Evening star., 1924-05-14
nations on account of race, color,
servitude or sex.


Would Conscrfpt Property.
when we have granted suffrage
to the territories and the District
Of Columbia equality will uniformly
prevail and our country will be en-
tirely democratic" Urging conscrip-
tion of property as well as the youth
Of the land in time of war, she con-
tinued: In their respective realms,
both state and nation possess inher-
ent police powers, to protect the
health, morals and safety of the body
polite. Based upon this accepted au-
thority, the eighteenth amendment
outlaws that arch enemy of humanity,
in destruction of life, second only to
war; the traffic in alcoholic liquor.
The states have ratified, the major
ity has spoken, our plain duty is to
obey" She declared that '"rhe ju-
dietary is the balance wheel of the
machinery of our government"
At the Holy Cross Academy the
Judges were met by Sister Superior
NJ. Remigius and escorted to the as
two pupils holding American flags.
These. retiring to right and left, con-
tinued to stand at attention, holding
the banners, while Ruth Craven. the
schools chosen orator, presented her
oration on The Constitution"
Danger of Socialism.
Miss Craven began her oration by
declaring: The sovereignty OF a
divine document is indispute. We
have reached a period, Americans,
whore we must pause awhile and
take stock of our nation. On all
sides patriotism is shadowed by
socialism. Scandal and unrest fol-
low the train of radicalism, and
ignorance of national principles
crushes the thousand possibilities
that lie latent in our youth
Tracing the birth of the Constitu-
tion, the speaker said that the SOW
ereignty of the Constitution is in
disputable, being the bulwark of the
nation, and concluded:
waves of scandal fow over the
nation. The malign force of ignor-
ance may daily cut keener edge to
do harm. Members of Congress may
rise in solemn assembly and denounce
the instrument that they should laud
and protect. But the precepts of
when the cycle of political passions
has famed and burned out. In the
passing Of nations our Magma Char
ia stands immutable. 1t is above
the plane of criticism or attack. 1t
has been tested and found pure. And
and liberty the noblest gifts of Proyi-
dence. the paean of praise will sound
Tor the document that, under God.
created and preserves these United
States.
! Allegiance to Flag,
At the conclusion of the address.
the flag bearers marched to the center
of the hall, and held aloft the Amer
| lean flags, while the students pledged
their allegiance to the flag. Singing
OF Taps" ended the ceremony. The
judges then personally congratulated
the orator, as has been their custom
at each of the schools visited
Principal Newton greeted the judg-
es upon their arrival shortly before
3 o'clock at the Western High School,
and. leading them to seats in the
the schools orator. Dorothy B. Smith
Her subject was John Marshall
and the Constitution" Telling of the
growth of the country. she said the
reality, but two changes, seventeen
Of the amendments being expansions
of the document.
so the sailing orders were drafted
and a compass made" the speaker
said, "a new and strange compass.
None like it had ever before been
seen, and no man knew just how to
use it. A pilot had to be found who
could read the compass and under
stand the orders. That pilot was
John Marshall"
She told of the relation of Marshall
to the Constitution, and concluded:
THE skies have not always been
clear, the seas not always calm. The
raging waves of party strife have
swept her decks. The thunderbolts
of sectional hate have crashed upon
her.
THE opposing currents of conflicting
interests have often tossed her near
the foaming breakers of destruction.
But in spite Of perils from without
and threatened mutiny from within
our ship has found herself. Mighty
now, and manned by experienced sail
ors, she holds her course-and the
Constitution ever points the way"
Previous to the hearings yesterday
the judges heard Ruth Newburn at
the Central High School, Frank !.
Winant at the Mckinley Manual
Training School, Edith Miley at the
Business High School, Rozier Gaddis
at the Armstrong Manual Training
School and Lillian L. Washington at
the Dunbar High School.