IN GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN

 

IN GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN - A POEM

Yesterday I went roaming, 
Along with memory; 

Of all my boon companions 

The pleasantest is she; 

Whenever we walk together, 

I let her lead the way,

And back to grandmother's garden 

She took me, yesterday.

Back to the dear old garden 

I had left so long ago, 

Whose flowers seem the sweetest 

Of all the flowers that blow- 

Lilac and Rose and Lily, 

Woodbine and Eglantere, 

The dear, old fashioned flowers 

That grandmother planted there.

They nodded a cheery welcome, 

They reached out friendly hands, 

And spoke in the wordless language 

He who loves them understands; 

And so we whispered together 

Of the dear days that had fled, 

As old friends do at meeting, 

Of the living and the dead.  

They told me of grandmother's going 

Away from the dear, old home, 

To the land she used to dream of 

When her thoughts would heavenward roam; 

There were her dear ones waiting, 

Where the fadeless gardens are, 

And with love to bridge the distance,

God's world could not seem far. 

They told me how they had missed her, 

And how, each year, they gave 

Their fairest and sweetest flowers, 

To grow about her grave. 

True to their olden friendship, 

The flowers have not forgot, 

And grandmother thinks, in heaven, 

I know, of this dear old spot. 

From grandmother's dear old garden 

I brought a fragrant store- 

Lilacs and Damask Roses, 

From the bushes by the door, 

Pinks, and a faded Lily, 

Whose youth, like mine, had fled, 

And Rosemary, for remembrance 

Of the days and the friends that are dead. 

                EBEN E, REXFORD 

References:

1. Illustrated Vick's Magazine 1884

2. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANACK FOR 1868 

PEASANTS OF TOLEDO

 

PEASANTS OF TOLEDO 

TOLEDO is the ancient capital of Spain, and far more worthy, both from its grand position and magnificent buildings, of that dignity than the more modern Madrid. The inhabitants of the city and the peasants of the neighborhood are a proud race, strong and well built, with handsome countenances and dark eyes; true types of the Castilian people. They have retained too very much of the old national costume, which is by degrees disappearing in other parts. The Spanish love of bright colours would be seen in the young man and woman- probably mother and son- in our picture. He with his scarlet jacket, perhaps bound with green, yellow waistcoat, blue velveteen breeches, straw hat, and red handkerchief underneath it; instead of shoes or boots,- pieces of cloth are tied round his feet. The woman too is still more gay, her gown is of brightest yellow, her apron crimson, the handkerchief on her head green or blue, and that round her neck of various glaring colours. 
Toledo is still famous for its arms, and the manu factory which has made the Toledan blades, so renowned throughout the world, still sends forth not only weapons of warfare, but cutlery of all kinds.

 J.F.C.

References:

American Chatterbox 1882 

MAY PAPER CUTTING BORDER - MEMORIAL DAY ORNAMENTS

 

MAY PAPER CUTTING BORDER - MEMORIAL DAY ORNAMENTS

By John T. Lemos

CUT two strips 4 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches long from silhouette or dark paper. Fold into thirds, obtaining proportions, shown the diagram. Keep all edges as even, as possible. Dotted lines show folded edges. 
To start cutting, first clip a little diamond shaped hole at a given point, by making a short fold and cutting. Insert scissors at this point. 

Keep a firm hold on the paper, and turn it to meet the scissors. This will insure good results. Cut squarely up to intersections to avoid tearing. 

In the classroom, a large drawing made on the blackboard and several borders cut out by the teacher in front of the class will help make the work easy. 

Allow pupils to make two borders, selecting the best for display. Pupils should be encouraged to keep to the simple, well massed forms for cutting work. 

References:

1. NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS  MAY 1925

ACROSTIC-OUR FLAG

 

ACROSTIC- OUR FLAG 

Arranged by INEZ MCTEE 

Each child carries a letter which is held aloft while speaking, and then fastened on the breast.

O-  fold of white and scarlet! O blue field with your silver stars! May fond eyes welcome you, willing feet follow you, strong hands defend you, warm hearts cherish, you and dying lips give you their blessing! Ours by inheritance, ours by allegiance, our by affection- long may you float on the free winds of heaven the emblem of liberty, the hope of the world! 

Selected  

Up with the banner bright, 

Sprinkled with starry light, 

Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore, 

While through the sounding sky 

Loud rings the nation's cry- 

Union and Liberty! One Evermore! 

O. W. Holmes 

R ed says, "Be brave;" 

White says, "Be pure;" 

Blue says, "Be true," 

Selected 

F lag of the free hearts hope and home, 

By angel's hand to valor given; 

Thy stars have lit the welkin dome 

And all thy hues were born in heaven. 

Drake 

L et the National flag float over every schoolhouse in the country, and the exercises be such as shall press upon our youth the patri otic duties of American citizens. 

Benjamin Harrison

A song for our banner? The watchword recall 

Which gave the Republic her station; 

United we stand, divided we fall! 

It made and preserved us a nation. 

Morris  

G od bless our stars forever, 

It is liberty's refrain. 

Anon 

References:

2.4 NOV1914 MEMORIAL DAY May Thirtieth 1914 

HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE

 

HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE - POEM

By William Collins 

How sleep the brave who sink to rest 
By all their country's wishes blest! 
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, 
Returns to deck their hallowed mould, 
She there shall dress a sweeter sod 
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. 

By fairy hands their knell is rung; 

By forms unseen their dirge is sung; 

There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, 

To bless the turf that wraps their clay; 

And Freedom shall awhile repair 

To dwell a weeping hermit there. 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931

2.4 NOV1914 MEMORIAL DAY May Thirtieth 1914 

MEMORIAL DAY

 

MEMORIAL DAY - A POEM

By  Emma A. Lent 

A day of tender memory, 
A day of sacred hours, 
Of little bands of marching men, 
Of drums and flags and flowers.

A day when a great nation halts 

Its mighty, throbbing pace, 

It pays its meed of gratitude 

And love with willing grace.  

A day when battles are retold, 

And eulogies are said, 

When dirges sound and chaplains read 

The office for the dead. 

A day when fairest, sweetest blooms 

Are laid upon each grave,

And wreaths are hung on monuments, 

And banners, half-mast wave.

A day to keep from year to year 

In memory of the dead; 

Let music sound, and flowers be laid 

Upon each resting-bed.  

MATERIAL FOR AUDITORIUM AND OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931

2.4 NOV1914 MEMORIAL DAY May Thirtieth 1914 

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY

 

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY 

BY FRANCIS MILES FINCH (1827-1907)

By the flow of the inland river, 
Whence the fleets of iron have fled, 

Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, 

Asleep are the ranks of the dead; 

Under the sod and the dew 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Under the one, the Blue, 

Under the other, the Gray.  

These in the robings of glory, 

Those in the gloom of defeat, 

All with the battle-blood gory, 

In the dusk of eternity meet; 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Under the laurel, the Blue, 

Under the willow. the Gray. 

From the silence of sorrowful hours 

The desolate mourners go, 

Lovingly laden with flowers 

Alike for the friend and the foe; 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Under the roses, the Blue, 

Under the lilies, the Gray. 

So with an equal splendor 

The morning sun-rays fall, 

With a touch impartially tender, 

On the blossoms blooming for all; 

Under the sod and the dew; 

Waiting the judgment day;

Broidered with gold, the Blue, 

Mellowed with gold, the Gray. 

So when the summer calleth, 

On forest and field of grain 

With an equal murmur falleth 

The cooling drip of the rain; 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Wet with the rain, the Blue; 

Wet with the rain, the Gray. 

Sadly, but not with upbraiding, 

The generous deed was done; 

In the storm of the years that are fading, 

No braver battle was won; 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Under the blossoms, the Blue; 

Under the garlands, the Gray. 

No more shall the war-cry sever, 

Or the widening rivers be red; 

Our anger is banished forever 

When are laureled the graves of our dead! 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Love and tears, for the Blue; 

Tears and love, for the Gray. 

MATERIAL FOR AUDITORIUM AND OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931

2.THE READER THE FOCUS OF LANGUAGE TRAINING SWINTON'S FIFTH READER AND SPEAKER IVISON BLAKEMAN AND COMPANY Publishers NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 1914

CONCORD HYMN

 

CONCORD HYMN 

By Ralph Waldo Emerson 

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, 
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, 

Here once the embattled farmers stood, 

And fired the shot heard round the 

world.

The foe long since in silence slept; 

Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; 

And Time the ruined bridge has swept 

Down the dark stream which seaward 

creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream, 

We set today a votive stone. 

That memory may their deed redeem, 

When, like our sires, our sons are 

gone.   

Spirit that made those spirits dare 

To die and leave their children free 

Bid Time and Nature gently spare 

The shaft we raise to them and thee 

MATERIAL FOR AUDITORIUM AND OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931

2.THE RUSSIAN FAMINE OF 1891 AND 1892 SOME PARTICULARS OF THE RELIEF SENT TO THE DESTITUTE PEASANTS BY THE MILLERS OF AMERICA IN THE STEAMSHIP MISSOURI 084 MINNEAPOLIS THE MILLERS & MANUFACTURERS INSURANCE CO 1893

3. ROME OF TO DAY AND YESTERDAY  THE PAGAN CITY BY JOHN DENNIE LONDON & NEW YORK GP PUTNAM'S SONS LTD First English Edition November 1927 

TO THE BOYS OF AMERICA

 

TO THE BOYS OF AMERICA 

By  Theodore Roosevelt 

Of course what we have a right to expect from the American boy is that shall turn out to be a good man. Now, the chances are strong he won't be much of a man unless he is good deal of a boy. He must not be coward or a weakling, a bully, a shirk, a prig. He must work hard and hard. He must be clean-minded, clean-lived and able to hold his own under all circumstances and against comers. It is only on these conditions that he will grow into the kind of a man of whom America can really be proud. In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul, and don't shirk, but hit the hard. 

MATERIAL FOR AUDITORIUM AND OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931
2. The Triumphant Life OF Theodore Roosevelt  Citizen Statesman President ames Edited by J MARTIN MILLER The Celebrated Historian and Biographer 1904

UNION AND LIBERTY

 

UNION AND LIBERTY - POEM

By Oliver Wendell Holmes 

MATERIAL FOR AUDITORIUM AND OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

Flag of the heroes who left us their glory,
Borne through their battlefield's thun-

 der and flame,

 Blazoned in song and illumined in story.

Wave'o'er us all who inherit their fame! 

Up with our banner bright,

 Sprinkled with starry light,

Spread its fair emblems from mountain

 to shore, 

While through the sounding sky 

Loud rings the Nation's cry, 

Union and Liberty! One evermore!  

Light of our firmament, guide of our

Nation, 

Pride of her childrenm and honored afar, 

Let the wide beams of thy full constellation 

Scatter each cloud that would darken 

a star! 

* * * * * * *

Lord of the universe! Shield us and guide 

us, 

Trusting Thee always, through shadow 

and sun! 

Thou hast united us, who shall divide us! 

Keep us, Oh keep us, the MANY IN 

ONE. 

References

1.The Grade Teacher May 1931

2.The Church Household (The Baptist Union Magazine)  May 1900

The Animal Band

 

The Animal Band 

(A Good Song for Circus Time)

By MARION MITCHELL  and CHURCHILL-GRINDELL  

The Animal Band came down the street,

The morning before the show,

It made me laugh to see the Giraffe,

He blew a  big horn, you know.-

The Monkey sat on the  Elephant's back,

And jingled a tambourine,

While made rum ti tum went the big bass drum,

Round the  E1phant's neck twas seen.-

But the Grizz ly Bear in his striped suit,

Was the funniest thing in town,

He nodded, grinned, turned somersaults too,

For he was the circus clown .-

References:

The Grade Teacher June 1931

  

     

 

PROJECT- MAY WINDOW TRANSPARENCY- IKEBANA

MAY WINDOW TRANSPARENCY -IKEBANA IN THE FLAT VASE

By PHYLLIS LEATHA DARCH 

Directions:

The vase is cut on the bisymmetric plan and may follow the suggested form, or may be varied, according to the children's wishes. The flowers and leaves may be cut out on the same plan, as in Fig 1. After the flower form is cut out (Fig. 2.), the center should be cut out, leaving a narrow scalloped circle of black (Fig. 3 ).This circle should be unfolded and pasted on a square of colored tissue paper (Fig. 4). The edges are trimmed to the shape of the black outline.  

Themes: Japan, Ikebana, Civic Education, Patriotism. Geography, Month By Month Studies, Nature Studies, Flowers, Art, May

References:

Grade Teacher May 1931

BANANA POSTER

BANANA POSTER -FRUITS HAVE VITAMINS

This poster, mounted and put in conspicuous place in the classroom, prove of interest to pupils. It will serve as an interesting subject for a discussion on vitamins and fruit, may improvise a game in which one of them takes the place of the banana, and the others form a ring as the children doing in this poster.

MAY the first was made national Child Health Day by Congress in 1928. The movement was a significant one. The objective was to awaken interest in child health, and to point out definite needs of children everywhere. The World War 1914-1918 revealed for the first time the poor physical condition of the youth of our Nation, and brought the realization of a tremendous need of better child health.

Themes: Hygiene, Alimentation, Nature Studies, Month by Month, Health, Civic Education. Patriotism, Patriot

References:

THE GRADE TEACHER  May 1931 

 

Peasant Costume of Sweden

 

Peasant Costume of Sweden 

From SWEDEN

By H.W. 

Rachel Dixon 

WHATEVER else your peasant costume plates are doing for you, they are using up lots of gay paints and crayons, reds and yellows, and greens, and blues, just as bright as you can get them. Climate seems to make little difference in the brilliance of national taste. for these Swedish costumes are just gay. 

The girl in the plate is wearing a dress from Floda, Sweden. Her black skirt is embroidered in colors, and edged with scarlet. Her dark blue apron has at the side a gayly embroidered bag, and is topped by a bright girdle. Little of the red and white striped bodice shows under the scarlet embroidered shawl. All this brilliance is relieved by a white blouse and stockings, and a scarlet cap decorated with needlework tops it all.

The dress below the figure has a blue skirt with a green hem. The apron you can make very attractive by coloring the wide plain stripe scarlet, the closely barred stripe green, and the loosely barred one in blue, leaving a white stripe in between .The bag and belt are scarlet, with narrow green bodice and straps, and red and green collar. The jaunty cap made of black velvet with red seam, scarlet ends and tassels, should be perched on the back of the head.  

The lad is a bit more sober in his array, but his love of color bursts forth in gay spots. He is wearing the garb worn in Dalecarlia. The plain black vest and white shirt is set off with yellow trousers and bright garters. The suit below on the left has a dark coat with gay embroidery at the wrists, bright tie, white or light colored stockings.

The suit at the right is from Halsingland. The dark gray-blue coat and trousers have bindings of red, and the garters are gay. The red vest is bound with green, and the stockings are dark. With this costume goes a bright scarlet сар.  

Reference:

JOHN The Child's Magazine HELEN WALDO and JOHN MARTIN EDITORS 1929

HYMN TO OUR FLAG

HYMN TO OUR FLAG 

Poem by JOHN MARTIN 
Music by LOUISE AYRES GARNETT 

My flag my country's sacred flag;

Oh banner fair and free!

Brave emblem of man's human right 

To life with liberty!

Thy bluer white spread freedom's light;

Thy deep red flames and flows   

For heroes who have bled and died

Where honor's pathway goes!

God shield thy white of purity 

In honor plain and true!

God keep the glory of thy red!

God bless thy starry blue! 

The weak find find shelter i shelter in thy folds; 

The strong stand in thy light; 

The foe to freemen's heritage 

Yields to thy splendid might!

Above the battle's breaking surge, 

Wave onward to thy goal 

Till all mankind has sought and found 

His freedom-loving Soul!

Wave on, dear flag, o'er land and sea. 

Thy majesty unfurled 

To guard the cherished liberty 

Of God's advancing world! 

No tyrant's hand shall drag thee down; 

No blot that soils or mars 

Shall stain thy stripes of red and white, 

Or dim thy beaming stars! 

AMERICA , AMERICA!

Thy millions rise as on

To guard the honor of our flag, 

To see see its its mission done! 

In life or death, in peace or strife, 

Our country's flag shall be 

The starry guide to those who love 

Their land of liberty! 

Reference:

JOHN The Child's Magazine HELEN WALDO and JOHN MARTIN EDITORS 1929

OUR FLAG

OUR FLAG 

By John Martin

Decorations by Verna McCully 

RED, white, and blue; red, white, and blue;
Red for the coursing blood that flows 
For brotherhood in human hearts. 
White for the Spirit that bestows 
On all mankind a sense of God, 
The wise Creator of us all, 
Who holds the heavens in His hand 

And notes the tiny sparrow's fall.

Blue for the Mind with which to think; 

A gift to man by dear God given 

That holds our human reason close 

To man and to our God in Heaven. 

Red, white, and blue, with stripes and stars;

The Body, Spirit, and the Mind; 

The emblem of true liberty 

And equal rights of all mankind. 

OUR FLAG! It flies on many seas;

 And many peoples, reverent, 

Take to their lives the meaning of 

Its sacred purpose and intent.

It may be dumb, but still it speaks 

A ringing language that imparts 

Hope to the lost, faith to the brave, 

And Freedom's voice to human hearts. 

TS COLORS may be crude and bold, 

But glorious it is unfurled, 

And to us, far more beautiful 

Than any flag in all the world. 

In battle it has paid the debt 

We owe to others, and in peace 

Its never-failing urge to right 

And love of freedom will not cease. 

No selfish purpose shadows it; 

No greed or hard ambition mars 

The simple glory of its stripes 

Or mystic meaning of its stars. 

The numbers of its stars may change, 

But changeless is its meaning true; 

And cloudless is its purity 

As high noon sky's unclouded blue 

T stands for honor and for truth, 

And man's undying great desire 

For happiness and liberty 

By God's will reaching ever higher. 

It knows no king or creed or rule; 

It is no banner of the sword. 

Its sole allegiance is to God;

Its creed, reliance on the Lord. 

OH, Children of America, 

This sacred Flag of ours endures 

In beauty, strength, and purity, 

Through loyalty and prayers like yours. 

'Tis you whose hearts and hands shall keep 

Its purpose plain and meaning sure. 

'Tis you whose reverence and love 

Shall hold its glory always pure. 

It is your growing sense of right 

That gives you children sight to see 

How best to cherish and protect 

Our Flag of life and liberty. 

'Tis you our children, who must live 

With spirit pure and steady hand 

To keep Our Flag the emblem of 

The sacred honor of our land. 

So, rise, brave young Americans! 

Stand up and take unflinching parts 

In all that keeps Our Country's Flag 

A sacred glory in our hearts. 

Don t let a day of life go by 

Without a loving thought or prayer 

For our dear Flag and for the hearts 

That keep its meaning cherished there. 

Reference:

JOHN The Child's Magazine HELEN WALDO and JOHN MARTIN EDITORS 1929

MY OWN UNITED STATES

 MY OWN UNITED STATES - THE HYMN 

Revised Edition- New verses written at the suggestion of 
THE NATIONAL SONG SOCIETY 

Lyric by STANISLAUS STANGE 

Music by JULIAN EDWARDS

1.My native land, my country dear,

Where men are equal free;

For thee each morn new love is born, 

Sweet land of liberty.

With tears my eyes are filling fast,

Yes, tears that joy awaits, 

With love I... cry :

"For you I'd die,

 My own United States !"

Refrain

I I love ev'ry inch of her prairie, 

Each stone on her mountain's side; 

I love ev'ry drop of the water clear,

That flows in her rivers wide. 

I love e' ry tree, ev'ry blade of grass 

With in Columbia's gates!

The Queen of the earth is the land of my birth.

My own United States. 

2. From golden youth to country silver'd age,

Tho' feeble feet may lag,

With joy each heart bids age depart,   

When gazing on our flag. 

The flag that ever filling leads the van,

Whose cour age naught a bates,

The flag of youth, the you flag of truth!

My own United States!

References:

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS  May 1919

A SONG OF AMERICA

 

A SONG OF AMERICA 

By A LYNN HAROLD HOUGH  and CARRIE BULLARD 

1. America, my heart's land, 
My singing is for thee;

America, the homeland

Of raptrous liberty; 

America the glad land,

Scattering joy and song; 

America the strong land, 

Fierce battler against wrong! 

2. America, the broad land,

From East to Western sea;

America,  the highland,

Of white peaked mystery;

America, the man's land,

Strong limbed and full of pow'r;  

America, the woman's land,

Fair blooming like a flow'r! 

3.America,  the children's land,

 With mirth and merry plays;

America the old folks land,

With golden sunset days; 

America, my heart's land, 

My singing is for thee;

America, the homeland 

Of raptrous liberty! 

References:

NORMAL and PRIMARY PLANS INSTRUCTOR May 1919

 

    

May Day

 Suggestion: 

A May Day Queen may be chosen  by  the vote of the pupils. As a guide in their choice, the following verse may be tactfully brought to their attention. Then give out slips of paper, and ask pupils to write the name of the most unselfish girl in the school. The vote will generally be decisive choose the prettiest girl.

 We will not choose the prettiest girl 
To be our Queen of May; 
The wittiest, nor the brightest one 
O'er us shall not hold sway;
We'll not select the girl who wears 
Rich robes of silken sheen, 
But she who has the kindest heart 
We'll crown as our May Queen.  

References:

1. NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS  May 1918

2.THE ST NICHOLAS ALMANAC 1884

Good-will Day- May 18

 Good-will Day- May 18 

 THE only sure way to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend. We do not quarrel with people whom we understand. This is as true of nations as it is of individuals, and is the practical idea behind Good-will Day (May 18th), the anniversary of the meeting in 1899 of the first Hague Peace Conference. So for a na- tional understanding of people in other lands, we as individuals, should go out of our ordinary paths on this day to learn something about the in habitants of foreign countries. We should learn how they live, and try to understand the things that are close to their hearts, their ideals, ambitions, and hopes. No dry statistics, no formal collections of facts will give us these things. We must have humanized accounts that will make us feel that heart beat as true on one shore as on  of the other.