The Arizona sentinel., 1905-02-08
Public School News

Last FflQaE was AfOOF Lay lOf tue public schools of Arizona. Speeches
 and recitations were made by the pu- pills of all the grades in our Yuma pnb- lie schools. In the seventh and eighth
 grades appropriate selections were read
 or recited by Maud Spear, Lucille Elliott,
 Mary Spear, Maurine Elliott, Charlie
 Crouch, George Judkins and G. C..
 Woodson. The teachers and pupils of the other rooms brought boxes to school, filled them with dirt and planted seeds. In a short time these seeds will spring up and beautiful flowers will adorn and perfume the windows. vesti-
 bules and hall-ways-pure conception and sweet results of thoughtful ladies. After the Arbor Day exercises were concluded oar teachers and pupils were allowed holiday, a day that is always enjoyed by many pupils and some teachers.
 The substance of the following beau- tiful myth is found in the ancient classics:
 Diana, having prepared s great fete, summoned to her court representatives of all the trades, caliings, and pro- fessions and announced that in the presence of the gods she would award q golden crown to him who would show his craft to he the most useful % her realm.
 Her proclamation called from all parts of her dominion craftsmen of every trade. &!l eager to gain the glittering prize that conferred upon the winner distinction so pre-eminent. /
 High up6n her chair of state sat Diana to weigh impartially the merits of each contestant for the coveted crown.
 The sturdy farmer was given hear ing first of all. In simple but confident terms he urged his claims, exhibiting his golden harvests and picturing his growing fields, displaying in gorgeous profusion the products of his toll, em- phasizing the antiquity of his order and contendiDg that his trade was the basis upon which all the others must depend for support. AS he retired, Ceres, who sat on Diana's left, gave him an approving smile, and he felt the contest was over.
 Next came the sailor, confident as his predecessor. He portrayed the dangers ofsthe deep, the terrors of the storm king, and the sacrifices of life upon the treacherOuS waves, and entreated a just consideration of the self denial of him who relinquished all the pleasures of home on land that he might bring to the homes of others the luxuries of other climes. He retired not without friends among the gods, for old Neptune nodded his approval and Aeolus chcered.
 Clad in the rich paraphernalia of war, with gleaming helmet and glistening spear, arose the warrior. Upon his fierce brow sat courage, and love of battle shone from his piercing eye. He strode into the arena like victor pro- posing terms to a vanquished foe. The recital of his deeds of daring called forth a murmur of admiration from the assembled deities, and Mars app(auded vociferously. He retired with the martial bearing and naughty stride of the destroyer of thousand cities. Dis comfture was visible in the faces of all his competitors, but the brawny smith, after some delay, marshalled courage to plead his cause, and exhibit the products of his skill.
 The burly blacksmith contended that without the creations of his shop agri- culture would be impracticable, com merce unattainable, and warfare i'm possible. He credited the arms so exploited by the soldier to his own account, and protested that without the products of his forge, his looms, and his shop, man would never saee emerged from 8 state of barbar- is~. T'po- the conclusion of this pas sioRate orasion, Vulcan expressed his enthusiastic approbation, but Diana, calm and anfathemable, called for other 
 hrrayed in his stately robes of office, arose the statesman, repre- senting, he said, the law-giyer, the jurist, and the advocate. Practiced in all the graces of oratory and skilled in the charms of rhetoric, drawing in-I spiration alike from poets and philoso- phers, soaring to heights giddy in grandeur he stood, as he affirmed, the
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