977,L4.E7 E74p THE PAGEANT OF ESCANADA, By F. E. KING. 4 f I i1>~ I I J N0113311 vnrnoisin NQRIO9 ii/ Ii i~).~1I I S77. q-~ J THE PAGEANT OF ESCANABA AND CORRELATED LOCAL HISTORY' BY F. E. KING SUPT. OF SCHOOLS, ESCANABA Ti PAGEANTRY is expression,-a visible manifestation of the community soul,-and not simply an exhibition. Such expression is that part of man which lives after him and binds him to the great mass of humanity. Modern pageantry aims to increase the world's store of happiness by interpreting the meaning of human life and bringing art and beauty into the minds of all the people. It serves as a measure of the forward movement of any community, and by comparisoni with vanished days, it keeps the conscience alive and compels attention to the higher ideals of today. Ye who would learn the glory of the past And form a forecast of the things to be, Give heed to this, a city's trumpet blast, And see her pictured life in pageantry. The Pageant of Escanaba is a patriotic, idealized community epic history, conceived and prepared by the Eseanaba Public Schools and presented dramatically and simply in the sunshine and on the greensward of Ludington Park and the blue waters of Bay de Nocquet. Pageantry may be considered as one of the fine arts. It promotes efficiency in the same sense as the schoolhouse does, teaching something that everyone ought to know. Knowledge 1. An address delivered at the Michigan State Teachers' Association at Grand Rapids, Nov. 2, 1917. (341) 342 342 SUPT. F. E. KING is not spread by books alone. The art, of communication assumes many forms. - A pageant is a municipal invigorant. Through it a community takes account of itself, comprehends itself more fully, can better build' ideas. The pageant is also the nursery of patriotism. Always it encourages a love of home and pride in local history and traditions. The pageant exalts the factors of business, and embalms the record of man's progres~s from darkness to light. From the sociological standpoint, the salutary influence of the pageant gives a cohesiveness to community life. Humanity is touched at many points. It tends to fuse racial elements. Its influence is toward the center, against all forces tending to pull apart. It cements the sympathies by which communities have advanced from semi-barbaric state to modern civilization and its refined influence. Likewxise, a pageant is a moral agent. It exalts labor and industry, perseverance, self-sacrifice, education and similar virtues. Local pride is stirred; it makes the whole neighborhood, for a day at least, -spruce up and put. on its best behavior. It is a constructive, progressive factor which kindles a new fire on the community hearth. Because it is cosmopolitan, broad and tolerant, it leaves a glow of pleasure that something has been done. worth while and that its helpful influence will last. The American people are becoming more and more conscious of broadening and deepening movements in their national life. The building of Panama Canals, development of marvelous railway systems, invention of electrical devices, improvement of sanitary conditions and the building of vast fortunes cannot evolve and develop the finer and more subtle modes of human action. Every child longs to act and to be like theý PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 343 great historic characters of whom he has read.. The spiritual forces demand embodiment. The pageant is the best form of dramatic action because it feeds this real and vital need of human nature. The pageant is an educating force, not only to the child-actor but to the fathers and mothers also, blending together the many warring and hostile elements into one mass, all moving impressively toward the desired consummation, a visible and tangible expression of a vital community-life. The pageant is far superior to all indoor forms of dramatic activity because it leads us away from the artificial stage with painted scenery, distorted imagination, and the glare of the footlights. The reality of the Great Out-doors under God's blue sky, under real trees, where everybody can see such scenes as Father Marquette and his party coming slowly over the water under the French flag with the white sails leading the way. Coming from their sail-boats in canoes, singing as they come, with dignity he meets the wild Indian chiefs, who come down to the shore to greet him, then solemnly plants the Cross in the midst of the Indian village, while the beautiful strains of the Te Deum fill the air and, drift over the water. The best life of the historic past should reveal itself not only in stone and marble monuments, or in manuscript. Better still the pageant, a living reproduction of flesh and blood may show us scenes and historic events belonging to a world dead and gone. Acting in such scenes the children of today may well be made to feel and live the noblest personalities of an earlier generation with their rich experiences and untiring energies. The supreme purpose of pageantry should always be to.1 344 SUMFT.. E. KING teach" loyalty not only to the General Government, but also to State and local authorities; to school and home and the higher and nob er aspirations inherent in each human soul. Never before in the world's history was there such a crying need for the cultivation of true patriotism. Every day's news shows this need, and the Public Schools must by heroic endeavor make loyal Americans who will give their lives if need be for the principles of Democracy, that government of all the people, for all the people, by all the people shall not perish, but shall extend to all nations through the influence of our own loved America. Yet, I doubt'not through the ages an increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. -Tennyson CORRELATED LOCAL HISTORY Although pioneer days ate comparatively near to our own home and generation, yet much that is valuable is rapidly disappearing in the onward sweep of the rushing flood of our resistless modern life. Wre owe it to ourselves and to the future to pause and look back occasionally to the inspiring deeds of heroic ancestors and to preserve what we may find as evidence that tiley served well their generation. That is what history is for. If the history of Egypt and Babylonia and Rome and Greece are important and should be taught in the Public Schools, why is the history of that part of the work with which we are in daily contact of less importance? We are too prone to believe that things local are unimportant. As Russell H. Conwell proved in his great lecture, there are "Acres of Diamonds" all about us. Much of genuine ~ *.~,..........................."........" " a 40,4 1 ~ eR g. PAGEANT OF ESCANABA34 345 historic interest will be uncovered by those who havea Tl to work in local fields. The Pageant of Escanaba proved not the less interesting because it tabooed fiction. Much time and care was taken to verify every fact presented. Notice that the Prologue states that the wonderful harbor of Escanaba was formed by "Nature's magic." It is a fact that thongh the largest boats on the Great Lakes have never had the least difficulty in approaching Escanaba's docks, the United States Government has never spent a dollar in improvement of the harbor here. That Escanaba is truly a Melting Pot for making Americans from many nationalities is shown by the fact that French, Swedish, Austrian, German, Russian, Japanese, Italian, Irish, Poles, N~orwvegian, Danish, Scotch, Dutch, Belgian, Hungarian and Finns are now living in Escanaba and many different languages are -daily heard on o-dr streets. By adapting the general plan to local conditions, any community can give such a Pageant. But it must be understood that such a Pageant should take many weeks of preparation. Two years before its presentation, the Escanaba schools began to give especial attention to local history. Pupils of classes in English were given assignments in groups: 1. To make thorough research of records;* 2. To gather and study local maps and pictures; 3. To interview early settlers still living; 4. To make trips to local industries; 5. To gather statistics of value, from the city library, from government and State records, and from other reliable sources; 6. To take kodak views of industries visited and of other scenes; 346 SUPT. F. E. KING 7. To prepare theses on special topics of local history based on facts gathered. This work, because of the time taken, in no way interfered with regular school duties, but aided in language and composition work because of its special interest. The best thesis prepared on each topic was preserved, placed on exhibit at the Northern State Fair, and later aided very materially in the production of the Pageant. Though all the teachers, as well as city officials and citizens in general helped in every possible way, especial credit is due Miss E. M. Griffith, head of the English Department, Miss Frances Ryan of the Music Department, and Miss Marie Snyder of the Physical Training Department for their efficient assistance. The Pageant of Escanaba was not at any time a scheme to make money. It never had entertainment with glitter and tinsel show as the purpose of its existence. It was firmly believed that Pageantry, like history, should have eternal Truth for its foundation and be builded with earnestness and sincerity. That these facts helped and in no way hindered its success was abundantly evident at the time. The daily newspaper reporter who witnessed the scene said: "The presentation was a climax worthy to crown months of patient and untiring labor on the part of children and prornoters. From the Prologue, in ringing tetrameter, delivered by Mark Bailey in the character of the Herald, to the singing of "Michigan, My Michigan" and "The Star Spangled Banner" by the twenty-five hundred children forming a great human flag, the Pageant was more than a spectacle impressive by mere numbers and hugeness,-it was an epitome of the PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 347 birth aud growth of Cloverland's metropolis, inspiring watchers and performers alike. "No more beautiful scene could be imagined than that presented by the portion of Ludington Park which was devoted to the Pageant today. From Michigan Avenue, high above the park, a bank solidly lined with humanity sloped down to the level portion of the park where side walls of evergreen trees from the woods walled off a large grassy space with a gentle slope to the Bay, which formed the background for a huge allegory of costuming, presenting every factor that has contributed to Escanaba's growth, from the Indians who formerly ruled Sand Point, and the missionary pioneers who were the first comers from the East, through pioneer and lumbering days to the combination of nationalities which were amalgamated in Escanaba's 'melting pot,' to form the present-day city. "Long before the time set for the beginning of the pageant, all roads in Escanaba led to Ludington Park. Automobiles honked their way through the crowds which poured on foot by every intersecting streetto the bay shore, and when the Prologue started the big spectacle, every available foot of space about the great outdoor stage was packed with a mass of humanity, more than ten thousand spectators, all of whom watched and listened in rapt attention throughout the afternOOn." A knowledge of the plan and purpose of this Pageant came to the State Historical Commission because the State Historical Society's meeting was held in Escanaba the same year. At the suggestion of a member of the State Commission, the writer was asked to present this topic at the recent State Teachers' Association. This article is written for the Michi 348 348 SUJPT. F. E. KING gait History Magazine at the request of its editor. If 'such publicity shall aid in securing for every school in Michigan more attention to local and State history, the author's purpose in its preparation will have been achieved. if, as all modern authorities agree, geography of foreign countries and the world in general can best be taught by first giving children proper concepts through teaching local geography, why is it not pedagogically wise and necessary to teach local history, as the logical and essential 'preparation for any pupil to become interested in and always a student of State, National and world-wide history? Does any progressive modern educator believe that local history cannot be made more profitable than much of the ancient and medieval history taught now in all schools? Is it not a grand truth that all children should be taught to know that their home, their city or town, their people, the people whom they daily meet, yes, even they themselves, have had or should have some part in the making of history. How can we better teach that much-needed lesson for the American youth of today, namely, proper respect for the aged, than by sending them to interview a pioneer who had some part in the making of the early history of their home city? From the history of my own home I have learned many facts. This one, which has been of considerable help to me in my profession, I learned in watdlfing my own children. As each caine to a certain age, all either crept or rolled for days and weeks after it could have stood erect and walked, if it had only known it could. Let some Master-of-Industry tell a group of youth how--he has seen great factories grow from humble beginnings, and perhaps because these youth have seen and talked with the PAGEANT op ESCANABA 349 men who have done such things they may more quickly come to believe in the boundless possibilities lying within the reach of their own God-given ability. Truly, this would be a consumimation devotedly to be wished. The Pageant of Escanaba can readily be adapted to almost any local condition in Michigan. It honors the pioneer, exalts labor, welcomes all -nations, changes the spii'it of "Wanderlust," Poverty, and Oppression into the spirit of Content, Prosperity, and Freedom, and enthrones the spirit of Education. Finally, ill its last synthesis, all nationalities are led by Uncle Sam and the Goddess of Liberty into one human flag, united as True Americanus, becoming stars and stripes, each individual a part of "Old Glory-"~ THE PAGEANT OF ESCANABA The Pageant of Escanaba is copyrighted. Write to Supt. F. E. King, Escanaba, Michigan, for permission to reproduce it. You can secure from him full instruction for making costumes, lists of music used throughout the Pageant, and valuable suggestions as to financial management. (351) ESCANt PINE 0 00 And ABA Here THE Stood Forests of Tall White Pine Through Winters Cold. Amid the Primeval Silence the Waters of Michiganing Lapped These Shores. The S Chippewa, the Treacherous AR Menominee of the Algonquin Tribe Here Waged Incessant Deadly Warfare; While Wolves and Bear and Deer Made it Their Home. When the Canadian Voyageur, Nicolet, in 1634, Visited These Regions, He Called the Wild Men Dwelling Here "Tribe de Noquet" for Their Totem Was the Bear or "Noke." And These Indians or "Puans" Fished in the Waters of Our Bay., PAST BUTUS DEER Their Manitou Was Pleased with the Offering of Wild Rice; and the Lights of their Camp -fires Glowed Along This Shore. RED MEN "So he journeyed westward, westward, Left the fleetest deer behind him; Left the antelope and bison; Crossed the RUSHING ESCANABA." Hiawatha-Longfellow. (352) PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 353 ESCANABA-THE PAST 1634-1830 But in time, the "Black Robes" came bearing their message of hope, At St. Martin's Island, in 1673, Father Marquette paused, with Joliet, to establish a mission, While in 1670, Father Allouez had passed through Death's Door to La Baye, And had threaded the islands which you see to the eastward. Long were the days. In the spring the Mayflowers bloomed unseen. The wild geese moved across the autumn sky. An icy path linked shore to shore. Then distant Montreal Sent forth her coureurs de bois to trade for fur, And her brave sons to win a world for France. Westward from Michilimackinac, in 1679, came Chevalier La Salle And cast the anchor on those islands at the entrance to Green Bay Which we can see on summer days, against the evening sky. And there his friend, heroic Hennepin, smoked the calumet With the brave Pottawattamie of La Baye des Puans. While for Charlevoix the air rang with the wild cries of the scalp-dance, As he paused, in 1721, on his course through the waters of Green Bay. 21 354 SUPT. F. E. KING In the great world outside the strife of kings went on. England and France contended for the Western World. But here the Puans drew forth the mighty sturgeon to his death. The Bourbon Kings of France mounted the scaffold, While Washington proclaimed the liberty of man. But here the wild life of the woods flourished and died, And the long days passed slowly, moon by moon. On Sand Point the great chief, Otchipwe, gathered his braves About him in war-dance or by council-fire, Till, one by one, the Noquette tribe lay down to rest In shallow graves, in Indian style, along this very shore. PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 355 THE INTERLUDE "The law of life For atom and for man Is change. The Spirit's strife Is this-to symbolize its plan By something new and strange. Life moves from form to form." The Manitou so spake Of Gitche Gumee's barren shore. "Awake! The time is here. The Red man shall be lord no more Of sunshine and of storm, Of forest and of flood. Awake in fear; The time is here. Behold the Pale-face With his conquering race, His Cross triumphant and his mystic lore, Enters upon his long career As Master of the Western World." The Manitou so spake. "Awake!" 356 SUPT. F. E. KING ESCANABA'S PROGRESS 1830-1916 "Yet I doubt not through the ages an increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of man are widen'd with the process of the suns." -Tennyson. ESCANABA Signifies in the Chippewa dialect A FLAT ROCK The bed of the Escanaba river is covered with these stones flat and smooth. Bef6re 1800, there were no settlements along this shore, Simply the birch-tree and black oak and maple, Or, perhaps, a solitary Indian fisherman. But in 1830, some white men drifted into Flat Rock, And they built a saw-mill there. So the forests of scrub-pine fell before the ax, And our great lumbering industry was begun. Sinclair and Ludington, in 1852, began cutting logs here; "Sand Point" they called the place jutting out Into the waters of Bay de Noquette Which in the Indian tongue is "Weyohquatonk." The first house, a log one, faced the Ludington hotel; It was built in '52, and Mr. E. P. Royce in 1854 Found a hamlet of three houses. This first log house Was torn down in 1863 to make way for the great docks. How interesting, as a relic, it would be to us now! The seven talented high school girls who wrote the Pageant Prologue and most of the spoken parts. Top row, left to right-Helen Reade, Louise Northrup, Isabel inegar, Marguerite Corcoran. Lower row, left to right-Majorie King, Alda Robb, Hazel Sha,. PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 357 But the little hamlet grew to a village of four hundred people; And in 1866 it was incorporated. In 1864, the Northwestern had built their line to Negaunee, And in the same year ore-dock No. 1 arose. That was the year, too, wre were granted a postoffice. The first ore shipped from the port of Escanaba Was sent out in 1865-about 31,000 tons! The first Christian service was held by Father Keenan in 1863; And the next summer good Father Dale from a pulpit of sand Preached in the open air down by the bay shore. A Miss Dunbar opened the first school in 1866; While the Government built our light-house the following spring. In 1867 a fire company was organized, And the Tribune, the first paper, appeared in 1869. We reached the world outside by a slow-moving stage to Menominee, Till, in 1872, the Northwestern put their line through to Green Bay, So we "went below" or "outside" at our pleasure. Even in 1871 there were only three steamers on the lake; All the rest were old-time sailing vessels. They tell us that where our modern High School Now stands was then a famous hunting ground For the vast flocks of wild pigeons That fairly darkened the sky! And that the dread forest fires built a red wall around; While dense clouds of smoke shut out the sun from view; And that in spring, the lumber jack in his gay mackinaws 358 SUPT. F. E. KING Brought to our town the life, crude and wild, Of the primitive Canadian lumber camp. But why pause longer to trace the growth of our city? IT WAS BOUND TO GROW, To become the present metropolis of Cloverland. It is now the county seat of Delta County. It has a population of 15,000 souls-or noses! Look at our fourteen churches Piercing the sky with their steeples. Look at our twelve flourishing manufacturing plants. Look at our four live newspapers. Look at our tasteful public buildingsThe Court House, the City Hall, the Carnegie Library, The Post Office, our Banks, our Hotels, our Hospitals, Our Opera Houses! Of our Schools, eight in number, we are justly proud; And of our beautiful Park along the shore on summer days; And of our cozy homes, nestled among shady trees. Then, too, our Railroads carry us east and west, north and south. The Northwestern alone has six huge docks, electric-lighted, With a capacity of 95,000 tons. Thirty vessels can load there at one time. Our coal docks are among the largest on the lake. Our Electric Traction System is unsurpassed, With a power plant capacity of 12,000horse-power. Our city has seventy miles of streets, And fifty miles of concrete side-walks. The Escanaba Manufacturing Plant is the largest of its kind in the world!...: ~.-...... *~e~ t 'e *, ~. *. PAGEANT oF ESCANABA 359 In 1915, the export of iron ore f roin this port Was 5,655,061 tons, with a value of about $22,620,224! This is the second largest iron port in the world, And our bay can carry the largest boats that float! But of the enterprise, the enthusiasm of our, citizens; Their desire to move on, ever onward towards the goal, Who can estimate that subtle quality in its power To establish "Our Town" As the "Best Town" In Northern Michigan. -E. M. Griffith. 360 360 SUPT. F. E. KING PROLOGUE, CHANT AND -OPENING PRESENTATION PERSONS Herald-Mark Bailey Father Time-Wallace Cobb Messengers-Edwin Bergman Hidden Chorus-High School Pupils Arthur Moran (Bugle call announces Herald) THE PROLOGUE Of the rushing Escanaba And the city of its borders, Skirted by the yellow sand dunes, And the pine trees softly murmuring; We will tell in song and story Scenes depi~cting both the ancient And the future. How the Indians, Puans, so they called them-lived here Many moons unknown to mankind. How they wandered, in the forests Hunting antelope and wild geese; How they fished in Bay de Nocquette's Deep blue waters. Thus these Red men Spent their carefree, happy hours On the rushing Escanaba. Peaceful, thus, they lived and flourished, Heeding not the world around them. But the white men pushing westward, HERALD AND ATTENDANTS PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 361 Hearing tales from many others Who had ventured there before them, Broke the stillness of the forest, With the ringing of their axes, And the crashing of the monarchs. Fallen thus, these stately pine trees, Never more to lift their branches To the beauty of the heavens, Soon became, by white man's prowess, Dwelling places for the-settlers On the site of Escanaba. Tales of Escanaba's future Reached the ears of those far distant; How the timber and resources Gave the promise of great riches. Railroads, then, displacing coaches, People flocked in goodly numbers. Docks they made out in the harbor Which is formed by nature's magic. Guiding weary sailors' progress Stood a light-house on the sand-bar. Mindful of their children's welfare Schools they built, and likewise churches. Thus they toiled, and grew, and flourished, Flourished in their undertakings, Till at last this humble village On the shores of Bay de Nocquette Grew into a lively cityTHE METROPOLIS OF NORTHLAND. 362 SUPT. F. E. KING Years have passed, and all is altered,Lawns of green replace the sand dunes, Fragrant flowers and shrubs abundant Where the wild brush then was growing; Once a burial place for Indians Now the home of thrifty people. Belgians, Germans, Scandinavians, French and Irish, Scotch and Russians, Austrian, English and Italians Flocked here from their native countries; Citizens of our Republic Thus were joined in one great union, Working for the common welfare. Escanaba now is noted As a melting pot of nations. "Ever onward!" is our slogan. As the years increase in number, Let us strive to keep its spirit, Busiest, best and largest city, Cloverland's most sparkling jewelEscanaba! Escanaba! Music by Band................................. Minor Herald just before Father Time appears: "Out of the mists that round thee lie, Come forth, 0 Spirit of years gone by." Father Time enters with scythe in action. PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 363 Opening Chant (Hidden Chorus) I came I know not whence-I go I know Not whither. Eye of things created ne'er Upon my coming looked, nor shall it see My passing. First and last of all things IFor I am Time. Upon the whole of things that little man Calls universe, I looked ere yet the Hand Creative wrought. I saw when Order out Of Chaos came and suns and stars were bornFor I am Time. I've seen the birth of man; seen how through strife And strain and struggle man has doffed the brute And donned the human; how with toil and tears Man rises still, and learns that he is SOULFor I am Time. Herald's Opening Presentation: (After Father Time's Chant) Ye who would learn the glory of your past And form a forecast of the things to be, Give heed to this, a city's trumpet blast, And see her pictured life in pageantry. Trumpet then signals action in Indian village. 364 SUPT. F. E. KING FIRST EPISODE-EARLIEST TIMES PERSONS Indian Bride-Beatrice Johnson Medicine Man-Hercules Primeau Chippewa Chief-George Perrin Menominee Chief-Edward Hodgkins Indian Brave-Mr. R. J. Dodge Bride's Mother-Helen Reade Indian Warriors-Eighth Grade and High School Indians, all sizes-Franklin School Indian Maiden Dance-Eighth Grade Indian Chief-Mr. L. E. Hutto Squaw with Pappoose-Marguerite Corcoran (Band plays Indian music during scene) SCENE-Forest and Chippewa Indian village, several wigwams, totem poles, skins, squaws at work, one or more carries pappoose on back; one hangs pappoose on tree, basketmaking, starting fires by rubbing sticks. Indian boys shooting with bows and arrows; more Indians appear from hunting, bring hides and furs, boasting by word and action. Chief and daughter come from largest wigwam. They talk. Indian maidens dance. A prominent brave appears, coming from a distance, stands erect, bows gravely to chief and daughter, lays presents at her feet. Brave sings solo, "Onaway, My Beloved." She brings water and food. He asks chief's con. sent to their union. Chief silently smokes and looks to daughter. She goes to young brave. (Trio from Indian music). They slowly leave together, looking backward toward the chief as they bid farewell. Herald: "Thus it is our daughters leave us, Those we love, and those who love us! PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 365 Just when they have learned to help us, When we're old and lean upon them Comes a youth with flaunting feathers With his flute of reeds, a stranger Wanders piping through the village, Beckons to the fairest maiden, And she follows where he leads her, Leaving all things for the stranger!" - (Hiawatha) Canoes with other Chippewas appear, paddling swiftly. They land and rush to the chief, crying the alarm: "The Menominees; they come, they come!" Consternation follows and Medicine Man appears. Then the ceremony of foretelling by Medicine Man the result of the coming conflict. He indicates that the fates decide in favor of awaiting the attack and defending the village rather than of going out to meet the enemy. After putting on war paint, they give the War Dance. Band Music.................."Indian Patrol" for the Dance Band plays............................ "Custer's Charge" Menominee Indians appear and attack from both water and land. Escanaba Chippewas defend successfully; charge into the water, upsetting canoes, throwing some Menominee Indians into the water, scalping some that do not escape. The victory is then celebrated withScalp Dance-Indians all dance around in large circle with long poles upraised with dangling scalps suspended from them. Burying the dead. Utensils buried with their own dead. (Accompanied by funeral music by the Band) 366 SUPT. F. E. KING SECOND EPISODE-COMING OF MISSIONARIES PERSONS Indian Squaws Chippewa Indians, Sailors, Fur Pappooses Traders, Indian Maidens Marquette-Harold Thompson Missionaries, Marquette and Party, 1673; Yacht appears coming ground the point; Indians hear distant singing of sailors. (Band plays "The Marseillaise"--French National Song) Herald: "See, there it comes, a bird, or a fish, with wings, but it swims. On its breast it bears men, white faces, black robes, and now they leave its embrace and in boats they come hither, drawn by the beauties of fair Escanaba." (Marseillaise repeated softly until Cross is planted) Gun fired from yacht as a salute. Indians cry out in excitement, discharge arrows towards oncoming boats and flee towards forest shelter. Marquette and party extend arms and otherwise express friendliness. Marquette and party land, break arrows, giving gifts of gay cloth, beads, medals, etc. Party sets up Cross. Chief and other Indians bury hatchet. Break arrows, throw down bows. As Cross is planted, Marquette comes forth and speaks: PAGEANT OFrESCANABA 367" Marquette: I come to discover and heal. I bring the Cross, To feed new tribes with its fire! For the fire I bring bnrns not,, But heals the burning; And the rod I bring is a shepherd's, And the lillies he sends are white. Here in the days to come, Many shall find a home, All nations come from afar, To build the city Escanaba. Missionaries' chant to Indians an impressive scene, astonishing and soothing them. Indians bring corn and dog flesh, etc. Whites accept other food, refuse dog flesh. Indians listen to message. Interpreters explain message of Christianity to them. Whites and Indians minigle freely. White fur-traders bargain with Indians. Tom-tom and clarinets. Young Indians dance while older ones talk, trade, show trinkets and eat together. (Song of the I1obin lDance.) Herald enters and speaks: "'Lo, the Cross of Christ, the token Comes and weapons now are broken. White with gown and Red with feather Learn in peace to live together. Gradually fierce tribes are won From war, and cities are begun. Trade in furs strengthens alliance, Together they bid all foes defiance, Finding when war alarms did cease Profitable for all are times of peace." 368 SU IT. F. E. KING THIRD EPISODE-EARLY SETTLERS PERSONS School Teacher-Louise Northrup; Surveyors, Woodmen, Indian Maidens, White Maidens, School Children, Carpenters, Indians, Tracklayers. (Indians still on scene. Enter white men from North with packs on backs, dressed in mackinaws; begin to survey for railroads and locate city) TRIBUTE TO THE NOBILITY OF LABOR Herald: Behold Escanaba now is teeming with labor. Labor-the comrade of fame and of glory. Listen!-the axes ring loud round about us, Swung by these men who are proud of their toiling. Hewing a clearing and homes for their loved ones. Labor shall ever be virtuous and honored; Scorn it not idly, ye men of light thinking. Who but the workman achieves all that's worthy? Is it not labor that brings us good fortune? Adding its blessings with each daily task. Idleness brings not the sought-for contentment. Through toil-and toil only-may all obtain peace. (Follow crews who begin lumbering operations-cut trees, use saws and axes, place great kettle over fire before camp, typical lumbering operations) As work goes on, enter white maidens in background, slowly. Music-"Oh, Tell Me, Pretty Maiden".........from Florodora (Men lay down implements to watch. Indians begin to leave, slowly mnoving away through forests or down to canoes, SCENES FROM FIRST EPISODE ONE OF MANY TEPEES SHOWING INDIAN HOME LIFE MEDICINE MAN IN HOME-MiADE COSTUME The Indian Maiden dance typifies Indian life, showing various actions common to the Indian, such as first, the flame movement, imitating the flames of the Indian campfire; listening for sounds on the trail; stalking the deer; paddling the canoe; advancing toward and retreating from the enemy with bow and arrow, and at last gaining confidence to attack and ending with a leap over the fire. SECOND EPISODE LANDING OF MARQUETTE AND PARTY -MARQUETTE PLANTS TRE CROSS, WHILE INDIANS SOOTHED BY THE BEAUTIFUL STRAINS OF THE TE DEUM MINGLE WITH FUR TRADERS AND LISTEN THIRD EPISODE A CONTRAST DANCE between Indian Girls and White Maidens; while many forms of labor are in progress, tepees are removed and all traces of Indian life vanish. ONLY A GLIMPSE OF LABOR SCENES R. R. building and felling trees; just out of view a school house is being built, tbe stage being too large for the small scenes. FOURTH EPISODE iMii SPIRIT OF ESCANABA ENTHRONED WELCOMES ALL NATIONALITIES Spirits of Truth, Freedom, Industry, DaringIHospitality and Prosperity enga~ge in a Figure Dance. ~a~f~~1~e~! /~1~2C~ ~4~i~~; IP~?; ~'";*~~is ~i ~I~II rS~p~: `Tg 52, 'i"S~ ~ r. ~ma P MANY NATIONALITIES SWARMLT UPON THE SCENE FOURTH EPISODE PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF SMALL GROUPS ONLY FROM 75 TO 100 EACH OF FIFTEEN NATIONALITIES )A ~E Q ALL IN HOTME-TMADE COSTUTMES FOURTH EPISODE:~:~~1~Rr lil~ Ip I ~"6g yc-~ f I,: ~ r ~lO~r~C~ $ GAVE FOLK DANCES AND SANG THEIR NATIONAL SONGS CHILDREN OF FRENCH OR SWEDISH OR IRISH DESCENT ACTED AS GERMAN, ITALIAN OR SCOTCH, AND VICE-VERSA FOURTH EPISODE PART OF ONE OF FIFTEEN GROUPS ALL GROUPS GAVE FOLK-SONG OR FOLK-DANCE FIFTH EPISODE ORDINA CE. OF 1787 -71~F~ AARME ALL NATIONALITIES BECOM~E AMERICAN - ~-~ uc ~~~i ~?.: I;:l~~~:>--p~g;b~P~~i -iC':~ I`: I ~: ~IC ~:'?i ).....( ~i.~,:i, h: ~;~,V -~-~- erjt ~~ ":Si " r~~I "P1~-~-h~,~S~p~: i;~ ~p~p~ hX~:~ -Ct,~~ I) HUMAN FLAG 46 x 75 feet. 2500 pupils of all grades. Band plays and all sing "Mfichigan, My Michigan" and 'Star Spangled Banner." PAGErANT OF ESCANABA.369 but Indian maidens linger on one side. Scene of contrasted dances of Indian and white maids at sides in the background, with Indian maidens at last departing, one by one. White maidens scatter) (Woodsmen leave as surveyors begin work on platting of town site. Erection of school house follows. No break in work, one merging into the other) Children come trooping from woods at call of hand bell. Band Plays..............................."ISchool Days" Teacher in front of school, tableau of children in sun bonnets, stiff starched skirts, etc., playing over grass in front of school, swings, teeters, ball games, etc. At call of teacher, children enter building. Herald speaks: THE PIONEERS See the trail of the Pioneers Blaze with desire and danger and hope. Then there were forests to fell; Fields to clear and to sow; Floods to span, mines to shaft; Wives to win (hard job, that, For the rough pioneer, with little To offer of comfort). Cities to 'stablish and schools to Maintain, and all this they did well, And today we are proud That they laid the foundation And builded so well The Fair City of Escanaba. Band Plays......................... "Auld Lang Syne" 23 370 STUPT. F. E. KING PRELIMINARY TO FOURTH EPISODE Herald: THE MELTING POT From the lands across the waters, To our shores so rich and bright, Fleeing their despotic rulers Foreigners come in many hundreds, Seeking freedom from oppression. Pioneers in this new country, Sturdy men from many nations, Settle down in homelike cabins Rudely hewn from pines and maples. Thinking of their children's future, Schools they built to teach their off-spring All the rudiments of learning. And because all work together, Respect the rights of one another, Side by side recite in common, All these things make better patriots. Gifts were made by every nation Of the foremost traits among them. First there came the smiles of France, Then there came the NTorthmen's daring, Followed by the German's thriff; Then came Russia with her emblemTruth of purpose-steadfast-firm; Ireland's trait of ready wit, PAGEANT OP ESCANABA 371 Merged at last in this great country. Equal all before the law, Come from schools as melting potAmerican citizens-strong and noble; Thus the school performs its mission. 372 SUPT. F. E. KING FOURTH EPISODE-COMING OF NATIONALTIES PERSONS Spirit of Hospitality-Naomi Syverson Spirit of Escanaba-Esther Baldwin Spirit of Wanderlust-Content-Marie Gallagher Spirit of Oppression (Freedom) -Bessie Chiplovitz Spirit of Poverty-Prosperity-Eva Flemstrom Russian Group-Franklin School Swedish Group-Washington School French Group-Barr School Scotch Group-High School English Group-Washington School Hungarian Group-Webster School Spirit of Industry-Leta Shaw Spirit of Oppression-FreedomSpirit of Daring (Norwegian)-Agnes Grant Spirit of Truth (Russian)-Kathleen Turner Spirit of Diplomacy (Japanese) -Kathleen O'Brien Dutch Group-Webster School Japanese Group-Washington School Norwegian Group-Jefferson School Irish Group-High School Italian Group-Barr School Swiss Group-Jefferson School German Group-Barr School (Spirit of Escanaba sits enthroned, Hospitality near her) Hospitality addresses the Spirit of Escanaba: Hospitality: It has been whispered among the spirits that many people from foreign lands have sought our shores. This is indeed good news, for much have we to offer them. Welcome are they to our land and to this great State. Here in this city will they make their homes. (Meantime groups of people enter-French, Swedish, Irish, Dutch and Scotch. Hospitality goes forth to meet them) PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 373 Hospitality: Greetings to you, fair strangers; make merry among yourselves that the spirits may know you rejoice in coming, and delight in what you have found here. (Dances--Nationalities in succession, each retiring to background. Spirit of Wanderlust enters, haggard and tired; following her are Poverty and Oppression. (Wanderers song is sung) Wanderlust to Escanaba: In foreign lands were these people discomforted. Oppression and Poverty bore hard upon them. My spirit possessed them and led them to wander. Long have they roamed from land to land. Growing weary of us, they bid us depart, and now seek shelter and homes in your fair city. Hospitality: Welcome are they to our city. (Turns to Wanderlust.) But why do ye depart? Can ye not cast off these outer garments of weary search, of Poverty and Oppression, and become spirits of Content, of Prosperity, and of Freedom? Wanderlust: Ah, this is hope indeed. Let us try. (The three spirits drop cloaks and appear as beautiful spirits in robes of white and gold. Wanderlust speaks again) Wanderlust: I am the Spirit of Content; my people, behold Prosperity and Freedom. Sing and rejoice. (Italians, English, Swiss, Hungarians sing while the three spirits, Content, Prosperity and Freedom dance in background. All retire) Spirit of Escanaba speaks: 374 374 ~Sumir F. E. KING Escanaba: (Norwegians, Russians, Germans and Japs are seen in distance approaching.) Much have these people brought me, much has this city been enriched by their coming. Yet much more do we need. See these people in the distance. May it not be that they bring what we wish? (Calls.) Escanaba needs the Spirit of Thrift, of Industry and Efficiency. If this spirit is among you, let her come f orth. (Spirit of the Germans enters, running; bows to Escanaba and is followed by German people) Escanaba: Escanaba needs the Spirit of Diplomacy-if she is to be found am-ong you, let her come forth. (Enter Spirit of Japs, which does as German Spirit) Escanaba: Escanaba needs the Spirit of Strength, of Daring, the Spirit of the Viking. (Enter Spirit of Norwegians, whicli repeats same -as German and Jap) Escanaba: Escanaba needs the Spirit of Truth, that spirit that will make men die for a principle. (Enter Spirit of Russia, followed by her people. The four spirits join hands and give a pretty spirit dance. They form a figure, with the Germans, Russians, Japs and Norwegians in. the background) Herald: (Speaks preparatory to next Episode: So behold these many nations, Joined here thus, for one great purpose, Seeking shelter from oppression, Come, at last to our f air city. PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 375 And forgetful of their home-land, Now we find them 'round about us, Firmly linked in strong allegiance To our country and our emblem, Merged in this great powerful nation, Loyal now, and ever shall be. 376 SUPT. F. E. KING FIFTH EPISODE (All Nationalities Become Americans) PERSONS Uncle Sam-Carroll Rushton Spirit of Education-Majorie King Goddess of Liberty-Isabel Winegar Human Flag-2,500 Pupils from all Schools Enter Uncle Sam and Goddess of Liberty. Uncle Sam, holding aloft banner marked "Ordinance of 1787," says: "Religion, Morality and Knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, SCHOOLS and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." Enter Spirit of Education. Uncle Sam and Goddess of Liberty welcome her and crown her with wreaths of flowers. She sits enthroned while representatives of nations and industries come and pay homage to her. Joining hands they circle around her. Spirit of Education says: God has made of one blood all nations of men, and we are his children, brothers and sisters ALL. We are citizens of these United States, and our flag stands for self-sacrifice for the good of all the people. To be true citizens of our great country, we miust show our love for her by our works. Our PAGEANT oF ESCANABA37 377.country ask us not only to die for her; she asks us to live for her, and so to live, and so to act that her government may be pure, her officers honest, and every part of her territory filled with true patriots. Uncle Sam says: Let us then speed the day when oppression shall cease, And everyN-one live as a friend and a neighbor, Education be crowned with the fair flowers of peace, And hand clasping hand in the Kingdom of Labor. Though it seems far away, let us toil as we pray; Let us sing as we march toward the dawn of that day When the banners of freedom shall all be unfurled, And the sun shall arise on the peace of the world. Band plays...................................... March All pupils form human flag. Band plays 'and all sing "Michigan, My Michiga-n" and "Star Spangled Banner." 378 SUPT. F. E. KING BAND AND VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM The Band Program of Music for the Pageant includes: -FIRST EPISODE-- Indian Muisic; Indian Dance; Tomahawk Dance, Herman; Indian War Funeral March, Chopin Dance, Bellstedt; Death of Custer, Johnson -SECOND EPISODEMarseillaise............................. French National Song -THIRD EPISODEO Tell Me, Pretty Maiden, Florodora Colonial Gavotte School Days Auld Lang Syne -FOURTH EPISODEGhost Dance, Salisbury; French Reel; Bleking Dance; Irish. Lilt; Dutch Costume Dance; Morning Mood; Peer Gynt Suite, Grieg; Highland Fling -FIFTH EPISODEMarch Star Spangled Banner Michigan, My Michigan VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM Prologue-Chant-"I Am Time".................. High School Chorus First Episode-"Onaway, Awake"...................Mr. R. J. Dodge Second Episode--"Sailors' Chorus" Chant-"TeDeum" Fourth Episode-"Wanderers' Good Night Song"..High School Chorus Hungarian National' Song...........Webster School English May Pole Song.........Washington School Swiss Yodle Song................. Jefferson School Santa Lucia.......................... Barr School Fifth Episode-Star Spangled Banner......Entire School and Band Michigan, My Michigan.......Entire School and Band All the music numbers have been carefully selected so that they are in keeping with the spirit of the Pageant throughout and will prove a feature of the Pageant program. PAGEANT OF ESCANABA 379 DANCES The Highland Fling, as Scotch as the thistle itself, has been trod by Highland chiefs in victories dear to memory to the accompaniment of the strathspey or bagpipe. The Irish Lilt expresses by its rhythmic music of the foot the happy, carefree disposition and true Hibernian wit of the Irish. In the "Contrast Dance" the Indians are represented as reigning supreme over all they survey until' white settlers approach, who in optimistic egoism sue for the friendship and good will of the Indians. The Indians, at first repulsing them, are finally won by the friendly advances of the whites, who take advantage of their privileges-and eventually crowd the Indians out of their possessions. The four spirits symbolizing Truth, Industry, Daring, and Diplomacy, express themselves in interpretive dance until they are surrounded by people of the four nationalities,-Russian, German, Norwegian and Japanese,-of which they are respectively characteristic. The Swedish "Bleking" is gay and energetic, the movements forceful and vigorous. The pantomimic expression of the first part is playful resistance; of the second, joyful success. The Norwegian dance, like the Swedish, is full of life. The dance expresses typical mountain life, showing the guide leading a couple up the mountain side. The Costume dance is characteristic of the Dutch; slow, yet showing strength. The Indian Maiden dance typifies Indian life, showing various actions common to the Indian, such as first, the flame movement, imitating the flames of the Indian campfire; listening for sounds on the trail; stalking the deer; paddling the canoe; advancing toward and retreating from the enemy with bow and arrow, and at last gaining confidence to attack and ending with a leap over the fire. 380 380'SUPT. F. E. KING. SONG OF THE ROBIN An Interpretive Dance by CATHERINE M. CLARK (White Child) Assisted by RUTH R0CHE (Indian Child) Introduction(a) Robin discovered. (b) Child delighted by song. 1. (a) Child tries to follow flight from tree to tree. (b) Bird cannot be found; disappointment shown. 2. Listening to song and dancing for joy of it. 3. Robin hops about on ground; child plays with it and tries to catch it. 4. Child dances to please robin and appeals to it to sing again. InterludeIndian Child appeals to robin to sing. 5. (a) Bird begins flight; White Child, begins to dance again, hoping to make him stay. (b) Both children follow its flight. Postlude(a) White Child tells Indian Child robin will not sing; is going. (b) Indian Child entreats White Child to dance again. (c) White Child says it is no use to dance. (d Both watch it fly away. (e) Farewell to vanishing robin. 1/or/ IPHLET BINDER Syracuse, N. Y. Stockton. C,, C Vl,