The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-20
Who EDISCOVBRED IT?
Christopher Columbus in the
Year of 1892.
DO NOT FORGET THE DATE,
On That Account the Great Anniversary VIII
Be Celsbrated-What Has Been
Done Here.

The citv so far has made very little move
toward securing public observance Oh Co.
lpmbus day further than by what VIII De
done in the schools. However. there VIII
he no lack of private efforts to this END ana
among the most important of these indlVid-
nal celebrations will be the musical festlvai
and prjze carnival held at Mechanics IA
yi,ion under the direction of the Park band
| on Thursday evening 1t VIII continue
until after IL O'Clock, and at midnight Co.
lumbus day will be inaugurated formally
and with due pomp and ceremony.
All the schools are arranging programmes
and in many OF them rehearsals are being
held daily. The Girls High School and the
Washington and Jefferson schools will prob
ably give the most elaborate ceremonies.
In obedience TO the suggestion contained
in General John A. Planners circular a
principals committee waited upon con-
ference COMMITTEES of the G. A. X. in order
10 arrange for the celebration of Columbus
day in the schools.
As result of that conference the various
schools of the city were apport0ued off to
| the six posts of the city, with the under
| standing that the posts are to send three
veterans 10 each one Of the schools allotted
| to them.
| All the posts have acted in the matter
| and most have perfected their lists. The
| following list OF chairmen Of delegates has
| been reported. Lincoln Post will complete
| its list Tonight:
| Detail of cbairmen from Lincoln Post
No. /, G. A. r., for Columbus day:
Boys High School. Suffer street, c. Mason
Kinne; Lincoln Grammar aud Primary schools,
Golden Gate avenue, w. II. Wharf; Golden Gate
| Primary school, Golden Gate avenue, III. L.
| Hobben; BerDal Heights Primary School, Cort-
| land avenue, L. Ii. Herick; Washington Gram
8,
| William Burgess; Whittier Primary school,, Har-
rlson street, G. M. Goulding; Buena vista PIT
mary School, York street, T. Nj. Bickford /;
| Pacific Heights Grammar jackson street. III. Z.
! Dibble; PotreTo Primary Grammar. Minnesota
street, George BabcOek; Peabody Primary
| Grammar, W est Mission street, l.. Z. IDatcheri
Cooper Primary Grammar, Greenwich street.
j. j. Lyon; Edison Primary Grammar, Church
street George H. Robinson; Emerson Primary
/ Grammar, Pine street, T. c. Masteller; Bartlett
| Primary Grammar. Bartlett street, Nj. 5. Black
| burn; LongfellOw Primary Grammar. Silver
street. q. q. Gere Madison Primary Grammar,
| Clay street, J. c. Bolies; Marshall Primary
| Grammar, Mission street, }. {. lnnes.
Colonel Cass Post - Horace Mann School.
| Timothy Cugran; Mission Grammar, George W.
| Arbuckle; south Cosmopolitan, Harry j. Brown;
| Jefferson, James Ii. Riley; Clement, NJ. Rabbit;
South End, DR.. NJ. A. Mclaughlin; Hearst, john
| q aney; South san francisco, John Massey )
General George g. Meade Post-NorIh Cosmo-
| pollan, Oscar 5. johnson; CROKER, 6enefai
| John T. Sheeban; SutrO, Thomas Mallon; Win.
field Scott, ". L. Howe; living, John Murphy
! Lafayette, Isadore Simon.
James A. Garfield Post-GarfieId Primary, II.
| Garretson; Danman, A. Z. CUhD; Commercial
| High, Edward S. Solomon; Henry Durant j. l..
/ Wales: Humboldt, Cornelius Sweeney; kleh-
mond W. A. SouLhwlck; Douglass, J. har-
| minsky; Harrison, I. McCuskeT: Hawthorn. A.
| Brown James Lick, Ed PassolI; Cleveland
| Primary s. NJ. Can; Moulder Primary. William
Irean; Laguna Hunda, George H. Bowman;
| Haght Primary, w. W. Ayres; South San Fran
| CISCO w. NJ. Park.
Liberty Post-Glrls' High School, J. G; Gies-
tingi John SWEET School, c. A. Woodruff; Broad
way School 0lae), L. Bridges, General Cutting;
| Stanford School. George ". Waltz, Starr King
school, j. X. Sayers; Reddiug School, T. l..
| Allen; RIncon School, j. A Waymire; lie Conte
| School, Il. A. Friedrich; FairlnounI School. j.
| {. CurIier; Everett School, Charles 4. Sumner;
sherman School, a: g. Haw-s; Buena, Vista
| School, T. II. Merrill; Richmond School, \. L..
| Rockwell; Franklin School, Warren Olney.
Special preparations have been made in
| several schools. DIR. McClsh and Judge A.
j. Buckles will speak in the Horace Mann
| Rev. DR.. L. r. Ollie in the Clement; Judge
Talcott in the Hearst; Captain John Jack
and Hon. George W. Fox at the South Cos
mopolitan. General John f. Cutting Will
| present flag to the Broadway. There will
| he flag presen tatiODs at the Girls High
School and the Pacific Heights by Hon. Ii.
| c. Dibble.
The celebration under Catholic auspices
will commence early on Friday morning by
| services in each OF the churches. AT 10
! O'Clock pontifeal high mass will be eele-
| braied at st. Mary's Cathedral by Arch
| bishop Riordan. In the evening a musical
and literary programme will be given al tie
| Grand Opera-house.
| The German citizens will observe the day
| by a picnic and ball at Woodward's Gar
| dens.
II is pretty generally understood that all
the banks and public Offices, as well as prac-
| tically all the wholesale houses, will close on
| Friday but the indications are that the re-
tail stores will keep open and do business
as usual. A number of the larger shops
will keep open house for visitors and the
| distribution Of Columbus day souvenirs, but
no goods will be sold. A national spirit
may yet get into the retail houses before
| Friday and the day be observed as a general
holiday.
grand commemorative service in honor
of The four hundredth anniversary of the
discovery of America, specially arranged
for the occasion by the Right Rev. William
Ford Nichols, assistant Bishop of California
| under the auspices of the societies of the
Sons and Daughters Of the American RevO-
| tuition, will be held by the united Protestant
| Episcopal churches of this city and vicinity
in Trinity Church on Friday evening. OctO-
Der q, commencing at o'clock. The music.
/ under the direction Of Mr. Ii. j. Stewart,
oEganist of Trinity Church. Will consist OF
| a choir of fifty voices, with orchestral ac-
| compartment. Invitations have been ex-
| tended to the officers of the army and navy
| Knights Templars, Military Order of the
| Loyal Legion, California Pioneers. Mayor
and Board Of Supervisors, Geographical
Society, Bar Association, Federal Judge:
and the Governor and staff.