The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-29
EDUCATIONAL.
Commandments Exercises OF
the Cheyenne Public School
on Friday. at Re9fea-
ton Hail.
what Was Said and ooas BY the Pupils and
Prominent Guests.

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ments for the finishing exercises of the
term of school lust closed. their labors
Terminating successfully With two
choice programmes. which were filed
to the letter. at Recreation Hall. on
Friday afternoon and night.
THE AFTERNOON ar
performances were begun by a march
of the pupils In couples from the public
school building to the hall. which had
previously been fitted up and decorated
for the purpose. The line of march
was down to Ferguson street. thence
to Seventeenth; out Seventeenth to
Eddy, thence to the hall. The pupils
were all provided with flags and SASH
es. some of the latter being red. the
others blue, and as the several depart-
ments marched along. headed BY the
teachers thereof, they afforded a sight
most pleasing 20 the SPECTATORS ! "
The pupils were assigned front se,ts
the audience 6lIino mn the space In the
rear of The hall until standing room
even could not be obtained bv those
who arrived at ..tbe eleventh bour.n
Upon the platform were observed Gov.
Hoyt. Col. w. r. Steele. Hon. Peter
HANNA and other invited ruests.n
Prof. Wells set the ball rolling. by an
announcement that the first would he a
CHORUS. ..The star spanoled Banner.n
pa~rtIcinated IN nv an the pnpt,s This
was rendered with remarkable harmonv
and zest on the mart ~ tba nun,l. and
n wopld no d,mcr,t r. deter
r,,,a - whom -.
- 5ue prof Wlu. Nj ,st;sut
caro Or ~. soho,.r. g. .h.;. go
aciencv in the snh,,me Oft ~ m,s;c
Nert Tho ara;anoo ,,s,ansa -. ra...
;no rec,t.t;on s.Tha naod nori ,, Nv
ri, sm;th. ,.uou,oa H. r.. r.
man,s snr,obt,v assar .eyyhot Inc
Babv DON'T know D
The nert In order WE'RE the racita.
lions entitled "Dot,s Pillow Children. -
and "The Rnined Merchant ), the for
mar road bv Cert,a Er;s tba ,attsr hv
Nellie stanley. The little Misses read
we'll. and deserve special mention
Charlie Leslie then rec,ted a se,ec-
t,or aur;nn + rrorr.ss - - :.
gave bis oninion Of uThe Grand
mother. !, elIcitino mach mjrtb
Next c.ma 20 .,tr..t,,,. a,.t. 80.
Carrie Wells and Addie stImnson
which reflected great credit nnor those
little folks, as they possess musical
ability of a high order.
Little Lulu Jordan elected aim ost
universal applause by recitine a selec-
lion from .sTbe Famine, >, Her vo,ce
is excellent. and though she is quite
young in years, the little one was per-
fectly composed In the presence Of the
vast audience.
Katie Murray,s recitation. 1.-THE
Good Little Girl.n was another por-
lion of the procramme which the audi-
ence will not forget. The applause abe
received was n sufficient evidence Of her
success. Sf1I. MN
The same NAV be said of Annie
East,s ESSAY. tTbe Row y ana Harry
Russellss defamation. 1.-THE New
Year.lp "a
AT this stage Of the proceedings Prof.
Wells led the school in a grand chorus.
1.-THE Silver Sea.p lfilis .sl8f m
Hazen Capran and Willie Pypber
then detained. the former choosing as
his subject Under the Pear Tree. the
paul Reyere's Ride.u Both
tile little fellows stood I'M undaunted.
and performed nobly the parts assigned
hem.
We must not forget those excellent
-ecitations given BY Bertha Spoor and
Florehce Hurlbuk the former. ga Jan
.nese, Ballad. !, and tho last named.
sMargarita," both OF which formed
attractive features in tile programme.
Master HANNA lobmed Up with an
original recitation, awhy do We Cele-
bratei the Fourth Of July?b He asked.
the question and answered it too, in a
most effectual manner. He's a chip of
the old block.
Miss May Jillich's essay was the
browning feature of the afternoons en-
tertainment. She alluded to the pleas
ant memories which cluster around the
Term of school just closed; alluded in a