The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-20
COLUMBUS DAY PROGRAMME.
PRELIMINARY OUT
/ N OF IT.
By FRANCIS BELLAMY,
Chairman of the Executive Committee of
the National Public School Cele-
brGtton of Columbus Day.

Day, simultaneously with the dedica-
tory exercises of the Worlds exposition
grounds, will give a significant unity to
Americas celebration of its 4Ooth ami
versary. Accordingly the superintend-
ents of education, when they adopted
the plan Of a national public school cele-
bration of Columbus Day, instructed the
executive committee to prepare an off
cial programme, identical for every city
and village in the country.
The executive committee is now en-
deavoring to secure contributions from
the ablest American writers. The anne
Of the authors cannot be announced yet,
but the general plan for the exercises of
the day is as follows:
The official programme provides for
A Morning Celebration.
The pupils of our public schools are
to gather on Oct. 81, at the usual hour,
in their school houses. But instead of
the regular reeitations the morning is to
be devoted to exercises befitting the an
niversary. These exercises may be SIM
pie or elaborate, according to the re-
sources of the school. Many schools
will doubtless do little more than use
the official programme, adding to it the
old, familiar national songs and few
speeches by leading citizens. Other
scnoois VIVA larger are Aeel5
% e1Uena tne programme mlln auul
tlonai FEATURES such as speoiai husi
chorus VI oleheso,a' niseoii1al 1Aelola7,
pageants, etc. Inc rye ioer'y iol
llalVluuai lnsenuiey anu .aste - leae
al scnoois, anu 1ne oniinl'e1
Wouio encourage iooal salioeS ~
gwen % ene oinciai pfosianiu
The Official Programme
will consist of the following features:
/. RAISING AND sALUrrNa THE FLAG
under the direction, wherever possible,
OF aetan OF me veterans o me war;
10 4 well known tunel
g. THE ADDRESS
70 y a aeciaimeu " y
4. TIE ODE
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