The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-15
Arbor Day in
District No. |.

WHICH lHG yOuhBt IhObDAhB hC~AN VI
childhood is brought in touch with the
great heart of Nature. The spirit OF
Longfellow's beautiful poem:
Nature, the dear old muse
Took the child upon her knee,
Saying. Here is a story-book
Thy Father has written for thee.
Come, wander with me. she said,
Into regions yet untrod
And read what is yet unread
In the manuscripts OF God"
Was fully entered into. and the pupils
will be all the more capable of enjoying
and approaching the beauties Of garden
and forest.
The High School graduating class,
Miss Kate Dement,, Miss Martha Glib
ert, and Mr.. John McCue, planted a
class tree-a thrifty maple. and each
room had made two or three large
boxes In which they planted flower
seeds and slips which they expect to
carefully to watch and care for during
the coming months. The exercises by
the High School and graduating class
at the planting Of the class tree, We're
appropriate and heartily enjoyed. Miss
Demen delivered a Tree Prophecy"
Miss Gilbert recited the class poem.
each member Of the class assisted in
the planting Of the tree, then all the
High School joined in the song, PLANT
ing of the Class Tree" after which THEY
returned to the High School room and
held the exercises prepared for Arbor
Day.
Rooms four, seven and eight united
in room eight where a lengthy and In
teresting program was rendered.
Rooms three, five, six and nine Joined
in the girls playroom which was taste
fully decorated for the occasion. Rooms
one and two held their exercises In
room two, and gave one Of the most
pleasant programs ever given In Court
street school. We should like to, print
the entire program of all the rooms
but want of space forbids us. Enough
to say that throughout they were al
most faultlessy rendered. :.
The teachers and pupils were not un
mindful that this 14th of April, was al
80 the anniversary Of Lincoln's assas
sination. So after the Arbor Day ex
ercises were through, all the school as
sembled In the play room to remembe
Freedoms p~iesldent-the martyre'
chleftain. Mrs. Busey, who was per
sonally acquainted with Lincoln AM
his family, gave a most interesting
talk. "Reminiscences Of Lincoln's home
funeral and the a
Willis Levings gave a brief accoun
of the writing of the Battle Hymn o
the Republic" Lincoln's funeral hymn
then all Joined in singing the "Rec
White and Blue" and were dismisse
with hearts full Of love for Old Dam
Nature and rejoicing az young patriot
of 1.-THE Land of the Free and tn
Home Of the Brave There were man
visitors present. Mr.. II. G. Thompso
gave a splendid address to the students
Long Live Arbor Day.
The program was as follows: Room
l and 2-"Our New Song" school; co
oauy, Meaning Of Arbor Day." recitt
ton, "Cunning Old Crow" Erb. Liebe'
man; song, Birdie, Where's Yot
Nest?" class; recitation, Little !
Little,' Frankie Estes; recitation
CHOOSE Your Tree" Hazel Stockton
recitation, planting a Hickory Tree
Willie Carlson: song, Cherry Bio
sons" school; recitation, Making
whistle" Ellis Weatherford; reeitatio
Gingerbread Tree" Fay Liebermal
recitation, 1.-THE Tree that Tried
Grow" Laura Fastebend; song. "Tl
Farmers Song" by No. Ones; recit
ton, celebrating Arbor Day." Bert
Simpson; "Lottie's Tree Talk" Matt
Gregory; recitation, Guys Gardening
Arthur Johnson; recitation, Lift
Hands," Mabel Spedden; dialogu
MANY Flags in Many Lands" Lou
Kinkella, Alice Bllnn, Lizzie Drenno
recitation, Away to the Woods" sol
Away to the Woods" recitation, I'M
Flowers, ELLA Hare; recitation, "Spril
Is Growing Up" Winnie Harmon; re-
tatlon, PUSSY Willow" May Ferche
recitation, ~"Daffodils." Kate Norber
Merry Spring" Garlic Osmonson; 81
dy G~oldenrod, Norma Mercurio; ISL
beams" Lille Lidwell; Rain and I
Flowers" Title Devaneau; chorus
the Flowers" Bessie Lundquist, Ell
Willard, Frances Nordberg, Lenna Ca
meta, Laura Walker, Mary Cam
song, "Arbor Day. planting Of see
dedicated to Abraham Lincoln; quo
tlons, Glass A. Room 3; leeitatiol
Room 8, Bessie Gregory, recitatl'
Room 6, Florence Ross; song, Room
Arbor Day Acrostic, Room 81 recItati'
Room 6, Nellie Mason; recitation, Roc
0, Amelia Cannon; m Room 3; re
tation, Room 6, Chester Lawrence; le
tation, Room 6. Nellie Lidwell; reel
ton, Room .. Annie Olsen; recitati'
Room 6, Charlie Cleveland; song. Roo
6 and 6; quotations p. H.. S. class; ~
tation. Room 9, "origin of Trees" re
tatlon, Room G. Della Willard; reel
tatlon, Room 3, Lolita Grange; reel
ton, Room 5. Johnnie Lun1uist; sol
Room o..
AT CEDAR STREET SCHOOL.
Arbor day exercises at the Cet
street school came of in the princips
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