State of Connecticut by His Excellency John H. Trumbull governor a proclamation : On Saturday, the twenty-fourth day of January, the people of Connecticut are to have an opportunity to witness a scientific event of the first importance--a total eclipse of the sun ... I earnestly urge all school authorities and teachers ... to devote a reasonable time for instruction and explanation ... given under my hand and seal of the state at the Capitol, in Hartford, this fifteenth day of January ... one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five ..