The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-10-11
The First OF the Numerous Parades Of
the Columbus Celebration
Take Place.
Twenty Five Thousand OF New FORKS
Rising Generation Pass
In Review,
Before Vice President Morton, Gov
ernor Flower and Other Notables.
A Great Day.

NEW YoRK, Oct. 11.--Public School
day, in the order Of festivities of New
york's Columbian celebration, was the
second movement in the grand sym
phony arranged for the occasion.
The prayers and religious exercises on
Saturday and Sunday participated in
by ali creeds and denominationswere
ftly followed by an equally cosmopol-
itan demonstration of the educational
forces which have given the new world
its strongest upward impetus.
Results of more than 250 years Of edu-
cational work were represented in the
parade, for the first school founded by
the old Dutch settlers in 1858, in that
part Of New Amsterdam" now known
as West Seventy-seventh street, Is still
in existence, and Is called the school OF
the Reformed church. Today New York
owns 100 school houses, representing an
estimated value in sites end buildings
OF over $l5, ,O0O, 900, and provides educa-
ton in its grammar schools for more
than 800, 900 pupils, boys and girls.
How They Marched.
Twenty regiments Of grammar school
boys, Of New York and Brooklyn and
Long Island Jersey City, each regiment
ut least 500 strong, marched with swing
ing step and perfect alignment in the
parade, every boy proudly carrying the
flag of his country, prepared to honor
and defend it, And this was only one
division Of the parade. They had been
preparing for weeks past. drilling in the
armories of the Sixty-fifth and Twelfth
regiments and in other buildings placed
at their disposal and in the open squares
90 that their discipline should be COM
plete and their marching faultless.
Every boy entered into the patriotic
spirit of the occasion. There were
three other divisions Of equal patriotic
purpose.
The second Division.
In the second division came the pu-
pills Of the parochial schools. academies
and colleges of the Catholic church in
New York and adjacent cities, over
5000 strong, each pupil also carrying
the national flag In connection with the
emblems and banners OF the churches
and academies to which they belong.
After them followed the uniformed
schools, and last the students of ma
turer years from the different colleges
of law and medicine, engineering and
the arts, about 4,50O strong--1 900 from
Columbia college; 1,200 from the Uni.
versity of New York; 1,2U0 from the
undergraduates college; $50 from the
college Of dentists, etc.
Third Division.
In the third division of the procession
was medley composed of numerous
s.institutes. 1t comprised Hebrew
orphan asylums, German, Italian and
French institutions Of various charac
ters, intermixed with trades schools
business colleges, military institution.
and mechanics societies, with LOOK
'.young Dalton volunteers" whatever
they may be, and sixty '.glitterins
spears"
Altogether it is probable there were
fully twenty-five thousand scholars and
students in the procession. The din ol
the different bands was at times confus
ing and discordant in the extreme -un
avoidably 90 from the large number d
bands and the small intervals OF separa
tion. Cappa's fine Seventh regimen
band led with fifty pieces, but ther,
were also military bands OF the Eighth
Ninth, Twelfth, Fourteenth, Twenty
second, Thirty second and Seyenty-frs
New York regiments, all ranging from
thirty-dve to fifty pieces, the band d
the First New Jersey regiment, th,
navy yard band, numerous privat,
bands and innumerable drum corps.
In the distribution Of American hag
to the scholars under the direction q
. the executive committee on schools and
colleges, these flags to large extern
forming the pass key to participation il
the parade, care was taken that non,
should be given to boys under 10 year
Of age, but lest any Of the weaker one
should fall by the wayside In the loni
line of march marked out surgeons AM
ambulances were in attendance at con
yenient locations.
Ths Part Of the Girls
The girl scholars, who were denie,
participation in the parade, were as
signed peculiarly appropriate and OF
namental part in the proceedings. Art
istically grouped on q stand III the Res
ervoir square, ct the junction of Fiftl
avenue and Forty-second street, war,
nearly 1,7U0 pretty faced school girls
each; wearing Liberty cap, and co..
TUNED ia red, white and blue respect
lively. The tableaux had been so a.
ranged before hand that on the approach
OF the processio.s almost instantaneousl,
each one Of the snliling, bright-face.
children 80 disposed themselves and thei
costumes as to present the effect Of th
American shield, with three fags artist
ically bLnALed on each side 81 it.
The futteriug, qnivering motions 3
the admirably arranged bands Of colorl