The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-23
COLUMBUS DAY. OCT.l2.
a Message TO the Public Schools
CT America.
GGaE 0BSERyANcEs SUGGESTED.

1G&,aE 0BSERYANCES SUGGESTED.
rAe Day Should BE Signalized in Every
.e0sgn and Village in the Republic by
. Local Celebration of which the Pub
&c School Is the Center.
7 the scholars of the public schools
q he United States the executive COM
,nittee of the Columbian public school
celebration sends the following mes
sage:
The 18th of October, 1892, the 40Oth
adversary of the discovery of Amer
lea. ought to be observed everywhere
in america.
The day will be marked in Chicago
by the dedication of the Columbian ex-
POSITION grounds. The day also may
he signalized in every town and village
- the republic by local celebration of
which the public school is the center.
The public schools of the republic will
:orm the most fitting centers for all
these local celebrations. A national
public school observance simultaneous
l.i,h the Chicago exercises will awaken
3 popular interest in the coming exposi-
hon. Far more important is the fact that
the public school has the right to occupy
'ze most prominent place in the celebra-
ton. The public school is the one charac-
1erlstic institution which links all the
neighborhoods together, and can thus
.urnish common bond for national
LIBERATION. The public school is the
.~pe fruit Of the four centuries of Ameri-
can civilization. The public school of
loday sways the hundred years to come.
How 1t Came About.
The first approval of this suggestion
came from the public school scholars
ourselves. When the plan was first
opposed by The Youths Companion,
January, 1891, thousands of letters were
:aceived, testifying to the enthusiasm
nth which the scholars responded.
The worlds congress auxiliary of the
Columbian exposition then took up the
proposal, calling upon all the people of
TIE republic to observe the day in their
own localities, and suggesting that the
public schools be everywhere the CEN
rers of the celebration.
The superintendent of education
we're the next to recognize the fitness of
giving to the public schools the first
place in this Columbian anniversary.
1T their national convention in Brook
Ign in February, 1892, they took charge
uf the movement, and appointed the
undersigned an executive committee to
lead the schools in their commemora-
ton.
Appeal to the Scholars.
This executive committee now appeals
to the scholars themselves to be the first
to move. 1t is for you, scholars of the
american public schools, to arouse
ointment in your schools and in your
ncighborhoods for this grand way of
celebrating the finding of America. Ed
,cators and teachers will meet you from
t,ieir side. But it is for you to begin.
There are 5000, 900 now in the public
schools. You have the chance to con-
duet a patriotic movement which will
have place in history, and will strength
q the republic through the coming CEN
irl-y.
What to Do.
re first thing to do is to determine,
s. II you read this message, that you
> 10 all you can to induce your school
Il enter the celebration. Then show
message to your teachers; every pa
1.i5i;c teacher viii be glad to help you
"a show yourselves in earnest. Take
g.. message 10 the school committee and
suDerintendent-their consent and
aid are Indispensable.
-.fter you secure the support of all
SO, then let the school vote that it
..ll enter the celebration.
tie next thing after this public vote
III be the appointment of strong COM
- tee made up jointly from citizens,
GLARS and teachers to take charge.
re committee should in all cases con.
80 of those most in earnest, SO that the
>-lik may not be checked by any posi-
Die change Of teachers during the sum-
.lar.
The Programme.
! programme of exercises will be
finished by the executive committee.
IL viii be simple and adapted to any
=cLool, yet SO arranged that more elabo-
rare exercises may be added wherever
desired. Tho aim of this official pro-
..rrlnme will be that certain leading ex-
orcises may be the same in every school
il the republic, and that at least in one
.eature the Chicago programme and the
aclool programme may be identical.
IN due time this executive committee
WI make further suggestions.
The Local Committee.
The duty of your committee will first
be to interest the citizens and to prepare
he school. Professions may be arranged.
The veterans, both north and south, will
gladly be escorts for the schools. The
ether military, civic and religious or
limitations Of each town will lend their
sid if they see that the schools are de-
eTmined that the celebration shall be
worthy of the day. The local press will
re the most valuable of all supports.
On Oct. 12 the stars and stripes should
De floating from every school house in
he repa bic.
Il is the hope of the friends of common
school education that not one public
school III the United States will allow
itself 10 lie left out in this most memora-
bic celebration.
Executive Committee.
) Francis Bellamy, chairman, represent
ing Youths Companion, Boston.
John W. Dickinson, secretary of Mas
sachusetts board of education.
Thomas B. Stockwell, commissioner Of
public schools of Rhode Island.
w. r. Garrett, superintendent of pub
lie instruction of Tennessee.
w. G. Hewitt, superintendent of Mich
igan educational exhibit at World s fair.
THE SHIPS OF COLUMBUS.
n Description of the Great Discoverer's
Little Squadron.
The approach of the 400th anniversary
of the discovery Of America cannot fail
to awaken reverence for the Genoese
mariner whose intrepid daring and en-