The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
LONG MAY IT WAVE
BIG FLAG PRESENTED TO
KEARMY SCHOOL.
Patriotic Addresses on Campus Made
by Mayor, Ministers and
others.

monies. the Arlington Council. Jr. %. U.
A. M, presented an American flag, 10XlS
feet, to the new kenrny public school,
No. S, yesterday morning. Two hundred
members of the order and a large crowd
Of citizens and school children partici-
pated in the event, which occurred ON the
school campus. Past Councillor George w.
Warrick was master of ceremonies. Mayor
Eugene H.. Goldberg. on behalf of the
council, made the presentation.
After dwelling upon the pleasure 1t gave
him to participate III the occasion, the
Mayor said. lin part:
"A nag, an ensign, o rallying standard,
is no new thing. 1t is as old, says one
author, as the time when men began to
collect together for common purposes. In
one of the worlds earliest historic books
we find mention of a standard and its
uses. In the book of Numbers in the
Bible, Almighty God directs His servant,
children of Israel shall pitch by his stand
ard, with the ensign OF their Fathers
house,
"Persians. Greeks, Romans, all the great
nations, had standards or e%nslgns, although
not all, and in the earlier days, none, 1t
staff"
The Mayor gave a detailed history of the
Stars and Stripes and continued:
Now, ladies and gentlemen, teachers
and scholars, this was the flag carried dur
fuk lHt N1tAlNdu WA Ill Triumph AAt
Rio Grande to Chepultepee and by our
brothers and fathers through the awful
experiences of the great civil War from
Fort Sumter to Appomattox. 1t was
spread once more in triumph to the breeze
by Admiral George Dewey as he split with
his victorious keels the waters OF Manila
Bay and Roosevelt, our own Teddy stood
beneath Its fame-wrapt folds ou the land
swept slopes of San Juan Hill, and when
that historic day of Santiago's frowning
portal closed the same old flag was there,
nailed to the masts of every ship, While
the brazen threats Of the joyous bands
proclaimed that all the world might hear:
The Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall
wave DER the land of the free and the
home of the brave
During the closing of the Mayors adj
dress the flag was unfurled. While Major
Blanchard, of Harrison, connected win
the First Regiment u lrhe Stsr-s EanM %
Banner" on the cornet.
The Mayor closed his patriotic appeal by
leaving a toast to the school children, with
apologies to the author Of the stein song
in The Prince of Pilsen:'
Here's to the land In which we live.
Ayl here's to the nag she files,
Here's 10 our school, whose patriotic zeal
CLOVIS bright MS our maiden's eyes,
This is your flag to keep, my boys,
From your topmost staff displayed
Old Glory for which all ~tyrannous hosts
Have thus far recoiled dismayed."
on the topic THE Bible and the Flag"
the Rev. John Hutchinson, pastor of the
| arlington R~fPSDYIprlan 1nuTcH. Iliut u
stirring address, defending the Stars and
Stripes enthusiastically. He dwelt largely
upon the irreverence that is given. the nag
by people from foreign lands who come
to America and take up their residence. :,
II think this tow Is a wonderful place,
said the speaker. ''rhe interest taken in
the education Of the young that Is evi.
school buildings for the accommodation
of the rising generation is indeed a credit
to those who are engaged in the advance
ment of education. l am a great admirer
of President Roosevelt, a man who has
won a high place In the esteem of the
American people, but l think he has madt
a great mistake in ordering the words, :lr
God We Trust removed from our fu'
ture coinage. That phrase Is a symbol OF
patriotism and along with the cry that is
being made against the use OF the BiDle
in the schools is TO me a step backward
are going to submit to this sort Of thing
what sort of hodge podge will we, as a
stand for self-sacrifce, and such a stand
ard should be instilled in the hearts of our
children
On behalf OF the school Principal John
E. Gleason accepted the gift in we'll
chosen words Of appreciation, He dwelt
at length upon the many battles through
which the flag had passed.
1--WE love the American nag, SAID ne
because it is the emblem Of truth,
righteousness. justice and liberty! II has
never yet 1oated over all army or navy
which fought simply for the purpose OF
conquest. May il ever be the emblem OF
liberty .procloiming peace TO all the ma
tiops of the earth"
The Rev. Roland S. Dawson, pastor OF
the Knox Presbyterian Church, made a
brief congratulatory address, following II
with the benedlction. The Rev. S. Trevena
| Jackson. pastor of the First NJ. r. Church,
Arlington, offered the invocation.
An hour previous to the campus eKer-
cises the members OF the First Regiment,
Uniformed Rank, of the order, to the num-
Der Of 200. representing twenty-five coun-
ellis in Essex and Hudson counties formed
in Arlington depot square and marehed 10
the school, headed by their ffe and drum
corps.