Evening star., 1922-11-05
PRESENTS RELICS
OF WASHINGTON
Masonic Celebration in Hon.
or of First President,
Largely Attended.

Free Masonry was declared to be
zone of the major sources" from
which George Washington drew his
men, master of the ages" in an ad-
dress by Dr. ]. Stanley Durkee, presi-
dent of Howard University, last night
at Central High School auditorium.
The occasion, for which DR.. Durkee
! was orator, was a celebration In
! honor of the 10th Masonic birthday
of the father of his country. con-
Quoted under the auspices OF the
Grand Lodge, F. A. A. NJ, and the
Masonic clubs Of the District of Co
lumbia, and was attended by Masons
and their families. who crowded the
big Auditorium to its capacity. Music
by the Almas Glee Club, Grotto Band
and the Washington Quartet and pres
entation of Masonic tools used by
Washington completed program
which ELECTED the enthusiastic ap-
probation and applause of the gain
ering. The auditorium was patrioti-
cally decorated and the entire exer-
cises were broadcasted by radio.
DR.. Durkee spoke on "Cisterns
From Which Washington Drank;
contributed to forming the genius of
the first President DR.. Durkee PAID
tribute to Washington's inheritance.
his Christian home. his church and
his Masonic lodge.
Washinston's Privilege.
Washington, said DR.. Durkee, as
a young man was 'privileged to te
received into an oroer whose princi-
pies are so Sublimely impressed in
such solemn and serious manner that
those who enter come not back by
the way they enter, they can never
live on low levels as before, can never
live except upholding freedom, up
holding right and dethroning wrong.
A! Every teaching of Masonry, DR..
| Durkee. explained is on the same high
! standard. eXhorting to liberty. truth
and faith in God. faith in people. and
showing forth everywhere there is
brotherhood from north, south, east
or west"
4 Eli Swavely, chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements for the cele-
bration, who presided, pointed to the
large part played by Masons in the
leXplaining that all but three mem
bers of the Continental Congress
| which signed the Declaration of In
dependence and more than half of
the members of the constitutional
Iconvention were Master Masons.
welcome TO DlAtr1ct.
Charles Cyrus Coombs. grand mas
ter of the District Of Columbia, well
coined the assemblage on behalf of
the Grand Lodge and Masonic clnbs.
the invocation was pronounced by
Rev. James Shera Montgomery. pas
tor Of Calvary Methodist Church and
chaplain of the House, and the bene-
diction by the Rev. DR.. John Z.
Palmer, pastor of washington
Heights Presbyterian Church and
grand chaplain for the District Grand
Lodge.
The trowel, plumb. square and level
used by Washington at the laying or
the corner stone of the United States
Capitol were presented to the au-
dience by s. w. Pitts Of Alexandria
! Washington Lodge, No. %, of Alex
Iandria, and the gavel used by Wash
| ineton at the laying of the corner
stone of the Capitol was presented by
William ]. Loveless, junior warden of
Potomac Lodge. No. :, Georgetown.
. The committee in charge of the
meeting consisted of Eli Swavely,
chairman: Philip Hermann. Lurtin X.
CHM, Ben W. Murch. w. W. Jermanc.
Rev. DIR. John c. Palmer, William
Musser, J.. H. Troutman, George Ros-
coe Davis, Elmer E. Rogers, w. J.
Dow, Capt. George Z. Unmacht, c. J.
Nichols, George D. Sullivan.