New-York tribune., 1906-05-05
ARBOR DAY EXERCISES.
FIOSOers and Trees Planted by Chill
drem of the Schools.

Aroor Day, always a favorite with teachers
and children. was celebrated enthusiastically in
the New York schools yesterday, about three
hundred trees, the gift Of the Tree Planting As
sociation, having been set out in the yards or
along the adjacent sidewalks Of the school build
lngs. In most instances, however the actual
planting was done the day before by the asso-
citation, which undertakes to manage all the de-
tails such as taking up a section Of sidewalk.
excavatirg the gravel, substituting good SOIL etc.
Where paved Fairgrounds and narrow streets
left no room for tree planting flower seeds were
planted in pots and window boxes, and a pro-
gramme given consisting of recitations and songs
on birds, trees, spring. flowers, etc. Almost all
ways these programmes wound up with the
salute to the flag and America
For several years through the generosity of
NliLam A WadsWorth, Of Geneseo the STATE
Board Of Education has offered prizes of S1O0
and 500 for the best kept school grounds and
the second best, respectively
NAMES TREE FOR PRESIDENT.
Dear tree, I name you Theodore Roosevelt
after our beloved President"
80 spoke little Thomas Balser In his high
boylsh treble, looking up at the tall young non
lar WLlch was one Of the two trees the Tree
PLANTING Association presented to Public School
Io4' at No. 41S East 10th street. Mrs. Isabella
r. Wright, principal. John Van Buren ATi+cboI
van Buren, was there to present the trees~"to
De cared for. because they are your frjando
5 IoIOIeo because they belong to your school
aI =. u pTQlecLed because they are for your bene-
mt He also had the pleasure of seeine The
otner tree named after his father, Colonel Cor
ing Association W @i4I-
OF the 1000 children in Public School 1o4
ooIIy 6OO' including eighteen detectives who
aoLln L1 clasS by themselves, took part in the
outdoor exercises. The little cripples who form
Iolner I special class were too delicate to stand
T oIie ,6 ezra straln but Arbor Day came to them
@ , ne same ASsoclating birds with trees, the
Puplis or the school had asked if they might
not Drlng IN their birds. The result was 0ftean
cananes, two parrots, a stuffed snuirraI a
chicken, two ducks bluebird a hunnn1iner bi5
ana a crow. The teachers hung the eyiIt 90 ,vas
% the canarles from the gas jets in the various
scHooToons. When the children sang the ca
narles sang. They also took the parrots on a
tOuE ot lhe building. Last Arbor Dav Ona oP
nan prrots swore awfully, and clergy
81 VINO was one OF the speakers told it to
smut up! but this time nothing untowar6
happened Only one boy out of 200 recoenizeJ
me Lhe crow he was a boy whose father had once
had farm in Pennsylvania ''''1 '''0e
I've I've eaten lots er fellers like him." he ex-
CANNED JoyIuIy Grow pie-it's good" He
was Ihe only boy to know what a scarecroW
was He said you had to put a hoe in the
scarecroWs hand, il wouldn't scare the
crows worth a cent.
TWO THOUSAND AT PUBLIC SCHOOL 96
All the two thousand children at Public School
30, Avenue and S1st street of which Mrs
A1ii%@ . fell ana MISS Mary c. O'Brien the
principals, participated in the indoor and out
door celebrations. The little German and Bo-
hemian girls who seem to compose the majority
or the pupilss quoted Milton on May and Oliver
Wendell Holmes on trees to Benjamin Bumen-
thal, James +. Haney and the other guests Of
honor and in return Mr.. Blumenthal assured
them they could beat the 7th Regiment at
marching if they chose, and Mr.. Haney told
them fairy story-told it with 80 much charm
and Whstled so engagingly that the little girls
were enchanted ana wanted II all over again
When the two thousand children reached the
street they found the opposite sidewalks ali
the fire escapes and some of the roofs occupied
by spectators There was German street band
OF four pieces. too which had been engaged to
lead the open air singing. They didn't lead
however, they followed. Children and teachers
smiled in mingled pity and amusement as the
through the Star Spangled Banner" and the
RED, White and Blue
The tree planting at Public School sc was 1ona
in Tompkins Square celebrated Arbor Dav with