The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-24
Columbus Day and the Public Schools,

| Editor TINES -MoUNTAINEKR:
VIII you please publish so much of the
enclosed circular as your space will allow?
In addition to the information which they
convey let me say that beautiful badge,
to be worn in the public school review. has
presented free to every child in the county
attending school. If any school Is not in
session, the school clerk is urged to under
| take the celebration, either personally or
| by appointing some one In the district to
| attend to it.
MIR. I. c. Nickelsen, of The Dalles, will
distribute the badges, and they will be
given on the following terms only:
First-Each teacher must certify to Mr..
NIckelsen or myself the names of all chill
dren attending their school.
Second-If the school Is not IN session,
the clerk, or the person appointed, will GER
tify to names of all children who attended
the last session.
Third-A representative from each family
must call at Mr. Nickelsen's store where he
will receive the badges free.
Let us hope that every district in the
county will take part in this instructive and
entertaining celebration of ouc nation.
Such an opportunity will never occur to
any of us again. TROY SHELLEY,
School Supt.
Following is the preliminary outline Of
the official programme for the national cell
ebration of October 81:
Auniform programme for every locality
in America, to be used on Columbus Day,
simultaneously with the dedicatory exer-
cises of the Worlds Exposition grounds,
celebration of its 400th anniversary. Ac-
cordingly the superinteudents OF education,
when they adopted the plan of a national
public school celebration of Columbus Day,
instructed the executive committee to pre-
pare an official programme, identical for
every city and village in the country.
The executive committee are now endeav-
oring to secnre contributions from the ablest
American writer's. The names of the authors
cannot be announced yet. But the general
plan for the exercises OF the day is as fol-
lows:
Tine official programme provides for
morning celebration. The pupils OF our
public schools are to gather on Columbu
Day at the usual hour in their school houses.
Instead of the regular recitations the morn
ing is to be devoted to exercises be6tting
the anniversary. These exercises may be
simple or elaborate, according to the re-
sources of the echool.
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
schools, with larger resources, will, we are
sure, extend the programme with additional
features, such as special music bV chorus or
orchestra, historical exercises, pageants, etc.
The largest liberty for individual ingenui-
.ty and taste Is left to all schools, and the
executive committee would encourage To-
cal variety to be given to the official pro-
gramme.
The official programme will consist of the
following features:
Raising and saluting the flag. under the
direction, wherever possible. of detail of
veterans of the war.
The song of Columbus Day, to we'll
known tune.
The Address, to be declaimed by the best
speaker among the boys.
The Ode, to be read or recited by young
lady.
''America," which will in all cases be the
closing song