Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-14
MEMORIAL EXERCISES.


MEMORIAL EXERCISES.
Prooesdings in the Public Schools of Great
Bend.
Exercises c0mmemorating the BIRTH
days of Washington, Lincoln, Long
fellow, Lowell and Edison.
B GRAMMAR.
Song. by school; birthday of Wash
lngtor, by Agnes Wildgen; essay
Mt. Vernon, by Lucy Gilmore; reading
of Washington, by Leon
Dalzeil; quotations. Life of Lowell. BY
Katie Vollmer: declamation-The first
snow fall, by Edwin McGinnis; recita-
tion-The courtin'. by Carrie Tilton:
song The story of Washington and
Lincoln. by Leota Humphrey and
Bernice Benedict; sketch of '65. b1
Leona Griffith; biography of Lincolns
by Jennie Potter; "reminiscences OF
Lincoln, by Willie Mitchell; Lincoln's
journey to Washington, by Minnie
Gwinn; Lincoln's favorite poem, by
Walter Negbaur; song-Kind words,
by school: sketch of Longfellow. by
Vida Shaw; story of Miles Standish, by
Leota Humphrey; song The bridge,
by Vida Shaw; story of Evangeline. by
Chlora Aleshire; The village black
smith. by Bert Buckland; King Robert
of Sicily. by Kitty Butler; The two
angles, by BerIiice Benedict; The lun5
boy, by Frank Brown.
c GRAMMAR.
Biography of Washington, by Bertha
Bitner; selection, by Geo. Nimocks:
incidents in the life of Washington, by
members cf tht A class; recitation
Mt. Vernon, by Sadie Cammack; max
inns of Washington, by members of the
B class; Washington monument, by
Eugenia Nevels; biography of LOWELL.
by Jessie Morrette; song. Biography
of Lincoln, by Grace Hessler; sketches
and incidents about Lincoln, by mem
bers of the school; poem, Lincoln and
Washington, by Earnest Wilson; bio
graphy Longfellow, by Josie Murphy;
recitation-Psalm of life, by school;
children's hours, by Oracle Hassler;
memory gems. by B class; recitation
Rainy day, by Ada Thatcher; first
statue of Longfellow, by Lee Johns;
recitation-Village blacksmith, by
Jessie Morrette; reading-Paul Revere's
ride.
DeRAMalER.
Song by school; bio
graphy of Washington; by Blanch
Martin; recitation in concert. Maxims
of Washington. Recitation in concert.
Song-Red, White and Blue, by school;
selection, by Marcus Friend; Washing
toms birthday, by Edith Rhodes; thir-
teen original states, by thirteen girls;
quotations, by Stephen Caldwell; song
Grave of Washington, by school;
biography Of Lincoln, by Lila Chappell;
quotations, by DIETRICH Schlobohm;
story of Lincoln, by Jennie Laidlaw;
stories of Lincoln, by the teachers:
Llncoln's parting words to friends in
Ills, by Wilbur Frey; emancipation
proclamation, by LYDIA Zoeller; words
of Lincoln at Gettysburg, by Mary
Friend; quotations, by Henry Robin
son; Sleep ye Fallen, by Fred Evans;
song-Flag of the free, by the school;
biography of Longfellow, by Birdie
Meek: quotations. Child
rem, by Stella Negbaur; recitation
The reapers and the flowers, in concert.
Recitation, It is not always May, by
Louis Woodburn; song-The bridge,
by Blanche Martin and Julia Wesley;
recitation "A rainy day, by Bertha
Morrette; selection from The building
of the ship, by Giles Dodge; recitation,
by Elmer Dale; song-When the hurri-
ed shadows gather, by the school.
Biography of Lowell, by Lily Coats;
recitation-Below, by Blanche Kurtz;
recitation-The heritage, by William
Osborne; recitation, by Alice Giddings;
song, by the school. Biographical
sketch of Edison, by Ella Wel.mer;
song Children's army, by the school.
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