Those in charge of preparation for the celebrations of the five hundredth anniversary of the martyrdom of John Huss have seen to it that every detail is taken care of.

The program of the celebrations follows:

Pilsen Park, July 5. The afternoon is reserved for school children who will march there from the Ceska Svobodomyslna Skola Vojta Naprstek (Vojta Naprstek Bohemian Free Thought School), under the leadership of the teachers of our Free Thought schools at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Afternoon Program

(1) Overture--musical selection.

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(2) Opening of festivities by the president of the Sdruzeni Ceskych Svobodomyslnych Skol (Association of Bohemian Free Thought Schools), Mr. K. Kopecky.

(3) "Husuv Odkaz" (Huss' Legacy), a poem by B. Bittner, recited by the Matice [Motherhood] School.

(4) Musical Selection.

(5) "Cechie" [personification of the Bohemian nation] tableau accompanied by choral music and an address by Jan Neruda School.

(6) Poem "Na Jare" (In Springtime) and song "Pevcovo Louceni" (A Singer's Good-by), by the Karel Havlicek School.

(7) A speech by Teacher Bubenicek

(8) Song, by F. B. Zdrubek School.

(9) Poem "K Sestemu Cervenci" (To The Sixth of July), by F. B. Zdrubek School.

(10) Poem "Posledni Slzy" (Last Tears), Berwyn School.

(11) Music

(12) Upaleni Jana Husa (Burning at Stake of John Huss), a tableau by 3Jan Neruda School.

(13) Song "V Nasi Ceske Zemi" (In Our Bohemian Land), by the Fourth Ward School.

(14) Poem "Tri Doby Zeme Ceske" (Three Eras of Bohemia), by Morton Park School.

(15) Music.

(16) A trio, by the Svatopluk Cech Saturday School, Sokol Chicago Saturday School, and children of the Besidka (Creche).

(17) "Hold Cesko-Americkych Deti" (Act of Paying Honor by Bohemian-American Children) tableau by Vojta Naprstek School.

At Six o'clock evening: A parade of all Free Thought organizations from the Skola Cesko-Slovanskych Podporujicich Spolku (School of Bohemian-Slavonic Benevolent Associations) to Pilsen Park.

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(1) Overture - music.

(2) Opening of the celebration by the president, M. K. Kopecky.

(3) Speech by Dr. Ludvik J. Fisher.

(4) Chorus "Choral Cechu" (A Choral of the Bohemians) by Praus, sung by the Ceska Ustredni Pevecka Jednota (Federation of Bohemian Singing Societies).

(5) Tableaux: (a) "Time of Bohemian Power and Glory"; (b) "Fall of the Nation". Accompanied by an address by Mr. J. Kosar.

(6) Address by the representative of the Svaz Svobodomyslnych (Free Thought Federation), Mr. E. V. Nosek.

(7) Tableaux: (c) Exile; (d) Awakening of the Nation. Running comment by Mr. J. Kosar.

(8) Chorus "Vlasti" (To the Homeland by Tovacovsky, presented by the Ceska Ustredni Pevecka Jednota.

(9) Music.

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(10) Apotheosis "Doba Husova" (John Huss' Era), a marble group by Sokol Slavsky (Sokol unit Slavsky)

(11) Music.

Admission for afternoon and evening twenty-five cents at box office, fifteen cents in advance sales. Music director, Mr. Rud. Rubringer.

The tableaux are arranged after drawings by Mr. J. Kosar. Costumes by Mr. J. Dittert's theatrical firm.

July 6, in the Auditorium on Congress Street and Wabash Avenue, there will be a celebration punctually at 8:00 P. M.

Program

(1) Overture to the opera "Libuse" by Bedrich Smetana. Symphony orchestra under the direction of Professor J. H. Capek.

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(2) Opening of the celebrations: Speech by Mr. Karel Kopecky.

(3) Speech in English by Professor J. J. Kral.

(4) Oratorio "Jan Hus" by Dr. Loewe, in Dr. V. J. Dvorak's Bohemian translation, rendered by the Cesky Pevecky Spolek "Berich Smetana" (Bohemian Singing Society Bedrich Smetana), with the kind co-operation of Pevecky Sbor Volnost (Vocal Chorus Volnost), under the direction of Mr. Stepan Erst, and accompanied by organ virtuoso V. Middelschulte.

Soloists:

John Huss	Mr. Adolf Erst
Jerome of Prague	Mr. Rudolf Ingerle
King Wenceslaus	Mr. Otto Keclik
Queen Sophia	Miss M. Matejcek
King Sigismund	Mr. Rudolf Ingerle
Queen Barbara	Mrs. Topinka
A Gypsy Seeress	Miss E. Kolar

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Chlum	Mr. Louis Jilek
Cardinal of Florence Bishop of Lubeck	Mr. J. R. Krejci
A rustic A shepherd	Mr. Eduard Zajicek

Students, Gypsies, shepherds, priests, country people, Spirits of Fire.

(5) Bohemian Speech by Dr. Fr. Iska

(6) Symphonic poem "Ma Otcina"

(My Mother Land), by Antonin Dvorak, directed by Professor J. H. Capek.

(7) Tableau "Upaleni Jana Husa" (Burning at Stake of John Huss).

Tickets available at ..... [thirty-five addresses listed, including drugstores in various Bohemian districts, newspaper offices, etc.]

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Ceremonies in the Coliseum

Probably the largest John Huss celebration in America will be the one in the Coliseum, a hall seating fifteen thousand people, located at 15th Street on Wabash Avenue. It will take place Tuesday, July 6, at 8:00 P.M.

The ceremonies will be opened by Dr. J. T. Stone of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, which is considered the largest Presbyterian Church in the city. He will be using a historic gavel which was sent to him from Bohemia when he was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.

The master of ceremonies will be Dr. Shailer Mathews, president of the United Protestant Churches in America. Reverend Vaclav Vanek will read the psalm John Huss used on his way to the stake. There will be a Bohemian speech by Reverend Josef Krenek of Silver Lake, Minnesota, the Moderator of the Bohemian Presbytery of the Middle West. Addresses will 9be given in English by Dr. Stone, Dr. Mathews, Dr. E. P. Hill, Bishop W. F. McDowell, Dr. Ozora S. Davis (president of the Chicago Theological Seminary and founder of the Christian Endeavor, an organization which has spread all over the world), and Dr. Francis E. Clark. There will be chorals by the Americky Pevecky Sbor (American Singing Society), which has eighteen hundred members and is under the leadership of Professor H. Augustine Smith, and by the Spojeny Cesky Pevecky Sbor (United Bohemian Singing Society), which will be represented by one hundred and fifty members and one hundred and twenty-five children in Bohemian national costumes.

The Coliseum will be decorated with flags of all countries in the world.

The celebration will be under the auspices of the Fifth World Convention of the Christian Endeavor, which is being held in the Coliseum at that time, and which fifteen thousand delegates from America and abroad are expected to attend. Admission, twenty-five cents.

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The eight hundred Protestant Churches of the City of Chicago which consider John Huss the first reformer, reformer before the Reformation, are working to make this celebration a success.

In the Harrison High School

The Board of Education of the City of Chicago has given permission for a Bohemian celebration of John Huss by the United Bohemian Protestants in the new Carter H. Harrison High School at Marshall Boulevard and 24th Street, July 7. The celebration will start at 8:00 P.M. with a speech by Reverend Dr. Vaclav Vanek, chairman of all Chicago Bohemian Huss celebrations, followed by the presentation of the choral "Vznes Se Hrde Vzhuru" (Rise Proudly to the Heights) by the orchestra of John Huss Church and a chorus of Sunday school children. The chairman of this local celebration, Mr. J. A. Holpuch, a member of the School Board, will be presented to the assembly, and the Spojeny Pevecky Sbor will sing three chorals: Jan Zizka's choral "Kdoz Jste Bozi Bojovnici" (Ye Who are God's Soldiers), Pivoda's arrangement of "Kde 11Domov Muj" (Bohemian national anthem "Where Is My Home"), and John Huss' choral "Jezu Kriste, Stedry Kneze" (O, Jesus Christ, Thou Generous Lord), under the direction of the choirmaster, Jerome Misicka. The children will sing under the leadership of Miss Bozena Salava.

Professor V. Machek will enrich the program by a violin solo for which he has selected H. Vieuxtemps' entrancing "Adagio Religioso". The speakers will be Dr. J. F. Smetanka, who will discuss the topic "John Huss and the Bohemian nationality," Reverend J. P. Bartak on the topic, "Huss' Religion," and Professor J. J. Zmrhal on the topic, "John Huss as the Nation's Teacher". Each speaker has ten minutes.

The principal speech, on the topic "John Huss' Sacrifice," will be delivered by Reverend Josef Krenek of Silver Lake, Minnesota. Admission free.

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President Wilson's Letter

The Spojeny Vybor Ceskych Protestantu (United Committee of Bohemian Protestants) has invited President Wilson to the celebration at the Harrison High School. The President had been expected to attend the World Convention of Christian Endeavor in the Coliseum on that day. A reply to the invitation has reached Reverend J. P. Bartak. It reads:

"The White House, Washington, D. C.

"The President has received your kind invitation and appreciates it very much. He regrets, however, that he will not be in a position to take advantage of it. Many public affairs of extreme importance prevent him from being in Chicago at this time. Will you be good enough to express to the Committee the President's thanks for your kindness.

"Sincerely yours,

"Tumulty,

"Secretary to the President."