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Founded in 1895, it commands the support of every teacher who is interested in the newest lines of educational thought, and of every trustee who desires to keep in touch with movements for the betterment of the schools. It is not run in the interest of any special organization, of any interest or type of educational doctrine. Its field includes an optimistic support of the best class of educational uplift, both of men and measures. SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY, 1926 Price 15 Cents HOW THE WASHINGTON PROGRAM TIME: Evening. BY RUTH THOMPSON JOHN: Did you ever learn a poem to re- PLACE: Living room of John's home. Door cite on Washington's Birthday, Mother? PROPERTIES: Several chairs, a table, books, John, a school boy. Marian, a school girl. Thirteen other school boys and girls. The scene opens showing John, sitting at a table in the living room, trying to study his lessons for the next day. His mother sits near him, sewing. JOHN, rubbing his head and closing a book impatiently: Oh, Mother, it seems to me that I'll never in the wide world learn this poem. MOTHER, looking up from her sewing: What poem is it, dear? JOHN: I'll read a part of it to you so you'll get the idea. You know tomorrow's Washington's Birthday and the teacher has asked each one of us to observe the day by doing something that we have thought of ourselves. I thought a poem would be the easiest and I'm trying to learn. this. Reads in sing-song manner: "Seventeen hundred and thirty-two "For in seventeen-hundred and eighty-three MOTHER, laughing: Yes, indeed! member one that I learned years ago, very well. JOHN: Do repeat it, Mother. Maybe I'll learn it instead of this poem after all. MOTHER, laying aside her sewing and rocking back and forth: "He had a hatchet, little George, And sharp enough to cut a stick, "He hacked and whacked and whacked and hacked, This sturdy little man; He hacked a log and hacked a fence "He hacked his father's cherry tree The bark was soft, the hatchet sharp, "You know the rest. The father frowned "The boy that chopped that cherry tree Soon grew to be a youth; At work and books he hacked away And still he told the truth. "The youth became a famous man "He fought the armies that the king He battled up and down the land "For seven long years he hacked and whacked And did not come again." JOHN: Oh, that's a dandy, Mother! Mother picks up her sewing and begins to work again. Door bell rings. JOHN: There's the door bell. Oh, dear, now I never WILL get anything done. MOTHER, lays aside work and starts to the door: You stay right where you are and learn your poem and I'll answer the bell and try to keep things quiet. I really hope this will be a lesson to you, Son, to get your work done on time after this. Mother opens door as John resumes his study and is heard to repeat again and again: one. "Some in war show forth their skill, But in peace have not a place"Mother remains at door whispering to some In a moment she turns and looks at John. Then smiles, opens the door wider to admit fifteen boys and girls who file quietly in. They stand in a row. John looks up astonished as he sees his schoolmates. Mother quietly seats herself again and takes up her sewing. |