Evening star., 1923-03-29
NEW EASTERN HIGH
SCHOOL DEDICATED
Big Auditorium Crowded at
Impressive Exercises.
Principal Hart Praised.
PLEA FOR SALARY RAISE
DR.. Freeman Urges Better Pay for
Teachers-Ballou Tells
School Plans.
PLEA FOR SALARY RAISE
Snapshots.

Uniting with the citizens of East
Washington, school authorities and
District government officials fittingly
4 celebrated the opening of the COM
munity's first suitable and adequate
high school building at the formal
dedication last night of new Eastern
High School. The large auditorium,
decorated with ferns and spring flow
ers by the East Washington Commu
nifty Center, was crowded to capacity
with students of the school, their par
ents and former graduates. who. after
the exercises, were given an opportu-
nifty to view the interior of the mod
ern and architecturally beautiful
Tudor Castle" which new Eastern
already has been dubbed.
A brief outline of the history of
the school was given by the school
officials, while presidents of the vari-
Gus civic bodies of East Washington
told of the long and untiring fight
of their respective organizations to
bring 1t to realization. Incidentally,
they paid glowing tribute to Charles
Hart, principal of the school.
Plea for Salary Bill.
AS climax to the ceremonies. Rev.
James E. Freeman. rector of the
Church of the Epiphany, made an
eloquent plea for the passage, by the
next Congress of the teachers salary
bill. when Congress reconvenes let
it not have days peace until it has
done that which it failed to do in
its last session-until it has seen that
your teachers are adequately paid"
Ssaid DR.. Freeman. Every public
school teacher in the District. he en-
phasized, should receive sufficient
wage.
when I was coming to Washing
tom DIR. Freeman continued, II was
told that ] was coming to a city that
: had no civic interest, as it had no
vote. But when you take away my
vote you only increase my vocal
power Congress must be made to
realize that it must pass this bill"
Touching upon the progress in
school construction since the days of
the little red sChoolhouse." DR.. Free
man asked: "If men who attended
those schools could rise to be Presi-
dents and great leaders of men. how
much more are We to expect of boys
and girls with facilities such as these
In new EASTERN"
Keller Raps Critics.
Three points, DIR. Freeman said.
should characterize new Eastern in
8il of it's activities and usefulness
First, he pointed out that it should
stand ready to produce the highest
snreros of iaayalty to eyeTything that
tnent. These are perilous times. he
declared. and the students should
hermit no propaganda Of sinister in
fuence to circulate among themselves
or in their school. Secondly he said.
the school should stand for the broad
est spirit of tolerance. There should
be no religious rivalry. no religious
bigotry and no racial hatred, he de-
EBared. which would make classes,
factions or groups in the school.
FINALLY, he said, the school should
! Eive moral and ethical training, de-
sd'ibing the restoration of moral
Etsds of America m % today. to- W "The iss pros esl
bSrity, endurance and peace of any
hAtion." he asserted, lis dependent on
! tts moral character"
"A lEngineer Commissioner Charles Kel-
tari formally turned the new school
i bver to Daniel ]. Callahan. vice president
, bf the board of education, and took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to criticize
pAe, enthusiastic community critics"
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