The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
LINCOLN DAY TO
BE OBSERVED IN
CITY FAIRGROUNDS
Programs Arranged for Obsery-
ance by the Children
of Newark.
WINNERS OF THE PRIZE
ESSAYS ANNOUNCED
Songs, RecitatiOns and Speeches
in Honor of the Great
Emancipation.

The exercises arranged at the city
Fairgrounds for the Observance Of the
Lincoln centenary tomorrow are OF an
unusually interesting character. TIL
following program will nc rendered bE
the young people OF the Prince street
playground in tho Meyer S. Hood
recreation centre.
Chorus, patriotic, led by Herman
wachsman; recitation. Liucoln's speech
at Gettysburg, by Eva herman; reci-
tation, u Am Humble Abraham Lin
coin" by Joseph Balmuth; vocal duet,
Flag of the Free by Nanny kimmcl
and jacobson, debate. Resolved. that
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech i Il
greater Indictment to patriotism than
his emancipation proclamation az
f1rnative, Herman Wachsman and lsa-
dore Steinberg; negative, Morris Klein
berg n Morris Fishman; violin solo,
by Morris Fishman; recitation, Lin
coins Prayer by Emanuel Kinruel'
recitation, Lincoln lay Thomas
DAVIS, reading of one of the prize es-
SAYS: patriotic song. by Eva Bierman;
presentation of the prizes for the best
essays on Lincoln; chorus, national
song, by all present.
Successful essay competitors;
IN the first class-Joseph Wolf, sam
uel Karrakis, Jacob Fox, Morris Blet-
berg. Prince street playground; Alfred
Del Nagro, Peter Malvicini, Frances
G~allante, South Canal street; Helen
Gilroy. Joseph Julien. Emma c. Mar
tin, Leo Meyerwitz. Sidney Safer, Bur
nett Rothhouse, Newton street play
ground.
Honorable mention-Morris Fishman,
Lena Primer, julius Gordon. Maurice
Warshawsky, Jacob Krasner. Samuel
Gallinkin, Man Fishman, Salvador
Laino, Mary Smith, Nicholas Lord,
Ralph Del Nagro. Louis Blum, Isadore
FREEMAN, Herman Greenberg. Agnes
Rock. Margaret Millett, Joseph Carroll,
Carl w. Potter.
The announcement of the IN of
the three first prize-winners in the
essay contest will be made at the ceie-
bration.
The exercises by the young people of
the First and Third city Fairgrounds
will be held in the Newton street
recreation centre tomorrow night at
1880 o'clock. The following program
will be rendered: Chorus, led by the
girls quartet, all present requested to
join; "Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech" by
Benjamin Cohen; violin solo. THE
Power of Love-" by George Hobart
Pickel; recitation. Barbara Frietche."
by Peter Malvicini: popular air. by
Mary Smith; recitation, 'The Log
Cabin" by Carmel Del Nagro: song,
"Juanita," by the girls quartet of the
First City Fairgrounds; recitation. y
North, No South" by Charles Gilman;
violin duet, "Cavalleria Rusticana." by
Henry Voelker and William Peterson;
reading of one of the prize essays on
Lincoln; song, popular air. by William
Gaffney; recitation, "Sheridan's Ride
by Alfred Del Nagro; song. Sweet and
Low by the girls quartet; presenta-
ton of prizes for the Lincoln compost
tons; string quartet of the Newton
Street Recreation Centre. under the
direction of Charles Voelker, jr., ma
tional airs.
President Louis V. Aronson. of the
Board of Playground commissioners,
has given a series of prizes to be
awarded the children of the city play
grounds who write the best essay On
Lincoln. The competitors are: In the
first class, Peter Malvicini, Alfred Del
Nagro. Frances Gallant, Joseph Wolf,
Samuel Karrakis. Jacob Fox. Morris
Bleiberg. Helen Gilroy, Joseph Julien.
Emma c. Martin, Leo M~eyerwitz. sid
ney Safer. Burnett Rothhouse; honor
able mention. Mary Smith, Salvador
Laino. Nicholas Lord. Ralph Del
Nagro, Morris Flshman. Julius Gordon.
Maurice Warshawsky, Jacob Krasner.
Samuel Salinkin. Max Fishman. Ben
jamin Sklarowitz, Lena Primer, Louis
Blum, Isador FREEMAN, Herman Green
berg. Agnes Rock. Margaret Millett,
Joseph Carroll and Carl w. Potter.