The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-10-19

public school day in the order OF festlv-
tiles Of New Yorl's Columbian celebra-
ton. 1t was the second movement In
the grand symphony arranged for the
ccasion-Religious observance, educa-
tional display, naval procession, mill
tary parade, general rejoicing and BAN
quet i.
The prayers and religious exercises OF
Saturday and Sunday-participated in
by all creeds and denominations-were
fitly followed by an equally cosmopoli-
tan demonstration of the educational
forces which have given the new world
its strongest upward impetus.
Results of more than $50 years OF ed
ucational work were represented in the
parade, for the first school founded by
the old Dutch settlers in 1888 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. To-day New
York owns 100 public school houses,
representing an estimated value in sites
and buildings of over s15,OOo,O 600, and
provides education in its grammar
schools for more than 100000 pupils,
boys and girls
Twenty regiments of grammar school
boys, of New York and Brooklyn and
Long Island and Jersey City, each regi-
ment Mt least 500 strong, marched with
swinging strides and perfect alignment
in the parade, every boy proudly carry
ing flag of his country, prepared to
honor and defend it. And this was only
one division of the parade.
They had been preparing for the oc-
casion for weeks past, drilling in the
armories of the Sixty-ninth and One
Hundred and Twentieth regiments and
in other buildings placed at their dis
posal and in the open square, so that
their discipline should be complete and
their marching faultless as possible.
Every boy entered into the patriotic
spirit of the occasion. There were
three other divisions Of equal patriotic
purpose. In the second division came
the pupils 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 connec-
ton with eufblems and banners Of the
churches and academies to which they
belong.
After them followed the uniformed
schools and last the students ofmaturer
years, from the different colleges of law
and medicine, in engineering and the
arts, about 4,5OO strong; 1000 from Co
lumbia college; 1900 from the Univer-
sity of New York; 1900 from the under
graduate college; $50 from the college
of dentists, etc. In the third division
OF the procession was medley COM
posed of numerous institutes" 1t COM
prised the Hebrew orphan asylums:
German, Italian and French institu-
tons of various characters, intermixed
with trades schools, business colleges,
military institutes and mechanics soci-
cites
Altogether II is probable that there
were $4,000 scholars and students In
the procession. The din of the different
bands was at times confusing and dis
cordant in the extreme-unavoidably 80
from the large number Of bands and
the small intervals Of separation. Cap
pas fine Seventh regiment band led
with fifty pieces, but there were also
Tho military bands Of the Eighth,
Ninth, Twelfth, Fourteenth, Twenty
second, Thirty-second and Seventy-frst
New York regiments, all rang ing from
thirty.five TO fifty pieces; the band OF
the First New Jersey regiment; the
navy yard band; numerous private
bands and innumerable drum corps
The girl scholars, who were denied
participation in the parade, were as
signed a peculiarly appropriate and or.
namental part in the proceedings Ar
tistically grouped on n stand in the res
ervoir square, at the junction Of Fifth
avenue and Forty-second street, were
nearly 1,7OO pretty-faced school girls
each wearing liberty cap and cos
TUNED in red, white and blue respect
lively.
The tableaux had been so arranged
beforehand that on the approach Of the
procession almost instantaneously each
one of the smiling, bright-faced chill
dren SO disposed themselves and theii
costumes as to present the effect Of the
American shield with three American
flags, artistically punched on each side
Of It. The Huttering, quivering mo
tions OF the admirably arranged bandi
of colors, as 1,7OO sweet girl voices sans
"The Star Spangled Banner" and othel
patriotic songs while their gallant bo.
fellow-students tramped past will
quickened step and ringing cheers
must have left lasting impression o
the Columbian school day celebration
on the minds Of thousands of the risinl
generation.
But the feature OF the parade whicl
perhaps attracted more attention thai
any other along the line was the marcl
Of not six little Indian boys" but 30
Of them from the Carlisle pa Indiai
industrial school, accompanied by thei
own band Of music and partly dresse
in Indian costume, partly in uniform G
their school
Many Vessels Lost.
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fishermen reported missing from tn