PROGRAMS FOR ARBOR AND BIRD DAY 



April is a month of tree planting and of returning birds. 

 To Nebraska is due the origin of Arbor Day and to Pennsyl- 

 vania, Bird Day. Throughout the United States these two 

 days are now commonly celebrated together in the school. Of 

 late, women's clubs and other organizations are taking an ac- 

 tive interest in these special days. It is common for the gov- 

 ernor to issue a special proclamation setting the day, — or per- 

 haps one in the spring and another in the fall — and calling 

 upon the citizens to observe it in spirit and in letter. 



The usual "suggestive program" is merely a list of decla- 

 mations suitable to the occasion. A more commendable pro- 

 gram consists of the report of nature-study classes and the dem- 

 onstration of materials intended to attract birds, or of tree 

 seeds, seedlings, cuttings, bulb plants, and the like, representa- 

 tive of class work. A second part of the program should consist 

 of actual work out-of-doors in keeping with the day. Four such 

 representative programs, actual records of former celebrations 

 in a State Normal School, are here given, in the hope that thev 

 may be of service to teachers in planning for Arbor and Bird 

 Day for 19 io. 



ARBOR DAY AND BIRD DAY CELEBRATION. 

 April 22, 1904. N. I. S. N. S. 



In the Auditorium. 1:30 P. M. 



1. Song: The First Violets Normal School 



2. Reading of Gov. Yates' Proclamation Ethel Bryant 



3. Origin of Arbor Day Ruth Heath, Grade VI. 



4. How to Make Friends with the Birds Irene Ruby, Grade IV. 



5. Song: 



(a) Daffy-down-dilly 



(b) Sunbeams 



(c) Pussy Willows Primary Grades. 



6. Downy Woodpecker Mary Moore, Grade VIII. 



7. How to Transplant a Tree Carl Benson, Grade VIII. 

 S. Arbor Day Song Mixed Chorus 



On the Campus. Tree Planting. 2:15 P. M. 



1. Grade 1 Scotch Pine Song, Class 



2. Grades II and III. Snow Apple Song, Class 



3. Grades IV and V. Horse Chestnut Harry Hamilton 



4. Grade VI Russian Mulberry Clarence Morey 



