Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
STORY Of THE FLAG
Continued from First Page.)

tSOHtlHueO from FlTst TdSe)
Amies, Chauncey Laundon, Ethel Tubins.
John Efker, Eugene Doyle, George Hamil-
ton, Taylor Eiker, Robert Carney, Charles
Marvin
Johnson-The Columbia Heights Orches-
ira in attendance at the celebration at
the Johnson School. This organization
played patriotic medley the second
! number of the program and also helped the
children out with the chOruses. After the
| rendition of 1.-The American Patrol by the
| orchestra Mr.. E. j. Hartshorn delivered
patriotic address. Those included in the
orchestra and others who assisted in the
entertainment of the spectators were: Rob't
Mayfield, Mercer Mayfeld Ruth Hit, Birch
Hit, Ralph Warning, Frank Proctor. Pau
line Stone, Mary Pugh, Mary Dyson,
McCambridge, Hannah Mccormick Au-
| gusta Pearce, Helen Sturtevant and Mary
Vermilion
T. P. Morgan-The history of the flag was
| School by Kathryn Clifton, one of the
scholars in the sixth grade. The delivery
| of a patriotic address by Mr.. M. M. Lewis
was preceded by recitation, "Old Glory.
| by four pupils of the sixth grade. Those
| who lent their services to the success OF
the occasion were: Harold Pease Kath-
arine Connolly, Nina Mackall, Gladys I4iv-
| ingston and Eva Combs.
Harrison Scholar elaborate program
| was presented at the Harrison School. The
address of the Gay was delivered by Mr..
j. r. Webster. One of the most attractive
| features of the program was the wand
| drill by the pupils of the seventh grade.
The little ones in the third and fourth
| grades sang "Waving," and the entertain
ment was brought to close with the sing
| ing of THE Star Spangled Banner" Those
who participated were: Mary Clark. Milton
| SeitZ, II. Pattison, A. RouZee, Marie PearJ
| Miss Hickey, B. Spaldng, NJ. Clark, j. Will
| son, NJ Claxton, S. Spier, w. Brown, Mar
! garet Donaldson, Ethel Moffatt the chill
| dren of the kindergarten and the pupils Of
| the fifth grade.
Second Division
Twinng-The singing of Columbia the
! Gem of the Ocean," was the opening num-
Der of the program presented by the pupils
| of the Twining School. MIR George H.
| Brown made a short twentyminute adj
| dress in which he admonished the children
| to always pay reverence to the flag. One
| of the features of the exercises here was
| the recitation of interesting facts connected
| with the history of the flag by the pupils
| of the third, fourth and seventh grades
Little Miss Marigold Whitford read an in
| teresting composition on THE First Flag"
| and the pupils of the eighth grade recited
| Union and Liberty in unison. Others
| who took part in the exercises: Horace
| Lowe, Elsie BoXwell, Bessie Robinson, Vir-
| ginia Hauzhurst and the pupils of the fifth
| grade.
| Abbott-The ensemble singing of patri-
| otto hymns was the feature of the celebra-
| ton. The pupils sang Columbia, the Gem
of the Ocean, '"The Star Spangled Ban
ner, 1.-THE Stars and Stripes Forever" and
| Keller's National Hymn during the
| course of the exercises, showing excellent
| training and appreciation of the meaning
! of the hymns. In addition to the singing
by the entire school the pupils of the
| seventh grade sang MY Own United
| States" Mr.. A. j. Johnson made the ad-
| dress at the Abbott.
Polk-Almost every one of the graded
| schools in the Polk building made an indi-
vidual contribution to the program rendered
at that building. Col. Arthur Hendricks
| former commander of the Department of
| the Potomac, G. A. r., was the speaker
and long program of special features was
presented. The fourth and eighth grades
| combined in recitation of the history of
| the flag. The pupils of the fifth grade told
| of the evolution of the flag, and those in
| the sixth grade recited composition en-
| titled Count the Stars on the Flag" Reel
| tations were also given by the fourth sixth
and seventh grades The individual pupils
| who helped out with the program were
Eta Schmid, Ruth Duffey, Irving Boern-
stein and Mary Arbeely.
Seaton-The pupils of the fourth, fifth,
| sixth, seventh and eighth grades were the
| principal participants In the program given
at the Seaton School. Mr.. Thomas s. Hop
kins was the orator of the day, and his
Grafton was well received. The exercises
| were opened with the singing of 1.-The Star
| Spangled Banner by the schools ensemble
| In addition to the usual features of the
| celebration thirty-two pupils of the fifth
| and sixth grades, organized in squad,
| gave an excellent flag drill. the movements
| being executed with remarkable exactness
and military precision. Those who gave in
| dividual numbers on the program were Ar
| thur Cans and Allan King.
Norse-The younger pupils of the Morse
| School, those of the first and second grades,
took pfosSinent part in the exercises to-
day. Besides individual numbers, the pu-
| pills Of the first grade gave q recitation,