The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-27

OUR PATRIOTIC PUPILS.
Public Schools Of the City
Render Decoration Day
Programmes.
NATIONAL ANTHEM EVERYWHERE
Lessons of the Times Care
fully Taught and Diligently
Learned.
NATIONAL ANTHEM EVERYWHERE

y The pupils of the pui hic schools rem
dered programmes today appropriate TO
Decoration Day. Patriotism was the
feature in all and the little ones showed
a marked enthusiasm and applauded
heartily.
Public School No. ! gave these selec-
characterization. 1.-THE Wounded Sol
der, May Newton: either solo CWounded)
Anna Brunhorn; recitation. Sleep, COM
rades. Sleep" Charles Perrine; violin
solo, star SpangIed Banner" For the
Honor of Our Country and Our Fiag,
Sam Dorset, recitation, Hold on
Martha Mahland: recitation. Our Noble
Ship of State.'s Annie Byrne; recitation,
Memorial Day." Jennie Herman; man
dolin solo, eOur Dead. Elizabeth Baden
dick; recitation. 'Gettysburg,p Frank
Doyle; quartette, sOn the Shores OF Ha-
wanna Fred. Gehle, Elsie karleins Stella
Jones and Henry Cohendet: recitation,
Blue and Grey" Ismey Mannion; recita-
ton, ..Four Leafed Clover Fannie
Deacon; either solo, "Our Soldiers, our
Soldiers" Eta Cohen; recitation. Ads
dress to Our Flag Katie Cordes; reci-
cation. 1.-The Soldier Boy Arthur War
mingtpn; recitation. Decoration Day,
Edna Van v~alkenburg; vocal duet, 7
Our Dead" Lottie and May L~anghagen;
recitation. my Captain Alma schnep-
per: recitation, Highland Flowers,
Alice Garrett and Florence Melber; piano
solo. Senate, A. Kivlen; recitation, THE
Yankees Are Laying Siege to Havana,
Edna Cox, recitation, You Put No
Flowers on Papas Grave Agnes Tiet-
jen; recitation, Enlisted" Bertha Dock
ham; recitation, Is Mother?" Retta
Durnin; recitation, THE Volunteer" Ell
wood Ford. The following patriotic songs
were sung by the pupils.- AMERICA.
ssWhen We &c Marching Through Cuba,
sStar Spangled Banner" Red, White and
Blue .Tenting on the Old Camp.
Ground Rally Round the Flag WHO
VIII Care for Mother Now" Yankee
Dewey at Manila" Honor Our Country
>.sThree hundred Yankee Sailors Lay Dead
Beneath the Wave. WI Johnny
Comes Marching Home. From Spain.
+Our Uncle sam Has on His Uniform
There is Room for One More Star in Old
Glory"
This was the programme at School No.
22:-sStar Spalgled Banner" With salute,
ton aS1e'. Anna A9 Rollins Ii on The Banks Of
the Hudson Our Brave General Grant
Sleeps Nellie Jameson and Dora Mel
SON. t6nliHS 1OHiSHtp SSlAooi, Out
sttseping HeEoes" rseitation. As1'a
song, school,; Taps" recitation Carl
.sDecoration Day. recitation. Norman
Helbrtegel; Marching Through Georgia"
sons, school; Paul Reveres Ride re-
Day, recitation, Augusta. Simmons;
Tramp, Tramp" song. SCHOOL; Scott
and the Veteran" recitation, carrie Lay
serty; Hail coiumbia," song school; IN
OuS Grave - raci4ariQu LANES CamDDell.
Cover the Heroes. song. school;
brothers Once More" recitation, Ellen
johnson; america" school.
The scholars IN Schoo No. 0, at Bruns-
wick and Wayne streets, held their usual
Memorial Day exercises IN the assembly
room this afternoon. The programme
in the school. A large delegation from
the G. A. r. visited the school and sat
throughout the entire entertainment the
exercises opened with a chorus, "Colum-
bia." by the school. A recitations en-
titled History of Memorial Day" was
very admirably rendered by Miss Maud
Emmons. t'On the Shores of Havana =
by Miss Lizzie MeKigney, and recitations
entitled The Origin of Memorial Day, "
by James Fitzsimmons, and Memorial
Day" by Todie Nimmo. were the prin-
cipal features of the programme. For
the benefit of the veterans, the Cadet
Corps of the school, numbering in all
about seventy boys, gave a very fine ex-
hibition of a retreat by the army. The
I. excellent manner in which they perform
ed the various m-anoeuvres elected loud
applause.
Memorial Day services were held in the
High School on Bay Street this afternoon.
The programme was of unusual interest.
1t consisted of songs, musical selections
and Rotations appropo to the occasion.
DR.. Broderick, of the BOARD of Education,
delivered a short address. A second ad-
dress was delivered by Mr.. Lewis. A
piano solo by Miss Harvey, a recitation
by Miss Townsend, an essay by Miss
Phelps, a vocal solo by Jacob Dahl. a reci-
4itled America by the school comprised
the programme.
Both departments of School No. 81 held
interesting services, at the conclusion of
which a new flag was hoisted over the
school with an impressive The
recitations were all of a patriotic char
acter, and principally toucned upon the
subject of Memorial Day. The school
children sang a number of national airs.
At School No. 6 a long programme of
songs and Rotations were induiged in.
Addresses were made by Register George
3. Fielder and members of Zabriskie
Grand Army Posts. The schoo was pre-
scented with a silk flag by School Direc-
tor Frederick Mersheimer, who also made
an address.
The pupils of No. 4 School observed the
occasion with songs and Rotations. The
exercises were designed to specially i'm
press upon the minds of the pupils sig
nifcance of Memorial Day. All those
who took part acquitted themselves
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