The Washington times., 1902-06-12
Appropriate Exercises to
Be Held in All Pub
lie Schools.
MANY ELABORATE PROGRAMS
Patriotic Obscrvances to Be Held a Day
Ahead OF Time-Pupils Taking a
Close Interest in the Arrangements.

! At every public school in the District
as Flag Day. June II is the day set
apart for patriotic observance of the
birth of the flag, but as that date falls
on Saturday the schools will commem-
morate the day by exercises on Friday.
| Programs have been arranged at nearly
all the schools. which include addresses
| by prominent patriots, songs, and reel
tatior5.
| In many of the schools the exercises
will be rather elaborate. and the pro-
grams will be periodically entertaining.
The pupils are all imbued with patriot
ism. and are taking an active interest
in the exercises. Some of the schools
will be decorated with flags and bunt-
ing. and in some instances flags will be
drawn on the blackboards by the stu
dents.
Flag Day has been celebrated in the
schools of Washington for the past four
or five years. It's first observance here
was in 1895, when exercises were held in
the First Presbyterian Church under the
auspices of the Woman's Relief Corps.
Col. George Balch, of New York city.
an old soldier, was the originator OF the
Flag Day observance. He taught the
Flag Day observance in many of the
free kindergartens. He composed flag
salute, which was afterward very wide
ly adopted.
In many cities the day is commem
GRATED by a proclamation of the mayor
giving the municipal clerks a half
holiday. and requesting all business
houses to close at,noon.
Some of the Programs.
The following are some of the pro-
grams which have been arranged for to-
morrow:
Berret school-Composition, History
of Our Flag" recitations. The Consti-
tuition" "The Ship Of State "Llncoln's
Address at Gettysburg" The American
Flag Barbara Frietchie;" songs,
America" Star Spangled Banner"
Battle Hymn Of the Republic" THE
Stars and Stripes The Flag Song.
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,"
reading, Stars and Stripes" salute to
the fiag.
Briggs school-Eighth grade program:
Recitation. Words OF Malcolm" Marie
E Williams: selection, american
Flag Mary l.. Green; song. My Coun-
try. 'Tis of Thee" by the school; dia-
logue. -Four Celebrated Characters"
Mary Payne, Beatrice Howard Eloise
Butler. and Nettie Williams: "Sheri-
dams Ride Rodger McCarl The Story
Of the Flag" Adele Scott; song The
Red, White. and Blue" by the school;
poem On Washington Thomas Overton;
hesitation. The Flag" Gurnzie Lucas:
recitation, THAT Starry Flag Of Ours;
composition. Arthur Payne; The Star
spangled Banner" Annie Brown; indie
Misses Tilgman and Tibbs.
Garrison SchooI-Chorus. America"
recitation. Raise the Banner" Ethel
Bates: selection, school Line" Clyde
Newsom; dialogue. Oar Colors," four
girls; defamation. "A Girls Protest"
BlCndell Newsom piano solo. Anna Tay-
Tor; recitation, Fourth of July. 1776.
Artency Harris; recitation. Our Ban
ner." Morrisy Redick; selection, Our
Flag" Estelle Collier; recitation. "On
the Flag" Robert Robinson; declama-
ton, Ring the Joyous Bells" J. Tayl..,
chorus, Red. White. and Blue" school;
flag drill; address on the flag: music,
flag salute; chorus. Star Spangled Ban
Nor A" school