Show COLUMBIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL celebration BOMB gomz months ago 7 he youths com panion ning and other eastern educational journals suggested that columbus day october 12 1892 the anniversary of the discovery of this continent be marked by a public school demonstration the worlds world congress auxiliary of the columbian Irk position followed with a request that the day be celebrated systematically throughout the country and suggested that the publio public schools lead in each cach local celebration the department of superintendence of the national education association at its annual meeting last february endorsed the proposed scheme and appointed the state stafe superintendents of education as a general committee to lead the celebration in their several states an executive committee was also elected to prepare a uniform pro gramme for use in every locality in the republic and to take direct charge of the movement the ines message sage of this committee to the public schools will be found in another column on september let the official pro gramme will be published uniform for all localities teachers should therefore begin at once to awaken public opinion on this matter school boards teachers teach era organizational tiona and other educational bodies bodice should give this question immediate attention it la in a wise commendable and patriotic performance independent of the educational e effect it will have on the minds of young pupils the cha irman of the executive committee I 1 if fran Frand jr bellamy the youths Comp anwA building doston man ma he will be happy to forward all particulars to any applicant interested in the movement |