Helps for Schools for the Bicentennial They were much in vogue during Washington's time and reveal the intimate life of the common people as no other form of recreation can do. An especially popular dance for the period is the stately minuet, which was much enjoyed by Washington, and which fitly expresses the grace and dignity of the social life of that period. References are also made to phonograph records appropriate to the period wherever it has been possible to find them. To any school these records will be a welcome addition to the equipment for the music department. A. OLD-TIME MUSIC FROM WASHINGTON'S TIME 1. Songs sung in Washington's time: CONGDON MUSIC READERS. New York, C. H. Congdon, 1913. Book III. Aiken drum; I have a sixpence; Baa, baa, black sheep; A soldier s life; Hush-a-bye baby; The north wind; I saw three ships; Morning song; Kitty Malone; A riddle; Poor robin. MUSIC EDUCATION SERIES. New York, Ginn & Co., 1922. Two-Part Music: The raggle-taggle gypsies; Oh, no, John; A frog he would a-wooing go; My bonnie lass. Elementary music: Mary, Mary, quite contrary; John Brown had a little Indian. Songs of Childhood: Sleep, baby, sleep; Round and round the village; Lullaby; Jack-a-Nory; Goosey, goosey, gander; The bridge of Avignon; Bean porridge hot. Juvenile music: We'll all clap hands together; Golden slumbers. MUSIC HOUR SERIES. New York, Silver Burdette & Co., 1930, Book IV. PROGRESSIVE MUSIC SERIES. New York, Silver Burdette & Co., 1915. Book III. Past three o'clock; Seesaw; The Maypole; The huntsmen; Come, lasses and lads; Robin Goodfellow; Sing together; White sand and gray; The singers of the sea; The Lincolnshire poacher; The nightingale; Chairs to mend; Early to bed; Turn again Whittington. The Manual: The mulberry bush; The farmer; The holiday; Now, Robin, lend me thy bow; How should I your true love know; The old woman tossed up in a blanket; The farmyard. PATRIOTIC SONGS OF AMERICA, with words and music and historical sketches. Issued free by the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., Boston, Mass. Hail! Columbia. "Here is a song strictly American. The tune was com posed as a march probably during the Revolutionary War and was played at Washington's inauguration. The words were written nine years later, in 1798, by Joseph Hopkinson of Philadelphia. "This song swept the new country almost overnight and was sung in the theaters and by crowds in the streets of the larger cities, and had much to do with preserving national unity and independence of European alliances." Helps for Schools for the Bicentennial 2. Play party games in Washington's time: Social plays, Games, Old Folk Dances and Rhythmic Movements is the title of a bulletin issued by the Office of Indian Affairs which may be secured for 10 cents per copy by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. The following selections are especially recommended: (a) Singing games—words and music: Duck game; The farmer; The mulberry bush; Charley over the water; Ring around the rosy; The king of France; Old Dan Tucker; Catch the squirrel; Did you ever see a lassie; Draw a bucket of water; London bridge; The muffin man; Round and round the village; King William; The needle's eye; The farmer in the dell; Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow. (b) Marches with rhythmic steps: Grand march; Hour glass march; The arbor march; Serpentine figure; Sicilian circle; Varsuviana. Rhythmic exercises: Bean porridge hot; Shoemaker's dance; Washerwoman; Lot first Tod; Hopp more Armika. (c) Games without singing: The squirrel game; Floor tag; Animal blind man; Baste partner tag; Pebble chase; Puss in the circle; Round and round went the gallant ship; Slap catch; Skipper catch; Stage coach; Stoop tag; Whip tag; Find the ring; Old woman of the wood; Spin the platter; Thimble ring; Jack be nimble; Ruth and Jacob; Fox and geese; Going to Jerusalem; Follow chase. (d) Parlor games: Where is your letter going; Shadow portraits; The house that Jack built; My grandfather's trunk; A good fat hen; Auction; Shaking Quaker; Hunt the ring; Silent Quaker; Throwing the handkerchief; Bring back what you borrow; Spin the plate; How many miles to Babylon. B. MODERN MUSIC ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON MUSIC HOUR SERIES. Silver Burdette & Co., 221 East Twentieth Street, Chicago, Ill., 1930. Arranged by grades. Kindergarten and First Grade Teacher's Book: George Washington's birthday; Washington and the flag. First book: George Washington. Second book: A song for February. Third book: George Washington. MUSIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES. New York, Ginn & Co., 1923. Two-part music: George Washington. Intermediate music: In February. Elementary music: Washington. Juvenile music: Heroes. Introductory music: George Washington. George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Washington, D. C. (Free.) Complete book of colonial music. Father of the Land We Love. George M. Cohen. Washington Post March. John Philip Sousa. Washington and Lee Swing. (Allen.) IV. PICTURES The pictures included in this list are especially appropriate for school use. They are taken from several sources and are listed under two heads-pictures of famous persons Helps for Schools for the Bicentennial and pictures of historic places and events. The inexpensive feature of these reproductions of great portraits and historic scenes makes them of especial value in the classroom. The catalogues given in this list will be sent free to any teacher upon request and from them may be ordered those pictures that are best adapted to particular programs. The following pictures of famous persons and historic places and events are appropriate for school use and are available as listed below: 1. THE ARTEX PUBLICATIONS, Westport, Conn. Famous places: Catalogue: Architecture: Phototext juniors, size 31⁄2 by 31⁄2 inches; price $1 per 100, 2 cents singly. Arlington Amphitheatre, No. 600; Capitol at Washington, No. 601; Inde pendence Hall, No. 602; Mount Vernon, No. 607; The Lee Mansion, No. 608; Washington Monument, No. 605. 2. P. BROWN & Co., 38 Lovett Street, Beverly, Mass. Famous persons: Catalogue: Washington pictures; size 51⁄2 by 8; price 14 cents each, 100 for $1.25. Washington and his mother. Fournier. No. 1879; Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon. Rossiter. No. 88; Washington's visit to his mother. Fournier. No. 1879; Martha Washington. Stuart. No. 492; George Washington. Stuart. No. 491; George Washington. Trumbull. No. 1. Catalogue: Brown's miniature pictures; size 3 by 32; price 75 cents per 100, or 4 cent each in lots of 25 or more. George Washington. United States. No. 1m; Martha Washington. Men and Women. No. 2m; George Washington. Men and Women. No. 1m. Catalogue: Large size pictures; size 9 by 12; price, postpaid, 4 cents each. Martha Washington, portrait. Stuart. No. 0107; George Washington, portrait. Stuart. No. 0106. Catalogue: Brown's famous wall pictures; size of paper, 19 by 25; plate 14 by 18; price, 30 cents each. Martha Washington. Stuart. No. 2; George Washington. Stuart. No. 1. Martha Washington, portrait. Stuart. No. 107C; George Washington, portrait. Stuart. No. 106C. Historic places and events: Catalogue: Washington pictures; size 51⁄2 by 8; price, 14 cents each, 100 for $1.25. Arlington, Home of Custis family. No. 1737; Headquarters, New York, Jumel Mansion. No. 2066; Headquarters, Newburgh, N. Y. No. 1401; Washington Statue and Public Garden, Boston. No. 1400; Washington Monument. No. 45; Washington Elm in foliage. No. 1575; Washington Elm, Cambridge. No. 140; Statue, Public Garden, Boston. No. 2065; Tomb at Mount Vernon. No. 1728; Washington_crossing the Delaware. E. Leutze. No. 470; Washington at Trenton. Faed. No. 62; Washington's home, "Mount Vernon." No. 33. Helps for Schools for the Bicentennial Catalogue: Brown's pictures: Famous paintings of historical scenes; size 3 by 32; price 75 cents per 100, or 4 cent each. Washington crossing the Delaware. Leutz. No. 73m; Washington at Trenton. Faed. No. 72m. Catalogue: Brown's miniature pictures: Famous buildings, etc.; size 3 by 32; price 75 cents per 100, or 3/4 cent each. Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon. No. 315m; Washington's headquarters, Newburgh, N. Y. No. 313m; Washington Monument. No. 309m. 3. ELSON ART PUBLICATION Co., School Street, Boston, Mass. Photogravures. Famous persons: Catalogue: Portraits; size 9 by 12; work size 51⁄2 by 8 inches; price 20 cents each. George Washington. (Athenaeum portrait) Stuart. No. 161. Catalogue: Subjects relating to American history: Miniature, size 31⁄4 by 4 inches; price 5 cents each, 45 cents a dozen, or $3 a hundred. Concord Bridge. No. 176; The Minute man. No. 177; Mount Vernon. No. 179; Capitol at Washington. No. 180. Catalogue: John Trumbull: Miniature, size 34 by 4 inches; price 5 cents each, 45 cents a dozen, or $3 a hundred. Signing the Declaration of Independence. Trumbull. No. 192; Surrender of Burgoyne. Trumbull. No. 193; Surrender of Cornwallis. Trumbull. No. 194. 4. THE PERRY PICTURE CO., Malden Mass. Famous persons: Catalogue: Historical and geographical; size 51⁄2 by 8; price 1 cent. Washington and his mother. Fournier. No. 1416H; Washington and his family. No. 1416G; Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon. Rossiter. No. 1415. Catalogue: Distinguished people; size 51⁄2 by 8; price 1 cent. George Washington. Trumbull. No. 112B; George Washington. Rother mel. No. 112C; George Washington. Stuart. No. 112. Historic places and events: Catalogue: Historical and geographical, size 51⁄2 by 8; price 1 cent. Washington at Valley Forge. Brueckner. No. 1416F; Washington's tomb. No. 1416E; Washington equestrian statue, Boston. No. 1416D; Washington resigning his commission. No. 1416C; Washington's headquarters, Newburgh, N. Y. No. 1416B; Washington at Trenton. Faed. No. 1415; Washington crossing the Delaware. Leutze. No. 1414; Washington monument. No. 1413; Washington elm, Cambridge. No. 1412B; Lexington monument. No. 1364; Battle of Lexington. Bicknell. No.1363; Lexington Green. No. 1362; Signing of the Declaration of Independence. Trumbull. No. 1389; Surrender of Cornwallis. Trumbull. No. 1388; Battle of Bunker Hill. Trumbull. No. 1385; Boston massacre. Page. No. 1384C; Bunker Hill Monument. No. 1384. 5. THE UNIVERSITY PRINTS, Newton, Mass. Famous persons: Catalogue: Series H, American art: Standard size 8 by 51⁄2 inches, price 11⁄2 cents; miniature edition, size 51⁄2 by 4 inches, price 34 cent each. George Washington. Stuart. (Gibbs-Channing-Avery portrait.) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. No. H9; George Washington. Stuart. (Athenaeum portrait) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. No. H10; Martha Washington. Stuart. (Athenaeum portrait) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. No. H11. Helps for Schools for the Bicentennial Historic places and events: Catalogue: Series H, American art: Standard size 8 by 51⁄2 inches, price 11⁄2 cents; miniature edition, size 51⁄2 by 4 inches, price 34 cent each. Surrender of Cornwallis. Trumbull. Rotunda, Capitol, Washington. No. H16; Declaration of Independence. Trumbull. Rotunda.Capitol, Washington. No. H17. 6. EASTMAN TEACHING FILMS (INC.), Rochester, N. Y., 343 State Street. A motion picture of incidents in George Washington's life. The first with scenes actually taken inside Mount Vernon. For sale only in 16 mm. width. 7. THE HOUDON BUST OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. The Osborne Co., 759 Summer Avenue, Newark, N. J., is offering this picture for use in the schools as the most authentic portrait in sculpture made of the first president. It is mounted, ready for hanging, size 24 by 30 inches, and costs 25 cents. 8. THE FOUNDATION PRESS (INC.), Cleveland, Ohio, 501 Buckley Building. Full color reproductions of the historical paintings of J. L. G. Ferris. Washington Group: No. 14, The call of the sea; No. 18, Betsy Ross; No. 19, Before the dawn; No. 22, The news of Yorktown; No. 23, The American cincinnatus; No. 26, The day's beginning; No. 28, Washington's farewell to his mother; No. 30, Washington's inauguration at Philadelphia. V. POEMS The spirit of patriotism breathes in every line of these famous verses. Many of them, like Sir Walter Scott's My Native Land, might well be memorized by every child in America. Others, like Thomas Buchanan Read's The Rising of 1776, are among the best of our story-telling poems. The history of John Muhlenberg, the patriot-preacher of this poem, reads like a romance, and the poem itself is admirable material for dramatization. That most of them were written in an earlier time than ours does not detract from their value. They have stood the test of time and will continue to be read for the dramatic story they tell, the beauty of their phrasing, and the music of their rhythm. BRYANT'S LIBRARY OF POETRY AND SONG. New York, Fords, Howard & Hulbert. 1886. A few selections that are appropriate for recitations on school programs are given here: Allston, Washington. America to Great Britain. Bryant, William Cullen. America. Collins, William. How sleep the brave. Drake, Joseph Rodman. The American flag. Dwight, Timothy. Columbia. Key, Francis Scott. The Star-spangled banner. Longfellow, Henry W. Paul Revere's ride. McMaster, Guy Humphrey. The old continentals. Scott, Sir Walter. Breathes there a man. |