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OME SUGGESTIONS 



Decorate the schoolroom with flowers, branches of 

 trees and greenery if possible to secure them. Use 

 bunting, pictures of trees, birds and pretty homes to 

 cover the walls. Write or print short and appro- 

 priate Arbor Day gems on the boards. Use the flag 

 as one of your chief decorations above the platform. 

 Provide plenty of good music, if possible, and 

 give especial emphasis to poems, quotations and to 

 reports by the pupils. Arrange for one of your 

 patrons to address the school on the subject. 



The program should be long enough to admit of variety, but not so 

 long as to be wearisome. Give places upon it to all the pupils. Alter- 

 nate the recitations and readings and musical selections. 



The following suggested program is intended simply as a guide; sub- 

 stitute other numbers for the ones given; shorten, lengthen, add to or 

 take from do what you think best to make your program attractive. 

 Try to make things go with a snap and a vim. 



After you have finished with this Arbor Day Manual put it in the 

 school library with the other books of the district. It is to be kept for 

 future reference. 



A PROGRAM 



Song " The Planting Song." 



Salute to the Flag By the pupils standing and giving in concert : 

 " I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for which it 

 stands. One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." 

 Reading (a) The Origin and History of Arbor Day. 



(b) President Roosevelt's Message to the School Children of 



the United States. 

 Remarks By the Teacher. 



What Arbor Day means to pupils and patrons. Effect of the work on 

 future citizenship and progress. What has been done in the past. Needs 

 of the district to carry on work; fences; water supply; summer care; 

 paint; cooperation. See " With the Teacher" and "After Arbor Day." 



Recitation (a) "Plant a Tree." 



(6) "Our Three Favorites." 



Song of Dedication "An Arbor Day Tree." 



Dialogue (a) "The Trees and the Seasons." 

 (b) "What the Trees Teach Us." 



Essay (a) The State Flower of California. 

 (6) State and National Flowers. 



(c) What We Owe to the Trees. 



(d) Our Most Useful Trees. 



