The record-union., 1897-02-20
INSTILLING
PATRIOTISM
Into the Hearts Of the Pupils Of
the Schools.
Addresses on the Life and Character Of the
Father Of His Country.

Exercises appropriate to Washington'S
Birthday We're held in the various city
schools yesterday, the programmes Of
which have already been published in
these columns.
In each school an address was deliv-
cred, all relating to the great and good
Washington and the purity of his pa
trlotism. The addresses We're as fol-
loWs:
LINCOLN PRIMARY.
AT the Lincoln Primary School the
speaker was Hon. S. T. Black, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mr.. Black spoke of the duty of the
child to his parents. his brothers and
sisters, to his teacher and playmates,
and to society generally. a child prop
erly trained at home and in school
along these lines would, when he be-
came a man, have a true apprecia-
tion of his duties to his felloWmen and
Hhe State at large.
Such a child would grow up with the
true spirit of patriotism. AS a citizen
he would love his country because it is
his country and would protect its
honor instead of seeing how much he
could get out of it. Washington fur
nished probably the best example in
the worlds history of the true patriot
and self sacrificing citizen. He knew
no law but duty To him a duty per-
ceived was a duty performed. His re-
markable devotion to his country and
the cause he championed is shown by
his refusal to accept any compensation
whatsoever for his six years service at
the head of the Continental army.
In tsolA nf TO
Mount Vernon and the grave Of Wash
ington made few years ago, and spoke
of the universal reverence in which the
memory of the Father of his Country is
held by all civilized peoples.
SACRAMENTO GRAMMAR.
District Attorney F. D. Ryan deliv-
cred the address at the Sacramento
Grammar School. He spoke as follows:
Teachers and Pupils of Sacramento
Grammar School: The custom inaug-
urated by the present Board of School
Directors of recognizing annually the
rational holidays by appropriate and
patriotic exercises in all our schools
from Primary to High School is most
commendable.
You, my young friends. to whom will
soon be committed the rights, privi-
leges and duties of citizenship that you
may know and realize this repsonsibil-
ity. it is proper the lessons of your
COuntry's history should be we'll i'm
pressed upon your minds. The deeds
, and lives of our country's heroes, pa
triotS and defenders should always be
present as an example for your guild
ance through life, and their teach
5ngs you should never forget.
When this Nation was organized it
marked an epoch-it was an event in
the history of governments which had
no equal. 1t was an advance for polt
1cal rights among men that could only
originate in the genius. herosm and
patriotic devotion of a Washington, a
Jefferson, an Adams or Patrick
Henry.
Says the Declaration of Indepen-
dence: 'All men are created equal,
They are endowed with certain inalien-
able rights, among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness" Follow
ing this, the Constitution of our coun-
try decreed to all the right of free
speech, a free press and the right to
freedom of religious worship. Broad
declarations of freedom and equality
never before expressed or given to man.
In gratitude for these rights and lib
critics bequeathed to us, we should al
ways be prepared TO maintain and de-
fend our country. No traitor from
within or enemy from without shall We
permit to disturb us in the enjoyment of
these rights obtained and secured by
the blood of the revolutionary heroes
shed at Lexington, Bunker Hill, Valley
Forge and Saratoga
The story of the deeds and life of
Washington should be familiar 10 every
school boy and girl in the land. The
speaker here related incidents in the life
of Washington, beginning with his youth
and ending with the closing of his career
as President of the United States. He
spoke of his visit last summer to the
Eastern cities and his impressions when,
viewing for the first time the monu-
,nents that marked the scenes Of the rev
olution. AS a boy. said Mr.. Ryan, l
stood beneath the walls of this same
building studying the history of my
country and declaiming from the words
of Patrick Henry. James Otis and John
Adams as you have done to-day. 1t was
not until / had crossed the continent
and visited the cities of the East that
] appreciated fully the immensely and
greatness of the heritage bequeathed to
the American youth. The speaker ad-
monished his hearers to be loyal to
State and country and concluded in the
following words:
Loyalty to country should pervade our
every work. our homes, our friends. our
schools and our public service. The his
tory and destiny OF our country should
be interviewer and sustained in the work