Below is submitted a type program for the Thanksgiving Day Festival. This is suitable for fifth and sixth grade pupils. This type of program may be easily changed so that it may be rendered by pupils of the first grade or by students of the high school. Care should always be exercised that the plan of the program is easily understood by the class who renders it. Scenes should be molded to meet the needs and capacities of the grade that is to perform. The dialog or monolog should also be adapted to the ages of the pupils who are to do the acting. Below will be found a list of scenes which by thoughtful manipulation may be made to fall within the command of pupils from the kindergarten to the high school. The bibliography given will furnish much information. THANKSGIVING EXERCISES _In Charge of Grade VI_ Theme: The Harvest =Song=--"America," by the school =Prayer= =Reading=--"George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1795" =Song=--"Harvest Home," by the school =Act I.= Getting ready for seed time _Scene I._ Indians showing the Pilgrims how to plant corn _Scene II._ Resting (a camp scene) Song--"Thanksgiving Day," by the school Recitation--"Thanksgiving," by a pupil =Act II.= A corn husking bee (place, a New England barn) _Scene I._ Husking corn _Scene II._ The frolic _Scene III._ Going home Song--"Star Spangled Banner," by the school The following scenes may be made appropriate for the different grades by changing the quality and quantity of the scenery. Pantomimes are especially to be recommended for use in our school programs. Many of these scenes will lend themselves to this purpose. Hints for the preparation of these scenes may be gained from the great paintings or their reproductions. Autumn Memories The Pilgrims An Indian Camp An Indian Village Miles Standish and his Warriors The Pilgrim's Town Meeting The Pilgrims going to Church The Pilgrims Hunting The Pilgrims Fishing The Husking Bee The Dying Year Thanksgiving at Home The Harvest Home (Old English) The Country Dance The Love Scene of Priscilla and John Alden Miles Standish's Home Many Indian Scenes from Hiawatha Many Harvest Home Scenes BIBLIOGRAPHY See Bibliography at end of monograph. LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY February 12 Again thy birthday dawns, O man beloved, Dawns on the land thy blood was shed to save, And hearts of millions, by one impulse moved, Bow and fresh laurels lay upon thy grave. _Ida Vose Woodbury_ LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY CHARLES A. PHILHOWER, SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL, WESTFIELD