Evening star., 1942-06-08
McNuf Addresses
Chevy Chase College
Graduating Glass
Calls for Clear Thinking,
Courage, Common Sense
In War Problems

A call for American citizens to
face the facts and not hide behind
the three straw men'-complacency,
appeasement and fear-in our pres
ent struggle against the Axis was
made. today by Federal Security
Administrator McNutt in an address
to the graduating class of Chevy
Chase Junior College.
Far too many people in this coun-
try, he said at commencement ex-
ercises in the Chevy Chase Meth
odist Church, are consistent about
nothing except their reluctance to
face the fact and their willingness
to seize any pretext for passing by
on the other side while the world
tumbles to ruin and carries us
with it.
Taken as whole, the ordinary
people of our farms and cities-the
folk who are America-gave more
credence to the spurious panic OF
Orson Welles' imaginary men from
Mars than they gave to the docu-
mented dangers of Hitler's will to
power" Mr.. McNQtt declared.
Will we continue to hide behind
the flimSy and futile protection OF
our three straw men or will we
supplant them with clear thinking,
courage and common sense, he
asked the class of 46 graduates.
Citizens Have Final Word.
Young people like you have the
biggest stake in this problem" he
said, "and as citizens you would
have the final word He who pays
the piper has not only the right but
the obligation to call the tune-this
is an obligation you as citizens can
dodge only at your own peril"
Mr. McNutt said it was long,
long way from Chevy Chase to
Calais and that, while the Luftwaffe
may never reach out to destroy their
homes, the ideas and motivation
which gives the German air force its
impetus may we'll reach out to de-
stroy the way of life we prize most
deeply.
The goals of our war production
effort outlined by the President in
January are being surpassed and
will be surpassed even in greater
measure, he said, adding: Thanks
to the mightiest military production
program the world has ever seen.
the German blueprint will not be
foisted upon the free peoples OF the
world"
One important thing the war has
taught us so far is the supreme i'm
portance of ideas and ideals. The
past quarter century has demon
strated the disaster and futility
which lies in self-seeking among
nations as among men, Mr. McNutt
said All countries must share the
blame for this well nigh short
sightedness.'
DR.. Buschmeyer breaches.
Democracy today may very well
be making its last stand. unless
those who have known its priv
| ilegeS have taken the full measure
of their obligation to preserve it
Diplomas were awarded students
of the junior college and Is in its
high school,
Seniors attending baccalaureate
services at the church yesterday
were addressed by DR.. Fred S.
Buschmeyer, pastor Of Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church.
Graduates Of the junior college
department are:
Marilyn Bleakley, Kansas City;
Mona Brown, Fieldston, N Y: Helen
Callahan, St. Louis; Geraldin Cavett,
Oklahoma City; Betty Cline. Rydal,
Pa; Betty Lu Erickson. Kansas
City; Betty Fisher, Bound Brook,
N. j.; Faith Fromhold, New Rochelle,
N. Y: Genevieve Gilman, st. Paul;
Rosalind Grant, Germantown. Pa;
Jeanne Graves, Monroe, La; Betty
Gray, Chicago; Peggy Harrell
Stapler. Mexico; Helen Margaret
Hart, Oklahoma City; Jane Jack
man, Evanston, Ill; Jean knight,
Bridgeport, Conn; Marjorie Nc
Keown. Youngstown, Ohio; Harriet
Murphy. San Diego, Calf; Nancy
Poindexter, Kansas City; Carol Ann
Robertson, Chicago; Mary Jane
Slifer, Terrace Park. Ohio; Helen
Threadgill. Asheville, N. c.. Carolyn
Wells, Pocatello, Idaho; Jane
Wemyff. Lancaster. N. H.; Suzanne
Perrin. Chevy Chase, Md, and Louise
Delano, Anna May Ferry. Patricia
Naphis, Marjorie May, Alyce Moran
and Jean Rountree, all of Wash
ington.
High School Graduates.
Graduates of the high school de-
partment are:
Barbara BOYD, Saginaw, Mich;
Jane Clever. Darien. Conn; Vir-
ginia Davis. Brookline, Mass; Ethel
Eustice. Hinsdale, Ill; Cathryn
Hamrick, Charleston, w. Va; Vir-
ginia Loomis, Philadelphia Char
lotte Meyer, Baltimore; Jo-Ann
Otis, Westbury, Conn; Nancy
Stenglein, Saginaw, Mich; Emma
woodward. Spencer. w. Va; Patri-
cia Snyder. Bethesda; Marguerite
Williams Chevy Chase; and Mary
Aida Carlson, Effie Ingalls, and
Joan Monroe, all of Washington.