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    "ocrText": "FOIA Number: 2006-0470-F\nFOIA\nMARKER\nThis is not a textual record. This is used as an\nadministrative marker by the William J. Clinton\nPresidential Library Staff.\nCollection/Record Group:\nClinton Presidential Records\nSubgroup/Office of Origin:\nSpeechwriting\nSeries/Staff Member:\nLowell Weiss\nSubseries:\nOA/ID Number:\n17194\nFolderID:\nFolder Title:\nTobacco - Presidential Scholars 6/15/98 [1]\nStack:\nRow:\nSection:\nShelf:\nPosition:\nS\n92\n2\n7\n3\nWithdrawal/Redaction Sheet\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n001. list\n1998 Presidential Scholars list [partial] (2 pages)\nn.d.\nP6/b(6)\n002. press release\nRemarks by the President to Presidential Scholars, Constitution Hall,\n06/20/1996\nP6/b(6)\nWashington D.C. [partial] (1 page)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nSpeechwriting\nWeiss, Lowell\nOA/Box Number: 17194\nFOLDER TITLE:\nTobacco - Presidential Scholars 6/15/98 [1]\n2006-0470-F\nwr149\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)|\nFreedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nPI National Security Classified Information |(a)(1) of the PRA|\nb(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA|\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation [(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRAJ\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]\npersonal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]\nb(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nb(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA|\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\n-\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nLowell Weiss -\n6/11\nTHIS is all THe\nPREZ Scholars info\nTHaT \\ Have. CULL\nMy IF you need\nMORE.\nWe have a call at\n4pm Today 72104\ncode 554\nIF you want to join\nus,\nThx- -\n- KR1>\nFEB. 20. 1998 11:38AM\nDEPT ED/OFC OF SEC.\nNO. 8748\nP. 2\nOF AND EDUCATION\nUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nFebruary 19, 1998\nMEMORANDUM TO THURGOOD MARSHALL, JR.\nASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND\nSECRETARY OF THE CABINET\nFROM:\nLeslie T. Thornton\nChief of Staff\nSUBJECT:\nScheduling request for the President to address the 1998 Presidential Scholars\nAttached is a scheduling request for the President to address the 1998 Presidential Scholars at the\nWhite House during Presidential Scholars National Recognition Week in June of 1998. Presidential\nScholars are graduating high school seniors and are some of the nation's brightest and most talented\nstudents. The Presidential Scholars will be selected by the Commission on Presidential Scholars,\nappointed by the President.\nIn the event that the President cannot attend, I understand that Craig Smith of your staff will work with\nappropriate White House staff people to secure the attendance of the Vice President, the First Lady, or\nMrs. Gore.\nI appreciate your review of this request and thank you for your assistance. Should you have any\nquestions, please contact me at 401-3001.\nAttachment\n600 INDEPENDENCE AVE., S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20202\nOur mission La to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation.\nFEB. 20. 1998 11:39AM\nDEPT ED/OFC OF SEC.\nNO. 8748 P. 3\nSchedule Proposal\nDate:\nACCEPT\nREGRET\nPENDING\nTO:\nStephanie Streett\nDeputy Assistant to the President and\nDirector of Scheduling and Advance\nJennifer Palmieri\nDeputy Assistant to the President and\nDirector of Scheduling and Advance\nFROM:\nThurgood Marshall, Jr.\nAssistant to the President and\nSecretary to the Cabinet\nREQUEST:\nThe President to address the 1998 Presidential Scholars, their parents,\ndistinguished teachers, and the Commission on Presidential Scholars at the\nWhite House Medallion Ceremony on the South Lawn\nPURPOSE:\nTo recognize and honor some of our nation's most distinguished graduating high\nschool seniors. The Presidential Scholars are selected by a White House\nCommission appointed by the President. This occasion can be used to amplify\nthe President's Call To Action for American Education from the students',\nparents', and teachers' perspectives especially with respect to high standards,\nhigh expectations, quality teachers and accountability. Historically, a majority\nof the Scholars have been public school graduates.\nBACKGROUND:\nThe United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by\nExecutive Order of the President, to recognize and honor some of our nation's\nmost distinguished graduating high school seniors.\nTwo paths of accomplishment lead toward earning the honor of Presidential\nScholar, The greater number of students are selected on the basis of broad\nacademic achievement. All high school seniors who are citizens of the United\nStates are automatically considered for participation if, on or before November\n30 of each year, they have scored exceptionally well on either the SAT of the\nCollege Board or the ACT Assessment of the American College Testing\nProgram. A second group of students, who participate in a national program for\nidentification and recognition of young people who have demonstrated\nexcellence in the arts, are identified for consideration.\nFEB. 20. 1998 11:39AM\nDEPT ED/OFC OF SEC.\nNO. 8748 P. 4\nFrom these, the Commission of Presidential Scholars selects 121 Presidential\nScholars on the bases of academics, leadership, and community involvement.\nUp to twenty Presidential Scholars in the Arts are chosen based on artistic\nachievement, academics, leadership, and community involvement. At least one\nyoung man and one young woman are selected from each state, the District of\nColumbia, Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad.\nThe Scholars will be honored for their accomplishments during the Presidential\nScholars National Recognition Week to be held either June 17-21, 1998, or June\n24-28, 1998, in Washington, D.C. During the week, the Scholars meet with\nCabinet members, educators, authors, business leaders, musicians, scientists, and\nother accomplished persons. They visit the museums and historic sites and\nattend recitals, receptions, and ceremonies in their honor. A highlight of\nNational Recognition Week is a ceremony sponsored by the White House where\nScholars are awarded the Presidential Scholars Medallion.\nPREVIOUS\nPARTICIPATION: In 1997, Secretary Riley hosted the Medallion Ceremony and President Clinton\ninvited the Scholars to the taping of his weekly Radio Address followed by a\nphoto opportunity in the Blue Room. In 1996, Vice President Gore hosted the\nMedallion Ceremony in President Clinton's absence and President Clinton\naddressed the Scholars at a separate event. For the past thirty-three years of the\nprogram's existence, all the Presidents, with the exception of President Nixon,\nhave participated in the Presidential Scholars Medallion Ceremony or the week's\nactivities.\nDATE AND TIME: First Choice\nMONDAY\nJune 24-28, 1998\nMedallion Ceremony - p.m. of June 25 or 26, 1998\nSecond Choice\nJune 17-21, 1998\nMedallion Ceremony -- p.m. of June 18 or 19, 1998\nDURATION:\nApproximately 60 - 90 minutes\nLOCATION:\nSouth Lawn\nPARTICIPANTS:\n141 Scholars\n141 Distinguished Teachers\n90 Commissioners and spouses/relatives\n282 parents/relatives of scholars\n141 spouses of teachers\n20 Scholar-Advisors\n100 Corporate sponsors\n100 ED-related attendees (staff, invited guests)\n1,015\nFEB. 20. 1998 11:39AM\nDEPT ED/OFC OF SEC.\nNO. 8748 P. 5\nOUTLINE OF\nEVENTS:\nTypically, the President arrives and gives brief remarks. The Scholars' names\nare announced by state and they proceed to the stage where, forming a receiving\nline, the President, Secretary Riley, and Commission Chair Stuart Moldaw\npresent them with the medallions and the scholars have individual photos taken\nwhile shaking hands with the President.\nREMARKS\nREQUIRED:\nBrief congratulatory remarks\nMEDIA\nCOVERAGE:\nOpen. Heavily covered by state and local press.\nATTENDANCE\nREQUESTED:\nPresident Clinton. In the event that the President is unavailable, the\nparticipation of the Vice President, the First Lady, or Mrs. Gore is requested.\nRECOMMENDED\nBY:\nRichard W. Riley, Secretary of Education\nCONTACT:\nLeslie T. Thornton, Chief of Staff\nU.S. Department of Education\nTelephone: 401-3001; Fax: 401-0596\nMegan C. Moloney\n06/10/98 06:18:04 PM\nRecord Type:\nRecord\nTo:\nSee the distribution list at the bottom of this message\nCC:\nSubject: UPDATED Presidential Scholars event -- 6/15\nPRESS OFFICE CHECKLIST FOR EVENT MEETINGS\nPress Office Contact:\nMegan\nEvent:\nPresidential Scholars Medallion Ceremony\nDate:\nMonday, June 15\nTime:\n2:30 pm -- NOTE NEW TIME FROM ADVISORY\nDate for Announcing/Advisory:\nANNOUNCED - June 10\nUpdated Advisory will be sent out on Friday\nwith possible additional speakers\nPress:\nOPEN PRESS with lots of regional amplification\nSite:\nSouth Lawn Tent\nProgram:\nPOTUS Remarks, Medallion Presentation/Receiving Line (onstage)\nSequence of Speakers:\nTBD\nAudience:\n141 scholars\n141 teachers (picked by each scholar)\n90 Pres. Scholar Commissioners/guests\n282 parents/guests of scholars\n141 teacher spouses/guests\n20 scholar advisors\n100 Corporate Sponsors\n100 Dept. of Ed guests\n1015 Total\nCabinet:\nNone anticipated\nCongressional: None anticipated\nOther:\nN/A\nMessage:\nTBD -- this will likely be the day's message event\nSpeechwriter:\nTBD\nBriefing In Addition to MMC Briefing\nTBD\nTime:\nBriefers:\nStakeout\nTBD\nTime:\nParticipants:\nNOTE: Regional press availability for all 141 scholars will be in the tent\nimmediately\nfollowing the event in the South Lawn Pavillion.\nOEOB PRESS: CARDS FOR THE SCHOLARS SHOULD BE READY BY\nNOON ON\nMONDAY.\nPress Paper\nTBD\nPolicy Paper\nOriginating Office:\nContact and phone number:\nDate Paper Expected:\nEvent Participant List\nOriginating Office:\nDept. of Education\nContact and phone number:\nKimberly Foote\nDate Paper Expected:\nNames expected by 5/18\nEvent Guest List\nNo Release\nOriginating Office:\nsame as above\nContact and phone number:\nDate Paper Expected:\nMessage Sent To:\nMegan C. Moloney\n06/10/98 05:13:15 PM\nRecord Type:\nRecord\nTo:\nSee the distribution list at the bottom of this message\nCC:\nKris M Balderston/WHO/EOP, Julie_Green @ ed.gov @ inet\nSubject: ADVISORY: PRESIDENT CLINTON TO ADDRESS THE 1998 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY\nContact: 202/456-7150\nJune 8, 1998\nMEDIA ADVISORY******\nPRESIDENT CLINTON TO ADDRESS THE 1998 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS\nWashington, D.C. -- President Clinton will address the 1998 Presidential Scholars, a\ngroup of 141 high school students from throughout the United States, Monday, June 16 at 1:15\npm at the White House. Presidential Scholars are graduating high school seniors who are being\nrecognized for their achievements in academics or the arts. Additional information on the\nScholars program is available from the US Department of Education at 202/401-1008.\nWHAT:\nPresident Clinton to address 1998 Presidential Scholars\nWHERE:\nThe White House, South Lawn Pavillion\nWHEN:\nMonday, June 16, 1998, 1:15 pm\nCOVERAGE:\nOPEN PRESS\nPre-set scenario\nCabling, mults and sticks:\n11:30 am\nFinal Escort:\n1:00 pm\nNOTE:\nMedia without White House credentials, or who are interested in\ninterviewing any of the following participants, should call the Press\nOffice at 202/456-7150. Interviews with participants will be\nconducted on the South Lawn of the White House immediately\nfollowing the event.\n1998 Presidential Scholars\nAlabama\nEmilie S. Kraft, Cullman\nMicheal G. Mahon, Birmingham\nAlaska\nWilliam D. Falsey, Anchorage\nSarah E. Marriage, Anchorage\nArizona\nKurtland Ma, Scottsdale\nLauren E. Johnston, Tucson\nArkansas\nDavid G. Norris, Little Rock\nDanielle S. Smith, Mena\nCalifornia\nCaroline L. Campbell, Palo Alto\nTerry E. Chang, Saratoga\nLily V. Chiu, Hemet\nDavid M. Farris, Santa Ana\nNina S. Rastogi, San Jose\nSonia A. Romero, Los Angeles\nColorado\nCasey A. Smith, Grand Junction\nNancy M. Strippel, Grand Junction\nConnecticut\nJeremy T. Cox, North Haven\nLauren P. Malan, Stamford\nPeter T. Nasuti, Stamford\nDelaware\nTraci R. Burch, Claymont\nClifton B. Hunt, Wilmington\nDistrict of Columbia\nSusanna M. Flug, Washington\nDorothy A. Fortenberry, Washington\nAlan S. Morse, Washington\nFlorida\nDaniel E. Breaker, Jacksonville\nMichel A. Di Capua, Hollywood\nCecily R. Lewis, Jacksonville\nNatalie S. Lui, Vero Beach\nAlano H. Miller, Orlando\nGeorgia\nMary C. Plunkett, Atlanta\nEmily A. Waters, Carrollton\nMatthew R. Guard, Marietta\nHawaii\nNicholas K. Ho, Honolulu\nElizabeth K. Nguyen, Honolulu\nIdaho\nElizabeth Barchas, Boise\nAndrew R. Tratz, Boise\nIllinois\nJonathan M. Lehman, Libertyville\nStephanie C. Manson, Woodstock\nIndiana\nMariko Kita, Hope\nMeghan E. Pahmier, Fort Wayne\nRyan N. Nicoletti, Brazil\nIowa\nAdrienne E. Clark, Des Moines\nAriel H. Simon, West Des Moines\nKansas\nLauren E. Holmes, Shawnee\nJacob M. Montgomery, Lawrence\nKentucky\n502\nAnthony S. Chiu, Louisville\nSadhna R. Vora, Gray\n|________________________\nLouisiana\nJames R. Faust, New Orleans\nMelissa C. Mata, New Iberia\nMaine\nGabriel B. Freiman, Washington\nStacy O. Stitham, Dover-Foxcroft\nMaryland\nJustin Blische, Dundalk\nKirk B. Doran, Potomac\nShoshana L. Frankel, Silver Spring\nAnne L. Piantadosi, Reisterstown\nDaniel L. Wagner, Clarksville\nMassachusetts\nJessica J. Bulman, Amherst\nChristopher J. Hossfeld, Concord\nSarah B. Lamb, Brookline\nNeal E. Rosenberg, Sharon\nMichigan\nJames E. Cotner, Grand Rapids\nEluehue Crudup II, Saginaw\nSusan M. Hiniker, Ann Harbor\nSophie D. Liao, Novi\nMinnesota\nMara F. Hvistendahl, Minnetonka\nJay M. Strader, Edina\nMissouri\nCharles F. Stoecker, Rolla\nJacqueline K. Tran, Warrensburg\nMississippi\nMark E. Rawls, Jackson\nChristine M. Varnado, Hattiesburg\nMontana\nZachary S. Pincus, Bozeman\nWhitney R. Ward, Dillon\nNebraska\nAditya S. Paul, Omaha\nAlyssa M. Puffer, Omaha\nNevada\nWithdrawal/Redaction Marker\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n001. list\n1998 Presidential Scholars list [partial] (2 pages)\nn.d.\nP6/b(6)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nSpeechwriting\nWeiss, Lowell\nOA/Box Number: 17194\nFOLDER TITLE:\nTobacco - Presidential Scholars 6/15/98 [1]\n2006-0470-F\nwr149\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)|\nFreedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nP1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRAJ\nb(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRAJ\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute |(a)(3) of the PRAJ\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information |(a)(4) of the PRAJ\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation [(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRAJ\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA]\npersonal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]\nb(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA)\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nb(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\n[001]\nMarissa M. McClish, Reno\nDavid E. Wong, Las Vegas\nNew Hampshire\nAlexander C. A. Kaufman, Dover\nJacquelyn Benson, Hampton Falls\nNew Jersey\nChristopher M. Janson, Morristown\nDaniel E. Mark, Englewood\nJennifer E. Clark, Highstown\nRachel Y. Wainer, Rockaway\nNew Mexico\nUNCIED ARE PAVAMORS\nMicheal E. Flynn-O'Brien, Albuquerque\nCatherine M. Schmidt, Albuquerque\nANNB Monis - FAMILY from DURMAM\nDAD LAWAY EN\nNew York\nMon WNS own BUSIN\nDaniel Z. Fox, New York City\nDana M. Ingraham, Jamaica, Queens\nSarah E. Kerman, Dobbs Ferry\nNeil N. Patel, Woodbury\nAlan E. Schoenfeld, Hewlett\nConstance M. Varnado, Hattiesburg\n(P6/(b)(6)\nNorth Carolina\nAndrew T. Fiore, Durham\nJoshua N. Tennant, Greensboro\n910\nALL\nAlexis Blane, Charlotte\nVOLLEYBALL + SOFTBALL 7 PRIUN\nNorth Dakota\nRED BELT IN DAE KWAN DO\nTodd A. Johnson, Grand Forks\nNidhi R. Kalra, Fargo\nLuce\nOhio\nSCHOLARSM\nEric P. Brown, Cincinnati\nSTUDENT TVTOR GIRL\nNgozi V. Ndulue, Cincinnati\nDEAF w/ CP\nAnne K. Zaleski, Rocky River\nTOBACCO INDUSTRY\nOklahoma\nBJR - DOBACCO LARMERS\nEmily E. Drennan, Norman\nCAN'T\nKaren E. Robinson, Shawnee\nIN FAVOR of MAKINE SMOKING\nMatthew J. Szabo, Ponca City\nHAPQY2 to Get STARTED IN,\nOregon\nDU GOOD WIMONEY\nDon't WANT\nCHILDREN / DON'T SMOKE\nNo ONE IN FAMILY\nSUPPORS SMOKING\nBrent Barton, Newport\nMary E. Brennan, Beaverton\nPennsylvania\nAlan Bell, Huntingdon Valley\nKelly M. Doran, Upper St. Clair\nPuerto Rico\nVirgil V. Calejesan, Santruce\nLaura I. Martinez, Guaynabo\nRhode Island\nMorgan Barense, Barrington\nDaniel L. Tortorice, Bristol\nSouth Carolina\nAdams E. Rackes, Columbia\nKimberly E. Westin, Chapin\nSouth Dakota\nMegan K. Dredla, Yankton\nMatthew N. Laible, Howard\nTennessee\nAmy K. Hsu, Germantown MEMPIAS\ncross convir + TRACK\n4: 30MI\nTOTH GROUP\nPatrick C. La Rochelle, Signal Mountain\nYOUNG LIFE\n2ND\nKristina L. Treanor, Hendersonville\nNEVER SMOKED THINIC ,TS\nNASHALLISH\nGross\nTexas\nCourtney Blackwell, DeSoto\nJoanna L. Chan, Plano\nJacob T. Walker, Lytle\nAshley T. Davis, Missouri City\nAlbert E. Doskey, Dallas\nWalter Smith III, Houston\nYork Yu, Irving\nUtah\nLindsay Leininger, Ogden\nGabriel A. Mendel, Park City\nVermont\nBrook Hopkins, Brandon\nVirginia\nVIRGINIA\nRahul Dasgupta, McLean\n[001]\nL. Katrina Glanzer, Dayton\nJason W. Munyan, Alexandria\nP6/(b)(6)\nWashington\nKatie Baker, Bainbridge Island\nBenjamin M. Ewing, Snohomish\nWest Virginia\nHolly C. Holloway, Wheeling\nWalter W. Shen, Bridgeport\nWisconsin\nSarah Berman, Madison\nJoshua L. Passman, Shorewood\nTroy P. Swift, Platteville\nWyoming\nRebekah Billings, Casper\nDennis C. Hungerford, Rock Springs\nAmericans Abroad\nNeil C. Weare, Santa Rita\nMelissa A. Briggs, Heidelberg , Germany\nMessage Sent To:\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 468, Item 266, April 16\n[4.] I am today establishing a program of Presidential Scholars. I The title will be given to\noutstanding scholars graduating from our secondary schools, public and private, throughout the\nNation. These awards are to recognize the most precious resource of the United States--the brain-\npower of its young people--to encourage the pursuit of intellectual attainments among all our\nyouth.\n1 Executive Order 11155 \"Providing for the Recognition of Certain Students as Presidential Scholars\" (29 F.R.\n6909; 3 CFR, 1964 Supp.).\n6/07/98 Printed from The Presidential PapersPage I\n3:59:56 PM\n© CDex Information Group, Inc.\n397\nRemarks Upon Presenting the First Presidential Scholars Awards.\nJune 10, 1964\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nMr. Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen:\nI cannot say that I am unaccustomed to public speaking. But I do speak before this\naudience with some trepidation--as a parent who has not yet come close to mastering the \"New\nMath.\"\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nUp against your impressive scores and your scholastic records, I can find comfort for\nmyself only in remembering that Thomas Jefferson once said, \"Nobody can conceive that nature\never intended to throw away a Newton upon the occupation of a crown.\"\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nIf there are no aspiring future Presidents here today, I imagine there are some Newtons,\nsome Franklins, some Edisons, some Whitmans, some Hemingways, and, I would hope, a Robert\nFrost or a Carl Sandburg.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nI am very proud to welcome you to the White House as the first \"Presidential Scholars.\" I\ncongratulate you, and I congratulate your parents and your teachers for their part in producing\nyour talents for our times.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nYou are not here today because you are typical, nor because you are representative, of\nyour generation or of your graduating class. You are here because of what you have\naccomplished, in your own right, and what you have the capacity to accomplish in the future in\nyour own right.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nYou have excelled in the scholarship of your class of 1964. You have the potential to\nexcel even more in the citizenship of your country of 1974 or 1984 or 1994.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nI have congratulated you. I want now to challenge you--to challenge you to develop and\napply that quality of excellence which is within you.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nDemagogues and dictators believed of your parents' generation that American youth\nwould prove soft--would love luxury more than they loved liberty--would choose comfort in\npreference to courage.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nYour parents proved that that calculation was wrong.\n6/07/98 Printed from The Presidential PapersPage 1\n4:01:55 PM\n© CDex Information Group, Inc.\nToday the cynics and the doubters believe of your generation that you will be too content\nwith the average to take on the arduous, you will be too concerned with conformity to be\ncreative, too cool to be committed, and too callous to be caring.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nYou will prove this calculation wrong, too.\nYour destiny will not be a faceless and thoughtless existence in a dull and dreary society. I\nbelieve the destiny of your generation, and your Nation, is a rendezvous with excellence.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nEarly in this century, William James answered those who complained that our democracy\nhad an instinct for the inferior by saying: \" The best of us are filled with the contrary vision of a\ndemocracy stumbling through every error till its institutions glow in justice and its customs shine\nwith beauty. Our better men shall show the way--and we shall follow them.\"\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765, Item 397, June 10\nToday--as really never before--we must look to our better minds to show the way toward\nour society's greatest day. That is your challenge and that is your duty.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 765 -- Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nYou are exceptional members of an exceptional generation. You have been born (Pg. 766)\nto man's most exceptional opportunity.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nYou are younger than most of the earth's quarrels, and you are older than most of the\nearth's governments. You are younger than most of man's ignorance, and older than much of his\nknowledge.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nSince you were born, man has developed both the capacity to destroy human life and the\ncapacity to make life worthwhile for all the human race.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nA decade ago, many young people made fear and fatalism fashionable in the fifties. In\nthese sixties and seventies, you have a much broader choice than the alternatives of terror and\ntriviality. You are challenged not to serve the mediocre and the mundane, but to work toward the\ngreat and toward the grand.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nIn our cities and in our countrysides, you will participate in the building of the second\nAmerica--just as you will also be partners in building the first world of universal peace and justice\nand freedom.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nToday's vote terminating debate in the United States Senate on the civil rights bill is an\nhistoric event. Today's action demonstrates that the national will manifests itself in congressional\n6/07/98Printed from The Presidential PapersPage 2\n4:01:59 PM\n©\nCDex Information Group, Inc.\naction.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nOne year ago tomorrow, President Kennedy in a radio and television report to the\nAmerican people, declared, \"A great change is at hand and our task and our obligation is to make\nthat revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.\"\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nToday's action by the United States Senate is a major contribution to meeting this national\nresponsibility.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nThat is your challenge--to give your talents and your time in our land and in all lands to\ncleaning away the blight, to sweeping away the shoddiness, to wiping away the injustices and the\ninequities of the past so that all men may live together in a great world community of decency and\nof excellence.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nWhat you accomplish as individuals-what all of us accomplish as a Nation--depends upon\nthe goals and the values by which we challenge ourselves. The average and the adequate are too\nlow as goals for Americans. Doing slightly more, slightly better year by year, is too slow.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nOur aim must be higher; our reach must be farther; our pace must be faster. Our society\nand its members must aim for, and reach toward, the goals and the values of excellence.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nBy the standards that you set, by the services that you render, you will show the world\nthat when the doors of equal opportunity are kept open in our democracy young men and young\nwomen will respond with an instinct for excellence such as history has never\nknown.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nI congratulate you, each of you, for what you have achieved. I am so proud of you.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nI honor you for what I know you, and your generation, will achieve in the years to come.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nIt is good to have you here in the White House today. This will be a memorable occasion\nfor all of us. I am so glad that your work distinguished you so that you could come and be a part\nof this ceremony.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nIf I may now be indulged personally for a moment, I would like for you to know Mrs.\nJohnson and my daughter Lynda Bird.\n6/07/98 Printed from The Presidential PapersPage 3\n4:02:01 PM\n© CDex Information Group, Inc.\nThank you.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766, Item 397, June 10\nNOTE: The ceremony was held in the late afternoon in the East Room at the White House. The\nPresident's opening words \"Mr. Commissioner\" referred to Francis Keppel, U.S. Commissioner of\nEducation.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 766 -- Pg. 767, Item 397, June 10\nThe Presidential Scholars Program honoring outstanding students graduating from\nsecondary schools was announced by the President on April 16. It was established by Executive\nOrder 11155 (29 F.R. 6909; 3 CFR 1964 Supp.). The order provided for a Commission on\nPresidential Scholars which (Pg. 767) would choose, each year, one boy and one girl from each\nState, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, with additional scholars chosen from overseas\nareas and 15 designated at large.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 767, Item 397, June 10\nThe names of the 121 Presidential Scholars, selected by the Commission on the basis of\nintellectual achievement and potential, were made public by the White House on June 2.\nThe Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1964, Pg. 767, Item 397, June 10\nThe members of the Commission, headed by Milton S. Eisenhowcr, president of Johns\nHopkins University, were listed in a White House release dated April 28. The release also\nannounced that Jacques Lipchitz, noted sculptor, would design the medallion to be presented to\nthe scholars.\n6/07/98; Printed from The Presidential PapersPage 4\n4:02:04 PM\n©\nCDex Information Group, Inc.\nPAGE\n2\n1ST STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format.\nCopyright 1998 The New York Times Company\nThe New York Times\nApril 11, 1998, Saturday, Late Edition - Final\nSECTION: Section A; Page 12; Column 4; National Desk\nLENGTH: 190 words\nHEADLINE: Federal Warning on Cigar Smoking\nBYLINE: AP\nDATELINE: WASHINGTON, April 10\nBODY:\nSmoking cigars can be just as deadly as smoking cigarettes, and the number of\ncigar smokers has risen 50 percent since 1993, the Government said today in a\nstudy intended to equate dangers posed by the two products.\nWhile cigarette use has declined, the rate of cigar smoking is relatively\nhigh, especially among teen-agers, and presents just as great a risk of mouth,\nthroat and lung cancer, the National Cancer Institute study said.\n\"It doesn't matter what you smoke but how you smoke,\" said the study\ncoordinator, Donald Shopland. \"Even people who don't smoke many cigars and don't\ninhale still face a substantial health risk.\"\nMr. Shopland, who worked on the 1964 study that led to the Surgeon General's\nwarning on cigarette packages, said the authors of the latest report hoped it\nwould serve the same purpose for cigars. Although the Government requires health\nwarnings for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, cigars come without warnings. And\nthe Clinton Administration left out cigars when it gave jurisdiction over most\ntobacco goods to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency declined to\ncomment on the study.\nLANGUAGE: ENGLISH\nLOAD-DATE: April 11, 1998\nPAGE\n3\n4TH STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format.\nCopyright 1997 The Atlanta Constitution\nThe Atlanta Journal and Constitution\nOctober 20, 1997, Monday, ALL EDITIONS\nSECTION: NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 02A Colin Bessonette\nLENGTH: 763 words\nHEADLINE: Q & A ON THE NEWS\nBYLINE: Colin Bessonette\nBODY:\nDO you have a question about the news - local, national or international?\nColin Bessonette will try to get an answer. Call 404-222-2002 and follow the\ninstructions or e-mail: q&[email protected]\nQ: What ever happened to the riverboat Belle of Louisville? Several months\nago, it was reported to be sinking in the Ohio River near Louisville, Ky. What\ncaused it to sink? Has it been refloated and repaired?\nCathy Phelan, Atlanta\nA: The 83-year-old tourist landmark never actually sank. Towboats, pumps,\ndivers and a huge floating crane helped stabilize it after it started sinking in\nlate August. The stern of the vessel ended up resting on the muddy bottom of the\nriver in 10 feet of water. The Belle is undergoing repairs at the Jeffboat Yard\nin Indiana, across the Ohio from Louisville, and is expected to be back in\nservice in the spring, said spokeswoman Anne Jewell.\nThe Coast Guard determined that a water valve had been turned open, she\nadded, allowing water from a city pipeline to fill the bottom of the boat. As\nthe weight increased and the vessel got low enough in the river, river water\ncame over the top. A criminal investigation is ongoing, Jewell said. In the\nmeantime another riverboat, the Spirit of Jefferson, is absorbing the Belle's\ntourist business.\nA fund drive has been set up to help offset the cost of repairs and lost\nrevenue. Donations can be sent to: Save the Belle, Fifth Third Bank, Fifth Third\nCenter, 401 S. Fourth Ave., Louisville Ky. 40202-3411.\nQ: A recent item in Q&A said the U.S. surgeon general concluded in January\n1964 that cigarettes cause lung cancer. So when were warnings first put on\ncigarette packages?\nErin Mooney, Atlanta\nA: Surgeon generals' warnings on packages began Jan. 1, 1966, with this\nstatement: \"Caution: Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health.\"\nQ: How can I make a donation to President Clinton's legal defense fund?\nLester Young, Marietta, and others\nPAGE\n4\nThe Atlanta Journal, October 20, 1997\nA: Make the check out to Presidential Legal Defense Fund and mail to:\nPresidential Legal Defense Fund, Dept. 70, Washington, D.C. 20055-0070.\nDonations must be made by individuals only, and can be no more than $ 1,000 a\nyear; donors must be U.S. citizens who are not federal employees or registered\nlobbyists; no anonymous donations accepted.\nQ: How can I contribute to Paula Jones' legal fund ?\nPat DeHaven, Carrollton, and others\nA: Make the check out to Paula Jones Fund and mail to: Paula Jones Legal\nFund, c/o The Rutherford Institute, 1445 E. Rio Road, Charlottesville, Va.\n22901.\nQ: What became of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's son? He was just a boy when he and\nhis mother left the Philippines with MacArthur in the early part of World War\nII. I've heard nothing about him since then.\nBetty Izard, Marietta\nA: Rumors abound about the elusive Arthur MacArthur, whose life of anonymity\ncontinues to be a subject of speculation. It was reported last year that Arthur,\nthe only son of Douglas MacArthur and his second wife, Jean Faircloth MacArthur,\nworks pseudonymously as a music arranger in New York. Over the years it also has\nbeen reported that he was a Wall Street businessman and a ballet dancer. While\nthe general hoped his son would enroll at West Point in the family's soldier\ntradition, Arthur instead graduated from Columbia University in 1961. He fell\nout of sight after his father died in 1964.\nWilliam Manchester, author of \"American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur,\" wrote:\n\"Apparently being a MacArthur was too much; after his father's death, Arthur\nmoved to the other side of Manhattan and took an assumed name. His identity thus\nconcealed, he lived for his music, a fugitive from his father's relentless\nlove. None of the reports about the son's whereabouts have been documented, so\nthe mystery remains.\nQ: Why is Billy Graham sometimes referred to as \"Dr. \"? Does he have a\ndoctorate degree, and if so, from what institution?\nSuzie Fowler, Douglasville\nA: The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Minneapolis prefers to use\nthe title \"Reverend,\" \" said spokeswoman B.J. Durston, but in fact the evangelist\nhas a number of honorary doctorates. \"Too many to list,' she explained. Houghton\nCollege in Houghton, N.Y., Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and The Citadel in\nCharleston, S.C., are among the institutions bestowing honorary degrees,\naccording to Who's Who in America. Graham has two earned degrees, a Th.B. in\n1940 from Florida Bible Institute (now Trinity College) in Tampa, and a B.A. in\n1943 in anthropology from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill.\nGRAPHIC: mug of Billy Graham\nLOAD-DATE: October 21, 1997\nPAGE\n5\n35TH STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format.\nCopyright 1997 The Washington Post\nThe Washington Post\nApril 02, 1997, Wednesday, Final Edition\nSECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A08\nLENGTH: 785 words\nHEADLINE: Tobacco Papers Detail Lawyers' Role; Log Covers Many Liggett Documents\nThat Industry Wants to Keep Sealed\nBYLINE: Saundra Torry; John Schwartz, Washington Post Staff Writers\nBODY:\nMany of the Liggett Group Inc. documents that the tobacco industry is\nfighting to keep sealed detail the role that attorneys played in funding and\nreviewing decades of the industry's scientific research, according to a log of\nthe papers obtained by The Washington Post.\nThe log, more than 160 pages of document summaries, includes descriptions of\nmemos, letters and handwritten notes made by Liggett lawyers during meetings of\nthe Committee of Counsel, a group composed of representatives from all the major\ntobacco companies that collaborated on legal strategy.\nLast month, Liggett, the nation's fifth largest tobacco company, announced an\nunprecedented deal in which the company settled lawsuits pending against it by\n22 states in exchange for a series of concessions. The concessions included\nturning over thousands of pages of internal industry documents describing more\nthan three decades of industry practices.\nThe log describes hundreds of the documents that Liggett sent to courts\naround the nation hearing tobacco suits. The documents were sealed pending\nreview by each court.\nFew of the documents have been made public, but those suing the industry\ncontend that the log -- a kind of table of contents for the broader collection\n-- adds weight to allegations made about the industry in private lawsuits,\ngovernment initiatives and published reports.\nA tobacco industry attorney disputed such claims, however. \"Based on what we\nhave heard, it has not occurred to us that they introduce any new evidence into\nthese litigations,' said Daniel Donahue, deputy general counsel for R.J.\nReynolds.\nThere is nothing unusual about an attorney being involved in discussing\nresearch, he said. \"It would be very unusual for a competent lawyer to not want\nto understand the science\" when representing a company in product liability\nlawsuits, he said.\nReynolds and the other major tobacco companies have gone to courts across the\ncountry to block the public release of the documents, arguing that they are\ncovered by attorney-client privilege.\nPAGE\n6\nThe Washington Post, April 02, 1997\nThis legal doctrine allows private communications between attorneys and\nclients to stay that way, but it may be broken under certain circumstances.\nAnti-tobacco advocates have long contended that the companies have improperly\ninvoked attorney-client privilege to keep the industry's secrets, particularly\nunfavorable scientific research, from becoming public. If a judge finds that\nattorneys have engaged in crime or fraud, such as helping the industry conceal\nknowledge of smoking's health risks while contending otherwise, they can break\nthe privilege.\nJudges in at least five states Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota\nand Texas -- have ordered the documents be turned over to the courts under seal\nfor review by a judge. That is the first step in determining whether they are\nprivileged.\nIn a product liability case against the industry in Laurel, Miss., a judge\nwent further, ordering the release of about 10 documents. The companies are\nappealing that ruling, and the Mississippi Supreme Court temporarily blocked the\nrelease of the disputed documents.\nThe log obtained by The Post described each document briefly. Many of the\nsummaries used identical language to describe lawyers talking about \"pending or\nanticipated litigation,\" \"decisions with respect to scientific research\" and\n\"funding of scientific research.\"\nThe list shows intense activity surrounding moments of controversy for the\nindustry, with many rounds of meetings leading up to and following the 1964\nsurgeon general's report warning of tobacco's risk, investigations of the\nindustry by the Federal Trade Commission and Congress in the late 1970s and\nearly 1980s, and investigations by the Food and Drug Administration and Congress\nin the early 1990s.\nMany of these themes in the Liggett summaries have emerged in isolated\ndocuments released in previous lawsuits against the industry, and in the large\ncache of documents from the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co. that came to light\nin 1994.\nOne expert on tobacco litigation said the most important contribution of the\nnew trove of documents could be that they seem to dovetail with the earlier\ndocuments. \"It closes holes,\" said James E. Tierney, a former Maine attorney\ngeneral who serves as a consultant for the attorneys general suing the tobacco\nindustry.\nTierney said he has not seen the privileged documents or the logs, but has\nbeen briefed on the contents and has seen some of the documents that are not\ncovered by privilege.\n\"It's all consistent, with the same patterns\" described in allegations made\nby the various attorneys general in their suits against the industry, Tierney\nsaid.\nLANGUAGE: ENGLISH\nLOAD-DATE: April 02, 1997\nPAGE\n2\n3RD STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format.\nCopyright 1998 U.S. Newswire, Inc.\nU.S. Newswire\nApril 24, 1998 12:29 Eastern Time\nSECTION: NATIONAL DESK, EDUCATION WRITER\nLENGTH: 2808 words\nHEADLINE: High School Seniors Selected for Coveted Presidential Scholars Award\nCONTACT: Melinda Kitchell Malico of the U.S. Department of Education,\n202-401-1008\nDATELINE: WASHINGTON, April 24\nBODY:\nPresident Clinton and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley today\nannounced the selection of 141 high school seniors as 1998 Presidential\nScholars.\nThe scholars, who are recognized for their achievements in academics or the\narts, will visit Washington June 13-18, during which time they will be honored\nat a White House-sponsored ceremony in which each will receive a Presidential\nScholar medallion.\n\"These 141 students have demonstrated a commitment to education and a\ndedication to excellence,\" Riley said. \"Their accomplishments in scholarship,\nleadership, community service and the arts serve as a model for all. While\nthere is no substitute for hard work and high academic standards, the\ncreativity, energy and discipline these young people bring to their work make\ntheir accomplishments all the more exemplary.\"\nA 32-member commission on Presidential Scholars makes the final selection of\nscholars from among 2.5 million graduating high school seniors. The commission\nis appointed by the president and is comprised of eminent private citizens.\nThe 1998 scholars were selected on the basis of broad academic achievement,\nincluding SAT or ACT scores, essays, transcripts, leadership, character and\ncommitment to high ideals. Twenty scholars also are being recognized for their\naccomplishments in the visual or performing arts, or creative writing. Arts\nscholars are selected by the commission from students who participate in the\nArts Recognition and Talent Search, conducted by the National Foundation for\nAdvancement in the Arts.\nThe 141 Presidential Scholars include one young man and one young woman from\neach state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and from U.S. families living\nabroad; 15 at large and 20 scholars in the arts.\nSince 1983, each Presidential Scholar has been asked to name the teacher who\nhas had the greatest impact on his or her academic or artistic accomplishments.\nThese educators also are invited to Washington to receive a certificate of\nexcellence from the Education Department and to participate in the White\nHouse-sponsored ceremony.\nPAGE\n3\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\n1998 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS (A) Denotes Presidential Scholar\nin the Arts) AL--Emilie S. Kraft, of Cullman, a senior at Cullman High School\nin Cullman AL--Michael G. Mahon, of Birmingham, a senior at Mountain\nBrook\nHigh School in Mountain Brook AK--William D. Falsey, of Anchorage, a\nsenior at A J Dimond High\nSchool in Anchorage AK--Sarah E. Marriage, of Anchorage, a senior at\nEast Anchorage\nHigh School in Anchorage AE--Melissa A. Briggs, of APO, a senior at\nHeidelberg American\nHigh Schl. in APO, AE GU--Neil C. Weare, of Santa Rita, a senior at\nSouthern High\nSchool in Agat, GU AZ--Lauren E. Johnston, of Tucson, a senior at\nCatalina Foothills\nHigh School in Tucson AZ--Kurtland Ma, of Scottsdale, a senior at North\nCanyon High AR--David G. Norris, of Little Rock, a senior at Parkview Fine\nArts & Sciences Magnet High School in Little Rock AR--Danielle S. Smith,\nof Mena, a senior at Arkansas School of\nMath & Sciences in Hot Springs CA--Caroline L. Campbell (A), of Palo\nAlto, a senior at Hathaway\nBrown School in Shaker Heights CA--Terry E. Chang, of Saratoga, a senior\nat Saratoga High School\nin Saratoga CA--Lily V. Chiu (A), of Hemet, a senior at Milton Academy in\nMilton, MA CA--David M. Farris, of Santa Ana, a senior at Edison High\nSchool\nin Huntington Beach, CA CA--Nina S. Rastogi (A), of San Jose, a senior at\nLynbrook High\nSchool in San Jose CA--Sonia A. Romero (A), of Los Angeles, a senior at\nLos Angeles\nCounty High School for the Arts in Los Angeles CO--Casey A. Smith, of\nGrand Junction, a senior at Grand Junction\nHigh School in Grand Junction CO--Nancy M. Strippel, of Grand Junction,\na senior at Grand\nJunction High School in Grand Junction CT--Jeremy T. Cox (A), of North\nHaven, a senior at Professional\nChildren's School in New York CT--Lauren P. Malan, of Stamford, a\nPAGE\n4\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\nsenior at Greenwich Academy\nin Greenwich CT--Peter T. Nasuti, of Stamford, a senior at Regis High\nSchool\nin New York DE--Traci R. Burch, of Claymont, a senior at Mount Pleasant\nHigh\nSchool in Wilmington DE--Clifton B. Hunt, of Wilmington, a senior at The\nLawrenceville\nSchool in Lawrenceville, NJ DC--Susanna M. Flug, of Washington, a senior\nat National\nCathedral School in Washington DC--Dorothy A. Fortenberry, of\nWashington, a senior at Sidwell\nFriends School in Washington DC--Alan S. Morse, of Washington, a senior\nat Saint Alban's\nSchool in Washington FL--Daniel E. Breaker (A), of Jacksonville, a senior\nat Douglas\nAnderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville FL--Michel A. Di Capua, of\nHollywood, a senior at Pine Crest\nSchool in Ft. Lauderdale FL--Cecily R. Lewis (A), of Jacksonville, a\nsenior at Douglas\nAnderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville FL--Natalie S. L ui, of Vero\nBeach, a senior at Saint Edward's\nSchool in Vero Beach FL--Alano H. Miller (A), of Orlando, a senior at Dr.\nPhillips High\nSchool in Orlando GA--Matthew R. Guard, of Marietta, a senior at The\nWestminster\nSchools in Atlanta GA--Mary C. Plunkett, of Atlanta, a senior at The\nWestminster\nSchools in Atlanta GA--Emily A. Waters, of Carrollton, a senior at\nCarrollton High\nSchool in Carrollton HI--Nicholas K. Ho, of Honolulu, a senior at Iolani\nSchool in\nHonolulu HI--Elizabeth K. Nguyen, of Honolulu, a senior at Punahou\nSchool\nin Honolulu ID--Elizabeth M. Barchas, of Boise, a senior at Boise High\nSchool\nin Boise ID--Andrew R. Tratz, of Boise, a senior at Bishop Kelly High\nPAGE\n5\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\nSchool in Boise IL--Jonathan M. Lehman, of Libertyville, a senior at\nLibertyville\nHigh School in Libertyville IL--Stephanie C. Manson, of Woodstock, a\nsenior at Illinois\nMathematics & Science Academy in Aurora IN--Mariko Kita, of Hope, a\nsenior at Columbus North High School\nin Columbus IN--Ryan N. Nicoletti, of Brazil, a senior at Northview High\nSchool in Brazil IN--Megan E. Pahmier (A), of Fort Wayne, a senior at\nSouth Side High\nSchool in Ft Wayne IA--Adrienne E. Clark, of Des Moines, a senior at\nValley High\nSchool in West Des Moines IA--Ariel H. Simon, of West Des Moines, a\nsenior at Valley High\nSchool in West Des Moines KS--Lauren E. Holmes, of Shawnee, a senior at\nShawnee Mission\nNorthwest High School in Shawnee Mission KS--Jacob M. Montgomery, of\nLawrence, a senior at Lawrence High\nSchool in Lawrence KY--Anthony S. Chiu, of Louisville, a senior at\nDuPont Manual\nMagnet High School in Louisville KY-Sadhna R. Vora, of Gray, a senior\nat Baylor School in\nChattanooga LA--James R. Faust, of New Orleans, a senior at Jesuit High\nSchool in New Orleans LA--Melissa C. Mata, of New Iberia, a senior at\nEpiscopal School\nof Acadiana in Cade ME--Gabriel B. Freiman, of Washington, a senior at\nMedomak Valley\nHigh School in Waldoboro ME--Stacy O. Stitham, of Dover-Foxcroft, a\nsenior at Foxcroft\nAcademy in Dover-Foxcroft MD--Justin C. R. Blische (A), of Dundalk, a\nsenior at Carver Center\nfor Arts and Technology in Towson MD--Kirk B. Doran, of Potomac, a\nsenior at Walt Whitman High\nSchool in Bethesda MD--Shoshana L. Frankel, of Silver Spring, a senior\nat Yeshiva of\nGreater Washington in Silver Spring MD--Anne L. Piantadosi, of\nReisterstown, a senior at Dulaney High\nPAGE\n6\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\nin Timonium MD--Daniel L. Wagner, of Clarksville, a senior at McDonogh\nSchool\nin McDonogh MA--Jessica J. Bulman, of Amherst, a senior at Amherst\nRegional\nHigh School in Amherst MA--Christopher J. Hossfeld (A), of Concord, a\nsenior at MA--Sarah B. Lamb (A), of Brookline, a senior at Brookline High\nSchool in Brookline MA--Neal E. Rosenberg, of Sharon, a senior at Sharon\nHigh School\nin Sharon MI-- James R. Cotner, of Grand Rapids, a senior at Forest\nHills\nNorthern High School in Grand Rapids MI--Eluehue Crudup, II (A), of\nSaginaw, a senior at Arthur\nHill/Center for the Arts & Sciences in Saginaw MI--Susan M. Hiniker, of\nAnn Arbor, a senior at Ann Arbor Pioneer\nHigh School in Ann Arbor MI--Sophie D. Liao, of Novi, a senior at Novi\nHigh School in Novi MN--Mara F. Hvistendahl, of Minnetonka, a senior at Hopkins\nHigh\nSchool in Hopkins MN--Jay M. Strader, of Edina, a senior at Breck School\nin\nMinneapolis MS--Mark E. Rawls, of Jackson, a senior at Jackson\nPreparatory\nSchool in Jackson MS--Christine M. Varnado, of Hattiesburg, a senior at\nHattiesburg\nHigh School Blair in Hattiesburg MO--Charles F. Stoecker, of Rolla, a\nsenior at Rolla Senior High\nSchool in Rolla MO--Jacqueline K. Tran, of Warrensburg, a senior at\nWarrensburg\nHigh School in Warrensburg MT--Zachary S. Pincus, of Bozeman, a senior\nat Bozeman Senior\nHigh School in Bozeman MT--Whitney R. Ward, of Dillon, a senior at\nBeaverhead County\nHigh School in Dillon NE--Aditya S. Paul, of Omaha, a senior at Millard\nSouth High\nSchool in Omaha NE--Alyssa M. Puffer, of Omaha, a senior at North High\nSchool in\nOmaha NV--Marissa M. McClish, of Reno, a senior at Reno High School in\nReno NV--David K. Wong, of Las Vegas, a senior at Edward W. Clark High\nPAGE\n7\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\nSchool in Las Vegas NH--Jacquelyn M. Benson, of Hampton Falls, a senior\nat\nWinnacunnet High School in Hampton Falls NH--Alexander C. A. Kaufman, of\nDover, a senior at Phillips\nExeter Academy in Exeter\nSchool in Hightstown NJ--Christopher M. Janson, of Morristown, a senior\nat Delbarton\nSchool in Morristown NJ--Daniel I. Mark, of Englewood, a senior at Ramaz\nUpper School\nin New York NJ--Rachel Y. Wainer, of Rockaway, a senior at Morris Hills\nHigh\nSchool in Rockaway NM--Michael E. Flynn-O'Brien, of Albuquerque, a\nsenior at Sandia\nPreparatory School in Albuquerque\nX High School in Albuquerque NY--Daniel Z. Fox (A), of New York, a senior\nat Ramaz Upper School\nin New York NY--Dana M. Ingraham (A), of Jamaica, a senior at La Guardia\nHigh\nSchool of Music and Art and Performing Arts in New York NY--Sarah E.\nKerman, of Dobbs Ferry, a senior at Horace Mann\nSchool in the Bronx NY--Neil N. Patel, of Woodbury, a senior at Syosset\nHigh School\nin Syosset NY--Alan E. Schoenfeld, of Hewlett, a senior at George W.\nHewlett\nHigh School in Hewlett NY--Constance C. Tse, of Scarsdale, a senior at\nScarsdale High\nSchool in Scarsdale NC--Alexis R. Blane, of Charlotte, a senior at\nCharlotte Country\nDay School in Charlotte NC--Andrew T. Fiore, of Du. a senio at\nCharles E Jordan\nSenio: ch School in Durham NC Toshua N. Tennant of Greensboro,\nsenior at Nor west\nGuilford Senior High School in Recensboro ND -Todd A. Johnson\nbooks, senior to Red River Senior\nHigh in Grand Forks ND- R. Kalra. of senior\nFargo South H School\nin Favoro OH--Eric P. Brown, of C. cinnati, a senior Walnut Hills\nPAGE\n6\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\nin Timonium MD--Daniel L. Wagner, of Clarksville, a senior at McDonogh\nSchool\nin McDonogh MA--Jessica J. Bulman, of Amherst, a senior at Amherst\nRegional\nHigh School in Amherst MA--Christopher J. Hossfeld (A), of Concord, a\nsenior at MA--Sarah B. Lamb (A), of Brookline, a senior at Brookline High\nSchool in Brookline MA--Neal E. Rosenberg, of Sharon, a senior at Sharon\nHigh School\nin Sharon MI James R. Cotner, of Grand Rapids, a senior at Forest\nHills\nNorthern High School in Grand Rapids MI--Eluehue Crudup, II (A), of\nSaginaw, a senior at Arthur\nHill/Center for the Arts & Sciences in Saginaw MI--Susan M. Hiniker, of\nAnn Arbor, a senior at Ann Arbor Pioneer\nHigh School in Ann Arbor MI--Sophie D. Liao, of Novi, a senior at Novi\nHigh School in Novi MN--Mara F. Hvistendahl, of Minnetonka, a senior at Hopkins\nHigh\nSchool in Hopkins MN--Jay M. Strader, of Edina, a senior at Breck School\nin\nMinneapolis MS--Mark E. Rawls, of Jackson, a senior at Jackson\nPreparatory\nSchool in Jackson MS--Christine M. Varnado, of Hattiesburg, a senior at\nHattiesburg\nHigh School Blair in Hattiesburg MO--Charles F. Stoecker, of Rolla, a\nsenior at Rolla Senior High\nSchool in Rolla MO--Jacqueline K. Tran, of Warrensburg, a senior at\nWarrensburg\nHigh School in Warrensburg MT--Zachary S. Pincus, of Bozeman, a senior\nat Bozeman Senior\nHigh School in Bozeman MT--Whitney R. Ward, of Dillon, a senior at\nBeaverhead County\nHigh School in Dillon NE--Aditya S. Paul, of Omaha, a senior at Millard\nSouth High\nSchool in Omaha NE--Alyssa M. Puffer, of Omaha, a senior at North High\nSchool in\nOmaha NV--Marissa M. McClish, of Reno, a senior at Reno High School in\nReno NV--David K. Wong, of Las Vegas, a senior at Edward W. Clark High\nPAGE\n7\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\nSchool in Las Vegas NH--Jacquelyn M. Benson, of Hampton Falls, a senior\nat\nWinnacunnet High School in Hampton Falls NH--Alexander C. A. Kaufman, of\nDover, a senior at Phillips\nExeter Academy in Exeter\nSchool in Hightstown NJ--Christopher M. Janson, of Morristown, a senior\nat Delbarton\nSchool in Morristown NJ--Daniel I. Mark, of Englewood, a senior at Ramaz\nUpper School\nin New York NJ--Rachel Y. Wainer, of Rockaway, a senior at Morris Hills\nHigh\nSchool in Rockaway NM--Michael E. Flynn-O'Brien, of Albuquerque, a\nsenior at Sandia\nPreparatory School in Albuquerque\nX High School in Albuquerque NY--Daniel Z. Fox (A), of New York, a senior\nat Ramaz Upper School\nin New York NY--Dana M. Ingraham (A), of Jamaica, a senior at La Guardia\nHigh\nSchool of Music and Art and Performing Arts in New York NY--Sarah E.\nKerman, of Dobbs Ferry, a senior at Horace Mann\nSchool in the Bronx NY--Neil N. Patel, of Woodbury, a senior at Syosset\nHigh School\nin Syosset NY--Alan E. Schoenfeld, of Hewlett, a senior at George W.\nHewlett\nHigh School in Hewlett NY--Constance C. Tse, of Scarsdale, a senior at\nScarsdale High\nSchool in Scarsdale NC--Alexis R. Blane, of Charlotte, a senior at\nCharlotte Country\nDay School in Charlotte NC--Andrew T. Fiore, of Durham, a senior at\nCharles E Jordan\nSenior High School in Durham NC--Joshua N. Tennant, of Greensboro, a\nsenior at Northwest\nGuilford Senior High School in Greensboro ND--Todd A. Johnson, of Grand\nForks, a senior at Red River Senior\nHigh School in Grand Forks ND--Nidhi R. Kalra, of Fargo, a senior at\nFargo South High School\nin Fargo OH--Eric P. Brown, of Cincinnati, a senior at Walnut Hills\nPAGE\n8\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\nHigh\nSchool in Cincinnati OH--Ngozi V. Ndulue, of Cincinnati, a senior at\nSaint Ursula\nAcademy in Cincinnati OH--Anne K. Zaleski, of Rocky River, a senior at\nRocky River High\nSchool in Rocky River OK--Emily K. Drennan (A), of Norman, a senior at\nNorman High School\nin Norman OK--Karen E. Robinson, of Shawnee, a senior at Oklahoma School\nof\nScience and Mathematics in Oklahoma City OK--Matthew J. Szabo, of Ponca\nCity, a senior at Ponca City\nSenior High School in Ponca City OR--Brent W. Barton, of Newport, a\nsenior at Newport High School\nin Newport OR--Mary A. Brennan, of Beaverton, a senior at Jesuit High\nSchool\nin Portland PA--Alan Bell, of Huntingdon Valley, a senior at Lower\nMoreland\nHigh School in Huntingdon Valley PA--Kelly M. Doran, of Upper St. Clair,\na senior at Upper Saint\nClair High School in Upper St Clair PR--Virgil V. Calejesan, of\nSanturce, a senior at Saint John's\nSchool in Santurce PR--Laura I. Martinez, of Guaynabo, a senior at\nColegio\nPuertorriqueno De Ninas in Guaynabo RI--Morgan D. Barense, of\nBarrington, a senior at Barrington High\nSchool in Barrington RI--Daniel L. Tortorice, of Bristol, a senior at\nPortsmouth Abbey\nSchool in Portsmouth SC--Adams E. Rackes, of Columbia, a senior at\nDreher High School\nin Columbia SC--Kimberly E. Westin, of Chapin, a senior at Chapin High\nSchool\nin Chapin SD--Megan K. Dredla, of Yankton, a senior at Yankton Senior\nHigh\nS chool in Yankton SD--Matthew N. Laible, of Howard, a senior at Howard\nHigh School\nin Howard TN--Amy K. Hsu, of Germantown, a senior at Germantown High\nSchool\nPAGE\n9\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\nin Germantown TN--Patrick C. LaRochelle, of Signal Mountain, a senior at\nMcCallie School in Chattanooga TN--Kristina L. Treanor, of\nHendersonville, a senior at Harpeth\nHall School in Nashville TX--Courtney L. Blackwell (A), of DeSoto, a\nsenior at Booker T.\nWashington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts\nin Dallas TX--Joanna L. Chan, of Plano, a senior at Plano East Senior\nHigh\nSchool in Plano TX--Ashley T. Davis (A), of Missouri City, a senior at\nHigh School\nof Performing & Visual Arts in Houston TX--Albert E. Doskey, of Dallas,\na senior at Jesuit College\nPreparatory School in Dallas T -Walter Smith, III (A), of Houston, a\nsenior at High School of\nPerforming & Visual Arts in Houston TX--Jacob T. Walker (A), of Lytle, a\nsenior at Lytle High School in\nLytle York Yu, of Irving, a senior at Nimitz High School in Irving\nLindsay Leininger, of Ogden, a senior at Bonneville High\nSchool in Ogden UT--Gabriel A. Mendel, of Park City, a senior at Park\nCity High\nSchool in Park City Brook Hopkins, of Brandon, a senior at Otter\nValley Union\nHigh School in Brandon VT--Cyrus H. Rodgers, of New Haven, a senior at\nThe Gailer School\nat Middlebury in Middlebury VA--Rahul Dasgupta, of McLean, a senior at\nLangley High School in\nMcLean VA--L. Katrina Glanzer, of Dayton, a senior at Eastern Mennonite\nHigh School in Harrisonburg VA--Jason W. Munyan, of Alexandria, a senior\nat Thomas Jefferson\nHigh School for Science and Technology in Alexandria WA--Katie M. Baker,\nof Bainbridge Island, a senior at Bainbridge\nHigh School in Bainbridge Island WA--Benjamin M. Ewing, of Snohomish, a\nsenior at Snohomish Senior\nHigh School in Snohomish WV--Holly C. Holloway, of Wheeling, a senior at\nWheeling Park\nHigh School in Wheeli ng WV-Walter W. Shen, of Bridgeport, a senior\nPAGE 10\nU.S. Newswire, April 24, 1998\nat Bridgeport High\nSchool in Bridgeport WI - - Sarah M. Berman, of Madison, a senior at\nMadison West High\nSchool in Madison WI--Joshua L. Passman, of Shorewood, a senior at Uni\nversity\nSchool of Milwaukee in Milwaukee WI--Troy P. Swift, of Platteville, a\nsenior at Platteville High\nSchool in Platteville WY--Rebekah A. Billings, of Casper, a senior at\nNatrona County\nHigh School in Casper\nSprings High School in Rock Springs\nLANGUAGE: ENGLISH\nLOAD-DATE: April 24, 1998\nLaura D. 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Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIAJ\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nb(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\nKim Foote\nP6/(b)(6)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\n[002]\nFor Immediate Release\nJune 20, 1996\nREMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT\nTO PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS\nConstitution Hall\nWashington, D.C.\n2:05 P.M. EDT\nTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Rebekah. You did a terrific job. I hope you\nweren't nervous; you couldn't tell. (Laughter.) And I know your parents are here and your teachers\nare very proud of you, and all the other Presidential Scholars who are here. I want to thank Stuart\nMoldaw and all the members of the Commission who have the difficult job of picking presidential\nscholars. I want to thank Secretary Riley for the wonderful work he has done as our Secretary of\nEducation, for our many years of personal friendship.\nRebekah did such a good job, we forgive you for your shameless South Carolina pride in\nmentioning the South Carolina scholars. (Laughter.) You have given me leave to mention that there\nare two presidential scholars here from Arkansas. (Laughter and applause.) Martin Beally from\nSherwood, and Caroline Rothert are from my home town of Hot Springs. So I congratulate them.\n(Applause.)\nI also want to thank Alison Tupay for singing the Star Spangled Banner on the spot. She did\na great job, I think. (Applause.)\nMore than anything else -- I'm going to see the scholars tomorrow when we send the\nOlympic Torch off, but I love this moment. And I was jealous that the Vice President got to go to\nthe Medal ceremony yesterday. This has been sort of a crazy week around here. I was hoping\nmaybe one of the scholars could explain chaos theory to me and I could apply it to what I'm trying\nto do. (Laughter.)\nBut I love this program. I believe in it so strongly. And I wanted to have a chance just to\nMADE\nmeet with not only the scholars, but to see the parents and the family members, the teachers, the\nmentors, the people who helped these young people come to this point. And the most important\nmessage I have I'll just say and get out of the way -- I wanted to say congratulations to the scholars,\nbut I mostly wanted to come here to thank the families and the teachers who have made these young\npeople's lives possible and better. If every American would follow the example you have set, this\ncountry would not have many problems and we would have an unlimited future. And I thank you\nso much for what you've done. (Applause.)\nTo the young people, I would say this is an historic hall we are meeting in, Constitution Hall.\nWhen I was not much older than you -- you'll be embarrassed that I can remember this date so long\nago -- on June 24, 1967, I had the highest seat up there, I couldn't afford a better one, to hear Ray\nCharles sing in Constitution Hall. (Laughter.) And I was so excited -- he was SO magnificent, I was\nso excited, I literally carried -- the reason I remember the date is I carried the ticket stub in my\nbillfold for 15 years afterward. (Laughter.) And I never forgot the concert.\nNot all that long before then, the great American singer, Marian Anderson, was denied the\nright to sing in Constitution Hall because of her race. And the father of my Deputy Chief of Staff,\nHarold Ickes, then the Secretary of the Interior, arranged for her to sing on the steps of the Lincoln\nMemorial, the same place that not so many years later Martin Luther King would deliver his famous\naddress.\nSo this whole area in here is full of America's history. And it reminds us -- I hope all of you\nreally get a chance to look around and sort of soak it in. It reminds us of all this country has done\nand meant. It reminds us of how far we have come. It reminds us of the continuing struggle we have\nto live up to the ideals of our Constitution. It also will remind you, if you look closely, that there\nare still hardworking people struggling to make ends meet within a mile of where we're now sitting,\nor in the case of the young people, standing. There are young people within a mile of this place who\nhave not had the same opportunities that the young people we honor here today have had. So it is\nthe story of America.\nWe celebrate our achievements, we declare our loyalty to the Constitution and the values it\nembodies, and we must rededicate ourselves to making sure that the American Dream never dies for\nevery person who's willing to work for it. Every person here, as I said, is indebted -- of the young\npeople who have been honored -- to the teachers who have helped them, the parents who supported\nthem, to others who helped along the way. And I believe it is the job of every generation to make\nsure that the next generation has a chance to live out their dreams. That really is the mission of our\nadministration.\nI came to Washington at a time of profound change for this country. We were moving from\nan industrial age into an age dominated by information and technology. The great computer genius,\nBill Gates, says that the digital chip is the most significant advance in communications in 500 years\n-- since Gutenberg printed the first Bible in Europe.\nWe know that we have left the Cold War behind, and we're moving into a global society in\nwhich we see ideas and information and money and technology and people move around the world\nin unimaginable speed and variation, compared to just a few years ago. We know that the young\n2\npeople standing on this stage -- many of them will actually do work that has not even been invented\nyet. Within 10 or 15 years, some of them will be doing things that no one has even imagined yet.\nSo we are moving into a period really unlike any in the history of our country before, when\nthere will be more opportunity for people to live out their dreams than ever before. And the real\nchallenge, I believe, is to make sure that every person has a chance -- not a guarantee, but a chance\n-- to live out those dreams; that we do it in a way that brings us together as a country, instead of\ndividing us.\nWe are, today, more a nation of immigrants that at any time since the beginning of this\ncentury that we're about to leave. Just look around this room. Look at them. We see the\nkaleidoscope of America. And it is a constant, urgent task that we find ways to unite this country\naround our basic values and not let ourselves be divided.\nJust yesterday I had Governor Riley's successor as the Governor of South Carolina and a\nnumber of other governors here and other officials to talk about this recent wave of church burnings\nthat has swept the country in the last year and a half. That is the exact opposite of what this country\nhas always stood for. And it is an example of what is happening in much worse form around the\nworld, where people are tempted to give into their old demons and define themselves by what they're\nnot rather than what they are and what they can become. And we cannot afford that in this country.\nWe must all be intolerant of that. We cannot be divided by religion or race, and we can\nnever, never, never believe that in America it is permissible to take action against someone in their\nplace of worship. It is wrong, and we must stand against it. (Applause.)\nI appreciate what Rebekah said about the commitment of this administration to education.\nI know that one reason it's so strong is that I wouldn't be here without mine. I lived with my\ngrandparents. They started teaching me to read when I was two or three. I still own one of the little\nreaders they started me on. It was printed in 1946, I think. I grew up -- my grandparents, my\ngrandfather just barely got out of grade school. My stepfather, who raised me, dropped out right\nbefore he got his high school diploma. I was the first person in my direct line to graduate from\ncollege.\nAnd if it hadn't been for my education and the gifts that others gave me along the way to help\nme with it, I never would have become President or had the opportunity to serve my country in the\nway that I have. I now know that there is something fundamentally different about the role of\neducation in this time than in any other time. Always throughout our history, education has given\nindividuals more opportunity. When we made a commitment to mass education after World War\nII, including making college education available to veterans who served through the G.I. Bill, it\nhelped to build an enormous middle class and to lift this country up, all of us.\nNow, we're in a third stage where education can either be the fault line dividing our country\nor the bridge by which we all walk into the 21st century. Because now it is not enough as it was 50\n3\nyears ago in the G.I. Bill, or even 30 years ago, to have a huge number of people with a college\neducation creating economic opportunities for everybody else in a mass-production, industrial\nsociety.\nFor at least 15 years, and actually probably more, our country has become more stratified,\nmore unequal, divided more than anything else by the level of education of adults in the work force,\nso that you have this paradoxical situation where in the last three and a half years -- when we've been\nable to cut the deficit in half and take our exports to an all-time high, create opportunities for 3.7\nmillion new people to have their own homes and see our country produce nearly 10 million new\njobs, 9.7 million new jobs -- we know in spite of all, that about half of the American work force has\nnot gotten a raise after you adjust for inflation, and that, compared to 15 years ago, the people in the\nbottom half are basically working a longer work week, having less time to spend with their children\nand not really keeping up with inflation.\nThere are exceptions to all these statements, but the general rule still holds. The fundamental\nproblem is that in a global economy, where we're all competing with everybody else, everywhere\nelse -- including people who work and live in some counties where incomes that no one could live\na month on in America -- that we have to raise the skill levels of our people so that education has\nto become more democratic -- small d -- democratic, more widely available and more advanced than\nevery before. It must.\nAnd that is what has driven the work that Secretary Riley and I and others have done in this\nadministration -- to try to lift the quality and standards of education, but also to make it more broadly\navailable. There are some things that we can do here. And we have tried to do them. We have tried\nto make available funds for states to come up with their own plans to meet the national education\ngoals, to have high standards and high expectations, and to get free from some outdated rules and\nregulations. The Secretary's cut the rules of the Department of Education by nearly 50 percent. We\nhave put more poor children into Head Start.\nPerhaps most important of all over the long run, we've tried to expand the availability of\ncollege. In the last 12 years before I came here, college education was the only thing that increased\nin cost more rapidly than health care. And a lot of people are -- a man who was laughing I assume\nhas just educated two or three kids already in college. (Laughter.) And he's laughing to keep from\ncrying, probably. (Laughter.)\nThis is something -- this is a problem with serious implications for our country. If you look\nat the 1990 census -- and pretty soon we'll be doing another in 2000 that will affect the lives these\nyoung people will have -- you see an utterly stunning fact, that for the first time since we have been\nreally working on the census, you can see clearly in a profile of America after the census in 1990,\nthat American workers, particularly younger American workers, that have at least two years of\neducation after high school tend to get jobs where they are pretty secure in their jobs. If they lose\ntheir job, they're pretty good about getting another one. And they tend to get jobs that have a decent\nincome with pretty good prospects for growth. Those that have less than that tend to be stuck in jobs\nwhere they can't change jobs very easily and they usually lose ground to inflation. And the younger\n4\nyou are, the more profound those trends are likely to be.\nNow, that means that we have to do some things to open college to more people. We've tried\nto expand the Pell Grant program, for example. We changed the college loan program. And I want\nto thank Secretary Riley for something that I believe 10, 20 years from now will be viewed as one\nof the most revolutionary changes we've made -- we started making loans directly to the colleges so\nthat the students could get them with less hassle, pay them back at lower cost, and then pay them\nback according to a whole range of options, including their ability to repay the loan. So that if, for\nexample, if you take a job as a school teacher or a police officer or a nurse, and you're not getting\nrich, and you have a big college loan burden, you still will be able to always pay those loans off\nbecause they can be limited to a percentage of your income. And it's changed a lot for people. It's\nmade things more available.\nBy next year we'll have 65,000 young people who will have helped to pay their way through\ncollege through the AmeriCorps program, earning money to go to college by doing community\nservice. And I see one of our board members is from the state of New Hampshire, a state that has\none of the most active AmeriCorps programs in the country, where they really are doing remarkable\nthings to solve problems and pay their way through.\nNow, we've tried to do -- we've got two other big initiatives here on the plate that I think are\nquite important, and I just want to mention them because I want to encourage all of you to support\nthese things and to embrace them. The first is, we're determined to see that every classroom and\nlibrary in America hooked up to the Internet by the year 2000, every single one. And I think it will\nmake a real difference. (Applause.)\nWe started this effort in California, where we had a lot of private sector support, and we\nwired about 20 percent of the schools in one day, and they're already up to 50 percent of the schools\nnow in California. Now, in many other states this whole movement is taking off and working like\nwild fire. But we also need to make sure that in addition to being hooked-up we've got good\nsoftware, available hardware for all the students -- and sometimes for the parents, as well, to\nparticipate -- and trained teachers that are being given the support they need.\nThere is now an alliance of educational groups, teachers, parents and administrators that have\njoined together to make sure that we have enough teachers to keep up with the connections. They\ncall themselves the 21st Century Teachers, and this fall they're going to mobilize a voluntary effort,\n100,000 teachers to help 500,000 other teachers master the technology so that they can make the\nmost of it for our young people. This has enormous potential to make educational gains more widely\navailable in poor rural areas, in under-served urban areas, in places where finances have been a real\nproblem. We can use technology in a way that will lift the quality of education and the availability\nof it if we do it right.\nThe other thing I think we have to do is to make our goal a national goal, that college will\nbe accessible to all Americans and that the norm will be that everybody would at least do two years\n5\nafter high school. That should become the rule. That should become what we all accept. We now\nhave both economic and social evidence that we need to do that. So, in addition to the college loan\nand in addition to expanding the Head Start program, I have asked the Congress to make the first\n$10,000 of college tuition tax deductible to every family in the country for both young people and\nadults. (Applause.)\nI have asked Congress to broaden eligibility for families to invest in IRAs and then let people\nwithdraw from their IRA tax-free if it become necessary to help finance their children's education\nor their own re-education as the case may be. And a few weeks ago at Princeton I asked -- and. by\nthe way, I figured out a way to pay for all this in our balanced budget. This will not increase the\ndeficit. I asked the Congress, in effect, to make access to two years of college universal by giving\nfamilies a $1,500 tax credit for the first two years of community college. The average tuition in this\ncountry at community college is $1,200 a year. So that would, in effect, make two years of\ncommunity college available to every American family, because we would have a tax credit that you\ncould actually see. In effect, the government was helping to fund tuition -- free for everybody the\nfirst year, given to everybody the second year that has at least a B average. I think after the second\nyear you ought to ask people to make the most of their education if the taxpayers are going to fund\nit.\nBut it seems to me that these are the kinds of things we ought to do in Washington if we want\nAmerica to grow together. And when I look at these young people behind me and I think of every\nyoung person in this country, that we need to make sure that we reach them when they're young and\nwe keep them in school and we give them something to hope for, this is a way of our being able to\nsay to the poorest kids in this country, if you hang on you can at least do this. This is something we\nwill give you if you hang on.\nNow, the rest of it is obviously up to the rest of you and your counterparts all across America.\nBut I really believe that if we can both raise the quality and the range and reach of education, we can\nmake sure that we grow together as a country instead of being split apart. I cannot tell you how\nimportant this is.\nOne of our counties, the biggest county in this country, Los Angeles County, has already,\ntoday, children in it from 150 different racial and ethnic groups -- in one county. And still this\ncountry is thriving, it's doing well.\nI'm just about to leave for a meeting of European leaders, and all over the world they'll ask\nme, how did you have 9.7 million new jobs in America in the last three years. You know how many\nthe largest seven economies in the world have created a total of 10 million jobs in the last three\nand a half years, 9.7 in the United States. And that's something you can be proud of. (Applause.)\nBut if you want this country to grow together, if you want these children to have the kind of\nfuture when their children are this age, to see America leading the world for peace and freedom, then\nwe have got to recognize that education for everybody, more of it and better, is the central most\n6\nimportant thing we can do to make sure that we go into the 21st century able to meet our challenges\nand protect our values.\nAnd all of you, because of this experience -- all these Presidential Scholars because they're\nnow Presidential Scholars, and all of you who helped them along the way because you're their family\nmembers or you're their teacher -- you can have a unique amount of influence in your communities\nto make sure that we all rededicate our efforts not to leave any child behind, not to leave any stone\nunturned in opening all the opportunity we can. There is no stopping this country in the 21 st century\nif we do that one thing, if we give everybody who will work for it the chance to live out their dreams.\nIf that is our shared commitment, our best days are still ahead. And 20 years from now they will be\ncelebrating a whole new generation of Presidential Scholars in a nation that is stronger and better\nand closer to the ideal of America than we are today.\nThank you and God bless you all. (Applause.)\nEND\n2:25 P.M. EDT\n7"
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