The Coconino sun., 1924-03-14

\ tion, he states they have been so inn
\ pressed with the desirability of the
4 participation of the school children
4 that they have decided to ask them
i to contribute five cents each, instead
| of a penny. Governor Austin Peav Of
/ Tennessee wrote Governor Trinkle
i that State Commissioner of Education
/ p. L. Harmed had the matter in
charge and was taking steps to bring
the matter to the attention of the
! school children Of the state. Governor
i Thomas G.. Mcleod of South Carolina
says he will be very glad to cooperate
in securing the participation of the
! school children of his state. Governor
/ William d. Denney of Delaware wrote /
| II am glad to give the movement my
/ heartiest support in Delaware and
have requested the board of public
| instruction to cooperate with you in
accordance with your suggestions
! Governor Clifford Pinchot of Penn
sylvania says he is "in hearty symp-
athy with the purposes of the move
ment" but suggests that the matter
of participation in the purchase of
Monticello by the school children be
taken up with the local authorities. |
Alabama writes: 1T is unnecessary
for me to say that / heartily endorse
the movement to establish Jefferson
Memorial at Monticello. You may
count on my sympathy and active
cooperation" Governor Thomas c.
McRae of Arkansas says he is willing
to issue proclamation to secure the |
interest Of schools. Governor iona
than M Davis of Kansas says, "The
plan outlined in your letter seems to I
be well fitted for the purpose in mind
and it has my approval" Governor
Arthur M. Hyde of Missouri writes
Governor Trinkle that "both memorial
and the plan meet with my approval I
and shall be glad to do anything
which is within the limits of my power
to assist"
Governor Percival p. Baxter of I
Maine says: "The jefferson Memorial I
is one that should interest all the (
patriotic people in the nation and | |
am handing your letter to our State
Commissioner of Education with the /
request that he do whatever he prop
erly can to interest the children of the /
state"
State and local superintendents of I
schools and educational authorities in I
all sections of the country have as
sured Governor TrinlIle and Miss
Olive M. Jones, chairman of the Pub /
lie School Division Of the Thomas
jefferson Memorial Foundation, of /
their sympathy with the movement to /
make of Monticello a national MEM /
orial and have promised the utmost
cooperation in securing the interest +
and support Of the schools.
If the example of Mr.. Ansbaeher is
followed it is probable that many of /
the pupils in the public schools of the
country will actually be at Monticello,
Jefferson's home, on April 13, the an
niversary of his birthday. Mr.. Ans
bacher, who is president of A. B. Ans
bacher & Co., dry color manufact- /
urers, of No 527 Fifth Avenue, made /
the offer in a letter to United States
Senator Royal S. Copeland, State /
Chairman for New York of the /
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Founda-
ton, in which he said:
"The suggestion that every school |
child shall donate just one penny to /
the Memorial Fund appeals to me /
with peculiar force and | unhesitat- /
ingly accord it my hearty support. It !
is not the amount of the contribution
that will count but the act of the part
icipation. Every boy and girl who
gives penny to this patriotic fund T
will feel that he and she are real |
sharers in the gift of Monticello to
the nation. They will have clear
property right in the Memorial and
in all that it stands for, and through /
these children the spirit of American |
ism-the Americanism of jefferson
will be carried afresh throughout the /
homes of America.
Il earnestly hope that the Govern
or of every state in the union and the I
school authorities of every city, vii
lage and hamlet throughout the length
and breadth of the nation will give
this splended project their full CO.
operation.
my contribution is this:
Il will undertake to act as host to
a party of so boys and girls of the
public schools of this, my home city,
on visit to Monticello on April 18th
next, the anniversary of Jefferson's /
birth. | will gladly defray the exp
enses of this trip and will make it
memorably pleasant to my little
guests, as my share toward making
Thomas Jefferson something more
than historic name among our fut-
ure citizens.
IF my proposal meets with the ap-
proval of your Board, | will ask you
to devise method of electing the
children who will join me on this
little patriotic excursion few months
hence. You may rest assured that
they will be surrounded by every care
and that this experience will instill in
their impressionable minds a clearer
understanding and lasting apprec-
cation of Thomas Jefferson, the great
champion of our liberties.
"Other men in This city, and in
many other cities, will be proud and
happy to duplicate my invitation, and
there may be rally Of young Ameri-
ca at Monticello next April that will
pave the way, if God so wills it, to a
deep and abiding revival of national
interest in the preservation of Ameri-
can ideals, which will honor the mem