Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-18
SCHOOL CHILDREN
CELEBRATE DAY
OF PEACE
Pupils of City Attend Exer.
clses in Honor Of Anniver.
sary of First Hague Confer
ence. Held in 1899.

The children ot all the city Schools
attended exercises TODAY Ina h,il re-.
sroctlSD school uuildinss c0umcmor-
atitc cot thr anniversary col the first
luuuy pracu conference. held MAJ rs
is"e. ma" dat has come g. nc called
"rraee da! tnd the addresses ana
TALKS masi' by teachers ana local ciu
x'ns uph,ld that utlc - the cnd. Pa
ttIpti, songs and selections were fcn
turc~ of oll Ia" programs
" The First ward school rabbi
M,udr ~ilhor addi cs,ed Tho pdpii-
md created "a much enthusiasm
lmoua th, stud,nts that several of
th,tu touH occasion tu comment on
IA" address aftorwnrd 10 the prinoi-
pal Mrs r l.. Butts Iiis address
Nps n mn-trrll effort. and white ~
touched broadly on the subject of
rra,c. lathrr than ON the Hague con
ference. was yet of "a type thBt the
boys and girls could understand and
appreciate. 1t was very interesting,
Indeed" said one ct the teachers
and I believe tina, II gave grca;
lesson to the children" Dr. Silb"r
spoke 80 the futilliy of war and said
that IT was only Justiii0blc when 10
defense OF ones country. The cNsr-
cis"4 were hcid this afternoon,
AZ the Second ward school the cN-
orcisos were held this morning. l'r-
aides patriotic songs Attorney !. \.
Miners address was The onlN fcntur.
90 the program Mr. Miller spoke ~
some length of the history aud effect
ot the first Hague conference ana
said that II had realty had u" greater
effect than Ia recommend arbitration
For what nation" he said would
fool cn'lrd upon To- submit "A cause to
arbitration merely because some 9th
cr power dcma"dcd ~ Therefore tho
lconforenc. only made a recommends
tion. witch was not binding IN ct-
feet
tn, second creates, effect of the
conference. IN. said was simply Tia,
ratification of certain principles "nun-
ciatcd at the Geneva conference. aud
the application of principles already
recognized as aids Ia civilized meth
ODDS uf conducting warfare on hand 10
naval wartar,
At the Third ward school the t.ach-
ors of tn" different grades med. men
ton of the DAY and it's Significance
In their morning talks, but no formal
exercise were hold
At thv tuurtn ward school this
AFTERNOON a program vf patriotic IN
strtn'ntal airs MAS rendered by u
number OF TIA. students. and several
| patriotic rccitntiuns were given
Patriotic songs we've sung by the as.
scnbled children Prof W. ID Strr
Inns delivered an address. a number
on parents aud several members OF
| thu school board attended The cNcr
] cisas. which were held IN the large
assembly room upstairs.
Professor sterling took as his
/ theme Peace aud spoke of the sig
uiiicancr the word was coming to
! have ~ present day affairs He said
| hal fhc race Oi men was coming
more and more 10 consider human
] lie ol value. instead Of placing heavy
ana cNorhitunt values on material
wealth. and that on this account var
| WIS being found not only uaneces.
sait bat wastciul.
/ Professor Sterling address was In.
ter'stlng ana instructive. and while
tahing up the subject "a u broad way,
! eas not roo complicated for the chill
/ drpn 10 comprehend
| N all of these exercises only the
upper gredcs were In Attendance. the
/ inst aud In some eases III. second
aud third grades being absent