Evening star., 1926-05-31
BINGHAM PRAISES
PATRIOTS IDEALS
Urges Keeping Modern
Standards High, in Ad-
dress at Cathedral.

Declaring that those great patriots
wfo fought for the principles upon
which this country was founded
gave everything they had for their
ideals" Senator Hiram Bingham OF
Connecticut made a plea for the pres
ent generation to award them by
Eeepins ideals of modern times high.
about 10000 persons gathered at
memorial exercises in the openait
smphit heater of the National Cathe-
dral at Mount st. Alban yesterday
afternoon.
In reference to the ideals of those
pstriots in whose memory the vast
crowd Joined to pay tribute, Senator
Bingham declared: They believed IN
the ideal of a self governing com
runity. To their communities theN
were loyal. even unto death: iheH
believed that without community HE
there could be no peace. Nothing
WAS TOO hard or too difficult for them
when their ideals of local self gov
ernment, of the right OF representa-
\ tive government. or the right OF free
men were to be achieved.
The crowd was grouped in PIC
turesuue setting on the slopes OF the
natural amphitheater. A speclai
speakers platform and addltionat
platforms for the Army Band ana
s,,ests had been erected for the oc-
casion.
Living at Top Speed.
Senator Bingham. in his address,
rictured the great speed with whlch
the populace of this country is living
AT the present time. lie told of mod
err inventions which help to faclii-
tate this speed. ''In 4 word, he said
I'VE are 80 concerned with the RAPID
psnorama of events which Is speed
ing by that we easily forget what has
zone before and we do not spend
enough time in reflection. How sell
dom do we serve our country as Wen
as we could or with all our might.
Summing up the present SITUATION,
which, he pointed out. has resulted
in laxness on the part of citizens in
exercising their rights of citizenship.
he indicated that it is not more laws
that America needs today, but re-
turn to the Golden Rule. The real
disease is careless or selfish failure to
exercise the rights and duties OF clti'
zenship."
Bishop James f. Freeman of the
diocese of washington delivered q
brief address. He declared that we
need not only to remember the deeds
nf those great patriots who have gone
before. but that we need to rediscoVeT
those great principles for which they
stood.
Indicating that there are those who
would tear down both religion and the
traditions Of this country. he SAID -
know that there may be some cheap
author who would cast aspersions on
him. the father of his country.
Choir of 900 Sings.
More than 500 choir members from
various Episcopal churches and the
United States Army Band. under the
direction of Capt. w. ]. Stannard. fur
nished music.
The services were formally opened
at q o'clock by Rev. DR.. G. {. r.
Bratenahl, dean of the Washington
Cathedral.
Committee chairmen in charge for
the occasion were as follows:
Choir. Rev. DR.. G. W. Atkinson:
church cooperation. Rev. D. Welling-
ton Curran: executive committee,
Canon Stokes; grounds and public ar
rangements, Mai Gen. Grote Hutche-
son. u. 8. A.. retired: lay cooperation.
H. d. Amiss: music. Edgar Priest:
publicity. l.. G. Roy: reserved seats.
a. r. Wales: transportation, NJ. o.
Chance, and ushers. DIR. l.. W. Glaze
brook