Show pupils of the high school at THE lynde had a holiday feb 22 their teacher miss fedrick Fedr lck told the boys and girls of the history class to find out as much aa possible about the character and deeds of george washington before feb 21 washington AT MONMOUTH then the last hour in the afternoon lust before adjourning over for the holiday each should tell the class what he or she regarded as moat admirable li the father of his country they n ct according to arrangement alice said 1 admire general washington most because he vias a great and splendid cordler and bcd his troops to victory ith wretchedly inadequate means at monmouth N J june 28 1778 that la tty grandest of all the BOI alera of iho american advance were back on the main army like a lot ot frightened chickens the general who them the most scared of 11 II when goorno galloped t and in a voice of thunder roared at alt general and them to form again 1114 turn their to the enemy and ht light in a few minutes just by ahe tower he had ii himself washing i hanged those awards into heroes na oy nud voi it was glo alice wrote poetry and gho nw ercal cyca that hilo olio aid it way glorious and als applauded her then korman hartley 1 I think george washington was greatest 0 at as a statesman in his farewell address he said als our true policy to steer clear at permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world senator holdfast says that advice of washington has held our country together and made it great then spoke billy a little boy who always said what he thought the teacher wanted him to say 1 I admire george washington most because he tell a lie then some of the class laughed but on of the older girls said 1 I too admire washington because ho always told the truth but I 1 dont e tell a lie anybody can teli a lie its the people who can but wont that arc to be praised I 1 am sure a man ao great as washington could have told a lie but he would not and that made him all the greater next tommy a boy who liked to play ball better than to study remarked 1 I washington because he took the lead in all athletic sports some of the class laughed again but the told them tommy was not washington AT MOUNT VERMON wron if the father of ills country baa qt bu up his constitution by plenty ot open in youth lie nayar could have endured the hardships ot alib 1 I admire washington he was arst in war first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen and all the class applauded heartily after that a little girl observed that she admired washington because ho was so fine and splendid and chivalrous always toward ladles that he did not even talk back when his wife lectured him at that the class smiled again though the little girl could not tell chy next they asked the teacher to tell them what she liked best in the character 0 farat president miss fedrick said aside from his all around greatness I 1 admire washington roost of all for his modesty twice he was elected pre sl dent accepting the nomination each his countrymen called him and altogether against hla own wishes his hearts desera was to live in quiet at mount vernon arid rear improved farm animals the second time he was chosen h protested almost with tears against being kept away longer from this beloved country home |