New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-19
AlFAYETTE DAY CELEBRATION.
CHILDREN OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WILL TELL THE STORY OF THE
FRENCH HERO.
II SOME STATES THE SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL
CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THE MONUMENT
WHICH Will. Re UNVEILED N


rvery school boy and girl in the land to-day will
I've over n Imagination the stirring days OF the
Revolution. realizing never before what the sur-
render O, Yorktown presaged and what the DEBT or
gratitude the Nation owed 10 the young French
man the MARQUIS de Lafayette who came 70 the
assistance Of q struggling nation. Historic exer-
cises are 10 be held IN every school. consisting Of
essays on the French hero the singing Of patriotic
rongs the presentation % historic drama and the
recital Of the story OF the crucial days which ter
minated in the Independence OF the Nation.
Some time ago proposition was made by the
LAFAYETTE Memorial Commission for the erection OF
q Lafayette nelt n Paris ny the youth Of the
United States and it brought TO the etten-
ton OF the State Department OF Public Instruction
The plan OF the Commission as that school Off
GERS and teachers should arrange for the recog-
milton OF October 70 Lafayette Day in the schools
and give appropriate exercises to which an admis-
sion fee might be charged. or whore general col
lection should be made raising the funds necessary
for the erection OF the monument.
Superintendent Skinner said that the name OF the
State Superintendent was placed upon the Advisory
Board Of this Commission without his knowledge
or consent and 10 his opinions on the subject he
distinctly announced them a. follows:
While a5i1g thai the People Of The T TTdbs
- - AK contribtijna of the school chi dren
Sor his pijrpose IS not approved IL nearly all of
adopted regulations forb.doing the taking OF CON
,F6qons in me ao9 5e t9 a 6 ihe sc6 aT W.
OF the STATE 10 charge az admission fee 70 an en-
tertainmeni given IN school ou!dins kXper!en nc.
that Il is lmpracticabe 70 approve any movement
looking 10 the solicitation Of contributions from
school children
memorial fee 10 the exercises VII he charged
IN some States and with one hundred thousand
schools and army Of young patriots almost past
the numbering. II IS believed by the Commission
that more than enough will he realized 10 erect the
monument The monument, which Is 10 cost about
1880 90 Is 70 be unveiled with sitting ceremonies IN
Paris or Jaly l. $50. which also Is 70 be United
States Day az the Paris Exposition.
The remains OF Lafayette re A. present practical
~ unmarked in the garden Of the convent known
through Hugos Les Miserables" as the one into
which Jean Vatican climbed with the daughter Of
Famine 10 escape Javert
When Lafsyettes death vas announced In the
United States. May, 1ss4. the news was received
with profound sorrow. Bells were tolled. Congress
formulated resolutions expressive Of the Nations
sre: and OF its lasting gratitude and both houses
wore badges OF mourning for thirty days BY order
o. President Jackson. the United States Army and
Navy paid the same honors TO lafayette that had
s ,Sat great epic q III years ago. special stress
WI doubtless be given today 70 ne iact that
iatayettes claim upon the gratitude o. Americans
Goes not rest so much upon the service gwen n
tie countrys hour oi nee as on re t ss5t-ioT
saat many thought rlghuul but forlorn cause Gauss.
Laayeites services n jrs "a ita general orders
issued The day after the capituatlon, ana ne
young treDCfmaI lSdltt o. I'm
o. the people a. one who had materially alned II
brirgns 10 close British rule IN the / ul'eG
states WASHINGTON. Jefferson and FOX We're al
sevotedly attache8 20 Lafayette. while his own ad-
rl!ration for Washington was eTlqenlceea og ne
rsri1g % his eldest son George Washington La
hyette $500, ....,o o., .o,,-
Nor VIII The story Of Lafayette's triumpnaI tour
AZ ne occasion OF MS revisiting the United states
L iSs4 be forgotten to-day. and the eyes o. 'ae
rAF1re- wfI doubtless grow wide with WONDER 6a
they hear Of the series OF gorgeous pageants "4lGa
II splerdor surpassed anything u.toIT '..aS-o,.ed
mee:ing everywherc hands. with hearts II mem
rrs5as societies OF al kinds the prottssI'llst ~
.ocS lions rrivste individuals and puplc @utfOrl-
t.s v1ef ~ one another IN doing him honor. NOT
were re children OF the public schpols ineIt -
ts,o-s ~ he Imposing ceremonies thal iol'W1u .S
triuinphal progress II almost every Clsy M fIs
N vfi.s '.be boys in white rONseiS anu Do
,scke.. s-d ali wearing badges, hned ne SUE sire
singing songs Of welcome ana 80" 70 b"rcr ~
the hero VINO had 50 sallanty deIenae4 lhs i ,a,
ar 5 ms sams ~ esvn-eesion today