequately pre-
pared for war at all times.
Cannon Presented. :.
This warning came as q part OF
the presentation by Gen. Coliardet,
on behalf of the French govern
ment, Of German cannon captured
by French forces in ISIS, on the
verdun front, to the university.
The presentation was made In the
university yard" at the rear OF
Lsner Hall, 2023 G street north
west, where the cannon will remain
temporarily.
More than 500 university officials,
students, faculty members, alumni,
and leading Washington society
people attended. Prince de Bearn,
of the French Embassy. also rep
sented the French government.
The gift was received on behalf
of the school by DR.. William Miller
Collier. president; H. B. F. Macfar-
land. and W. B. King. members Of
the board of trustees.
May this gun be a reminder Of
the necessity of preparedness even
for the most pacific nations. evcn
for those whose power and situa-
ton seem unlikely to involve them
in military conicts," said Gen. Col
lardet. during his presentation ad-
dress.
Cites Wars Lesson.
Inadequate preparedness was re-
sponsible for the long and bloody
struggle during the world war. Had
France had more heavy artillery anu
machine guns; had pacific Belgium
had organised reserves; Germany
would never have had the audacity
to attack us.
who could have guessed ten
years ago that the United States
would have to take up arms, mo-
bilize 4.o0o.eoo men and send 2.ooo.-
900 Of them across the sea for her
own protection? It is therefore i'm
poStant that you, the young men
who are now preparing yourselves to
play your part in case of an emerg-
ency. who will tomorrow be the
legislators In charge Of the inter-
ests Of your great nation, to remem-
Der the lesson inspired by this gun"
In his address OF acceptance.
President Collier said in part: This
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ment in commemoration Of the 1000
George Washington students and
alumni who saw service in the world
war"
Banquet PregraA.
There is a new spirit In modern
law, q spirit which is humanizinE
our statutes, Dean Roscoe Pound,
Of Harvard Law School. told stu
dents and alumnae OF the george
Washington Law School at their an
nual banquet last night at the
Franklin Square Hotel.
our law schools are not schools
OF rules, but schools of the appll-
cation of those rules" said the
dean.
Samuel Herrick, of the class of 'o2.
president of the Law School Alumni
Association. told Of. the growth of
the law school and the organisation
Of the alumni. Four-minute talks
on student activities and college
spirit were given by william A
Hunter, represe nting the freshman n
class: L. Brooks Hays. representing
the junior class, and Harold T. Kay,
of the senior class. Dean Morton
L. Forson presided as toastmaster.
Solos were sung by Arthur H. Del
bert, Of the class Of 10, and Pro-
fessor Hector G. Spaulding. Col
lege songs written by law school
students were sung by the ban
queters to popular tunes. Ismar
Baruch. the law chool senate,
q student organization. was chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments.
There are some schools and uni
versities in this country which do
not teach Americanism and the
proper respect for the principals
upon which this government was
founded. was the declaration made
by Representative Royal c., johnson,
of South Dakota, at a centennial
dinner given by the arts and science
department of George Washington
university IN the new willard last
night.
This is not true of George wash
ington University, however, for the
standards of this institution are
truly American. The old system of
placing broken politicians in the
government service Is fast passing"
said Representative johnson.
Other Addresses.
Brief addresses were made by
William Miller Collier, president Of
the university and former Ambas-
sador to Spain: Howard Lincoln
Hodgkins. dean OF the arts and
science and engineering department
Of the university; William Bruce
King, member Of the board of
trustees, and William Allen Will
bur.
A vaudeville program was fur
nished by Misses Josephine Hous-
ton, Jeniere Brooks, Mary vacarro,
Nellie Anderson. Maize Durham,
Chilli Eckhart. Maxine Girts, Babe
Holmes, Cutie Pearson, Gertie
Perry. Billie SWEET. the Ayers sis
ters, and Preston Haynes. Camerone
Burton, Tex Noll, v. U. Wang and
Wallie Wright. Michael Mussmann
acted as toastmaster.
Firemen Fight $500, 900