St. Paul daily globe., 1888-03-15
A HANDSOME SCHOOL.
The High School Addition Formally
Opened.
INTERESTING PROGRAMME
Prof. Bradley aud Mayor Ames Deliver
Addresses---The Pupils
Perform. n

The formal opening of the handsome
addition to the High school building oc-.
Cured last evening and was attended
by about 1000 ladies and gentlemen,
the parents and friends of the scholars
of the High and other schools. ATTY
ing at the building the visitors were flrst
conducted to the basement, where the
manual training classes were at work at
drawing. .carpentering and the like. Ihls
interesting work was watched for
some time with great interest. Then
the visitors ascended to the main hall on
the third floor, where the literary eXer-
cises of the evening were conducted. 1t
was after s O'Clock when the members
of the board of education OF Mime
apolis and st. Paul and Mayor Ames
took seats upon the platform, at the
back of which hung banner inscribed
"Carpe Diem, 1917 The exercises
opened with song by a chorus of High
school young ladies and gentlemen.
Prof. j. E. Bradley, super
intendent of schools, followed
with the address of welcome. 1t gave
him great pleasure, he said, to extend a
cordial greeting to those present on be-
half of the board of education and the
High school. 1.-THE life of our school
system is organic, and has its life and
energy in the affections which cluster
around the home. Our hearts grow
tender when we consider our boys and
girls, and we are willing to toll and
struggle to give our children good ed
ucation. The opening of this building
suggests to me one important fact and
that this is only one of nine bic build
ings erected by our board of education
during the past year, and in the name
of our II, 900 school children | extend to
it the sincere thanks of ALL" Prof.
Bradley then spoke of the rapid increase
in the number of scholars and told of
the good work done by the large corps
of teachers. His remarks were warmly
applauded. Mayor AmeS made few
cOngratulatOry remarks which were well
received.
THE PROGRAMME.
The following interesting programme
followed: Recitation, ga Legend of
Bregenz," Miss Lizzie Mathes; song,
"Once Again the Day Hath Flown"
Misses Thuey, Fisher, Sammis and
Clark; reading, ''The Membraneous
Group, 4" Miss Louise Kiehle; declama-
ton, 1.-THE Famine" Grant ROssman;
song, "Come Where the Birds Are Sing
ing" Messrs. Krafet, Huntington, Law
renee and Petit; duet, 'The Wounded
Soldier" Miss Shuey and Sammis. The
singing was especially fine, and each
farce. 1.-THE Mouse Trap" given by
Hllleary Murray, as Mr.. Willis Camp
bell; Miss Beatrice JodOn, as Jane, the
maid, and Misses Maria McCullock,
Maud Upham and Hattie Wright, was
we'll put on, each character being weH
sustained. On the whole the enter
tainment was one which reflected great
credit upon the ladies and gentlemen
taking part in it and upon their JIM
structorS. The programme will be ,re-
peated some evening next week. tis
THE ADDITION iy
is a handsome structure, containing
twenty-three rooms, and being three
stories in height. Three of these rooms
are assembly rooms, accommodating
some $50 persons. The main hall ,,9n
the third floor, has seating capacity of
1000. Prof. Bradley will have his office
on the first floor. The school drawing
room is on the second floor, and has now
25O pupils, under charge of Miss
Teed. The manual training school
is in r the basement, WHICH
is most conveniently arranged There
are now seventy-fve boys in the train
ing classes, under charge of w. F..
Decker, formerly of the State univer-
sity. All the rooms and the halls are
finished in light oak and are heated by
steam. The annex cost about $4,000,
and harmonizes perfectly with the main
building. 1t was completed several
weeks ago and has been occupied for
some time, although it was not formally
opened until last evening.