The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-30
WORTHY TRIBUTE.
School Childrcn's Pa
triotic Observance
of Memorial Day.
DEEDS OF HEROISM TOLD.
Veterans of Two Wars
Speak on the Significance
OF the Occasion.
DEEDS OF HEROISM TOLD.

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/ ed in hitting manner by pupils in all the
/ schools of Worcester Yesterday.
T,veraisos If at,.irti, ,,,, +,,,., az,
1T ~ 'li'
PuplIS anu addresses, dealing with the
/ deeds OF heroism by the preserVers of
/ the country. and il. some eases nv men
VII, e.,..,.. e.. ,...-..-..
Isl III Lol iiHiIidI'I'9 o"u9e' were
given by veterans VINO were engaged in
the COuntry's service.
Memorial da,, ,,os instituted for +bo
,.,4-....--e
veterans Oh the civil war but the stu
dents of the schools, who witnessed the
departure of soldiers for the Spanish
American war and in general shared
the feelings of anxiety while the soldiers
We're away, gave some thought to those
who did not return, in their exercises
yesterday At some schools men who
We're part of the volunteer army in
the last war spoke to the pupils.
The exercises at the high schools
We're held in the morning and the at
ternoon was devoted to memorial eXer-
cises in the grammar schools. Each
grade conducted exercises on its own
part but in some all grades assembled
for general observance.
The exercises at the Classical high
school opened at o'clock with singing
of Our defenders" by the school.
cd introducad Rev 7 7 Iunnev as tha
tirst enaal,ar Er Tnrnev smoke of the
ooI,rt,i,. &C. . ,,,I,+Io,. 5,,,,ap,,7i,,o AZ
very best Of her sons and daughters
in times of naaca or war. He nointed
out the lessons to be learned from
study of the deeds of American heroes
and said they are the lessons that will
t s,,tir oUi anu i'0'
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n. D. ~ w a. % ~ - ~
save IulliolouS ~ - IIi9 -
ei.c5S IN me ClIi5 q Cl'.1' a. M
"Itheu VIII "oIu9 - a. >,
school lhen sang ooluinpIa, aINei
Wh!ch Elhl Iaeutr IeSouli' [u ne
perlences OF the three uayS ~ htlII5 aI
san Juan Il. H. Mooney aeuNe an
address full OF patrlotc sehtllllGli Is,
sweet memories we revere toIay' 10y
Dr. j. i. Duggan' was sung ny IHe
school, and the exercises closed WIN an
address on Abraham Lincoln ne by
superintendent Of Schools {. L. Car
roll.
DR.. John T. Duggan, Frames +. NC
Keen and Capt. D. NJ. Earle were the
speakers at the EnShSh high SHnovI'
Capt. Earle recounted the events of the
battle of Gettysburg, and showed by
maps the positions of the Federal ana
Confederate troops curing llle uSuI-
ing Harry C. Robinson sang "Thera's
a. land" and the school sang several
natriotir songs. Effective decorations
were done by the junior class.
AT The Providence street school ad-
dresses were given by Rev. c. II. Co
ven and Peter f. Sullivan, Ninth Mas
sanbusetts volunteers. The following
,I,riIe contrihIltad to the program with
rsritations and musical numbers: Mar
49,, L-a,ned1- Nellie FeDnelIy. Matthew
I7ish T}lancba S1oror1b. Alice Maynard,
-ittii T t,,s,bi+z Mary Naele. Flora
49,. AZ ord Catherine Richards,
~ - N,>-ai1 Nra,r- Murphy. Minnie
E1'lA'i VI C,lI1I,a,.o Katie NurDhv
DeS' : 9iil'i S,,,Id %
anu 9SElG liJra,Iord school exercises
AZ -, SSli'' i, eli the rooms and in the
were NJ" y, 49,, CO, nelabration was held
al It! non , a + 80 v.bare platform
IN me SC!io9l iS,' "tr, ,,,itb dars and
eIapoIalGlS I'm eracta5 PrinciDaI
mowers hili w. smith Chas
X. H. H. N!oong$' Totrsor / q Hag-
VI. IhaNe', r. ~ ~ TIo,.rie we're tbe
Derg ana ne 80 ~ e. ~ scbooI con-
sneakers tupiIS % ~, Cti' sorIde Many
t.1puleu IeC.t'.t.oI,9 - +i,a ci,.iI war
clersyllen' ~, 80 e as american var
veterans ul 'Ile 9ts!4it,-,ia,,- at+apded the
ana pIo'ill'l''li' O'''I'o'-''
exercises. r,,o,,o and Oro,tt Fdper-
l'eN. {leH.S ~, ,,r oliis' IF Grade at
lG'' Si'h0 80 eot,ool In oil