In the proclamation Patterson suggests that ministers and teachers in the state make reference to the centennial in their congregations and classrooms.
"Felled by the hand of a dastardly assassin, our beloved President has passed into the Great Beyond, and our Nation in in gloom...As a token of the respect in which we held him, and as a tribute to his memory, I would request that all flags in our...
"In California to act in a silent film, Miss Keller (seated, center) met movie funny-man Charlie Chaplin in 1918. With them are (left) Miss Polly Thomson, Miss Keller's present companion, and Anne Sullivan Macy, her first teacher."