ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 



gpedmen programs. 



SPECIMEN PROGRAM. 



Selections marked thus * are given in this volume. See Index. 



Song *" Forest Song." - W. H. Venable. 



Reading of the Governor's Proclamation by the clerk of the district. 



Recitation " God Everywhere in Nature." - Carlos Wilcox. 



Recitation *" A Forest Hymn." - - Bryant. 



Essay " Forest Trees in Illinois." - 



Recitation *" The Daisy." - Montgomery. 



Recitation *" The Use of Flowers." - Mary Howitt. 



Essay "Flowers, the Friends of Trees." 



Recitation "Flowers." - - Thomas Hood. 



Recitation "The Violet." - - W. W. Story. 



Song " To the Woodland, Away !" - 



Recitation * " The Voice of the Grass." - Sarah Roberts. 



Essay " Our Grasses." 



Essay " Climbing Vines and Plants." - - - 



Recitation * ' The Ivy Green." - Dickens. 



Song *" Woodman, Spare that Tree." 



Essay " The Beauty of Trees." - - - ' 



Recitation *" The Primeval Forest." - - Longfellow's Evangeline. 



Essay "Historic Willows." (Suggestions: "Arnold's Willow," opposite West 

 Point ; " Gates' Willow," New York City ; "Alex. Pope's Willow," Twickenham.) 



Essay "Historic Oaks." (Suggestions: "The Big Tree" at Geneseo. N. Y.; 

 " The Charter Oak," at Hartford, Connecticut.) 



Song " Come to the Greenwood." 



Recitation * " The Tree." . Jones Very. 



Essay " Liberty Elms." (Suggestions : " Old Liberty Elm," Boston ; " Washing- 

 ton Elm," Cambridge ; " Penn's Elm," Philadelphia.) 



Essay " My Favorite Tree is the Elm." Discussion upon this essay by four others, 

 presenting their favorites in the Oak, Sycamore, Beech, and Poplar. 



Address " The School-house a Home, and Our Duty to Beautify It." By the teacher 

 or one of the parents. 



Song " America." 



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