Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1907 — Why We Had It. [ARTICLE]

Why We Had It.

In a public school in the Bronx • principal asked for answers to the question, “Why does the President appoint a day for general thanksgiving?" Here are some of the answers actually turned in: “Because Columbus discovered America.” ■- “Because the President always gets a ttf&rey.” ' “Because wehave a holiday the day after.” “Because the President’s party won in the election.” “Because on this day the Puritans had their first dinner.” There was only one boy in the school who answered “to give thanks for all the benefits of the past year.”—New .York World.