Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-06-25
CLOSING OF THE SCHOOLS.

lCLOSlNG OF THE SCHOOLS
, IMTERESTING CLOSING EXER
ClSES YESTERDAY GOOD
SINGING. ETC., ETC.
Despite the warm weather, this week I
among the happest to the thousands o
} school children In Wilmington, made 80 b,
the closing Of the schools for two months
holiday. As usual, interesting public exer
cises are held in the various schools, tn,
whole winding up with the High Schoo
Commencement exercises in the Crane
Opera House this evening. In some of tn
other schools the public exercises took plac,
yesterday and quite number are held to
day. Those held yesterday were we'll attend
the children all being dressed In their best
while flowers formed conspicous part Of
their adornment, and the sight was Q pleas
ing one. The little ones were oil smiles and
put on their best behavior for the occasion
AS 1t was impossible to be present at all the
program, and for want Of space, only pass
Ing notice ts made Of some Of those who held
their exercises yesterday.
At No. 20 school, Miss Sallie A. Taylor
principal, the audience was large and the
exercises Of very interesting character.
k4u huultiOu W LILO JeSulhT OTuoT OI eXeEClHeS
speeches were made BY DR.. Keables and
Mr.. Frank w. Reeve. @u
In room No. an interesting opening ex
ercse was given. followed by singing by the
school recitations were given BY Kate
Shire, Emma Frishmuth, Lizzie Cunning.
ham, Neal Green and Samuel BiddIe; re-.
citations were also given by the school and
ject lessons and closing with song, Free
from Care"
In No. room the program was made up
with singing by the school, object lessons,
recitatiOns by Elmer Pyle, Leonard Behrin-
ger, Annie Grandel and Michael Fogerty.
school, and the most interesting feature was
o solo and chorus, :" Selling Fruit" by
Helena Isengchmidt and school, the program
closing with u = Good Bye" song.
In No. 3 room recitatiOns were given by
Leonard Stats, Lottie Morris, Anna Brow
er, Tommy Green, Harvey Smith and the
school, interspersed with singing, reading,
etc.
In room No. 4 the exercises opened with q
song, Il llOwed by recitations by Frank Mo
Catierty, Freddie Messick, Leffa Miller,
Carrie Hamilton and Harry Crawford, in.
terspersed with singing. Among the impor-
tant features was the dialogue, Seven
Days In the Week; " by seven little girls, Gal
Rooms s and were united and rendered
the following program In an excellent man
ner.
Singing, Fairy Land, school recitation, A
Little Boys Trouble, Charles Saytield {; dia'
logue, The Three Sleeves. Ella Price and Eva
Smith recitation, A Baby in Church, Maud
citation, The Robin and the Buttercup,
school dialogue, Fortune Telling, NJ.
Cunning ham, M. Creamer and Ridinger !;
recitation, A Bird Story, Willie LeC Carpenter;
singing, Time to Work. school dialogue.
Ways Of Saying Yes, eight pupils recita-
Jubilee Song, school !; recitation, Make 1t
Plain, Leon File res ding, The Pride Of Bat
terry B.. Mamie Dannenberg; singing, The
Moments Won't Wait for Us, school.
Rooms and 8 were also united and the
exercises were unusually tine, the singing
being.an important feature. The program
was as follows: Singing, Our Festive Day,
singing, Telegraph Boy. school recitation,
Birds Picnic, Sallie Morris singing, duett,
Beautiful Star. j Stewart and A. Guest
dialogue, How to Observe, J. Leech and
Char. es Holmes recitation. Sollloquy Of 3
Housemaid, Ella ALLEN; singing, Q swift We
Go, school recitation Aunty Doleful's Visit,
Josephine Pugn singing, The Moon Is
Beaming, class recitation, The Newsboy
Willie Overdeer; rec txti0n, Nathan's Case,
school singing, Jubilee Song, school read
Ing, Spelling Down, Harry Mcdowell i; sing
shg halgnus fsiewel, s0ho9l. 9I ~ .n,. tno COL.
ciusien oi ING e4ercses nahusOne pouqueis
they returned thanks
1t No. school the attendance was very
large and the exercises very interesting
Am ong the Visitors and speakers were Pan
coast Allen, Robert Todd, Z. A FanTrunp,
+. ". reeve anu otners. me sAercises
began IN Ns. room, Mlss MaIy -. Dennisoh
tions were delivered by Preston Pryor,
jessie Lungren, Lilly fuyer, maggie ray
LOT, George Marshali, Lllly CamppelI,
James Underwood, Bessie harris. May
Stroud. Mag9ie osyior ana Maoei Smlth,all
OF whom Acquired themseives with neflt'
fhe singing 10 al the rooms was uhaer the
direction OF frol flsner' ana was an lmpor-
tant feature.
In NO. room, taught Dy MISS Ellen
walker. recltatlons were given py clarence
Mullen, hattie Matcnett. l. harlan Zane
and klchard heed dialogue, Az Our Home,
ing lesson by 1rst CLASS dialogue, me Little
Doctor, by Herbert Vance and Annie Baylis,
and the singing Of the school made up the
program.
No. room, Miss Ella M Marvel, teacher.
The program consisted Of singing BY the
school, dialogues. Playing School," by
Neva Goodley, Everett CIaypole, Lena
Mason, Walter iouert, May Mcclure and
Bessie Brne Cat and Dog by Mary
Coverdale and Annie Mcclure; Boys'
Rights. by verett Claypole, Willie Biz
zard, Emory England, Everett Talley and
Sadie Mason recltations by Willie Baugh,
school, Florence Hodgman, Starr jackson,
Wellington Pierce, May Appleby, Frank
Mccall, annie Thompson, Stella Saylor
and Harry Sedgwick.
Room No. 8, Miss L. Woliaston, teacher.
<. Z1mr erm.n sang solo, 5. Smith, J.
Joyce, b. davidson, N. Hayden, X. Royal,
M. Welde, $. Tate and X. Zim Aermsn de-
iivered re itations. A Nobleman in Disguise,
a pleasing dialogue, was rendered by h.
Price, A. PHILLIPS. X. Zimmerman, T.Tulley,
]. Gonahan, M. Alexander, l.. Thomas and
H. Bonney, while the school sang several
choice selections. Those perfect in attend
ancs during he year were Nellieprice, Adele
Phillips, Laura WindsL
= In No. 8 room, Miss Clara Me ndenhall
teacher, an excellent program was rendered,
consisting of singing oy the school. recta-
tion by Addie Love, reading by harry Be ts;
dialogue, 1.-The Enrolling Officer by Sophie
Ernest, Sadie Nostrand, Elsie Stroud and
Victor Butcher; The Country Aunt's VISIT"
dialogue by Nellie Todd. Alice Sedgwick.
Eta Mccoy, Florence Kelley and others.-l
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