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Specimen 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. 
Carlos Wilcox. 
- Bryant. 
- Montgomery. 
Mary Howitt. 
Thomas Hood. 
- W. W. Story. 
- Sarah Roberts. 
Dickens. 
Recitation — “ God Everywhere in Nature.” 
Recitation — *“ A Forest Hymn.” - 
Essay— “ Forest Trees in Illinois.” 
Recitation — * “ The Daisy.” 
Recitation—* “ The Use of Flowers.” 
Essay— “ Flowers, the Friends of Trees.” 
Recitation — “Flowers.” 
Recitation — “ The Violet.” - - - 
Song— “ To the Woodland, Awa)'! ” 
Recitation — * “ The Voice of the Grass.” 
Essay—“ Our Grasses.” 
Essay — “ Climbing Vines and Plants.” 
Recitation — *“ The Ivy Green.” 
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 Jour 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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