Transcriber's Note Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY NOT TO BE TAKEN PERMANENTLY FROM THE SCHOOLROOM STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TRENTON Special Days and their Observance September 1919 [Illustration] APPROVED BY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION JUNE 1919 [Illustration: Liberty Bell The symbol of liberty, freedom, justice and order in the government of the United States of America] STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TRENTON Special Days and their Observance September 1919 [Illustration] APPROVED BY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION JUNE 1919 CONTENTS PAGE Foreword 7 Acknowledgments 9 Opening Exercises 11 Morning Exercises, Jennie Haver 13 Morning Exercises, Florence L. Farber 24 Opening Exercises, Louis H. Burch 27 Columbus Day, J. Cayce Morrison 33 Thanksgiving Day, Roy L. Shaffer 59 Lincoln's Birthday, Charles A. Philhower 69 Washington's Birthday, Henry W. Foster 89 Arbor Day 109 Trees and Forests, Alfred Gaskill 112 Arbor Day observed by planting Hamilton Grove, Charles A. Philhower 119 Suggestions to Teachers, K. C. Davis 121 Value of our Forests, U. S. Bureau of Education 123 Memorial Day, George C. Baker 125 Flag Day, Hannah H. Chew 141 Bibliography, Katharine B. Rogers 159 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Liberty Bell Frontispiece Columbus, "Admiral at the Helm" 51 Saint Gaudens' Lincoln 73 Gutzon Borglum's Lincoln 85 Stuart's Washington 93 Statue of Washington at West Point 103