The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19
35oth Anniversary Of Birth Of Bard Of Avon Will Be OF
served in Five Boroug1s by Pageants, Plays,
Readings Songs and Speeches

of Dramatic Arts, the Federation Of
Childs Stady.
The celebration will begin to-day with
the morning services In q number OF
churches and synagogues. The entire
programme for the full week is, Of
course, too large to be printed here, but
mention may be made Of at least one
principal feature in each field OF &C.
tivity.
In Plymouth Church. Brooklyn. the
Rev. DIR. Newell Dwight Hills will
preach in the morning on The Relig-
ious Methods of Shakespeare" and in
the evening on 1.-THE Impulse OF Shake
speare on Free Institutions"
Mondays special feature will be the
great meeting in Hunter College. Park
avenue and Sixty-eighth street. at
o'clock in the evening, in which the
general committee in charge OF the
work. and the various schools and or
CARNATIONS interested, will take part.
There will be Shakespearian music,
shor: addresses and a reading OF Tho
Winters Tale" by the Educational Play
ers, under tho direction Of Mrs. Emma
Sheridan Fry. Admission Will be with
out cards.
The birthday anniversary. next
Thursday. will naturally be tho great
day of the week. There will be special
exercises in more than half the gram
mar schools in the city. in the parochial
schools. at Barnard College. New York
University. Packer Institute in Brook
Ign, the Ethical Culture School, the
Portchester High School the Flushing
High School and the Newtown High
School. The College OF the CITY or New
York will have its celebration on Thurs
day at noon. Former President John
H. Finley Is expected to dc present,
and among the features vii be the
reading Of an original poem on Snake
speare.
Tho first great outdoor celebration
! vii occur at = =. NJ. on Thursday about
! the Shakespeare statue on the Mall N
Central park Miss Martin. president
OF the Shakespeare Club, will place the
usual wreath upon the statue. and a
/ chorus ot three hundred school emil
dren will sing under the direction %
DR. Frank X. RiX. supervisor or music
in the public schools. Sir Cecil spring
Rice. the british Ambassador. Will max
a short address. and "A poem written for
the occasion by Percy Mackaye. sor
of Steele Mackaye. the actor, who poset
TO john Quincy Adams Ward for til
statue. will be read by Douglas j. Wood
n member Of the executive committee
Miss Grace George VIII give the speecf
Of Constance from king John" an
Montague Love and James Dale vii
give n jealousy scene compiled IRON
"Othollo." Robert Mantell will give tn
Grafton of Marc Antony from Julius
Cesar" There will be morris danc!n.
as in the time OF Shakespeare by eight!
school children in costume. Children
from Mrs. August Relmont's Educa
tonal Dramatic League Will give shor
scenes from Shakespeare's plays
After this celebration there Will be
dinner at the National Arts Club, wher
the guests Of honor will he the head
OF tho organizations which have takei
part in the celebration. the officials o
the temporary body in charge Of III
movement and several specially invited
guests. At this dinner permanen
organization. will be effected and com
mittee appointed 70 meet every hft
year and plan other general celebra
!, tions.
, While tho entertainments by the vart
Gus high schools Will I've interesting
notably those Of Wadleigh. Stuyvesant
Flushing. Far Rockaway, Jamaica
Newtown and Curtis, the most elao1
. rate Is the pageant prepared by the stu