The record-union., 1895-05-30
PATRIOTISM IN TEE CITY SCHOOLS.
Exercises Appropriate to Memorial or
Decoration Day.
The Hardness Grammar School Pre-.
sented with Portrait of the
Pioneer Director.

To-day the schools of the city will not
be in session, the pupils being given a
holiday in honor of Memorial Day. In
most of the schools exercises appropriate
to the occasion were held, in which the
pupils manifested deep interest.
Hardness Grammar.
Among the visitors present at Harkness
Grammar School, Joseph w. Johnson,
Principal, were School Director w. j..
Davis, George w. Ficks and Hon. j. G..
Brusie Mr.. Ficks spoke to the pupils
about. the Grand Army veterans and the
sacrifices they had made for their coun-
try, and his remarks made very deep
impression on the young people.
Director Davis also made brief remarks,
and introduced Mr.. Brusie, who pre-
words, a large portrait OF DR.. ID. w:
Hardness, in whose honor the school had
been named.
The following programme was rem
dered: Piano solo, Carrie Schmitt; ME
mortal Day." Lydia Wing; Dead on the
Field of Honor" Flossie Wenzel; song,
..our Country's Call" school; .Decora,
Day" Jennie Cronkite, Edith Heilbron,
Jessie Beaton, Maggie McCaw, Katie
Sheehan, Hulda Koening, Albert May,
Robert Herndon, Louis Nathan, Her
bert Prince, Minnie Kirkpatrick. Clara
Gleie, Amy Carroll, Alice Craw, Amelia
Sprague; piano duet. Daisy Guthrie and
Edna Scott; Flowers for the Faithful" !"
Naomi Levy; 1.-The Phantom Army"
Dottie Morrow; "Here." May Dittmar;
song, fTenting On the Old Camp
Ground" school; 1.-TWO Captains" Min
ME Clayton; 1.-TWO Fires," Eda Quire;
piano solo, Louise Lorensen; song, 'Our
Nations Dead" school,
Sacramento Grammar.
at the Sacramento Grammar School,
Miss Annie G. Weeks, Principal, the ex-
ercises were as follows: Song, "March-
ing Through Georgia." school; recitation,
Memorial Day." Rattle Elliott: declama-
ton, 'Scatter the Flowers" Lester Hea-
cock; song, "Song of the Camp" school;
recitation, ''Dirge for Soldier" Ruth
Hoskinson; cornet solo, Robert Nc
Crabbe; recitation. "The Little Black
Eyed Rebel" Laura Lewis; song, 1.-The
Vacant Chair" Sacramento Grammar
School Glee Club; defamation, Lib
erty," pupils of Miss Sweeney's class;
recitation, Corporal john" Blanche
from GIee Club; song, ''The Prisoner
Free" school.
The pupils were addressed by Superin-
tendent Erlewlne and by Mr.. Ficks and
MIR. Adams of the Grand Army. Quite a
large number of visitors were present,
and the exercises proved very interesting
to those who attended.
sutter Grammar school.
At the Sutter Grammar School, Twenty
first and l. streets, the following pro-
gramme was rendered: Song. America" I"
school; patriotic sentiment, school; recita-
ton, America" George Annereau;
recitation, Under the Sod," Grace Ross;
patriotic gems, Robert Nelson, BERTHE
Chrlstianson, Edwin Billingsley, Allyn
Burr; song, "Flag of the Free" Miss
Devine's class; recitation, 1.-The Old
Flag" Joseph Carpenter; recitation,
Hymn" Maggie Miller; recitation.
"Our Flag" Thurza Ober: song. "Our
Braves" school; recitation, Converse
With the Slain." Eta Croucher; recita-
ton, 1.-THE Nation Remembers" Mary
Wood; piano solo, Ollie Kierns; recita-
tion. 1.-THE Bugle Call" Willie Stoll;
recitation, "Peace," Willie Trainor; song,
Soldiers Memorial Day." school; reci-
tation, ''Strew Fresh Flowers" Lottie
Ellen Johnson; recitation, 'The I'm
known Crave" Mary OConnor; recita-
ton. "Bivouao of the Dead" Edith
Simons; saluting the flag, school; dia-
logue, Memorial Day." Willie McGin-
mis-. Cecilia Hooke, Margaret Ehart,
Emily Wendt, Florence Weiger; song.
Miss Winn's class; recitation, ..U. S.
instrumental trio, 1.-The Washington
Post March," Grace Farnsworth, Emma
Strobel, Jessie Wendt; song, ''Dseora-
tiOn Day." school; recitation, sc. A. r. )"
Fontaine Johnson; address, Superintend-
ent Erlewine; address. w. 81 Sherburn;
"reminiscences of camp life, Veterans
Wiley and Frambes; memorial hymn,
school.
Marshall Primary.
Memorial exercises were held at Mar
shall School as follows: Song. RED.
White and Blue" saluting the flag; reci-
tation, Decorating the Graves" Minnie
Walker: recitation, Decoration Day,W
Pauline Mot CATCHY. dialogue, 1.-The Loyal
Flowers" Ora Rusk, Mayda Netf, Thiel
Duffee and Emeline Wiseman; recitation,
1.-The Soldiers Grave" Louis Townsend;
song, "Rally Round the Flag''; recita-
ton. ''Our Soldiers" Della Robin; reci-
tation, ''our Country" George Morris;
ME McGinnis; Memorial Day." Flossie
Culmsee; recitation. ''The Battle
Fields" Beatrice Belote; dialogue,
"Washington's Boyhood," Willie Hamm
and Dick Rue; song, "The Summer
time"; recitation, "The Veterans" Edna
Thielbahr; recitation, Soldiers Brave"
Ray Morton; recitation, You Put No
Flowers on Papas Grave" Edith
Walker; dialogue, Keeping Birthday"
Maybell Belote and Burnell Wiseman;
recitation, "How Blue and Gray Blend"
Helen Phillips; song, "The Old Apple
Tree"; recitation, "Cover Them With
Beautiful Flowers" Jedd McClatchy;
recitation, ''In Memoriam," Stella
Lowell; recitation, 1.-THE Old Grand
Army Boys" Ira Patton; recitation.
1.-The Army Overcoat." Ada Burns; rec-
tation, Tho Bivouac of the Dead"
Oliver March; dialogue. "Our Dead
Heroes" Clarence Orr, James McClatchy,
Adolph Teichert. Argyll Bowley. Maggie
Todd, Viola Redmond, Laura Latham,
Mabel Dotson, Hattie Wardle. Elsie
Churchman, Maggie Norton and Harry
Wardlaw; song, America"
Fremont Primary.
ho ErorpoDt Primary Schoo1 Sarah