Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
OBSERVE ARBOR DAY
Exercises and Tree Planting at
District Public Schools.
SEEDING FOR EACH PUPIL
Woodward & Lothrop Distribute co.
600 Catalpa Trees Among
the Children.

TO further the Arbor day movement in
Washington and to aid the "city beauti-
fur idea by intoxicating in children love
Of trees and interest in tree culture, the
board of education today distributed co.
coo catalpa trees among the children of
the public schools.
Each pupil carried one Of the trees,
each about q foot high, home. following
the Arbor day exercises in the respective
classrooms. These trees will be planted
in the yards Of the homes of every one
Of the sixty thousand school children in
the capital.
The trees are from a nursery at Cincin-
natl and were given to the school au-
thorities for free distribution by the firm
Of Woodward & Lothrop. Miss Susan
Sipe, supervisor of the public school gar
dens, has charge Of the planting.
Exercises at the Schools.
The exercises At the several buildings
consisted of programs Of music, addresses,
recitations and plays.
At most Of the schools a tree was
planted. although some Of the schools
were unable to do this, as they had no
ground on which tree might be planted.
Some of the schools, having SUPER
abundance Of ground space, planted more
than one tree.
Much enthusiasm was displayed by the
pupils over the tfee-planting exercises as
has been generally shown in all the ma
ture and gardening work carried on in the
schools. One youngster who had been
told by his teacher that the tree given
him would grow very fast, said that he
was going to measure the number of
inches it would grow in a week, so that
he could figure how high it would grow
in year. He concluded by saying that
he believed buds had sprouted on it while
he was taking it home from school.
The most elaborate exercises perhaps
were given at Normal School No. 1. The
pupils Of this school have been enthusi-
aStically preparing a program Tor the
celebration OF the day for some time past.
Although no tree planting was done, the
spirit Of the day was infused into the
school by the decoration of the rooms
with flowers, pussy Willows and other
budding twtgs.
MI. Woodward Makes Address.
8. W. Woodward, who was instrumental
in arranging for the free distribution of
the seedlings" was the orator at the
>Arbor day exercises at the Normal School.
He told of the steps being taken by many
states, notably New York, Pennsylvania
and Maine, for the preservation Of the
forests.
After briefly showing how deforestra-
ton is rapidly denudfng the hills and
mountains of the west, Mr.. Woodward
closed with a plea to the children to lead
in the movement popularity called conser-
walton.
The program was as follows: Piano
solo, THE Rustic OF the Spring. Miss
Florence Lyons; history Of Arbor day,
Miss Edna Ellis; flower songs, section 4.
including a vocal solo by Miss Mildred
Tesler; address. s. w. Woodward; solo.
Out in the Blossoms" Miss Margaret
Payne; chalk talk on How to PlantaTree,"
Miss Emma Schroeder: play, What
One Little Tree Did" acted by Misses
Sarah Koenigsberger, Ethel Llufrio and
Mildred Miller; bird songs. Section ID;
play. 'sIhe Japanese Garden. Section c.
acted by Misses Jessie Ramsay, Elsie
Swank, Leila Pritchard. Winiferd Will
son. Rosemary Wright, Jessie Wiler. ,Ka-
tie Woods, alberta Thorn, Ruth Bussard,
Media Waldecker, Mary RANDY and
Phyllis Patterson.
The committee in charge of the pro-
gram consisted Of Misses Martha Brown
Ing, Ethel Batson, Lois Meek, Emma
II, AoYf lie