Show THE Vi WASHINGTON ASHINGTON ERSARY To Today ay is the Washington ann anniversary It is s a sacred day in th the thc calendar of the United States States- it will always be it ii will ll increase in iu sacredness as the years Jears ebb and flow His Ilis character gave gaye a light to tile the age he lived I hj Among men his character was was was' what radium is minerals The light within him shone out continually c his death could not dim it rather it jt removed remo from it all earthly earthly- stains and left it lie Ic was not learned but learned men bowed before him he was not a but the thc most eloquent men around him hint yielded him unstinted unstinted un un- stinted respect and reverence rc there were abler soldiers than h lu he around him hint but hut they all an the time held him hun as rightfully commander in chief And the greatest soldier of his age perhaps the ablest of all the ages put on mourning when he hc died The secret of his renown was that his faculties were exactly bala balanced and the thc deathless courage conrage and and patriotism which sustained his strength and guided his m mind Hi caused him to devote all those faculties to the cause of his country and the welfare welfare wel wel- fare of his fellow countrymen Hence his place men Whatever a man mans man's 8 station may be bein bein ii in the thc world worl whether as the ruler of a n state the commander of an army or 01 the humble peasant in his shed when the name of f Washington is spoken all nIl al alike ke uncover their heads and stand at salute before his memory Today is a holiday for the schools but in every cry schoolhouse there should be bean an hour set apart to impress upon the old and young alike some of the reasons why amo among g men he stood firt in life why by his memory takes on a deeper dc per an and depper halo halo- as the years rears sweep on and till all ll sh l ld emphasis be laid aid upon the fact tJI that lt it was not great lt scholarship not ot great g generalship gener ner not great statesmanship that exalted him but bLit rather his love of countr country his love lo of libert liberty and his consecration his to duty that singled him out from all the millions of the earth that lived in fl his age age an and failed him without a rival rhal the acknowledged acknowledged edged foremost man among all the children of men |