Evening star., 1924-07-04
TRIBUTE IS PAID
TO WALTER REED
Surgeon Called "SpIendid
American" in independence
Day Address at Hospital.
IDEALS OF PAST PRAISED
Family Life and Sound Government
of Former Days Needed, Says
School Superintendent.

In a patriotic address at Walter
Reed Hospital, before the Patriotic
Pilgrimage of the National Education
Association today. ]. NJ. Gwinn, super
1ntendent of schools of San Francisco,
Calf, stressed the Importance of
looking upon the dawning day and to
forget the days that have past.
These are the days between two
times" he said. 'One has gone,
never to return: the other, nearing
the dawn. is yet too indistinct for one
even with telescope vision to discern
its lineaments. Things mental and
moral, governmental and economic,
are in a swirl, and there is none
among the pilots or the prophets to
tell their course of flow. Caught in
this tide are men and women who
hug to their hearts the old ideals and
hope. despite the surging of conflict
ing currents, that somehow time will
turn backward to bring again the
safe and stable days before the war
drums of Europe sounded. Others
there are-and many-who are i'm
patient of all old restraint, who dis
credit ali former standards of morals
and of government, who would cut
loose from all that has been wrought
out through the Slow-moving GEN.
turies. to press rashly forward to a
new day and time. Between those
who hope for the return of the former
days of content and the group which
would break completely with the
past, which would write a new Decla-
ration of Independence, a new Consti-
tuition, new code of morals and
new economic foundation. is still an
other group whose members are
striving to stem the tide. to grasp the
life lines which shall bring the new
day into proper touch with our yes
tcrdayS."
Looks to Past Ideals.
Fitting indeed-lest we forget
that we turn again on this high day,
here in our Nations Capital, to the
sacred shrineS SymboliZing those high
and strong and far-reaching ideals
that have in the past shaped and di-
rected our national and individual
lives. SO we have come today to this
hospital where the great sympathetic
soul of our government gives express
sion to that tender regard in which 1t
holds all it's citizens, and especially
those disabled in its service; to this
hospital, monument. as it is. to that
loyal splendid Ameican. Maj. Walter
Reed, noted surgeon. sanItarian and
bacteriologist. whose wonderful serV-
ice his government was proud to SO
honor"
Let then. the memories of monu-
-ment and man course through our
minds and help us to read meaning
"a full meaning-into that for which
this monument and this man shall
ever stand. When the full meanings
of this national Institution and the
service of this good citizen have been
umrolled. with the meaning of other
and greater monuments and the
equally worthy service of other citi-
Zens have been made quite clear, then
shall we know and feel that these
meanings and memories stand for all
we may need for the new time just
on ahead; more than this, it would
be folly approaching national sui
eide to cast them aside as worn out
garments into the wastage of the
years.
Old Family Life Praised.
"One must often go backward be-
fore he can go forward. To some such
condition have we come. We must
turn again to the old family life and
stability; to the old ethical basis for
conduct; to the first principles of
sound government economics. In do
ing this we must not shut out the
new light of these present days. By
all means let us erect a new struc-
ture, but let US erect it upon these
old foundations. When the true light
of these modern days shines forth We
shall find that the old charts and
compasses are the foundations of our
newest Inventions, that the new
courses we take, alike as individuals
ana as groups, whether as the family
church or state, must be determined
by those same lode stars that the
inspiration of our forefathers set
above yonder horizon
Here, under the flag of our coun-
try, with minds flooded with the rich
memories of the meanings of all
these national symbols, we NAV in
confidence lift our eyes toward Sinai
ana ana 70 the Stars and Stripes. for the
'dawns early light of the new daE
must break over that sacred mount
ana De reflected to us first from the
colorS of Old Glory"