New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
EXERCISES IN SCHOOLS.
Sir Hundred Thousand Children
Take Part in Lincoln Dag

/ Lincoln Day was a continuous celebration here
yesterday from the firing of tn first salute at the
navy yard at a. m until taps was sounded In
| the banquet halls after midnight
! There large meetings in the afternoon and
evening Cooper Union. Carnegie Hall and the
College OF the City of Few York. were the scenes
| of notable gatherings night At 1O15 a. m New
York University held it's exercises. In the after
noon Columbia University held impressive exer-
clses.
There were exercises in more than Ave hundred
schoOlhouses. in which six hundred thousand chill
dren took part in the morning. and in the evening
an attractive programme was carried out in forty
six selected schoolhouses. In each district at
| tended by large audiences The evening pro
glammes opened by choruses composed OF
two hundred and three hundred children
Among the numerous dinners last night were
those held by the Republican Club and the Grad
uates' Club. There also twelve large arInory
meetings here and in Brooklyn
At precisely o'clock yesterday morning Lincoln
Day salutes were fired at the navy yard, Prospect
Park. Central Park. Bronx Park. the armory of
the Naval Reserves, in 55th street. Brooklyn. and
Governors Island. The firing continued at regular
| intervals until twenty-one guns had been dis
charged
Reserves was in command OF Captain Forshew;
that of the 1st Battery in Central Park of Captain
/ Jack O'Ryan, whs Captain Sherry took similar
charge of the work OF the I'd Battery, at Bronx
Park The firing squad at Prospect Park was In
command of Captain Chauncey Matlock. OF the 80
| Battery. Captain Matlock took with him forty
men and two rapid-hre 3-inch guns The guns
were fired at ten second intervals
At the navy yard each vessel was decorated with
| the American flag. supplemented by the union
Jack at the bow. The school authorities never be-
fore gave so much attention to centennial occa-
| sion Mayor Mcclellan months ago placed the
| Lincoln Day school programme in charge Of q spe
! cial committee, consisting Of President MCGOWAN
! Of the Board of Alderman. former State Super1n-
tendent Skinner, William H. Low President WIN
! throp. of the Board Of Education. Commissioners
Abraham Stern and Cornelius J. Sullivan and City
Superintendent Maxwell.
The exercises in the schools began promptly at
1870 a. m. and closed at noon with recitations
| of the Gettysburg address Children of all nation
aIities and religious beliefs united in doing honor
! 10 the memory of Lincoln. The day was observed.
not alone by the public schools but by the paro-
chiai schools and private institutions Of learning
! Flags and bunting were in evidence everywhere
| Some token Of respect displayed by the ma
| iority Of churches of all denominations. the negro
churches being notable in that regard. Theatres
without exception and most Of the hotels displayed
flags and bunting and in many cases large pictures
| of the man whose memory was being honored
In the most cosmopolitan school in the city. and
probably in the world Public School l. at Catharine
and Henry streets the thickly populated section
! of all nations on the lower East Side. three
thousand boys and girls of the senior classes cele
brated Lincolns Birthday with songs, recitations
and dag drills.
2 small Japanese boy. There were six Chinese
bows two spaniards. five French ten Greeks
Danes Swedish. A few Germans. some OF Irish
descent many Russians and Italians
Frank Moss former Police Commissioner was
+b. nrincipaI speaker the exercises ar the Wad-
leigh High School Girls. in Hath street He
to1d many stories Lincoln's life and repeated
rnanv of the stories that made Lincoln famous as
story teller.
In old Public School Al at No. 50 Greenwich
avenue a Lincoln tablet inscribed with an extract
from IJncolns Cooper Union speech, was un-
vailed IN serve the double purpose OF marking the
centennial and hOnoring Miss Elizabeth CaVannan
,,-bo was princosl of the school from the time OF
Tho Civil war until 1902 The tablet Is or oIack
u,alnrt with the words of Lincoln engraved IN the
uyood At the bottom a bronze plate had oeen IN
oribad as follows: Presented TO Public ScnooI
Al an the 1O0th anniversary of the birth OF Abraham
rtrcon in affectionate recognition OF the services
- r-,izabetb C,ayannah.' Miss Cavannah Is now
ti,,,r, IN California Richard Watson Glider lent
+n,o bronze casts of Lincoln's hands which were
exhibited at the exercises
II tho christian Science churches general Ior'n
~ ser,ce was followed. in line with programme
o,.rsd for the mother church in Boston ano
authorized for use In all the branch churches IN
+ba 1nited states The general subject OF the ser
to was Freedom based the golden text:
And the Lord said unto Joshua. This day will /
bagin 10 magnify thee in the sight Of all Israel.
that they may know that. as I was with Moses, so
7 will be with thee
The National Union Council of Greater New York
held a dinner last night at the Hotel St Denis
The feature Of the evening the address made
b,, Colonel E c. StahI. of Trenton. N j.. one of
the Civil War veterans, who enjoyed personal
acquaintance with Lincoln