Evening star., 1932-12-06
Bronze Tablet Commemo'
rates Fund Given to Re-
store Famous Frigate.
CEREMONIES BROADCAST
FROM NAVY YARD HERE
Speakers Praise Pupils Who Gave
Pennies to Perpetuate
Ideals.

Young America today presented to
Old Ironsides, on the eve OF her de-
parture from the National Capital, a
bronze plaque, emblematic of the pen
nies that made her restoration possible
With a bright December sun glinting
over the waters near the Washington
Navy Yard, surrounded by delegations
of school children from this region
the half-hour ceremony was held, at
tended by a number of notables. The
plaque, placed conspicuously forward on
the starboard side, bears the legend
Pennies proved their worth, when the
school children of America donated
and made possible the restoration of
the noble ship Constitution" Then
follows a statement that it was pre-
sented by the school children of the
George Mason High School OF Alex
andria, Va. Above the lettering IS a
sail.
Poet Presents Plaque.
Miss Ellen Olinger, class poet OF the
George Mason High School. presented
the plaque, which was unveiled by Miss
ESIlleT OulllliIlSIldul O1 tlldL SCllOOI, OIl
behalf of the school children of Amer
lea. The tablet was accepted for the
ship by Comdr. Louis ]. Gulliver, u
S. N, her commanding officer.
Brief addresses were delivered by
Lieut.. John Y. Dannenberg, U. S. N.
who acted as master of ceremonies
c. H. Strader, principal of the George
Mason High School, introduced as the
man who conceived the idea of the
presentation of this plaque; Condr
Gulliver. who invited the children of
the Nation to visit the ship, when she
| visits ports near their homes, as she
travels up the West Coast after nego-
| tiating the Panama Canal early in the
new year; Rear Admiral Frank B. Up
ham, chief of the Bureau of Navigation
who reminded the children that I'VE
built this ship and her sister ships to
protect our trade upon the seas" and
urged them to love the Navy, for which
Old Ironsides stands. and by Dan Hol-
lenga, manager of the Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce, who informed
his audience that the future of the
Nation is safe, when children interest
themselves in its welfare and the things
which it reveres.
Program Broadcast.
Nationwide radio hook-upS of the
Columbia and National Broadcasting
systems carried the program over the
country from 10:30 to IL o'clock. The
! program was interSpersed with selec-
tions by the Marine Band. under the
baton of Capt. Taylor Branson, U. S
M. C. These included Sousa's marches
THE High School Cadets" and Jack
Tar March," Anchors Aweigh" and
otI nj, ,,Io 1r,iII ho 1Io
permanently on the forward side OF
Distinguished guests included Repre-
sentative Howard Smith, Democrat, oi
Virginia; Mayor Edward F. Tiver and
Council of Alexandria, Judge w. P
Woods of the Alexandria Corporation
Court, Roy S. Braden, Arlington County
! Va, manager, and representatives OF
schools, private, parochial and public
as well as officials of fraternal and pa
triotic organizations.
Representatives of school children
attended from the District, Alexandria
and other adjacent points in Virginia
and Maryland. Two companies OF
cadets, boys and girls in uniform
| from the Washington-Lee High School
| Clarendon. Va, acted as guard of honor
st. Charles Catholic School of Claren-
uUu SeHI large QeleSdIlOH.
Tomorrow morning at o'clock Old
rronsides will leave the navy yard in
tow of the minesweeper U. S. S. Grebe
From Hams Point, in East Potomac
Park, Washingtonians will be able to
see a beautiful sight-the veteran
frigate standing down the Potomac
River on long voyage that will take
her to Guantanamo Bay. Cuba. as her
first stop: thence through the Panama
Canal and on tour of West coast ports
of the United States that will end next
September.