A TREE FOR QUENTIN ROOSEVELT 



In a pouring rain the pupils 

 of Force "School, Washington, D. 

 C, which Quentin Roosevelt at- 

 tended when he lived in the 

 White House, planted a Lom- 

 bardy Poplar in his memory on 

 Armistice Day. At the left is 

 Gordon Mjnnegorode, of the 

 eighth grade, who spoke of 

 Roosevelt's life from school 

 days to entering the army. 

 Just to the right of the tree is 

 It. W. Murch, supervising prin- 

 cipal of the school, who was 

 there when Quentin attended. 

 In the overcoat at the right is 



Captain Harry Semmes, of the 

 Tank Corps, and a graduate of 

 Force School, also spoke. As 

 far as known Lieutenant 

 Roosevelt was the only Force 

 graduate to lose his life in the 

 war. 



In the lower picture is 

 Henry Wilson whose father. 

 Admiral Henry Wilson, was in 

 command of the American 

 Naval Base at Brest, and he 

 lent the school the American 

 and French flags which waved 

 over his headquarters in France 

 for the tree planting. 



Underwood and Underwood 



This committee of pupils of the Force School comprise the first self perpetuating memorial tree committee in any school in the United 

 States. Miss Janet McWilliam, the principal appointed a pupil from each class as a member of trie committee. This pupil upon passing to 

 the next grade or out of the school appoints a member of the committee for the class the pupil is leaving Thus as long as the tree and Force 

 School exist there will be a Quentin Roosevelt Memorial Tree Committee at Force School. The members with their grades are: Dorothy 

 Harrison, IB; Lindsay Payson, 2B; Mary Church, 3B; Nancy Fair, 4A; Nell Tysen, 4B; Virginia Douglas, 5A; Burke Edwards, 5B; Alice 

 Spaulding, «A; George Wales, 6B; Earl Moser, 7A; Frank Norris, 7B; and Oliver Gasch, 8A. 



