Evening star., 1941-03-05
Everett Sanders
Talks al Dedication
OF Coolidge High
Widow of President
Sends Message Read
AT School Ceremony

Education is a necessary 1Ounda-
ton for a country whose policies
are determined by those chosen by
the people, Everett Sanders told
an audience last night at the dedi-
cation of the new President Calvin
Coolidge High School Mr.. Sanders
was secretary to the late President.
The knowledge of the masses
measures the wisdom of the policies
of the government" Mr.. Sanders
continued. Although we sometimes
think of President Coolidge as a
partisan, he was first a fine Ameri-
can citizen and a conscientious
public servant. For a high school
in the Nations Capital to bear his
name is very appropriate. One of
the characteristics was his reserve.
A man with reserve may at crucial
time draw on the reserve and speak
out with great emphasis. Such en-
phasiS then carries tremendous
weight. This was shown in his
ringing statement of governmental
principles during the Boston police
strike, when he said: There is no
right to strike against the public
safety by anybody, anywhere, any
time"
Mrs. Doyle Presides.
The exercises were presided over
by Mrs. Henry Grafton Doyle, presi-
dent of the Board of Education. The
invocation was by the Rev. George
w. Schnable, pastor of the Albright
Memorial Evangelical Church. After
selections by the school orchestra
and the school glee club, Capt. John
L. Person, Assistant Engineer Com
missioner, representing the District
Commissioners, in short address
presented the key to the school to
Mrs. Doyle.
Mrs. Doyle praised Thomas j.
Holmes, the principal, as one who
was going to be the educational
leader of the entire community"
Mr.. Holmes followed by accepting
the building and expressing appre-
citation to those citizens and officials
who had made the new school a
possibility.
Greetings were extended by DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools for the past 81 years, and
DR.. Chester w. Holmes, assistant
superintendent of schools; D. Stew
art Patterson, president of the Home
and School Association; Wallace c.
Magathan and Comdr. Joseph A.
AShi of Fort Stevens Post, American
Legion.
Expressing regret that she was
unable to attend the exercises, Mrs.
Coolidge, widow of the President,
sent congratulations and best wishes
to the school through Mrs. Doyle.
Daniel B. Lloyd, president of the
Manor Park Citizens Association
and a member of the teaching staff,
presented a model of bronze tablet.
The memorial tablet bears likeness
of President Coolidge and the word
ing:
The school is not the end but
only the beginning of an education.
Presented by the citizens associa-
tions in this community in his
memory, March 4, 1941."
Irwin j. Hibbs, past president of
the Citizens Association of Takoma,
D. c., presented a framed, steel
engraved handmade copy of the
Declaration of Independence.
Committee Praised.
Mrs. Doyle lauded the work of
the committee IN arranging the
dedication, which included Samuel
A. Swiggett, secretary Brightwood
Citizens Association; D. w. Gabe-
lein, Chillum Heights Citizens As
sociation; Mr.. Magathan, chairman
of the committee; Mrs. E. C. Atkin-
son, Hampshire Heights Citizens
Association; Mr.. Lloyd. president
Manor Park Citizens Association;
F. A. Frost, Sixteenth Street Heights
Association; DR.. Grace B. Holmes,
president, Takoma Park Citizens
Association; L. c. Carey, Calvin
Coolidge High School Home and
School Association; Comdr. Ashi,
Fort Stevens Post, American Legion,
and Principal Holmes.
The exercises concluded with the
benediction by the Rev. R. Paul
Schearrer, pastor of the Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church, and the
singing of "The Star Spangled Ban
ner" by the audience, accompanied
by the school band. Inspection of
the school followed.
The school was erected at Fifth
and Sheridan streets on a section
of the Takoma Recreation Center
at cost of 81, 100000 There is still
to be constructed a $4,000 stadium.