352 ARBOR DAY 



And came not down, that Love might bring one piece 



of heaven the more? 

 Oh, pray believe that angels 

 From those blue dominions 



Brought us in their white laps down, 'twixt their 

 golden pinions. 



NEW YORK STATE PROGRAMME, 1889 



PROGRAMME 

 Caution: Do not make the programme too long. 



(This programme is intended to be merely sugges- 

 tive, and may be varied as tastes, circumstances and 

 opportunities may permit. The ingenuity of teachers 

 is relied upon to make such changes as may be 

 necessary to interest in some way all grades of 

 pupils, care being taken to make the exercises as 

 full of life as possible.) 



Suggestions: The order of recitations noted 

 below may be greatly varied. Different scholars 

 may recite one verse each of a stated poem, all 

 reciting the last verse in concert. "The Planting 

 of the Apple Tree" may appropriately be used in 

 this connection, to be followed by singing in concert, 

 " Swinging 'neath the Old Apple Tree." 



A very appropriate exercise for younger children 

 may be made under the head " Breezes from the 

 Forest," or "Voices of the Trees," in which many 

 children may take part, each pupil reciting a verse 



