New-York tribune., 1906-06-15
FLAG DAY EXERCISES.
Patriotic Celebrations an Schools
"OId GIorg" at Many Windo5cS.

.'old Glory had another birthday yesterday,
and. as is the custom when that important
yearly anniversary arrives. 1t was celebrated IN
all the public schools. The salute to the fiag'
S. OF course. gone through every morning by
the scholars II every school, but on Flag Day,
besides performing this ceremony, they are told
the reason why our national emblem is hon
ored.
In the schools Of the lower East Side, espe-
oiaIIy. the teachers made great efforts TO ex-
plain the significance OF the dav to the little
Italians and Greeks and Syrians and Russian
Jews who make the bulk OF their pupils; and.
whether these small foreigners fully grasDed
fhe explanations or not. they went through the
exercises which followed with an enthusiasm
as great as, II not greater than. that shown by
the schools where the children are chiefly Amer
scan born.
People generally are beginning 10 observe
Flag Day more than Of old, and yesterday
flags were TO be seen duttering from many
windows; and not only in the finer residential
sections, hut down IN the streets where some
Of the dingiest tenements are.
The children Of Public School III. in East
1O3d street Were assisted IN celebrating Flag
Day by General Slocum Circle 3D. Ladies OF the
Grand Army Of the BepubGc- The circle pre-
sented 70 the school beautiful silk flag, feet
by 8, and about twenty OF the members were
present with their president. Mrs May Najel,
TO witness the ceremony. There We're also pres
ent about twenty members Of Sumner, Rob
ert Anderson, Noah l. Farnhan and Hancock
posts. Another honored guest was Mrs. Ethel
BarteI granddaughter Of q veteran. Miss Bar
tell has rot learned 70 talk yet, but she can
make a military salute In the most approved
style
The flag was presented on behalf Of the circle
by Colonel Fred schaefer, past commander Of
Sumner Post, and accepted for the school by
Master Robert Grant and the principal Henry
r. jenkins Then SloCum Circle sang Guard
ahe Flag" the children saIuted il, and the or
chestra played The Star Spangled Banner"
Charles Summers 'Apostrophe 10 the Flag was
recited by Master Manfred Benedict, and there
was an address 10y Associate superintendent
Clarence Z. 3Ieleney.
Lafayette Post 40, c.. A. p. presented three
SILK flags 10 Public School III In oliver street
a particularly picturesque feature Of the exer-
cises q Gag drill in which one hundred
pupils participated
AZ the Girls Technical High school a Flag Day
ODE entitled TO the Stars and Stripes" writ
ten by Herman Montague Donrer. a teacher IN
the school, was recited At the exercises.
Yesterday the American Flag Association held
It's annual meeting 81 the City Hall and re-
elected all tts officers. as follows: Colonel Ralph
i. Prime, president; Theodore Fitch, secretary,
and A. Noel Brakeman. treasurer. The presi-
dents report said that legislation against any
oose-Tai-on of The flag has been adopted in all
tie Northern States except Nevada, and in
thirty-f0ur states altogether
A letter was read from Major General Charles
+. Roe, commanding the National Guard, IN
closing bis general order, which forbids militia
and volunteer bands from playing the star
SDaEgled Banner as part Of a medley. and or
GERS that, II played at all, il bc played as a
piece 9y itseIE
Almost on the very hour when pupils in the
public school were rCciIlng his ode to The
american Flag The local board Of The Bronx
Aonored the memory OF Joseph R0dman Drake
ana incidentally cOnmemOrated Flag Dav nv
voting 70 enlarge the proposed public park sur
pounding his grave at Hunts Point. The hear
ing was at the Joint request Of the IsTaDy So
Board OF Trade, and there were also rerrcserr-,7
the American Society Tor the Preservation ~
Scenic and Historic Places the ALulicuaI Art
Society, the Authors Club and the National
sculpture Society. Among the speakers were
Albert J.. Davis, Of the Bronx Society OF Arts
and Sciences; Charles de Kay son of CorrToo-
oOre de Kay, or New York. founder OF fre A.
ihors' Club, Arts Club and Sculpture Sgriery
and grandson Of the poet Drake
letter from Edward Haeaman Han score.
t3ry OF the American Society for HE ESresa-,ra-
ton OF Scenic and Historic Places. was read II
which he said: There IS uothir-, ullrer Cr 1Cv,a
Tier IN English literature than some az T5ral,a,.
verses, and his memory is wel entitled 10 reros'
milton by the city OF New York in an adeoua7.
memorial park surrounding his burial place"
Borough President Eaf1en expressed bir7eal
in favor OF the proposition and "A Y7so1,7fi,
WAS unanimously adopted by the local 80 y,
recommending the enlarged area to the ToarS -
Estimate and Apportionment.