The San Francisco call., 1910-05-23
CHILDREN PLEDGE
FEALTY TO FLAG
Banner Presented by Board of
Education Raised at Madi-
son Primary School

With a patriotic program, to which
800 children contributed, the residents
of the Pacific heights district dedi-
Gated the splendid new structure that
is to be the home of the Madison
primary school, in Clay street between
Cherry street and First avenue, yes
terday afternoon.
Gayly decorated with the national
colOrs, variegated greens and garlands
of sweet smelling flowers, the rear of
the school where the exercises were
held presented a stirring spectacle,
heightened by the life and color of the
fashionable throng that attended. The
little men and misses played the role
of hosts with all the joys OF proprie-
torship and deluged the assemblage
with volleys of flowers, mighty
Shower greeting the school principal,
Miss Elizabeth f. Bartlett. An orches-
ira furnished music.
superintendent of Schools Alfred
Roncovieri declared that the school
was one of the finest ever erected in
the state for primary classes.
PUPILS PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The feature of the day was the flag
raising, when the children, with their
hands lifted and their voices raised in
chorus, pledged their lives to the stars
and stripes, as this banner, a present
from the board of education, was
raised for the first time to it's new
eminence The children said:
Il pledge my allegiance to my flag
and to the republic for which it stands.
One people, one language, one flag"
An old battle SCARED flag that was
raised at Sumter during the first roar
of the civil war was held aloft while
the pupils circled about and sang: "Off
With Your Hat as the Flag Goes By
Mrs. Mary Kincaid of the board of
education called the assemblage to or
der and introduced the first speaker,
Andrea Sbarboro. He said in part:
1t affords the people of Preside
heights great pleasure to at last be
enabled TO dedicate this ma gnificent
school, so long and so patiently
waited for. When we first became
interested in having a school erect
ed in this section we had no streets
and the entire district was covered
with shubbery, sanddunes and un-
disturbed vegetation. That was
many years ago, and since that
time we have seen a miracle arise;
in the wake of a vanishing desola-
tion splendid residential district
has come into being.
For long time we have been
trying to obtain this school and
have repeatedly been promised the
building. The best we have been
dDle TO gel was the temporary
shack that we have in this street
near Walnut Long since we out
grew those quarters and the neces-
sity of surrounding these growing
and healthy children of ours with
adequate, sanitary and modern
school conditions has spurred us
on until we finally obtained the
realization of our desires.
ADDRESS TO PARENTS
Thomas Hayden, former president OF
the board of education, followed with
a stirring address on the duties Of par
ents toward their children and the duty
of the community to provide good
conditions in which to train the chill
dren to the proper realization of their
responsibilities.
Miss Elizabeth Bartlett, principal OF
the school, expressed the gratitude OF
| the teachers to the board of education
and to the residents for securing the
appropriation with which the school
was built. She asked the fathers and
mothers TO cooperate with the teach
ers and declared that though their life
was a difficult one there was joy in the
work
ADDRESS BY ATTORNEY
Peter +. Dunno the Southern Pacific
attorney. who lives in the district
made forceful address, dealing with
| the relation of the public school to the
state. lie paid a glowing tribute tc
Mrs. Kincaid and said that the future
of the American republic and the per-
manence of its institutions depended
more than ever on the success of the
public school system.
Superintendent Roncovieri delivered
the dedicatory address and appealed tC
the residents to help the teachers anc
support the cause of education He
expressed the regrets of acting Mayor
Kelly for not being able to attend tn,
/ ceremony owing to the press of mu
nicipal matters.
A very pretty feature of the pro,
gram was the singing of 40 of the little
lisping misses under the direction o.
Miss Estelle Carpenter, who was later
presented with a handsome bouquet oi
roses by Miss Phebe Moss, escorted
by a train of her classmates.