Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1935, Page 16

A—16 5 CLASS REGALLS HCH SEADOL DAY 49th Annual Reunion Brings Fond Memories to Old Graduates. The class of 1886 of the Washing- ton High School last night met and renewed, for the forty-ninth year, their “do you remember when's” and the memory of their graduation car- ried them back to the presentation of diplomas by President Grover Cleve- land in the old Albaugh’s Opera House, at that time the auditorium with the largest seating capacity in the city. This class, meeting in annual ban- quet at the Raleigh Hotel last night, is unusual in many ways. For nearly @ half century the members have car- ried on for old alme mater, even though the old lady has been dead these many years. Old Washington High School, then located on O street between Sixth and Seventh, was the; forerunner of the high school system in the District. The graduating class of 1886 was so important that the President of the United States felt it incumbent upon him to lay aside affairs of state and compliment and congratulate the “bright and shining sea of faces.” Each student, 200 of them, stepped across the flower bedecked stage to receive his parchment on the after- noon of June 16, 49 years ago. ‘The Spirit Marched On. As in the case of all girl and boy graduates, they determined then and there not to forget old Washington High. And the Washington High graduates have not let the old spirit die . . . not in a half century. Nearly | 100 members of the class, most of them still living in the District, still | come to the annual reunion, when they | can. Many gaps, naturally, have ap-| peared in the ranks, but the survivors. as shown last night, know how to carry on the banner. In 1886 the class elected Charles H. Bates its president. He served for one year and gave way for the proces- sion” of presidents to follow. Last night at the banquet, Charles H. Bates again became president of the class, to carry on through the 50th year of the history of his class. And many old-timers who sat and watched and others who stood and cheered might well have thought that the class was electing the youngster “with the bright and shining face” of '86, because Charles H. Bates, now a successful attorney and counselor at | law. still maintains his enthusiasm of 50 years ago. First Vice President, Too. The officers of the class of '86 Hotel last night. newly elected vice president. president. of the old Washington High School shown at the banquet at the Raleigh Seated, left to right: Charles A. Bates, newly elected president, and Mrs. Ramsey Nevitt, Standing, left to right: George F. Williams, secretary, and Harry Dowling, past —Star Stafl Photo. Bush, Miss Laura Jacobs, Miss Helen | B. Welch, George W. Hodgkins, Miss Lucille Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- lard E. Pollard, Frank A. Meloy, Lieut. Comdr. George B. Dowling and Mrs. Dowling, Mrs. Ruth Dowling Halsted, Mrs. Patterson Bayne, Mrs. Ninian Beall, Mrs. H. F. Wierum, Mrs. Evelyn Gill, Ted Hodges. ‘When Mr. Bates took over the pres- idency of the class he succeeded Mr. Dowling. Constitution Came in '96. Mrs. J. Ramsay Nevitt, who, as Miss Mary Christmas Hine, was “the sweet girl graduate of '86” and the class’ first vice president, was installed again with her first running mate last night. Members of the class present in- cluded Harry W. Dowling, president of the class this year; Charles H. Bates, president for next year; Brig. Gen. William E. Horton, Prof. Allan Davis, principal of Roosevelt High School; Lieut. Comdr. Lewis P. Cle- phane, George E. Tew, Mrs. Charles S. Eisinger, Mrs. Willard E. Buell, Miss Dela P. Mussey, Mrs. J. Ramsay Nevitt, Mrs. Blanche Smith Palmer, Mrs. James Henry Harper, Thomas C. Barr, George Francis Williams, Mrs. Howard R. Norton, Miss Emma S. Jacobs, Ben T. Welch, Mrs. Minnie Hess Myers, Mrs. Fred O. Roman, Fulton Lewis, Mrs. Charles H. Butler, Mrs. William A. Bevard, Howard L. Wilkins. Associate members of the class pres- ent included Mrs. Harry W. Dow- ling, Mrs. George E. Tew, Charles s.i Eisinger, Willard E. Buell, Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, James Henry Harper, | Mrs. Thomas C. Barr, Mrs. George | Prancis Williams, Howard R. Norton, | Rev. Charles H. Butler, Dr. W. A. Bevard, Mrs. Allan Davis. Honorary members of the class present: Gideon A. Lyon, Dr. Harvey A. Smith and Mrs. Smith, Dr. Elmer 8. Newton and Mrs. Newton. Additional guests present: John C. and, in 1896, 10 years after they had | left the class room and at about the | time when the average graduate has | | forgotten all his school chums, th | graduates decided they needed a con- | | stitution. | Like the famous Annapolis class of | 1881, which boasts such members as Admiral Wilson, Admiral Kato and former Secretary of War Weeks, the Washington High School class of 1886 numbers several men and women on its rolls who have achieved promi- nence. It has produced two brigadier generals, a local high school princi- pal, a nationally recognized medical authority, several prominent lawyers and scores of other successful busi- ness and professional men and ‘women. No Latin scholar could better quote his Caesar than can Mr. Bates recite the history of his class. He knows, | for instance, that the year 1886 was | the first in which the high school cadets had uniforms. He knows what each member of the class has done in the military, professional or business world, the state of his or her health, and whether they like sugar in their coffee. Experiences Nearer, Now. To an outsider, looking in on the | ceremonies which mark the passing of another year, the influence of those three years in high school is incredible. Looking back, Mr. Bates says that F. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd W. during the first five years after they This unusual class of graduates | stuck together after the graduation | had left school it became customary | through its dangers, its heartaches, its to speak of their class room days as of | triumphs and its inevitable discour- a remote era. But today when the agements with the same love of life | class meets the members speak of | and the same companions with whom those class room experiences as if they | one started is to have accomplishd occurred only yesterday. They give | something decidedly distinctive.” reason for thinking: That is the unique achievement of “Pifty years—a comprehensive | the class of 1886, which can now say period in the life of any individual, | What Mr. Bates, as its poet in 1886, Fifty years—long enough to see the | 53id then: ambitions of youth fulfilled, its dreams | _ “Father Time, we know thou has realized. its illusions discarded. Fifty | Virtues redeeming!” years—in prospect an endless eon, in | R S retrospect a swift day of dreaming.| For the first time the royal marines Fifty years—a time of testing too | recently supplied the guard at Buck- severe for some—and to have come ' ingham Palace in England. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday SPECIAL~ GENUINE OAK LEATHER HALF-SOLES and RUBBER HEEls Both for This Price Materials Used Are Quality Throughout oY o % Our Regular Price, $1.35 WHEN YoUSAYSHOE REPAIRINGSAY~ SELIS, 8i0-14%5tNW <% 14th St.—Just Above H—Na. 6780 American Security & Trust Company WASHINGCTON, D. C. 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It was indicated, however, that a ma- Jority of the five-man group would oppose exempting. the big companies from the taxes the bill would levy for aid to the aged. | The committeemen were informed | that around $180,000,000 has been put | by a number of big concerns into a ' KITT dous Event ... reserve fund out of which pensions are paid to their employes. They were told, too, that if the companies were forced to discontinue their present pension systems, it would not only work a hardship on them but on in- surance companies which hold the $180,000,000. Furthermore, it was argued that many existing systems pay bigger pensions to persons at younger ages than is contemplated under the ad- ministration’s bill. The bill in its present form would levy a tax of 2 per cent ‘on pay rolls beginning in 1937 and increasing to 6 per cent in 1949, half to be paid by the employer and half by the employe. A man who entered the Federal system before 1942 and who made over $150 & month would, if he reached 65 in 1962, get $37.50 a month pension. Figure Declared Small. Such a pension, the advocates of existing systems contend, is much smaller than they would pay. On the other hand, actuaries have been figuring on the big pay rolls which afe scheduled to build up the Federal rund to such a size that it would meet all demands. Adminis- tration officials contend, too, that ex- emption of private companies might tend to break down the Federal system. With the subcommittee still dis- Scores again with a Big Tremen- COMPLETE REFRIGERATOR ‘have six automobiles in line, while | cussing this phase of the bill, House leaders definitely postponed until next week floor consideration of the meas- ure. CORPS PLANS EXERCISES G. A. R. Auxiliary to Conduct Rites Before ‘lrmy Day Parade. 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