Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-13
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXERCISES.
Old Glory Landed in 0ratory, Verse
and Story Yesterday Afternoon.

In song and recitation honor was paid to
| Old Glory by the Washington school chill
dren yesterday in many schools besides
those which had their programs in The
| Star yesterday. The exercises consisted
| of salutes to the flag. singing of Amer
| ica,' Star Spangled Banner "Tenting
| on the Old Camp Ground and other ma
| tional anthems: Rotations and songs by
| individual members Of the classes and
addresses on the significance of the starry
banner by invited guests.
The exercises at the Brookland Public
School were of q particularly impressive
| character and attracted a large audience
| of the relatives and friends of the pupils.
| DR.. Franklin T. Howe, prominent resi-
| dent of the suburb, was the orator of the
| day.
DR.. Howe Explains Emblem.
In the course Of his address he said:
THE American flag is the emblem of
the majesty of the government. 1t shows
those who are not of our race what this
government can do IL they commit any
offcnse against it. 1t is a warning to all
nations not to step on our toes not to in
cur our displeasure.
AT the head of army it indicates
that that army Is going to overwhelm
and overcome whatever force may be
against it. At the masthead Of a ship 1t
proclaims that tie fleet of which that is
the flagship represents the power and the
majesty of the United States and that
victory, and victory alone. must be the
| result when it meets hostile fleet.
wherever seen, on land or sea. 1t typi-
| fees the force, the energy. the majesty OF
the United States government.
mo one can appreciate his love for his
country's flag as man in foreign coun-
try who has not seen 1t for some time.
l bod colt hon
after travelling for some weeks on the
continent of Europe, l suddenly saw at
tie Leak of the mast of a pleasure yacht
the glorious Stars and Stripes.
1T looked so simple. SO beautiful. so
grand and Il was SO near and dear to
me, that l took off my hat and held 1t
with my head uncovered as long as l
| could sec the flag This was going by
| troly from Nice to Monte Carlo.
Patriotism in Every Breast.
II believe every man has the same
feeling Of love and admiration for his
own flag when he suddenly comes upon
| 1t in a far distant land.
What Is the symbol of the Il g? The
red stripes indicate the blood that was
shed in the war OF the revolution to
| secure our independence. The white
stripes typify the purity of the motives
| that actuated all men in that great
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fidelity and the integrity and upright
ness OF our army in all that long and
| uphill struggle.
| How the flag has grown since then
only one needs to look at 1t to see.
There has been no increase in the num-
Der of stripes. for they still remain as
originally set forth. representing the
original number of thirteen states. But
| the number Of states has increased, and
| as fast as a new state comes into the
| Union a new star is added to the flag,
| so that instead. of thirteen we lave now
| forty-six stars on the blue field of the
flag. representing the number CT states
now in the Union"
| Jefferson School Exercises.
At the Flag day exercises at the JEFF
| ferson school. 9th and c streets south
west, ]. Fairbrother, supervising prin-
cipal, presided and introduced the
speakers. c. N. T. Thompson. principal
of the school. was in charge of the pro-
gram. The music was under the direc-
| ton of Miss A. E. Crump.
| The exercises opened with tie singing
| of America" by the school. Following
selection by the orchestra, Michael
| Killerland gave a recitation, Hats Off. -
The entire school saluted the flag. This
| was followed by a song, The Vow" by
| the school.
dumb-bell drill was siven by
twenty-four boys of the fifth. sixth and
| seventh SrdUeS. Inc ScHOOl sang Rag
of the Free"
The story of the flag was told in reci-
| tation by five children. They were:
| Betsy Ross" Gladys Price; George
| Washington" Guy Cogswell: Robert
| Norris Willard Yeatman, and Eliza
BETH" Bernetta Springman and Oliver
Exhne.
The seventh and eighth grades sang a
! song. A flag drill was given by twenty
four girls of the fourth. fifth. sixth. sew
| enth and eighth grades The Stars and
Stripes Forever" was sung by the school.
Brief addresses were delivered by Capt.
James F. Oyster. president of the board
of education: A. T. Stuart. superintendent
| of public schools: William A. Church.
John Quinn. DR.. Willard Thompson, Cha
pin Brown. S. Perham, U.S.A., retired.
| and Mrs. Belden.
| In appreciation of the work of Miss Ma
son and Miss Crump, c. NJ. Thompson.
on behalf of the teachers. presented each
with bouquet OF roses. The exercises
closed with the singing of THE Star
Spangled Banner"
On account of the absence in Chicago
of w. T. Vernon. register of the Treasury,
| Mrs. Vernon spoke at the Flag day exer-
cises at the Bruce School