The daily gazette., 1882-06-28
STARTING ON VACATION. 4 (
More Closing Exercises mt tho Schools
To-Day

| To-day.
An interesting feature of the exercises ut
| NO. school yesterday afternoon was the part
OF the programme devoted to the members
| OF the poet Longfellow. "The Children's
Home, written by the dead poet, was read
by ]. Guthrie, followed with ain Memoriam'
by .. Schsen and the singing of "The
Bridge" by the school. At the conclusion
OF the programme Dr. j. Read Mckay.
chairman of the committee of No. !, made 4
lew felicitious remarks, and In turn pre-
sented with neat introductions Henry g.
Conrad, ex-President Of the Board Of Educa-
ton Charles Baird, President of the Board;
stansbury j. Wiley and Rev. DR.. MnFks,
The gentlemen referred to their own school
days as compared with the advantages of
the present, and in bright vein gave the
young ladies few points upon which to
build their future. The school was dis
missed by Miss Pringle by means of per-
feet system of drilling by numbers, the
children retiring in good order in less than
three minutes.
SCHOOL NO. 3.
The exercises at school No. 5, Walnut
street near Fifth, also took place this morn
ing, the programmes being both varied and
interesting. f'7' i'. .'t'H .
SCHOOL NO. o. VH I
School No. Q, at Eighth and Wollaston
streets, held its final exercises this morning.
The boards were filled with specimen witt
ings and pretty drawings, and on some We're
written in well-tuEned letters the pro-
grammes of the room. The display Of
flowers was more than usually attractive,
Messrs. Hofiecker and Furry Of the Board
OF Education, were present, and added grace
to the occasion. The programmes were as
follows .-t ilS +
Room 1-Miss Annie Draper, teacher
Singing, "See Our Hands" "fhe Rain ~
"The Song of the Bee" Recitations, "Ijll
Try" school ''Not So Easy Willie Lynn (;
'Onr Almanacs," seven girls "Hich top
Boots,' Charlie Scott; Tommy Try and
Sammy Slow" w. Rudolph and Robbie
Stack. Lesson on Lines and Corners.
Room 2--E. Walker, misunderstanding,
"Welcome Here" cripple, Little Brook
let" away to the Playground" Recita-
tions by Boyd Cook, Lizzie Lynch, Elsie
Babcock, Willis Bayne, Florence Sullivan,
Frank Walker and recitatiopJ Work While
You Work." by the school. - 'i'it-
Room 2-Kate Feeney, teacher-Singing,
Golden Rule, "lf a Body Finds Les
son." Recitations, ''Neveri Be \ Late,i
Iillie Reisser =; 'When Am Big" Leonard
Guthrie; recitations by the school and
Jacob Meyers and Mollic Bonner conclud-
ing with singing always. Do Right blythe
school. ~,'t' f'
Room ELLA Conden, teacher-singing,
early Day." "Tick, Tack 'sNevcr Put
OF Till Tomorrow, !" "Farewell." Recita-
tidns welcome, y IL. Robinson; Sup
pose," X. McGongal "The Boys Com
plant" Jacob Foulk; ''Summer Vacation, -
b. Canary. dialogue, THE, Children's
Choice" u. Holt, s. Robinson, G. d. Shago,
Ii. Miller. Lesson in arithmetic.
Rooms 5 and q, Miss Matthews and Miss
Cook. teachers SinOinn GEIIufl nnt.
School," "Ring the Bells" "Robin Red
breast" recitations, "Fred's First Speech, ,"
Alice Keats 'tfhnse Boys,n Charles Jones
and Mamie Evans asking Why" John,
Green 1.-TWO Little Squirrels" Florence
Culbert ; "Try, Boys" Willie Holt; ''Somc
Day." Mamie Bowers reading, SIN School ,''
Lidie Ahrens dialogues, ''rhree Sleeves, ?"
Hattie butcher, Mamie Harrigan ''New
Resolutions" Trabbold, Clifford Menden-
hall, John Hare, Albert Ewes.
Room z, Miss Susan Weir, teacher-"Pic1
mic Glee," 81 Love the Breeze" ''Distant
Chimes, "Boat Song" "Burlesque Band, :"
1.-The Mellow Horn, "'fChime Againii reci-
tations, "Welcome," Morris Canary ''Sen7
timents," school; IAN Old Lady's Lament, y
Katie Ross (; Captain J9buple aud the
Cow" Richard Jones ;i'fTlIe 'IidssAs Stew, {"
pot" Harry McIntire /; "Learn Little
Every Day." Irene Jones; reading,
"a Bald-headed Man," Elwood Jefirris !;
The Boy Who Played Iruapt,, ''Johm BOYD |;
'That Hired Girl" Mariah Crozier; dia-
logues, Geography Puzzle" George Maris
and school 'sWhen the Cats Away the
Mice win Play" May Wingate, Bedelia
Mckinney, Ella william, Lena Wilhelm,
Emily Westbrook, Lettic RICHTER, Matte
Mccormick, May Toulson, Rosa Robclen,
Harry Beeeher, Harry McIntre, Charlie OFT,
Willie Beeson, John Boyd. Willie Shuler (;
Train to Mauro," May Wingate, Elwood
Jefferis, George Maris.