Show 80 THEY PLANTED tiie trees on alie school grounds DAY A giong procession of child ren ceremonies at the several schools eight hundred strong headed by the enterprise band marched the school children of the several districts of provo yesterday morning arbor day as an noan ced brought out the immense army of little ones and the crowds of eager spectators that thronged thron ged the streets ahe morning was serenely calm and the sight of the parade was grand to witness promptly at 10 the children from the various districts under the management of their teachers marched to the court house square and formed in file of twos divided into divisions of which teachers were commanders every child large and small wore a neat boquet of red and white emblematic of free school education and in their hands they carried a wand with the aade colors neatly braided around the rod which they used to measure the proper distances apart in the procession heading the procession ware fifth reader and gram mar grades bearing an elegant banner with the inscription DAY he who plants a tree plants hope an d on the other side aanon DAY she who plants a treo plants hope never on babool occasions was there greater zeal and precision exhibited in than on this occasion occa Bion every teacher and pupil entered wholly into the occasion and success crowned their efforts master giles with ans tune and cutaway swallow fork the big guns and gen challed the small machinery as in the branks the clanking of spades shovels and hoes gave signal that an engagement was at hand some carried trees as they marched but none were sour apple trees nor innocent cherry sapling no weeping willows nor sun flower trees alie procession about a half mile long marched around one block retired to the court house square and engaged in a cale drill and songs after which each school ward returned to its house aad criag ed in alie ceremonies of planting and naming the trees in the mayor booth sup er wilson Professor Brimhall professor giles and various other friends of education figured prominently HOUSE at 11 a m alie central school was the principal point of attraction where hundreds of people had gathered to wit ness the erand formal ceremonies the large recitation roum on the north wai crowded to overflowing and in a few moments the choir rian a selection and the following announcement was read by one of the pupils we the representatives of the school children of the united states meet today to do our share toward making our country moe mo e beautiful and fertile A treeless yard or street is unsightly and desolate dea and how much more so is a whole district or city without trees believing that the wholesale destruction of trees is an injury to our land and wishing to make the place where we live more beautiful we now ones cut down by new thrifty and aig orous youths after the adoption of the foregoing a verse of an original poem written for the occasion waa recited most pleasingly sir brimhall then prevented a beautiful oil painting from mrs jane bee jones to the school it represents greys elegy in a country church yard and is presented to the school by mrs jones written on the black board were the following verses a parody Woodman on spare the tree these young and tender brzes may grow and bend on high to our breeza the joy of passers by their tender roots shall sink far downan freedoms soil and moisture there shall drink As emblems of hard toil lt the future girl or boy will seek their grateful shade in all their gushing joy play where we have played an age will wander by and vow with joy and pride through recollections recollect ious eye ane scheme to day weve tried public spare these trees harm neither branch nor brough no horse tie to them please no cattle let them bruise today to day with youthful hand they replanted we on this spot there stranger let them stand and well neglect them not neit came the tree planting and as prof gi lea struck up a lively march the several departments marched out in order charts and firt readers to the side of the yard the second readers to the west side the third readers to the east side and the fifth reader and grammer grade to the south each department had ita pro gramme and ceremony and under the dictation of its teacher proceeded at once to the ceremonies of planting the trees there were about trees planted at the central school half poplar and half white aaa the latter were planted on the inside and the poplar on the outside of the fence at tho treo the students formed in a semicircle semi circle and the officiating pupil announced th name of the tree after a abort biography ot the author whose name the tree bore was given besides t e reciting verses and fittane senti ments arm the life of the author eleven trees were planted on the inside of the south front the fiert one and the arand opening ceremonies was just to alie left entrance as we pass to ahe vestibule ot the thain building socrates was announced and to the eter living memory of the great philosopher who taught his cupil in the under the shade of tree atvas planted the first tree proceeding to ano wast next in order was lafavette third fourth longfellow fifth sir isaac newton with the story of tho apple and the law of gravitation sixth alfred tennyson the poet of fields and flowers and seventh emma abbott whose silver voice and tender heart had cheered the lives of millions this completed the work on the south front from the centea entrance to the west gate where stand amma abbott to greetha gre on the sunset aide and sing sweet songs to us in the afternoon 0 life f commencing at the again on the eart aa we enter stands harriet B stowe author of uncle toms cabin and for her companion on the west stands socrates Socrat ea and as we enter we will see either uncle toms cabin and fie 0 i of the slaves or the gardens of the academia and the bean ties of althema on the left second was eliza R snow third thomas grey and fourth professor barnum alie great naturalist and show man who has just died this brings us to the southeast corner to the entrance from the east and just north as we enter stands george washington on the right and barnum on the left on the east side going north stands abraham lincoln s in order general sherman third alice and phoebe gary fourth and fifth the of arbor day sixth william cullen bryant seventh general sheridan eighth walter campbell ninth and last brigham young in honor of liis pioneering hs i complete list cf the names of the trees and the proceedings of the day will be placid on record and kept as a piece of the school and in the next term the names and biographies of the authors will be studied bv the pupils EO that in all arbor day will be looked to with as much pride by the school children as any other holiday in all the affair was a grand success and parent should have missed witnessing the grand ceremonies of arbor day the public owe much to the energetic work of the teachers for the untiring zeal thoy have manifested in the inauguration of such a memorable event AT school there were trees planted bythe children at the east school representing illustrious personages aa followay fol lowa george washing ton miss pearl snow william shakespeare willie samuelson Samu alson longfellow miss amelia walter scott miss olivo pratt milton milton jones william tell Reeda trong will 0 bryant albert knudsen america edna peck robert fulton eddie farrer james watt warren strong eli whitney master bodnev christopher columbus don He danburg ralph waldo embr son fyne berg U S grant joseph daniel general jackson henry howard grover cleveland francis billings william nenn Estel laGray benjamin franklyn flora berg abraham lincoln allie smoot daniel webster willie jones james garfield loren dusenberry henry clay erna annn queen isabella of spain henry berg emma abbott via nelson ton irvine leo thurman horace gresly elmer peck henry ward beecher pearl daniels guttenberg Te eneBerg alfred tennyson alfred johnson G P morris author of woodland spare the tree R eliza cook E snow mrs demana stella thomas harriet beecher stow i J at the beginning of the services the entire school sang beautify the playground when the george washington tree was planted the school sang always speak the truth and when tho america tree was planted mv country of thee was sung As each tree was planted one of the scholars delivered a neat little speech or sentiment the proceedings interspersed with appropriate songs and recitations SCHOOL the following is the west school list of trees planted henry W longfellow mamie wilkins columbus may jones daniel webster mary wilkins america nellie bonss general braddock mag eie wilkins george cherry tree sidney whitehead george washington benny bullock samson bern walton captain john smith ellen olson napoleon wilbord C george pearl loveless pocahontas clizzie beesley benns treaty treo effie lovelest Lovele sj king charles II 11 millie hansen william champlain ettie stewart marquette millie nelson henry M stanley jessie render bancroft ruby holdaway ella kirkwood kirk wood F lesley sadie johnson queen anne may birch shakespeare isabella stevenson roger williams dina thatcher As at the other schools speeches and sentiments went with the planting of each tree A neat speech wag made at the beginning at the exercises bv miss lulu singleton |