Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-18
FLAG PRESENTED
At FIRST SCHOOL
PUPILS CELEBRATE "PEACE"
DAY
Miss kathryne Yost Makes Presenta-
ton Speech and Superlntend.
ent of Schools Re-
plies
plies

4 FOR the first time in the history OF
Los Angeles Peace" day was COM
memorated yesterday by the holding
| of exercises in the First and Main
| street schools.
At the First street school a large
| flag was presented to DR.. E. c. Moore
by the pupils and Miss Kathryne Yost
of $50 Euclid avenue made the presen-
| tation address. Miss Yost is an eighth
| grade pupil with a strong. smooth de-
| livery of speech and her clear enun-
citation could be plainly heard by
everyone in the building yesterday
afternoon.
To the sound of music the little tots
from the kindergarten brought in the
flag to where DR.. Moore stood. Miss
Yost stood at their side and with
many expressive gestures said:
I'VE have been told today in song
and story the history of this flag of
ours, the mere mention of which causes
every American heart to thrill with
pride.
''Under this starry banner great
deeds of courage and heroism have
been done on land and sea. Since the
battle of Saratoga, the first battle
fought beneath Old Glory's' folds,
many are the struggles it has wit
nessed-struggles for lit rty and jus
tice-until it has come to be known
the wide world over as liberty's SYM
boil.
Greater Battle to Fight
But great as have been the achieve |
ments of the past the future holds a
still greater deed to do. The most |
wonderful battle of all time is yet to |
be won. We as a people have yet to |
make the great conquest of self When !
we have learned this then will our
hand be withheld from all forms of !
oppression and the Peace on earth,
good will to man will be realized.
For more than two years we have
sat beneath the folds of the old flag
which now floats above us. About it
are many memories of victories won
in our daily lives.
To-day it will be replaced by one /
whose colors are undimmed. AS we l
send it aloft may it take to the world
a new message, or rather the old one
clothed anew.
God bless the flag, let It float and fill
The sky with its beauty; our hearts
strings thrill
To the low, sweet chant of the wind
swept bars,
And the chorus of its clustering stars.
May it speak, with it's blue, of hearts
loyal and true.
May the red, glowing speak of warm
And side by side with the white light of
peace
Go forth with this message to others.
'I have been chosen to present this ,
flag to our school and the department,
and DR.. Moore, in the name of 45O
loyal American boys and girls of First
street school, 1 ask your acceptance
of it."
Dr.. Moore Replies
Dr. Moore answered for the board
with a speech of thanks, saying in
part:
You may not know it, but you are
the only ones who can raise this flag
upon your school house. Many times \
people have requested to be allowed to
give flag to the school, but each time +
they have been refused, as the honor
belongs exclusively to the children
themselves"
Deputy Superintendent ]. B. Monlux
made short speech, telling the chill
1ren to be patriotic and to love their
lag. The little ones who carried the
lag were Albert Ival, Day Johnson.
Norton Learned, Gerald Robertson.
John Rise, Richard Taylor. Neill Whit
ley, Grace Bassett, Angie Fisher, Leila
Toble, Muriel Robinson and Dorothy
ADAMS.
One Of the features of the afternoon
vas the flag drill by the A 1 and
second grade girls. Each child car
led flag and they went through
Measure after measure of an intricate
irill without the slightest hesitation
n mistake.