The San Francisco call., 1899-05-30
Chill LDHOOD'S
tribute To THE
NATIONS DEAD
Memorial Day in the
Schools.
SOME INTERESTING EXERCISES
VARIED PROGRAMMES TO CELE-
BRATE THE DAY.
Recitations, Songs and Essays to
Commemorate the Heroes and
the Deeds That Gave
Them Fame.
SOME INTERESTING EXERCISES
VARIED PROGRAMMES TO CELE-
BRATE THE DAY.

The schools are celebrating Memorial
DAY in their own way. There have been
patriotic exercises and there have been
mourning ceremonies, but in general the
teachers have tried to make the occasion
one of instruction. There is SO much about
the day that appeals to the youngster
outside of the ceremonies of strewing
flowers and visiting the graves that it
furnishes a fruitful subject for the teach
er's art and full advantage is taken of it.
In every school there was some mention
of the theory that put the holiday upon
the calendar, and in many of the schools
exercises were held, the programmes in
Guiding everything from the national an
them, THE Star Spangled Banner to the
mournful lines of '"The Blue and the
Gray" In some schools the flag was un-
furled and its praises were sung; in
others. flowers were brought and the spirit
of the dead held sway; in all some one
said something of the heroes who had
made a mark upon the year and whose
deeds had made possible the unity of the
States.
In the Harrison School the following
programme was well rendered:
Flag Salute. school; song, Star
Flag Of Resolute Nation!,,', sixth grade;
fifth grade; recitation, "Sleep, Soldier
Sleep" Sadie jacobson; song, .Tenting
Tonight. " school; RECITATION, The Ma
grade; recitation, You Put No Flowers
on Ny IPapa,s Grave" 4T ;, Hazel sRo, Duncan
ton, THE Offering" six girls, fourth
grade; recitation Driving Home the
Cows, Lr"H'o Flanders; song. Tramp
Tramp, Tramp school; recitation, Me
mortal, five boys, fifth grade; recitation,
Flower Thoughts" six girls third grade;
recitation t,ndependence Bell Harry
Button" Gertie ,RemIinger; song, ,"Old
Glory school; dumbbel and calisthenic
exercises boys six5n KIN and , fifth grades
grade: dance, Yankee Doodle" Lottie
Bocarde; song, 1.-The Lullaby first grade
girls; music, banjo solo, Ruth Boekius:
sTadee grade rpecitaton, peiia The Bosys s taT MaT
Smith; June Roses twelve girls, sixth
grade: recitation and dance, THE Min
uet," Lottie Bocarde and Harry Mangels;
song. Flowers, Flowers school music,
gramophone; Delsarte exercises. twenty
four girls of school; dance, Highland fling
closing song. "Vesper Hymn" school.
AT the LIE Conte School the day was not
forgotten. An excellent programme had
been prepared and before an audience
that filled the schoolrooms it was gone
through with all the enthusiasm and pat
riotism the children's minds could bring
to it.
THE star-spangled Banner" "Old
Glory" Mount Vernon Bells" Lincoln
Song" "Our Flag Forever "Tenting on
the Old Camp Ground" Dewey Song
and America" were sung by the pupils
with much spirit. Each class was rep
resented by some more or less spectacular
piece. and all were of both patriotic and
memorial interest
The leading ones were "Children's Of
ferings," by Miss Chases class; "Union
Of the Red, White and Blue" by Mrs:
Newhalls class; Historical Memorial
Day." by Miss VOLTS and Miss Cassi-
dy,s classes; Memory Day Flowers" by
Miss Van Den Bergh's class; Bring
Flowers for Our Soldiers Graves" by
Miss Webster's class Soldiers Day. .
by Miss Featherly's class, and patriotic
exercise by Miss Stebbins class. The pat
rons and friends of the school were much
pleased with the efforts of the pupils.