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Show SEPTEMBER 17 i CONSTITUTION DAY . i Mabey Issues Proclama- ' tion Calling for Statewide State-wide Observance Governor Charl R. Mby hu Issued ft, proclamation (snatinff Monday, fteptrnibtr 17, aa "Conatl-tutlon "Conatl-tutlon day thin being the lMth anniversary of I ha adoption of tha I federal constitution, and thta day will ba observed as auch by various vari-ous patriotic, political and civic organisations or-ganisations In this city. U. N. Child, superintendent of the Bait Lake schools, haa laauad an order to all hia tear here directing that during; the entire week beglnnlna? RpntamW 17 t Hm rnntl lint Inn Km their proffered services. Let us sea that every school under our supervision participates to the fullest full-est extent on this patriotic occasion." made a subject of special . study, and the recently organised American Amer-ican party will celebrate with meetings now being arranged for various places In the city, according accord-ing to an announcement made today to-day by Henry C. Allen, speaking tor that party. The program for the week pre-rf pre-rf by the tftrerr-cen Bar asao elation requests the ministers of each city to preach a sermon on Sunday, September It, on the first amendment to the constitution, using as a text: "Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set." (Proverbs 22:.S.) The program also cslls for special study in the schools for each day In the week and suggests a community, parade or pageant on Saturday, , September 21. to enforce the lesson les-son a learned during the week. LETTER SENT OUT. tr. C. N. Jensen, state superintendent superin-tendent of public Instruction, sent a letter today to the several county superintendents In the state, citing the proclamation of -the governor and saying: "The week beginning September If has been designated Constitution week, at which time the schools are Invited to play their part In the proper observance of the occasion. One hundred thirty -si ir. years will then have passed since the completion comple-tion and signing of the constitution, constitu-tion, which was one of the greatest events of our national history a. well as one of the moat Important event in the history of the world. EVENT SIGNIFICANT. "Let tbe significance of the event be portrayed with reverence and with all possible meaning to the minds and heart a of the children. By means of special emphasis In history and civics . claasea, by means of essays, dramatisations, lectures and otherwise, let the chil-i chil-i dren come Into a fuller underatsnd-Ing underatsnd-Ing and appreciation of the far reaching Importance of the constitution, consti-tution, and of the glorious history it has made possible. "Members of the Bar association, members of the Amerlren legion and other petrioUo cUlsens will hold themselves in readiness to par tlclpate In the exercises of Const!-tulion Const!-tulion week. Let us make use of |