The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-11
The Life of Abraham Lincoln Will
Make an Interesting Study /
For the Children.
ELABORATE PROGRAMS OF MUSIC
Grand Army Men to Meet at Headquarters
Tomorrow Afternoon at O'clock Sharp
to Visit the Different Schools.

1OmOrrOW ID tne uay ecI dpdre ioi thc
observance OF flag day in the public
schools throughout the whole city. Last
year the innovation was inaugurated, and
the success attending the efforts OF the
members of the g. A. r. and the school
authorities proved most gratifying. The
idea was first suggested at one of the
national encampments, and the enthu-
siasm of the members of the Rhode Island
State encampment rapidly spread until
the request was made to the State Com
mission of Public Schools to set apart
day IN the school term for a proper OBJ
servance OF the National emblem. The
school authorities in the cities and towns
took hold of the matter, with the result
that the custom has come to stay.
Lincoln's birthday was selected, and, in
truth it may be said, that it was a wise
selection. Lincoln is a unique character
in American history, and tomorrow count
less thousands will honor in song and
services both Lincoln and the flag which
his matchless brilliancy preserved un-
stained and unbroken. Comrades from
Ballou Post will make the rounds Of the
VARIOUS bCuOOlS duu uceSKlDC W tnC Chi-
dren and older pupils the events in the
Late war, and incidentally, the causes
which led up to the late unpleasantness
between the North and the South. These
addresses will be both interesting and in
structive, and viii tend to awaken in the
minds of the children IN appreciation,
hitherto unfelt, for the flag of their
country. t
Second Father Of His Country.
The life and history of Lincoln and his
struggles to obtain an education will
make an interesting study for the school
children to mediate upon, and it will be
shining example for them to follow
through life. The possibilities in store
for them, surrounded as the school child
rem of the present day are, excellent schools,
talented and proficient teachers, are many
and brilliant, and one half of Abraham
Lincoln's energy and persistence will make
them worthy followers of this great man.
The exercises tomorrow will centre on
review of the most important event in the
history Of the United States, and when the
crisis came the man whose birthday the
children will celebrate, proved himself the
second father of his country.
Exercises at the Schools.
This will be the second year of the flag
exercises, and according to the published
program the school teachers have entered
into the occasion with an enthusiasm
which reflects much credit upon them.
The school rooms, in most instances, will
be prettily decorated with the national
emblems and other devices which will
lend dignity to the occasion and bring
forcibly before the minds of the children
that which the comrades of the Grand
Army wish to impress upon their minds.
The local post will attend to the schools in
this city, Cumberland and Lincoln, dele
cations having been appointed by the
commander two weeks ago.
Programs embracing musical selections,
readings and recitations have been pre-
pared by the several teachers, who have
been drilling and rehearsing the scholars
for some time past. In some Of the schools
two or three rooms will combine and hold
a Joint celebration, while the majority will
hold separate ones. Comrades Millet, Pol
lard, Moss and Berchell have been assigned
to the Lonsdale, Moshassuck and Sayles-
Vile schools; Comrades J. e. Bowen, II.
F. Dexter and Frank Sibley to the High
and Broad street schools; Comrades B.
Frank Bowen, B. A. Keach and Peter
Walsh to the Garfield and Central street
schools; Comrades John McGrath and B.
w. Buffum to the Kendall and Dexter
street schools; d, w. Wall, vs. 8. Bailey
and Robert Briden to the Washington
street and Hedley avenue schools; Com
rades Daniel H. Coffin and William Wad-
die to the Hunt street schools. The de-
tails are ordered to report at Grand Army
headquarters at o'clock sharp.
The exercises at the High School will be
in accordance with the following program:
abraham Lincoln" Nora Snow; 'Trib-
ute to Lincoln" Lawrence Lyon; slim
coin, Man Of the People," Sophia AS
quith; "Lincoln's Professional Honesty"
Carrie Rowan; "The Lesson of Lincoln's
Life" Mabel Buxton; "Lincoln's Popular
ity at the Ball." Annie Barry; "Lincoln's
Speech at Gettysburg" Waldo Fish; "The
Greatness OF Lincoln" Ethel Goldsmith;
"Lincoln's Place in History" Sadie
Beattie; Extract from Lincoln's First
Inaugural Address," James Fitz Simon;
saLincoln's Courage" Evelyn Phetteplace;
'sThe First American" Nettie walmsIey;
'Lincoln's Second Inaugural" Ernest