Frostburg mining journal., 1883-02-17

main room of Public School, No. l,
was crowded last Friday afternoon to
witness "public" given by the pu.
pills of the sixth grade, assisted by
one or two from the seventh. The
audience was select and appreciative
one and maintained an unabated In
terest till the end. Attentive ushers
paid close attention to the visitors
and saw that they were comfortably
and conveniently seated. A large
number of representative citizens
were present, and Miss Allie R.
IIartzall, principal of one of our most
successful private schools, was yisi-
tor with large number of her pupils.
Judge Douglas, Of the Board Of
School Commissioners, was there and
was understood to express himself as
highly pleased with the entertain
ment. All the rooms of the building
were handsomely decorated with gold
lettering and trimming of pine, while
over 20 genuine oil paintings and
chromos in profuslon graced the walls.
The best of order prevailed and the
conduct of the pupils was unexcep-
tionable. We will not give the per-
formance in detail, but present the
salient features. The music for the
occasion, Which was interepsraed in
the programme at regular intervals,
was as follows: "In the Morning by
the Bright Light"-Bessie Berkey,
Veanie Fuller, Kate Bath and Katie
Porter, with Samuel Johns at the organ
Beautiful Nancy Lee"-Bessie Ber-
key, Veanie Fuller and Katie Porter,
with Miss M. ]. Flint at the organ.
"Come where the Lilies Bloom
Katie Porter, soprano; Samuel Johns
and Veanie Fuller, alto; with Miss
M. ]. Flint at the organ.
Brief recitations of four or FIVE minu-
tes were given by Gladstone Hitchins,
Albert Davis, Rose Haberline, Mary
Thomas, Mary ]. Thomas, Annie
Maurey, Harry Wingert, Lizzie
Brown and Mary Shearer.
Maps in coiored crayon on The
board were the works of Edward
Gross, May Gunter, Mary Thomas,
Christina Wilson, Lizzie Morgan,
Minnie Diffenbaugh, Annie Duffy,
Ella Heintz and Anna Msurey.
In Miss Flint's room sketch Of
New York city and surroundings
with large map of Maryland, also a
bunch of ripe grapes deserve special
notice.
Miss Essie Taylor exhibited and
analysed on the board the eclectic
system of pennanship as taught in
the school, while Anna Mayer gave
an of-hand sketch Of Maine. Miss
Veanie Fuller. of the seventh grade,
was placed in readiness to diagram
any sentence offered by the audience,
but received no takers.
Miss Bessie Belkey read capital
and compact essay on Maryland, and
Miss Katie Bath rendered in vivid
manner McCauley's ballad of "How
Horatius Held the Bridge" in "the
brave days of old"
One Of the most taking features Of
the occasion was the performance by
David Scott blindfolded of many
tricks in arithmetic.
The exeI cises closed with the rem.
dition by Professor Buckley of Sa1e's
story of "Polyphemus and Ulysses"
Great praise is due Mr.. Clayton
Purnell, first assistant, for the hearty
manner in which he co.operated with
the principal in making the entertain
ment as successful as it was.
At the next public" due notice Of
which will be furnished by the press,
we may anticipate even larger au-
dience than that which attended the
last.
We almost forgot to mention that
Belle McLuckie rendered the bsauti.
ful Scotch ballad of douglas, Doug
las, Tender and True" and that Mag
gle Ewing, recently of Scotland, read
Burns poem of "The Dairy" with
fine effect.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS Some DE.
seruSd Pronaotions.-At the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the