Evening star., 1913-06-17

Tomorrow is the last day of the school
year and from now until the Fourth of
! July the energies of the school children
of Washington will be directed toward
preparation for participation in the elab-
crate program for independence day.
Between $500 and 1000 children will be
| engaged in the pageant. folk plays and
allegorical dances that Will be given on
| the Mall and at the base of the Wash
ington Monument.
The city's athletes are in training for
the events that are to be held in the
morning hours and the program of eX-
ercises that will be conducted at Conti-
| mental Memorial Hall under the direc-
ton of Henry B. f. Macfarland are
| now complete.
The fireworks program also is we'll in
hand.
To help meet the very pressing need of
finances for the celebration District Com
! missioner Cuno III. Rudolph, chairman of
the joint committee on the celebration,
has called a meeting for tomorrow even
Ing in the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce, 1902 F street northwest, of the
joint committee, together with number
of prominent citizens. to devise ways and
means to raise the needed funds.
Personnel of Committee.
The committee is composed of S. w
Woodward. John Joy Edison. DR.. Frank
GUIDE. Washington Topham. j. L. Lever
ton, William d. West. George Judd. H.
c. e. Stiles, ". T. Galliher, G. A. Lyon,
jr.. Arthur Marks, F. E. Ferguson. Rev.
Wallace Radcliffe, Rev. DR.. William T.
Russell Rev. Wilbur P Thirkield. Rev
| John Van Schaick, Cuno H. Rudolph,
| J. Fred Kelley, H. B. F. Macfarland,
ward Beckett, Glenn Brown. Harry
King, J. Philip Hermann. Chris J.
Gockeler. Samuel Hart, Isaac Cans.
Otto DeMoll. George Pitt. Edgar En-
brey. Louis Wilson, George H. Harries,
| H. Saunders. b. f. Saul. Rev. DR.. Alb
| ram Simon, Rev. Frank Sewall. Rev.
James H. Taylor. Rev Samuel H.
Woodrow, George W. White, E. H.
proop, ,p Charles les J. BEL Bell. Joseph
Claude E. Miller, w. H. Moses. D. j. Cal
lahan. John c. Wineman. Hugh T Har-
yey; Fred J. Mersheimer: E, O. Whtford
ence P. King. J. T. Moffett. c. 8. Kim
ball. Rev. G. c. F. Bratenahl. Rev. U. G.
B. Pierce. Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. Rev.
A. w: Spooner. Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson,
James F. Oyster, E. c. Johnson. NJ. A.
Leess Frederick .. Owen, George o.
Totten. Daniel E. Garges.
Daniel f. Garges, chairman of the com
II
of July celebration. announces that con-
tracts have been awarded for. the med
ais and badges for the athletic and SWIM
ming events to be held on that day.
Medals Handsomer Than Ever.
The medals this year are handsomer
than have been used in previous years
In each. event gold. silver and bronze
medals will be awarded the contestants
In the athletic events the seal of the
District Of Columbia is used in the dcsigE
The design of the swimming medals has
the Capitol and the Monument in the
background and the Potomac river in the
foreground, with a swimmer i'm action
his head and arm appearing above the
water.
The colors red, white and blue have
been used to mount the medals and in
the badges of the officials, in keeping
with the patriotic nature of the celebra-
ton
AS soon as completed the medals will
be placed exhibition
The awards of the contracts for medals
ana badges were made to local dealers.
Contributions Announced Today.
Contributions toward Independence day
celebration were announced today as fol-
lows: Amount previously acknowledged
ss06.G0; The Evening Star Newspaper
Company, 800; the Equitable Pur-
chasing Company, 81; Charles s
King. 81; the Four Rs. 81; Al
fred klakring, 81: George C. Sholes,
81: Fl. E. Williams. 81: William j. Von-
derheide, 50; Mrs. g. c. Bantz. 81:
Charles G. Van Allen. 81: Saks & Co,
$40: j. +. Skogland. ~ cents: D. j.
Callahan So; IL. Bradley Davidson,
So: Woodward & Lathrop. Inc, so: H.
Harris & Co.. $40: II. Zirkin. s.: the
Maurice Joyce Engraving Company, siy;
Bertha L. Henderson 81: Mrs. Earnes
Bicknell s.. Total, 81 l,U26.1O