Evening star., 1898-06-14
SALUTE THE FLAG
Public School Children Pay Respects
to National Banner.
PATRIOTIC SONGS And REGULATIONS
Order of Exercises Observed at the
Several Buildings,
PATRIOTIC SONGS And REGULATIONS
A d d r ES SES DELIV RE d

DiStFlCt- 4 re program at taCh was made
up of recitatioas. music. the reading Of es-
says and addresses. all Of a patriotic char
acter, including also at many the flag
salute. an exercise participated in by the
school or those specially selected for that
particular service
The several programs. as previously pre-
pared, were as follows:
Western High Scllol.
The exercises at the Western school
We're very simple Each student wore
a small fag in a buttonhoIe or on the
dress. Patriotic songs were sung, the
oath of allegiance was given, a short
speech was made by the principal and
letter was read from MI j. NJ. Petty, late
lieutenant of Company II Of this school,
now Sf Company G. District of Columbia
Volunteers. in camp at Tampa, Fla.
Eastern High School
The Eastern high School assembled in
she school hail for devotional exercises.
The principal, n. NJ. Johnson, offered
few remarks concerning the history and
purpose of the flag. The L. II. s. quartet
Gang The Star SDangled Banner" after
Ehich letter was read from a former
High School boy. Col J. F. Bethune. now
a member of the LIST Regiment, District of
Columbia Volunteers, telling what the 4.
II s. boys axe doing for the flag.
johnson School.
Song America school; recitation, Our
Flag" Helen Shoemaker; recitation, Tine
First Flag. Maud Wall: recitation, Wash
ington as a Flagmaker," Rollin Conwell;
selection. Ethel Calvert. Susan Dewey. Hy
acinth Erwin. Sara Booth. Zula Baker, AL
bert Redding. Arthur Karr; song. Hail
Columbia. school; recitation, There Are
Many Flags il Many Lands Julia Par
sons: reading. "Lincolns Favorite Poem"
Lillabele Heron; recitation, Barbara
Frietchie. Carrie Jackson: song, Mine
Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Coming
of the Lord school; addresses, Mr. A. l..
Sturtevant. Mr.. l. S. Emery; song, Star
Spangled Banner" school; flag salute.
Towers school.
Program-Singing by schools, ''Tenting
on the Old Camp Ground" reading, His
tory of Our Flag" Irene Marche, sixth
grade; flag song; recitation, 'Liberty's
Bell Amy Simonds; singing by schools,
Battle Hymn of the Republic" recitation,
''3Iending the Old Flag" Marion Blanch-
ard; song, Cuban Liberty by semi
chorus: recitation. Our Flag Ethel Nell
son; Sailors ChOrUs,' by eighteen boys;
recitation. The Star Spsngled Banner
Andrew Whitney Bennett; song, Ready"
by Irene Dietrich; singing by schools,
"SheIman's March,; singing by schools,
HiIIsdaIe and Birney.
Flag day was celebrated in each of the
eleven rooms with appropriate exercises,
consisting of flag salute, essays. recitations,
singing of national hymns and addI esses.
Maury school.
Program-Seventh grade: Flag salute;
dialogue, The American Flag" Mabel
Hanks, Flossie sarton, Phoebe Kibbey;
Flag" Ida Spiedt song, The Flag of the
Free" by school; recitation, Our Flag
Marion Kelly; reading. Duties of Ameri-
can Citizens Karl Block. Grades eighth
and sixth: Song, Red, White and Blue"
schools. reading, origin of the American
Flag, Miss Bullough; song, old Glory"
sixth grade: rectations, patriotic gems,
pupils; song, My Country" schools.
smaIIwood School.
Program-Pupiis assembled in hall sing
Ing America reading. The Meaning of
Flag Day" chorus, our Flag. Old Glory"
recitation, independence Bell" song and
chorus, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean,"
recitation. of With Your Hats As the
Flag Goes By reading. The American
Flag" Pupils passed out in front of build
Ing singing Hail. Columbia. The raising
of the new flag over the building then oc-
CURED, with flag salute; chorus The Star
6pangled Banner
Giddings school.
Seventh grade-Opening address. Eliza
beth Thomas; The RattIesnake Flag"
recitation. Alice Mitchell. The Pinetree
Flag composition, Florence Thomas,
chorus. school: quotations. Cora Dent AL
berta Dent, Jas Lanhan Edw Brown;
The Flag of 11II," recitation. Esther
Smith. instrumental solo. Gavotte Noli
Thomas; Union and Liberty recitation,
Va Diri.y
Banner, essay, Hattie Stewart; The Flag
Of Our Union recitation. Noli Thomas;
The Nations Song, chorus.
Sixth grade Miss NJ. l.. Jordan, teacher
''The Glory Of Our Flags recitation. Irene
Harvey; The American Flag" recitation.
Rose Murray; Flag OF Our Nation Great
solo. Frances Richards.
Fifth grade. Miss NJ (. Bruce teacher
Recitation and song, school. chorus.
Fourth grade. Miss Z. NJ. Lynch, teach
er--StoIy OF Our Flag" Eliza Turner;
Ley: step by Step" Gertrude Brown; Our
Flag, Adele Dodson; My Country's
Flag, Bessie Garter; chorus.
Third srade, Miss s. !: Saunders. teacher
.-Eecitations, Mary Early and Archie
Erawner.
Second grade Misses c r.. George and c.
L Piper, teachers-''The Flag" recitation,
i've pupils: Our Country's Honor recita-
ton, Ella Hill.
Firs, grade. Miss A. f. Bush, teacher
MANY in one" Clyde Palmer quotation,
y, n
her Bessie Brown; address; chorus
Weightman School
Song. The Red. White and Blue" read
Ing, origin and Adoption of the Flag"
illustrated by copy of Weisgerber's paint
Ing; song, Star Spangled Banner" read
Ing, Our National Banner CEvarts); read
Ing, Barbara Frletchie'' CWhittier); read
ing, Union and Liberty (HoImes): read
Ing. The American Flag (Drake);. read
ing, old Ironsides'' (Holmes): reading.
The Flower of Liberty Qiolmes); read
ing, Freedom. Our Queen Holmes):
reading, selections from various sources:
song, God Bless Our Native Land"
Garnett school.
Reading of the 20th Proverb by Walter
Early; the Lords player; chorus, Nearer
My God. to Thee" salute to the flag. first
grade pupils: essay, Benjamin Boyd. sew
enth grade; recitation, Mabel Hopkins,
Awake. Salute Old Glory" eighth grade:
recitation, James Early, "On With Your
Hat as the Flag Goes By seventh grade:
recitation. The Old Flag Again." Marcia
Montgomery, fifth grade; recitation,