The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

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school. The work of getting this tab
let has been in the hands of a COM
mittee headed by ex-Commissioners
BfrdsaIl and Wilson. The. tablet is a
gift from the people of this school dis
trict.
veterans Gift to Pupils.
A tablet of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress was presented to the Camden
Street School yesterday morning by
Comrade Lawrence, of Lincoln Post,
Grand Army of the Republic. The
presentation took place when the pri-
mary school opened at 8 o'clock. There
were impressive exercises following the
presentation.
In the Miller street Grammar School
the regular Lincoln Day exercises were
held at 1870 in the afternoon. The
pupils OF the eighth grade classes, 400
in number. recited Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address in unison. There fol-
lowed recitations of patriotic poems
and reading of tributes to Lincoln by
leading writer's. A tablet of the Get
tysburg address was presented on be
/ half of Phil Kearny Post, G. A, r., by
Comrade James A Backus. Addresses
were delivered by members of h9ari|
Post. Lincoln Post and Garfield Post.
Hvrnct street school.
The Burnet street School has no as
sembly room. and for that reason a
very short program was given in the
corridors this morning. The pupils of
the grammar department gave the flag
salute and sang THE Star Spangled
Banner" They recited in concert Lin
coins speech at Gettysburg and indi-
vidual classes gave quotations from
Lincoln.
Chestnut street school.
The Lincoln memorial exercises in
the Chestnut Street School were as
follows: Singing, school; tributes, John
Howard, Irene Ferriday, Marjory
Gardner, Elsie Schoeck, Virgil Collins;
singing. school; anecdotes, quotations,
Incidents, Henry %Steinhart, Josephine
Naylor, Helen Mecker, Marjory Gard
ner, Waiter O'Donnell; Lessons of a
Good Mans Life principal; singing,
school; the Gettysburg speech, Fred
erick WILSON,; 20 Captain, My Cap
tain" Mary Mcneil; Barbara
F%reitchie," Sarah Scott; singing,
school, a Lincoln story, prinespal; sing
ing, school, I
HsyerI, Avenue School.
The program at the Waverly Avenue
Primary School was. "Nobly Our Flag"
sung by the school: reading of the Gov
errors proclamation; unwilling of new
portrait of Lincoln; recitation, 20, Lin
coin Dear by three girls; flag drill
and song, by Company 10; recitation,
Our Lincoln by a class of boys;
"Hurrah, for tho Flag" sung by the
school; why We Love Lincoln" by
four boys; a groUp exercise, by Sc
lected pupils; reading of State Super
intendent Baxter's letter: recitation,
Lincoln" by Frank Prechtl; STAR
Spangled Banner sung by the school;
flag exercise, by a selected class; 1.-THE
Gettysburg Address," recited by Sc
lected pupils; song by the school,
Farewell, Lincoin;" America" sung
by the school.
Elliott street School.
A feature of the exercises at the Ell
lott Street School, which were held
under the auspices of the Parents AS
ISOLATION, was the singing of a chorus
of $50 voices. The program was:
Recitation and song, America"
reading, Governor Forts proclamation;
song, Flag of Our Native Land"
reading. letter from State Superintend-
ent Baxter; song, Hail, Stars and
Stripes" recitation, 20 Captain, My
Captain song, Dear Native Land"
recitation, Gettysburg Speech" reci-
tation and song, 'Dixie;" recitation
and song. "Star-Spangled Banner" ad-
dress, Rabbi Charles I. Hoffman.
Lawrence Street school.
The program at the Lawrence Street
School was: Song, Our Country's
Flag" school; recitation, abraham
Lincoln Edna Mason; reading, "Abra-
ham Lincoln" May Cummings; song,
Red, White and Blue" school; COM
position on Abraham Lincoln, Edward
Shine; piano solo, Milie Piken; reading,
Abraham Lincoln" ma Dixon; song,
'Our Flag" third grade pupils; recita-
ton. abraham Lincoln" Sophie Stern;
song. "Colurubia, My Land" school;
composition on Abraham Lincoln, Lucy
Danato; piano solo. Rose Casale; dia-
logue, Abraham Lincoln Russell
Williams, Michael Lisena, Lena Far
lenza and Ida Feinberg; song, my
Own Native Land" school; reading,
EaDIdlldiH hlIiSOil, hiohi2
song, 'Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!'
school: address, by Mr.. Mead.
st. Patrick's School.
Among the parochial schools interest
ing exercises were also carried out. AT
st. Patrick's Cathedral the program
was: "Star-Spangled Banner" chorus;
Governors Proclamation Walter Riel-
ly; Inaugural Address, Teresa Fitz-
gerald: song, Battle Prayer" boys;
recitations, "Please, Mr.. Lincoln
Philip C. Walsh; abraham Lincoln"
James Roach; song, Battle Hymn"
girls; Rotations, Lincoln" Daniel M.
Carren; "Sheridan's Ride" Alice
O'Connor; song. w Praise Lincoln"
boys; "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address,
Thomas Byrnes; Biography of Lin