The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16
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srATEHooD DAY

: To the School Officers and
? Teachers OF Oklahoma:
> Next Monday. the 10th. is the
; anniversary of the beginning of
statehood In oklahoma On
that day the president of the
United states signed the pro-
, clamat,ou. and on that day our
governor and complete set
; OF state and county officers
took the oath OF office and
, statehood became a reality
; The foity-sixth star was placed
, on the flag and oklahoma took
her place as one of the bright
est and best states in the gal
aXy of sovereign states In the
; American Union. This makes
the 10th day OF November a
, great day with the people of
, our state, and its anniversary
? should be celebrated for all
, time 10 come by our people as
the greatest day in our MIS-
; tory. The 10th day of Novem-
= Der, 1907. was the climax of
days with us. for on that day
we reached the mountain top
of liberty for which our faith
, ers Lave struggled for many
centur' es.
; The history Of English liber-
ty commences with Meagna
, Chartg liberatum. the great
, charter Of liberty wrested from
> King John by the barOns in
, 1916 at Runnymede. Tho
, stream of liberty comes on
. down and finally found its full
3 expression in America. II was
, a great day when the Pilgrim
. Fathers landed, great day
, when the Declaration of Inde-
, pendcnce was adopted a great
, day when the Constitution of
? the United States was signed
@ and flGally ratined by all the
. states; great day when
, Washington was inaugurated
, president of the United States.
.; a great day when jefferson ne
. gOtiated the Louisiana Pur-
2 chase: a great day when Lin
. coin struck from the helpless
3 arms OF four million slaves
0 the shackles that bound them;
. IL was a great day when X. Z.
. Lee and u. s. Grant met under
. the famous apple tree and ar
, rangemCnts were made by
= which the Union was saved
9 without dishonor to any section
. of our great country, II was a
. great cay when the first brave
2 pioneers entered the wilds OF
. what L. now our stare: il was
& a greater day--thc very eli
q max Of all these days when
= on the 10th day of November,
Q 1907 state and county officers
@ We're inaugurated and the state
- of Oklahoma became a reality.
o The barbaric conditions that
. prevailed I'm many sections of
. our state were doomed, and
. during this year we have made
G. more progress man any other
, state in the Union ever made
g In twenty years Of its life. We
~ nave OlBuillh'h NflNN hlu ~
. school districts; built more
@ than 20CO school houses and
. enrolled hundred thousand
. children who never entered n
G public school before. The out
. look along educational lines
Q for Oklahoma is not only bright
. but it is glorious. and / feel
g that We ought 10 celebrate In
@ some way this day on which
Q statehood had its beginning,
. and TO this end, / respectfully
o ask that some KIND of appro-
Q pirate services be held in all
O our schools or that the atton-
@ tion of the students be called
. to the fact that the 10th of No.
. vcmbcr Is statehood Day. and
Q the anniversary or the begin
@ ming of the rule of our own
. people.
@ Respectfully.
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q state Superintendent