The herald., 1897-11-25
SCHOOL DONATIONS
DISTRIBUTED BY THE AssoCIA-
TED CHARITIES
School Children Celebrate and Re-
member the Poor in Honor Of
Thanksgiving

The annual Thanksgiving donation
party OF the public schools for the bene-
fit of the poor was In full swing yester-
day In a big empty room at 619 South
Broadway, where fifteen express wagons
were kept busy delivering all sorts of
donations, short of pianos, government
bonds and theater tickets, gathered from
the fifty-two schools Of the city.
The public school donation party was
introduced into the schools here by Prof.
Search only few years ago, but it has
since become such popular celebration
of the season of good cheer by the
school children that the associated char
tiles, through whom the supplies are
distributed. are taxed to their utmost
to receive and deliver them.
For this reason, their secretary, T. j..
Stuart, employed Capt. j. A. Frazier to
superintend the distribution.
The stream of square, round and three
cornered bundles, bags, boxes and pack
ages of clothes, canned goods, apples,
oatmeal, eggbeaters, potatoes. maga-
zines, frying pans, toys. soap, suspend
afternoon affected the office of the SUI
perintendent of public schools in the
Wilcox building, four blocks away, so
that some one there, with a disregard
for "figgers" that ought to bring on
another school scandal, telephoned The
Herald that there We're one to two wagon
loads from each of the fifty-two schools,
aggregating half hundred loads in
all.
Secretary Stuart of the Associated
Charities was on hand with lists of sup
plies needed by various charitable in
stitutions and a register of applicants
needing aid gathered from the pastors Of
the city, that looked like the nine
thousand name petition for water
bonds.
The Children's Home society wants
potatoes, canned goods and childrens
clothing: the day nursery of the Kings
Daughters wants groceries for three
hundred babies this month, and other
charities want other things with vigor-
Gus greediness their managers only ex-
hibit when it is all for charity.
The distribution heretofore has been
on the order of feast today and famine
tomorrow, and it is the object of the
charities association this year to dis
tribute the supplies evenly over a more
extended period of time. The high school
has deferred it's donation until later.
probably February, season of greater
|need than the present.
In all the schools yesterday the dona-
tions were prominently displayed and
the day observed with appropriate ex-
ercises.
Those of the Eighth grade room of
the Olive street schools. presided over
by DR.. a. w. Plummer, principal, are
typical
In this room the exhibition was taken
in charge by the literary society of the
school. The presidents Thanksgiving
proclamation was read by Irene Sagar
the governors proclamation by Robert
Peck. A spirited debate was held by
Andrew Sprinks, Mayo Cohn and others
on whether Hawaii should be annexed
to the United States A THANKSGIVING
poem was read by Eugene Brown a
Thanksgiving story told by Professor
Putnam and another read by Alice Tai
cott. Declarations. selections and es-
says were delivered by Maggie Mac
Donald, Edith Loomis. Mary Hurley
Grace Abbot, Mary Witte and Harry
Glassell. THE Olive Branch" man.
uscript Journal published under the
auspices of the school society, was read
by its editor. Louise Hise, Mabel Hilton
Clara Smith and others rendered mus
| ical rectations, both vocal and instru
mental, and songs were sung by the
school and its visitors
A flag raising at Seventeenth stree
school was an added feature of the reg
ular celebration there.