Ohio History Journal

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NOTES ON THE OHIO HISTORY DAY ASSOCIATION

NOTES ON THE OHIO HISTORY DAY ASSOCIATION

TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY MEETING

 

 

The Twenty-fifth Anniversary Meeting of the Ohio History

Day Association was held at Park Place, the home of Dr. and

Mrs. Howard Jones, Circleville, Ohio, Sunday, October 3, 1937.

Ohio History Day is usually held at Logan Elm State Park

but because of rain, the first in the history of the celebration, the

1937 meeting was moved into Circleville. The feature of the

Twenty-fifth Anniversary was an Indian program arranged by

Irene S. McKinley, chairman of the program committee for this

meeting. Mr. John F. Carlisle, attorney, of Columbus, Ohio,

acted as master of ceremonies for the occasion. The principal

address was to have been given by William Fire Thunder, official

representative to Washington of the Sioux Indians. He was un-

able to leave his post on the reservation, however, and in his

place, Thomas White Cow Killer made the address. Thomas

White Cow Killer has served for a number of years as one of the

official representatives of the Oglala Sioux. His speech is pub-

lished in full following these notes.

Another portion of the program which attracted consider-

able attention was the ceremony in which a Hopi baby, son of

Chief Eagle Plume and Lone Deer, was "introduced to the

cosmos." At this ceremony, the child was given the name of Good

Corn Harvester, according to tradition of the Corn Clan of the

Hopi. The father and mother of the child originally lived on a

reservation at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, but at the present time

are employed in the Museum of the American Indian in New

York City.

The group assembled at the Jones home was also addressed

by Hon. C. C. Crabbe. Indian music for the occasion was fur-

nished by Mr. Richard L. Harris, Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. How-

ard Jones, mother of the Ohio History Day Association, an-

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