Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-31
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
A Procession Of 1886 Children Re-
viewed by the Mayor.


viewed by the Mayor.
The commencement exercises of the
public schools yesterday were In every
way an eminent success. The pro-
gramme as published was carried out.
At o'clock the children formed In
line of march at the different
school buildings and marched in
squads to the tabernacle at
Main and Fourteenth streets. AT 10
o'clock all the children of the public
schools formed in line OF procession at
the tabernacle, and, preceded by the
mounted police, Marshal Rea in charge,
they marched up Main street to the
courthouse, where they were reviewed
by Mayor Smith and the city council.
Then they marched down Houston
street back to the tabernacle. There
were one Thousand children in line OF
march and the procession was three
quarters OF a mile long.
Mrs. Andrews, in charge Of room
No. l, building No 2, deserves especial
mention for the way in which her lit
lie charges were trained TO
march and to sing, 'foldingp
and" unfolding" their arms. On
reaching the tabernacle the children
were seated according to rooms and
buildings. After they were all seated
Prof. Hogg called them to order. The
scholars Of one Of the buildings then
Gang very sweetly the song: 81 will
take you to your home, Kathleen. :"
Prof. Hogg then introduced
Mayor Smith with a short
and appropriate address, remarklpg
that the mayor was double godfather
to the schools, being mayor, chief Of
the council and president of the school
board. The professor, as usual, was
short and felicitOus in his introduc-
ton.
Mayor Smith then made brief
speech addressed TO the children and
the patrons of the public schools. In
the course of his remarks he reviewed
the history OF the public schools
in Fort Worth and dwelt
particularly on the increased average
attendance each year since they were
first organized three years ago, and
complimented the management oi
Prof. Hogg. Mayor Smith then intro
duced Capt. j. Il. Besll, the orator OF
| the day. Capt. Besll made an eloquent
| speech upon the subject OF the educa
tion of the masses. He said that he
wished to elaborate the proposition
that upon the education of the masses
depends the stability of our form Of
government and the perpetuity Of oul
institutions.
He said that 1t is evident that the
education of the masses Is far more
necessary under our form OF govern
ment than 1t Is under monRrohica
government, for in our government
the sovereignty is vested in the people
and they must be educated in order x
exercise this sovereignty with intelli
gence. He said that the mothers e6
ercised greater power for good or evi
than al the schools and universitie
in the land, and urged then
to be careful with their chill
dren in the formative period o
their characters and to train them T.
be noble men and women. In con
clusion he congratulated the superln
tendent on having been so successful
in securing large attendance upoi
the schools.
Prof. Hogg then thanked the chill
dren, teachers and parents for thei
attendance and their efforts 10 max
the day a success.
After this lunch was served to Tn
children and they were dismissed I
their various homes. The little one
all looked happy and the large onei
too, in anticipation of the summer VT
| cation