Wilson Central School - Crest Yearbook (Wilson, NY)

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services at the Eastern Presbyterian church. The afternoon was spent in visiting the Zoological gardens of the Smithsonian Institute. In the evening they all attended the services of the Calvary Baptist church, the church which President Harding attends, but he was not in evidence that night. Monday morning, April 17th, they took a car uptown and visited the following places in order: Navy building, Pan Ameri- can Union building, Red Cross building, War and Navy building, and watched the egg-rolling on the White House grounds. In the afternoon they visited the Patent office. Pension buiding. Army Medical museum of the Smithsonian Institute, Bureau of the Fisheries and the Department of Commerce. Then the party divided, some retiring to their rooms, others going to hear the Marine Band Concert at tihe White House. The whole next day, April ISth, was spent in the Capitol and office buildings of the Senators and Representatives. The party first took a complete tour of the building with a guide, and then roamed at will through the building. They saw the Supreme Court open, the House of Representatives and Senate in session. Lunch was obtained in the dining room of the House of Representatives, and in the afternoon they met Senator Willis of Ohio, who showed them on thu floor of the Senate chamber where several of the party dared take the pleasure of sitting in the Vice-President's cliair. The party found added amusement by riding back and forth on the small trolley which runs in the subway between the Capitol and the Senate office buiding. After breakfast Wednesday morning, April 19th. the party was attracted to the Union Station, by the playing of the band and the formation of troops E. F, and G, of the Third U. S. Cavalry there. By waiting in front of the station about an hour they were able to see Marshal Joffrc and the French delegation when they arrived. The party then went to the Government Printing oflice before lunch. During the lunch time Mr. Johnson got in line at the White House to make a date for the party to meet the President But before he got there he shook hands with the President. While Mr. Johnson was gone the boys went for a walk and were gone so long that they had to be left behind while the rest of the party visited the Bureau of Printing and Engraving and Washington’s monument. The boys visited these places later.

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through the success of many other money-making schemes, they raised sufficient funds to insure them of a trip to the National Capitol. The party, composed of the ten Seniors, together with Helen Singer, Hub Fernin and Miss Mary Johnson, and conducted by Clarence E. Johnson, left Wilson by autos for Buffalo at about six o’clock, Friday morning, of April 14th. They arrived in Buffalo in good season to catch the first through excursion train at eight-thirty, over the Lehigh Valley railroad, to Washington. Mr. Johnson, who had conducted a similar party several years before, had the tickets and everything, including a part of a car reserved beforehand, was O. K. The route taken by the train afforded the excursionists a chance to see the Finger Lake section of New York State, the mountainous country of eastern Pennsylvania, and the hilly lowlands adjacent to the Delaware River. They arrived in Washington at about eleven P. M., and went directly to their rooming house on Second street, east of the Union Station. They retired immediately as the long journey was very fatiguing to all. Everybody was up early the next morning, Saturday, April 15th, and ready to see what the town looked like. The first place to be visited was the new City Postoffice, adjacent to the Union Station, and walking: from there up Capitol Hill and by the Capitol, where several of the party obtained their first snap shot of the famous building. They visited Representative Clarence MacGregor of Buffalo, in the Representatives office building. By walking thru the tunnel connecting this building with the Capitol, they made a hurried trip thru the Capitol and left by the rear door. Next they visited Grant’s monument, and thence to the Botanical Gardens. Walking from here up Pennsylvania Avenue, they visited the White House and the Treasury Building, where the United States Treasurer, Mr. Frank White after meeting all of the party personally, gave them an interesting talk of his duties, and the functions of the Treasury Department. After dinner they went to the Agricultural Building, but could not get in, so the rest of the afternoon w’as spent in the three buildings comprising the Smithsonian Institute. On Easter Sunday the party walked over and attended the

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The first thing on the program for Thursday was an automobile sight-seeing trip around Washington. This trip gave them an opportunity to see all the important objects of interest in the heart of the city. After the auto trip the Corcoran art gallery was visited. The boys took the lunch hour that day to walk up and down the monument. Directly after lunch the party went to the White House and each one shook hands with Mr. Harding. Thru the courtesy of a darkey whom Mr. Johnson became acquainted with, they were shown into the cabinet room and also obtained a glimpse of Gaddie Boy, the dog. Each one sat in the President’s chair. An auto-bus met them at the gate and took them to Georgetown, where they saw George Washington’s old headquarters, and thence to Arlington National cemetery and Fort Myers. All of the evening was spent in the Congressional Library. Friday morning, April 21st, the whole party was photographed on the front steps of the Capitol they walked to the wharf they took a boat down the Potomac River to Mount Vernon. After visiting Washington’s tomb and home they returned to Washington by rail, stopping at Alexandria to see Christ church, and the Masonic Lodge room where Washington was Grand Master. On arriving in Yv’ashington, several of the party went to lunch, while the rest went to the Navy yard. The feature of the Navy yard was the President’s private yacht “Mayflower,” which they were shown through. . Saturday morning they again visited the Congressional Library, Capital and Senate office building, where they met Senator Calder personally. They then proceeded up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Postcffice department building, where the dead letter office formerly was, where the largest U. S. flag in the country was seen hanging in the central court. Leaving the building the party went to lunch, while the boys went to the Bureau and Printing and Engraving, which they had missed before. After lunch the party divided, each went to visit those places of particular interest to them. Some wrent to the movies while others went to the rooming house and slept for the rest of the afternoon. Sunday, April 23rd, all attended the morning service at Calvary Baptist church except the boys who wrere more interested in the big fire at the Willard Hotel. At khree o’clock in the afternoon