The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-24
I TINE TO CELEBRATE
|ober8 ii To Be Observed as Co.
lumbus Day Through
out the Land.
Programme Suggested FOR
This Great and Imports
ant Occasion.


kovsrnoS Tools has issued . proclana-
II, which Will b. found in another col
d, designating Columbus day. Got. Il.
1 public holiday and recommending that
! observed bv school children through
! the state, and that the civil and mill
i organizations take part In the cslsbra-
j. Tho governor says In his proclama-
b: "Ths tims II opportuns TO rsad
In the history Of phi country. Every
) Of II speaks 81 = splendid civilization
records u~nparallslsd achievements.
~ man, woman and child who reads y
And ! new incentive 70 transmit unin'-
rcd 10 postsEity the institutions bs-
bathsd 70 NJ by orr ancsators.
that will 10 d great day on tho farms 2
khs county school houses-the morning
ebration Of Friday, October FL 1892. y
unity the thoughts and enthusiasm Of
! republic. Twelve million children are
celebrate sitter afashion unknown to
tory in the past. The pupils will gather
Columbus day q the usual hour IN their
TOOL houses, and instead Of tie regular
HES the morning IL 10 be devoted to \
eises bellttina the anniversary. These
Il Of - be simple Or elaborate 40
ding to the resources Of the school, q
kny will be unable to do more than use
omcial programme. have tho old IA
liar national songs and : fsw spesches
leading citizens. + 4 hoped that Tor
q ID Shs world the mothers q we'll % the
khsSa, The young womsn q we'll g the
unc men, will bs included in this speech
kkinQ. People shonld remember that
ey were long ago endowed with fore
bthers 40 we'll AZ forefathers. and thnt
NV have to-day mothers o. we'll Rs fathers.
be following u the official programme:
Raising aud saluting. the American dag.
der the direction, wherever possible, OF
Retail OF veterans of tina war.
RThe sonR OF columbus Day" to . WE'LL
Town tune.
[Address, to be acclaimed BY the best
eRker AMONG tho boys.
PIhe ode, TO bs reoited by a young lady.
NAmerica,' which will, in all cases. be
3 closing song.
tIhe ong the address and the ode ara all
be original. prepared especially. for the
LIBERATION BY some Of the best American
Fiters. They win Be published through
d sent 10 iii applicants who address
Eancis Bellanly. Youths Companion build
&. Boston. Mass.
In the country the day ought to be made
real holiday. The parents and friends OF
e pupils should be brought together.
|.rm and household work might we'll be
|linquished and the families OF the dis
let assemble at the school houses with
keir picnic lunches. prepared 70 make q
emorable day Of IL. Following the COM
.~x.;oc - khA rNrrOiru TIM nftarn0oN
|irht be devoted to games and aocial re-
hons. In the villages and cities II is
-Qsd that Columbus day be celebrated BY
he "grownups." A public school review
! the afternoon; the pupils marching by
asses ana with banners. led BY the teach
ID, is suggested. Then should march the
my veterans. As they pass the reviewing
and, where the leading mon and women
the community are assembled, let each
|ith cheers and with waving of handker-
hiefs. 1t should then march to = hall OF
hurch, where a mass meeting should be
BID. unless it were Thought best to extend
be exercises into the evening.
Above all other dates nearly every pupil
b the public schools remembers that Co
hmbus discovered America Oct. II, 1892.
|hey will all want to know why the 40Oth
bnivsrsary falls on Got. Fl, 1892. Fol
Ruuy 0tlttUGl00 WIG S0ACANhA AAusAsAspN W
|ulius Cesar, known; rs the Julian calen'
ar, Was commonly accepted. This cnlVn.
ar assumed that there 1854 days in ayear
Int as this made the year eleven minute,
nd fourteen seconds too long. it could moi
|ery long without correction answer thu
impose for which it was devised. Conse-
uently, in 1852, il was found necessary tx
|eform the calendar, and the Georgian cal
ndar was adopted. In OrdertoF correct tht
-- Al.-z1l ~~1nSric - hnV ~nSTln AZ
avs were dropped out. and October 5 o.
682 became October IL. Az the error VA
ound to be exactly three days in 400 years
be Georgian calendar omitted th'
sar, excepting those which wer,
Invisible by 400. Thus the years 1900. 170'
nd 1900 were not leap years. and neithe
ill the year 1900 be. Al already stated
his reformation took place in 1852. and te,
avs were omitted from the calendar
But as Columbus discovered America pre-
|ious to the year 16OO, which rsckoned b,
|he Gregorian calendar would not be q lea.
ear, there would be but nine days to omit
bn Dot. q. 1892. the sun will occupy tn
anne relative position to the enrth AZ OF
he memorable Oct. II, 1892. The Gregg
Ian calendar wal not introduced int
|ireat Britain until 1851. popular ignorano
nd prejudice mp to3that time succsssfull
opposing it. By the masses Of the psople !
MAS believed that the obliteration Of to-
laws would shorten their lives. It Ia re-
harkable that Russia still adhsres to tn
Julian reckoning.
The change made from Oct. ~ to Got. 2
Il in the interest Of scholarly accuracy
The public school stands for enlightenment
Ind progress, and il would NOT bo In kael
ng with this spirit to compute the four cen
(uries that will intervene between the dat
bf the discovery and the date to be o.le
brated, by an or Oneoas calendar which hA
IL day and was discarded more than &c
ears ngo. All the presidents FOR celebrat
borrecting the old calendar to the new
For instance, 'Forefathsrs' day" in Ne
England 10 celebrated Doc. 81. although az
bording to the Julian calendar the Pilgrim
cached Plymouth Dec. II. Wnshingto
WAS born on the 18th day Of February. "ol
btyle." bat we celebrate the anniversary {
his birth on the 22d of February, me
style"
The original proposal for the publ
school celebration act apart Dot. IL. br
khe friends of FREQ education who are push
Ing the enterprise believed a bad preoeder
would BIO established, ~ il named u fall
Late for the observance Of an histories
|pvent. This Is the first effort that has .evt
been made tittinaly to observe, by nation,
commemorative exercises. the achievemer
bf Columbus and tho right day should /
For this reason all should |
glad that Oct. 81 10 to be the day. IT
children OF the land will observe an ann
|~versary with all that the name implies, Ar
mot necessarily the recurrence OF q fxt
date, which. owing TO the arbitrary ohAng'
lin the methods Of computing time. has 10
|its significance and in shis day does NOT .,
|ouratsly matk OF the century point.
Turner Festival.
Next Sunday, Aug. 70, Al Kranioh
grove. athletic priza composition ~ two