The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-14
One Of Them Dedicated to
General Ulysses S. Grant.
Others to Mrs. Stowe, Commodore
Perry and General Walker.
Rain Prevents the Holding OF the Cram
mar School Exercises.

Tho tag end OF disagreeai,le May
storm has robbed Arbor day OF half Its
delight
Roger Williams Park was beautiful, as
1t always Is regardless Of weather. but the
acres of green lawn, tho flower beds
and woodlands and lakes need the sun
shine to make an deal ,Arbor day for the
children and instead they had persistent
drizzle
The high school pupils Jared better
than those from the grammar schools
because they had their exercises ir the
forenoon when there was every delusive
indication Of q bright day.
All of tho morning exercises were we'll
attended and the park was the gathering
point for thousands of men, women, and
children, and the broad macadnm drive
ways were alive with cyclists. Until the
rain spoiled evcrybody's plans there were
scores Of picnic parties scattered through
the park enjoying the scenery and waiting
for the beginning OF the afternoon exer-
boys from the grammar schools happy in
the possession of their new anti-oigarctte
badges. -.
High School Exercises.
The high school trees were planted
this year on the east side Of the lake near
Whitney street
The exercises were as follows:
Classical department. Elmer :; Chase class
Man" saida Ia \. HalIe,t; Grants Military
Career" Daniel y. Myers: "Ths Popular
Regard for General Grant" W Kingsley
Grant, class president.
English department. Edward b. Williams,
class president Presidlin,g,v11ESss1y lesson.
recitation, ''Compei ieness aud Variety Of
Nature, Clarence A. Coates; recitation. "A
Dream Dream OF summer" Ora y. Holen recita'
''The Other World" Josophinc Hubbard. rcci.
tation, The Iniiuencs of Ea,nre." Harry NJ.
Paine; recitation. The Slavs Chase Helen
gclist,' Mary A. Benson; essay, Harriet
Beecher Stowe" and dedication Of the tree
to Harriet Beecbcr. Stowe, Elizabeth G. Daw-
SON.
Commercial department, James A. Darcy,
class president, prcsiding-Address OF vel
ne Me%9ns Of q ,he pay a. 9ur
o. ii. Perry" Edith A. Booth recitation,
Tho Planting of The the Apple Trec," Amey };
dedication of the tree 90 Commodore oliver
Hazard Perry, James A. Darcy.
Manual Training High School.
The program for the celebration OF
Arbor day at the Manual Training high
school was an especially attractive one,
divid,d as IL is !nto exercises at Roger
Williams Park and a tc!d excursion for
the sake of studying trees and birls in
thoir natural surroundings.
The program of exercises at tie Park:
AT ~ 30 tho members of the senior class
met at the old boathouse and proceeded TO
plant tree between tho two bridges.
The school banner was set near tho tree
as "a guide.
The tree, q sugar maple, was dedicated
to General Francis A. Walker. tho late pres
idcnt OF the Massachusetts snstitute Of
Technology.
Arbor ID W :" William II. Carter Monuments
20 Distinguish sen and Reasons for Selecting
Presidens Walker" David l.. Gallup: .Pres-
ident Walkers Eventful Life ns Student"
Miss Cora NJ. Skiff: In Z; Array" Wallace
G.. Ray; Elm tho Civil S.rvics,' J.. nest a.
Shcrburn; "As College Professor. /" Howard g.
Towle: ''His Great Work at the Institute of
tion, George T.. Foster: placing the name
plate, Messrs. Robinson, Kiernan and Dabcock.
~ Che close ot the exercises in Tie park
the GLASS of ~ on bicycles una in carriages
took the popular drive TO Rocky Point, stop
ping at every typical tree en- route while
some member of The class gave n description
of the tree, its habitat and uses. AT Rocky
Point halt was called for lunch AMI the re-
turn made in time for = afternoon cslcb-a-
tion at Roger Williams Puk.
Grammar School Exercises Postponed.
On account of tho rain the grammar
school exercises which wctc TO have taken
place at 2 o'clock this afternoon vert
postponed.