Evening star., 1925-06-02
MRS.COOL|DGE SEES
TRIBUTE PAID SON
Portrait of Late Calvin, Jr.,
at Mercersburg Academy,
Is Unveiled.
BY the Associated Press.


MERCERSBURG, Pa, June o.
William Mann Irvine, headmaster of
Mercersburg Academy, in an address
today at the unveiling of a portrait
of the late Calvin Coolidge, jr., paid a
beautiful tribute to youth and to the
memory of the departed boy
Mrs. Coolidge arrived from Wash,
ington by motor at IL am.
The unveiling was a part of the
commencement week activities The
younger son of President and Mrs
Coolidge, who died in Washington
July last year, would have been
graduated from Mercersburg tomor.
row.
The students gathered to welcome
Mrs. Coolidge and to pay the respect
due classmates mother and the
First Lady of the Land. who was
there, as she and Mr.. Coolidge were
a year ago when their eldest son
John, was graduated.
Ceremony Simple.
1t was simple ceremony-the un.
yelling Of the portrait-but to the
several hundred young men who knew
him, not as a Presidents son, but as
schoolmate, it meant much. 1t was
picture of Calvin Coolidge, jr.. "Mer-
cersburg, 49," not of Calvin Cool.
idge, jr., son of President Calvin Cool.
idge.
Upon the walls of the school year
ago, three portraits were hung, those
of three representative Mercersburg
boys. One is of DR.. Joel Boone, Presi-
dent Coolidge's physician, who attend.
ed todays ceremony. The portrait of
Jyrir, TOlo Wit nf
Boone and the others, to be joined in
later years by those of other boys who
made an impression on the life of the
school.
Former Gov. William c. Sproul,
whose son John attended the school
and who is a member of the board,
presided. On the program was an ad-
dress by Robert Bridges, editor OF
Scribner's Magazine.
Later, Mrs. Coolidge was to be the
guest of honor at a luncheon at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Irvine.
DIR. Irvine's Speech.
To-day" said DIR. Irvine, we honor
youth-beautiful youth, consecrateC
youth, ideal youth, youth that wor
our admiration and deepest love.
This hour might be colored by re
gret and sorrow, but our spirits rise
in joy and eXaltation because this, oul
dear boy whom we delight to honor
although only in his teens, glorifiec
many of the most noble qualities Of
the human soul. BY his life, so eager
so faithful, so beautiful, he showed
that youth is not a prelude; it is a.
much a part of life as manhood ol
old age.
"a good boy is a true interpreter
of life. What he lives is more thar
what he says. 1 am glad that the
artist painted our dear Calvin il
thoughtful mood, confident because HI
had caught the vision, calm, self-con
trolled, as was his wont.
Calvin Coolidge, jr.. had q supert
| idea of moral and spiritual values
with a record that could not be sur
passed. His life was filled with tha'
fine sense of humor which he haC
been taught in an ideal America
home. Even as boy he knew thar
the worlds greatest need is a IRA,
manhood.
ITO US in Mercersburg Calvin Cool
idge. jr., will always be, in Shake
speare's phrase, a boy eternal About
this portrait will gather the story O
lofty motives and good deeds By Mer
cersburg boys all over the world. Al
generations of boys look at his calm
true. manly face, they will form higf
resolve to live pure, speak true, righ
wrong, follow the King"