The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-19
CHILDREN WILL
GREET PRESIDENT
Request Is Made That No Sun
day Schools Be Held on
September rs.
PLANS OF THE COMMITTEE
OUTSIDE SCHOOLS TO COME
TICKETS TO BE ISSUED.

An urgent request that no church in
Salt Lake or county hold Sunday school
classes next Smday-unless the time is
set for the afteruoon-wiu be made by
the committee on children" Of the Taft
entertainment committee. Next Sunday
President Taft viii review the children
of the city and county on Brigham
street at about 10.30 o'clock.
After the meeting Of the joint COM
nittees in the Office Of Governor Will
liam Spry yesterday afternoon, Super
intendent Christensen wrote a personal
letter to President John A. WidtsOe Of
the Utah Agricultural college at Logan,
asking that he get a special train next
Sunday and bring the whole college
force to salt Lake 10 take part in the
CelebTs ton.
The committee on children want the
children of every institution TO be iu
the big event, and Superintendent Chris
Jensen has sent out the following letter
10 heads Of private schools, OTphanages
and other institutions in Salt Lake and
county where there are children;
Letter to Schools,
AT a meeting Of the committee on
children held Friday afternoon at
% tACEh III the Office Oh LLLE city AREk"
intCndent of schools TO consider the as
sembIing Of the children of this city
and county on Brigham street, Sunday
morning, Sept. %, on the occasion OF
the visit Of the president Of the United
states, a general scheme was adopted.
Details viii be worked out at a later
meeting. At present some features Of
the proposed plan may interest you.
The assembly Of children viii be uu-
der the general auspices of day schools,
public or private, and kindred Organiza-
! JiOns. Reservations of space may be
! had on application only. Children not
affiliated with any school may join the
school in whose district they reside by
receiving permission from the principal
Of the school. The head of such or
ganiZatiOn which constitutes a unit Of
representation, viii assume full respOn-
sibility for the care, safety and man
aEement Of the individuals under his
charge In every unit there Is to be at
. least one adult person for each fifty
children.
Applications for space should be
made by telephone $3.50 or by letter
/ before noon on Tuesday, Sept. II, The
/ general public will be excluded from
/ the portion Of Brigham street occupied
/ by the children, and admission to this
/ part will be by ticket only. The ut
most prOmptness JIM gathering VIII be
/ necessary
ID. H. CHRISTENSEN. Chairman"
Ticket for Each Child.
Tickets will be sent to principals Of
/ every school in Salt Lake and to the
/ superintendent of districts iu the
/ county so that every child viii have
one. From reports received Saturday
/ it is believed that more than 10000
. children and young men and women
/ Will be in the line on Brigham street,
making the greatest celebration in the
/ history Of the city or state Utmost
/ care will be used to avoid any acct
dents.
/ In connection with this phase of the
/ Taft celebration, a meeting Of all the
/ Living Flag children has been called
/ to meet in the assembly hall In the
/ tabernacle grounds Monday afternoon
/ at 4 o'clock, at which they are re-
/ qUested to bring suits, stars, flags and
other Living Flag necessities.