Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-05
DAILY PROGRAM

Sunday morning at sunrise the
notes of a bugle rose high and clear
in the frosty air from the vicinity of
the postoffice, ushering in American
Education Week, which is to be OBJ
served under the auspices of the
National Education Association and
the American Legion.
The reville was blown by Donald
Nichaud of Company G and as the
last note was sounded the American
flag was raised by detail of two
men of Company G in uniform. At
sunset the flag was lowered with
proper military honors with Charles
Jones and H. w. Brawn-the buglers
and a detail of two men to bring the
flag down.
This is a part of the educational
program of the week. Every one is
asked to take a part in teaching
proper respect to the flag. When the
flag is lowered. retreat" is first
sounded ONT the bugle. Then comes
ito the colQrs." At the first note of
the tugle The flag begins to come
down and the ceremony is finished
when the call is ended. 1t is during
the lowering Of the flag that those
in uniform salute the flag; all civil
ian men should remove their hats
and all women should stand at at
tcntion. 1t is requested that all
should observe these rules during the
week, while the program lasts.
Sunday was designated as Amer-
can Education Sunday and the OBJ
servance of the week was briefly
touched upon by the pastors in the
various churches.
Every day this week, Superinten-
dent of Schools William H. Patten
will furnish a brief paragraph on
some subject connected with the pro-
gram. Also there will be speakers
at the schools during the week, at
which time essays written by the
boys and girls from the fifth grades
in the city will be read. These es-
says will constitute a part of the
English studies and will be ranked
as such
Mr.. Patten's paragraph today is as
follows:
National Education week will
bring to the attention of the people
conditions in the public schools both
locally and nationally. A century of
progress and development has re-
moved much that was bad. and ad-
ded materially to the wellbei of
all the children. but so gradual has
been the process that it has passed
unnoticed in many instances. The
boy or girl so years ago often had
only dozen weeks OF school privi-
lcge in a year; school rooms were
poorly lighted and without ventila-
ton; heating was often confined to
one corner of the room; no attention
whatever was given to the health of
the child. Today the program has
been entirely changed so that even
the rural buildings are being built
over, and all the newer construction
is along hygenic plans as to lighting,
heating and ventilation. In our own
city, eight of the 10 buildings are
properly lighted and in most in
stances the ventilation is good. In
stead of instruction in arithmetic and
reading only, the chief subjects of
former times, the child is now given
a thorough drilling in general lnfor-
nation regarding the geography and
history of the nations Of the whole
world, but especially of the United
States, and regarding the duties OF
government and loyalty to country.
Now is a good time for those who
cry out for the good old times" to
visit and inspect the work being done
in our schools, and to make COMPARE
sons with the school work of their
own childhood.
The speakers for the week are:
Carl Meader at the Walnut street
Scaocl at F. NJ. Monday; Perry Mad
docks at the Pleasant street school at
A. NJ. Tuesday; Norman +. Haskell at
tho Myrtle street school Tuesday at A.
NJ. and at the Brook street school at
A. NJ. Wednesday,; James E. McMa-
: p. NJ. Wednesday: II. w. Drawn at
the South Grammar school at A. M.
Thursday: George Hurley at the Grove
street school at 9 A. NJ. Monday: DR..
John G. Towne and Walter S. Austin
at the high school at 9 A. NJ. Friday.
l'r. Towne will also speak at Coburn
and Prince 4. Drummond at Colby,
the hours to DO arranged later.
Thomas n. Weeks will speak for
the Mesons. Charles +. Jones for the
odd Fellows. Claudio Y. Strout for the
knights of Pythias, Melvin Weeks for
the Modern Woodmen. !. Clyde Murray
Tor the Knights OF Columbus, Napo-
leon Marcoux for the st. John the
baptist Society. George Hurley for
inc Elks, D F. T. Hill for the Rotary
liub DIR. Napoleon Bisson for I.'Union
Lafayette and Bernard Sawyer for the
spanish War Veterans.
Mrs. John G. Towne. who was ap-
pointed by the Auxiliary to the Ameri.
can Legion to secure women speakers
'or the various organizations, has an
Hounced the following: Mrs. Grace
Mitchell for the Pythian Sisters. Mrs
Eta Clark for the Odd Ladies, Mrs
q. +. Drummcnd to the D. A. r., Mrs
theresa Pottlc 70 the w. C. T. L., Mrs
waiter S. Austin to the Eastern Star,
Mrs. Foul Julien to the Columbus
huild and Mrs. Theresa Pott!e to the
Ladies Aid of the Methodist church.