Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-10
THE SCHOOLS PARADE
Continuation of the Columbian Cele-
bration in New York.
$4,000 CHILDREN WERE IN LINE.
Profuse Decorations Throughout
the City.
THE ISLAND CROWDED
IN MEMORY OF COLUMBUS.

IN MEMORY OF COLUMBUS.
Great Parade of the Educational Institutions
in New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-with the bright flash,
puff Of thick white smoke and heavy boom OF
cannon old Fort Columbus, on Governors
Island, opened the secular part of the oelebra-
tion of the four hundredth anniversary Of its
namesakes greatest deed at COS this morning.
The cannon was merely the sunrise gun, but
1t was singularly appropriate that it should
come on this day of all from the fort named
after Christopher Columbus.
Even the sun which the martial sound well
coined was not earlier riser than hundreds
OF boys who march today in honor of the great
discoverer. For weeks the lads have been drill
Ing in anticipation of this event and every
street not thronged with traffic has been a
parade ground for them and resounded with
military orders
Brilliant sunshine, crisp, cool air and a cloud
less sky. in fact every charm Of atmosphere
to make today q grand success. The rain of
Saturday night soiled but very few decorations,
and those were Of the cheaper sort and were
promptly and easily replaced.
ALONG FIFTH AVENUE.
Fifth avenue is magnificent ribbon Of
color, with as many tints and hues flashing in
the sunshine as were ever put into the most
gorgeous Roman sash. The same is true of
Broadway and some of the larger streets rum
ming parallel to it, but the parade Of today
marches only on 5th avenue the regular hustle
and hurly burly Of everyday trade somewhat
dlms their brightness.
In some of the stands along the line of march
people began to gather almost at sunrise. In
the reservoir stand there was quite a gathering
before the big structure was out of the shadow
cast by the buildings on the opposite side of;5th
avenue. Mothers with tri-colored badges of
little flags were seen on the avenue long before
they usually have breakfast, all bright faced
and eager for the children's big show.
Crowds began to assemble in the neighbor-
hood of the 9Th avenue and 59th street en-
trance to Central Park long before the hour set
for the start of the grandest parade of school
children ever witnessed. and along 5th avenue
throngs moved up and down the sidewalk seek
ing for position of vantage.
Mothers anxious to see their children march
in the column wended their way to Madison
Square.
Meanwhile up at 5th avenue and 57th street
Col. David S. Brown, grand marshal of the
vast army, was kept busy, together with his
corps, OF aids in getting the 25. 900 school boys
ready for the command Forward march, and
the streets in the vicinity we're thronged with
regiments Of pupils, each detachment in its as
signed position impatient to start in the brilliant
pageant composed of the coming generation Of
Americas hope and pride.
THE PARADE.
Each of the four divisions had mustered in
the place allotted to it and they filled the street
to the east and west of 5th avenue up as far as
61st street. The public school division had the
right of line, and when the signal was given for
the line to form the procession started down
5th avenue.
Results of more than $50 years Of educa-
tional work were represented in the parade
for the first school founded by the old Dutch
settlers in 1893 in that part Of "New Ams.er-
dam" now known West 77th street is still in
existence and is called the School of the Re-
formed Church. Today New York owns ], 800
public school houses. representing an estimated
value in sites and buildings Of over els. .OOO,-
600, and provides education in its grammar
schools for more than 26O 900 pupils, boys and
girls.
Twenty regiments of grammar school bows Of
New York and Brooklyn and Long Island and
Jersey City, each regiment at least 500 strong
marched with swinging step and perfect align
ment in the parade today, every boy proudly
carrying flag Of his country, prepared to honor
and defend it. And this was only one division
Of the parade.
In the second division came the pupils Of the
parochial schools. academies and colleges of the
Catholic Church in New York and adjacent
cities, over 5000 strong. each pupil also carry
ing the national flag in connection with the en-
blems and banners of the churches and acade-
mics to which they belong.
After them followed the uniformed schools,
and last the students of maturer wears from the
different colleges of law and medicine, in en-
gineering and the arts, about 4, 500 strong, 1000
from Columbia College, 200 from the Uni
versity of New York, l, 200 from the Under
graduates College, $50 from the College Of
Dentists, &c.
In the third division Of tho procession was
medley composed of numerous 'institutes." It
comprised Hebrew orphan asylums, German,
Italian and French institutions Of various char
acters, intermixed with trades schools, business
colleges, military institutes and mechanics So
cieties, with 1000 'Young Dalton Volunteers"
whatever they may be, and sixty "Glittering
Spears
Altogether it is probable that there were fully
25 900 scholars and students in the procession.
WHERE THE GIRLS WERE
The girl scholars, who were denied participa-
tion in the parade, were assigned q peculiarly
ceedings. Artistically grouped on Q stand in
the reservoir square at the Junction Of 5th ave-
nue. and 42d street were nearly 1,700 pretty
faced school girls each wearing q liberty cap
and costumed in red, white and blue
respectively. The tableaux had been 30 ar
ranged peIorenano tnat on the approach OF the
procession almost instantaneously each one Of
the smiling, bright-faced children 80 disposed
themselves and their costumes as to present the
effect of the American shield, with three Amer
ican flags artistically punched on each side
of it. The futtering, quivering motions
Of the admirably arranged bands Of colors, as
l ZOO sweet girl voices sang "The Star Spangled
Banner" and other patriotic songs while their
gallant boy fellow students tramped past with
quickened step and ringing cheers, must have
left lasting impression of the Columbian
school day celebration on the minds Of thou
sands of the rising generation.
THE INDIAN BOYS.
But the feature Of the parade which, perhaps,
attracted more attention than any other along
the line was the march Of, not 'Six little In
dian boys" but 800 of them from the Carlisle
(Pa. Indian Industrial School, accompanied by
their own band Of music and partly dressed in
Indian costume, partly in uniform Of their
school
Tho Columbian Art Loan Exhibition,
NEW York, Oct 10.-The Columbian loan
exhibition in the National Academy Of Design
was opened at o'clock this morning, and de-
spite the early hour the building was soon filed
nv the crovd which had bean ~, y<;x,.x a. ,;.-