The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-10-20
Columbus Day.


church under the management of the Belfast
W. G. I. U. Owing to the rain the audience
was small. Miss A A. Hicks presided. Mrs.
w. B. Conant read Scripture lesson and
Rev. Myra Kingsbury offered prayer. Miss
Hicks stated that the object of the meeting
was to create a public interest so that the
exercises by the public schools next Friday
might be better attended. Mr.. F. w. Brown,
principal of the Upper Grammar school, read
selection entitled can Incident of the 18th
Century, or Columbus entrance into Palos.'
Mrs. Moore read poem. Mrs. A. E. Clark
read a selection from the Chicago Tribune
on the life of Mrs. Christopher Columbus.
1t said that Mrs. c. was the daughter of
famous navigator and discoverer. and that
she stimulated her husband and fired his
zeal in his life work Miss p. Lillian Robbins,
assistant High school teacher, read an appro-
pirate selection. MIR. George E. Brackett
spoke briefly. He said if Columbus and his Of
tcers had been as afraid of cold water as We're
the people of Belfast, America would yet
he beautiful waste. MI F. w. Chase prin-
cipal OF the High school, thought the present
an excellent opportunity to teach patriotism
to the school children. Rev. Myra Kings
bury closed by paying glowing tribute to
the school children and teachers, and to
the ladies of the W. c. I. u, who We're
teachers in another sense. The choir render
ed some inc music during the exercises.
THE SCHOOL EXERCISES.
Columbus Day will be observed by the
Belfast City Schools on Friday, Oct DIST
Each school will have its own exercises. The
general program will be carried out, with
such additions as the schools may suggest.
At the Belfast High School, outside the Of
fetal program, there will be patriotic QUOTA
tions, appropriate responsive exercises,
and short address by one of the citizens
The address, "Meaning of the Four Centu-
ries'', will be given by Harry Hayford; re
citations, ''The Ode, and "The First to
Greet Coumbus,'' by Rena Perkins and
Nellie Gordon.
AT 9 o'clock the scholars of the schools on
the common will assemble and, together
with a delegation from the Grand Army
will carry out the first numbers of the Off
cial programme, including the singing, sa-
lutng the flag, address, etc. The schools
will then adjourn to their respective school
rooms, where each will carry out its own
programme. All parents and friends of the
pupils are invited to be present
At the Upper Grammar school there will
be music by the scholars, and d literary
programme. Master Fred Tucker will de
liver the address, and Miss Kate Bickford
will recite the Columbus Day Ode. There
will also be recitations by Misses Lulu Lit
tletield, Helen Dunton. Margaret Hazeltne
and Emroy CHM. The school will sing
THE Song of Columbus Day"
The Lower Grammar school exercises viii
be as follows: Chorus by school, The Red
White and Blue; Our Country, Edith Brown:
Columbia, Bernice Rogers Columbus ENer-
cises, Wilson Ellis, Matte Colby, Sell
don Gillian. Ada Mariner, Fred Poor,
Marion Wells, Edna Burdin. Rose Mud
gett, Maud Wood, Lena Pendleton, Har-
old Pratt, Harry French, Walter Town
send, Alphonso Wood Gertie Stevens. Rex
Hazeltine, Maurice Lord, Leroy Weber, An
ME Blodgett, Lauren Willis and Edith Gil
lam; Love of Country, Blanche Gilmore
Song of Washington and Columbus, School
Historical Reading, Columbus the Boy. Mat
tie Fleming; His Early Manhood, Grace Cen
ter: Land Discovered, Lillian Fernald:
Naming the Islands. Bertha Hart: Chorus
In the Prison Cell / Sit School: Union and
Liberty, Alice Hills; Recitation, Columbus,
Edith West: Our Flag, Edith Dunton: The
American Flag, Mabel Rawley: Quotations,
BOYS of the LIST Division: Chorus. Our Conn
try, School; America. Blanche RockwelI
Gilmore's National Hymn Viola Tibbetts:
Old Glory, Helen Bird: Hail to Columbus,
Chorus by School: Discovery Day or Column
bus. Characters: Oriana, Bertha Blake
Genius of America, Margaret keene Gent
us Of Discovery, Cleora Haney. Progress.
Lulu Atherton. Art, Ettie Clifford Indus
try, Flora Blake. Science, Mamie Carter.
Trade, Lizzie Tilnm. North, lisa Hall South,
Florence Mitchell. East, Mary Robbins.
West, Clara Steward. AT II a. IN. America
will be sung.
The Central intermediate school will pre-
sent an excellent programme. including dec
lamations by Masters Ross Pattershall, OIL
lie McMahan, Fred Townsend and Charlie
Harmon and Miss Mamie Hills, and recita-
lions by Misses Ida Ames, Blanche Robbins.
Edith Davidson, Lillian Smalev. Fannie
Robertson, Lizzie stickney Eva Crowley,
Georgia Triggs, Abbie Roberts, Ethel
Thayer, Mary Coombs Bessie knowlton.
Clara Hamilton, Abbie Stoddard and Freda |
Cook. There will be exercises of questions |
and answers from the life of Columbus and |
an appropriate exercise by eight little girls
The exercises will close by singing Ameri-
ca
The programme for the North Primary
school is we'll arranged. 1t opens with |
welcome by Miss Katie Brier, and song by
the school, Then comes an exercise by Alice !
Heath, Harry Hunter, Flossie Myrick, Clair
Hartman and Stella Mcfarland a decIa,ra.
ton by BERTHE Knight: a concert exercise lv !
five little children; song, "Our Banner" !
defamation by Harry Hunter recitations |
by Nellie Collins and Lillian Jones notices
by eight children; recitations by Lonia |
Achorn, Mertie Foster and Gertie Crowley:
the flag exercise, with music by the school |
and flag raising.
The programme for the South Primary
a nd South intermediate schools is as follows |
, A. NJ. Raising the Flag, by the Veterans
Salute to the flag by the Pupils. Sinoino