The Washington Arch was
designed by the celebrated
architect, Stanford W hite,
in commemoration of the
100th Anniversary of George
Washington’s inauguration

as President of the U. S.

 
 
 
 
 
 
  

“Let Us Raise a Standard”

THE WASHINGTON ARCH stands serenely undisturbed by
the modern changes and transformations occurring in and
around Washington Square. Perhaps this is due to the calm
words engraved on the tablet on the southern face of
Elireatialat

“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and
honest can repair. The event is in the hand of

God.”

The passage is from George Washington’s address to
the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The standard was
the young nation’s ideal of democracy, which was still a
new and unproven thing in the world. Today, as in every
time of change and challenge, the words are timely. They
sound a call to renewed appreciation of our most familiar
institutions and the standards around which they have
grown.

Typical of these institutions in their origin and mag-
nificent development are our savings banks, serving
from generation to generation under the standard of the
democratic practice of Thrift.