The Holly chieftain., 1924-01-31
BY JOHN olcklNsoN SHERMAN

George Washington was u great man for the
feason, among Others. that his intelligence func-
toned efficiently in all circumstances. He was
a success In everything he undertook Athlete
surveyor fighting man. business man, farmer
builder, military leader, statesman. presldent-n
all of these capacities he was of the first class
Whenever he did anything he did 1t right When he
chose to be dignitled, nobody could approach him in
dignity. When he chose to put style nobody could
Outdo him his coaching outfit was the last word In
vehicle and horsehesh, and there was not a better
pair Of legs in the United States than his sken-cad
extremites And when he rode furiously to the
front to stop the retreat at Monmouth he cursed
Lee It'll the leaves curled up on the trees. The
-Father of His Country had an extraordinary
of the fitness of things In every activity of life
So. when Washington selected the site
OF the national capital in 1890, President George
Washington nt took measures to that the
capital city should be built right. Most of Amer
ican cities jus growed after the fashion of Topsy
and look it. Not the Capital of the United
States. Washington determined that 1t should be
the complete expression of the best Of the nation
that was to come. And being entirely without
false modesty, he knew of nobody who could do
a better job at planning 1t than himself.
And Washington knew just the man to work
out the plans. Major Pierre Charles LEnfant wus
that man. He WAS young French engineer who
came over with Lafayette in 1T77 and served in
the Continental army. After being wounded, he
was assigned to Washingtons personal command
anu was maue Il major In 17S3. He
engineer of ability and something of architect.
In passing, monument to his memory was un-
veied in 1911 in Arlington National cemetery
So Washington called In L'Enfant ana set him
at work on the plans of the Capital city, which
some day will probably be the finest capital in
the world. And Washington was at
LEnfnnt's elbow
More than that, Washington himself laid the
corner stones of the Capitol and of the White
House. personally overseeing the erection of the
executive mansion which first occupied by
President John Adams. That the first president of
the United States and the young French engineer
did mastery piece of work between them Is
seen by the Washington of today.
Now, the United States has been Christian
nation from Its earliest beginnings. :he Virginia
settlers brought the Church of England with them
part of their daily life The Pilgrims separat.
Ing from the Church of England. to America
the Church of England with them-to reform it,
Penn Quaker and colonized for Quakers
Baltimore was founded a refuge for Roman
Catholics. Huguenofs locked to New Amsterdam
because guaranteed religious freedom by the
Dutch In 1TS4 tie first Protestant Episcopal
bishop and the first two Methodist Episcopal
bishops in America were ordained In 1889 Il
convention in Philadelphia organized the prot
estant Episcopal Church In the United States of
America The year the First General
Meeting of the Presbyterian Church in America
was held in the same city.
Appealing TO the Supreme Judge of the World"