The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-11
THIS CHlLDRENS DAY.
Great Gathering Of School Children IN espi
toI Square Grand Concert.

! t0l Square Grand Concert.
This will be Children's Day of the Rich
mond Carnival, ant: it will not be the
least interesting of the festaI events. The
public schools will all be closed and early
in the day the children will don their hol-
iday attire
The Jubilee concert at o'clock in the
afternoon will be the feature of the day.
The children will assemble in the Capitol
Square and under the direction of Mr.
Walter c. Mercer, will render a vocal
programme. There will be 5000 of them.
Colonel ]. f. Mcintosh will deliver the
address Of the occasion.
Last year this chorus was a great ,fea-
ture of the Carnival. The Capitol was
thronsed with thousands. who gathered
TO see and hear, and the show streets
were practically deserted. The children
on that occasion did their part masnifi-
Gently. The singing was something SUI
perior and the order preserved was per-
feet. 1t was a notable fact on that oc-
casion that a Boston school principal who
was present was charmed with the whole
affair and left determined to introduce
the feature in the school celebrations OF
his home place.
Every indication points to an equally
successful time this year. \ competent
committee has had the matter in hand
and has thoroughly performed it's work.
The arrangements for the concert are
complete and await the approach OF the
hour which will set the chorus in motion
AT 4 O'Clock promptly the concert Will
begin. The children will gather at the
Capitol and will be arranged according to
schools. All from the Fifth Primary
grades up will be there. They will oc-
cupy the section of the Capitol Square
west of the Capitol building running down
to a platform which has been erected for
the committee. They viii be cut OF by
ropes and guarded by soldiers
On the platform will probably be seated
the Music Committee and the School
Board as follows:
Committee-AIessrs f. W. Cunning ma M
chairman T. P Thomas, D. FL Rucher.
s. O. Perkins. S. D. Turner. j. Fl. Binford,
C HARDWOOD. e NTorrissette. r w
Frou~nov. 4. H. Hill. G.. r. Pace. y
Pen;lIeton. c. CT. Baker. j. Burruss i.
p 1,r,,mn w c. Jones. NJ. G. CARTON,
FL F. cox J. L. Ezekiel
school Board-J C. Dickerson chair
man 7. H Capers. vice-chairrlan' w.
r Fox. superintendent: T. r Waiio.uss
cyerI- and supervisor: William NJ Turpia.
E,aa,, sb.ne Charles D. FIutzler. f.
c. E;bel. Sol. Cutchns. fe"oe'' o"' .o'''
Alonzo l.. Phillips.
COMPLETE PROGRAMME
rbe officiaI programme to be observed
is as follows:
/. sssembly-3agles-
> FrayerI,rhe Rev. George Cooper. d.
3. Star s;pangled E.-nner-All the
bands.
4 Bonnie Blue Flas-By the CHILDREN
:, hddress-CoIonel j. r. Mcintosh
&. MaryIand-By the children
FART III.
l. Old Folks at Home-By the chill
dren.
;. Carnival March-Au the bands.
, ErGie's Farewel-Ey the children.
J. Eix;e-By the children.
> America-SchooI children ana all the
bands. the audience uniting in the chorus.
SuperintenCtent Fox has issued the fol-
lowing orders for the concert
| The time will be 4 2 NJ
The place will be the section of Cap
itoI Square west of the Capitol Building.
bounded by the walk from the Governors
house, the walk leading from the Wash
irston Monument to Bank Street. at.
Tenth Street. and the walk running OBJ
liuuely from the southwest corner of the
CAPITOL Building to the fountain in the
walk from, the monument 90 Bank Street.
this 'Cil be cut off by ropes and the sol
diers will guard it.
3. The children will be arranged by
schools within this area. and the places
Of the several schools viii! be designated
by a placard bearing the name of the
school,
i. Children will enter by the gate at
Eleventh and Capitol Streets and pass
through the basement of the Capitol to
their respective places.
:. Mr.. Mercer wishes pupils from
Fifth Primary Grades up through all
the grades.
g. The children will be on hand and in
position not later than 3:i-.
4. Tt is hoped that the principals and
teachers will be present with tfeir
schools.