The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXERCISES.
How the Washington Inauguration Gen.
tennial was Observed Monday.
Programs at the Different Schools


or three grades uniting in the presenta-
ton of program. Quite number OF
visitors were present in many of the
rooms. The exercises were as n whole
well prepared and evinced careful train
ing by the teachers and natural aptitude
on the part of the scholars. The exer-
cises were mainly Of a patriotic nature
referring especially to Washington, the
centennial of whose Inauguration is OBJ
served to-day. Many of the rooms were
Handsomely decorated with flags, hunt
ing, cherry trees, pictures of Washing
ton, etc.
At the high school the literary society
held their regular Friday meeting earl
Ter in the week and the program was
prepared with SPECIAL reference to the
occasion. 1t was as follows:
UNION BUILDING.
Song by the society-"America."
Disqualification Authors" Miss Al
ma Wilson.
Observation-Disclosures" Miss Lu Davis.
Instrumental Solo-Miss Mary Osborn
Essav-"Orgin and Development Of
our Constitution" Chas. Parson.
Vocal Solo-"The Battle"
Essay-"Men Prominent In the his
tory of our country" Chas. Willard.
Historical Address"
Fred Bechdolt.
Observation-Disclosures Citizenship"
Fred Sheppard.
instrumental Solo--Miss LouiseC Coffin.
Washington before the
Battle of Long Island" L. Kruger.
ecItation-"Memoryo Of Washington"
Miss Mary Fletcher.
Declamatlon-"U. S. Grant," Miss
Carria Rrawsfar
Declamation-"Libe and Union,
one and Inseparable," p. Kruger.
Washington the bright
est name on history's page" Miss Mary
Osborn.
Duet-Misses Flora Wise and Fannie
Schulein.
A number of visitors were present.
Miss Alice w. Ayers is president of this
society. The room was handsomely dec
Grated.
The following program was carried
out by the Grammar grade, Union
school, of which Miss Maude G.. Stewart
is principal. -.
EssayL"Early Life of Washington,
Miss Lillian Blake.
Rules of Behavior-The school.
Recitation-"Love of Country" School
Reading-"The Election Of Washing
ton," Miss Mabel Wilson
Reading-The Inauguration" Miss
Lila Larkins.
Observation-Disclosures Webster,-Er-
nest Buell..
Debate-"Should the date of Inaugu-
ration be changed to April 30th? AT
firmative, Harry Morrison. Negative,
Kent Scudder.
Song-"America," The school.
The grades in the Union school pre-
sided over by Misses Levens, Reid and
Jones presented the following program:
g-"America," School.
Recitation-School
Recitation-Rosa Wolf.
The acknowledgements by "a
boys.
Recitation-Olga Edberry.
Recitation-Mary Poole.
Reading-Mattie Bohan.
Pantomine THAT Little Ratchet"
Robbie Ashworth, Hale Stannard, j. j.
Flachsenhar, lydia Myer, Earl Ed
wards and Earl Magham.
Recitation-DollyF Funk.
Washington Exercises-Ten girls.
Recitation-Freddie Harkee.
Exercises-Harley Brook, Earl Ed
wards, Willie Johnson, Earl Markham
and Peter Wolf.
Song-Eight little girls.
Rectiation-Bertie Wood.
Recitatlon-Pearl Boehmer.
Recitation-School.
Song-School.
The grades in the Union school taught
by Misses Mikkelsen and Ingerman
united and presented following pro-
gram:
SOng-America, School.
Recitation-Live Thou Again Our Washing
ton,
Song-Battle Cry OF Freedom.
Letters OF name of Washington, presented
by Orville Edwards, Nellie Funk, TIesham
Gregg. Schuyler Hawks, Alma Wagon, Albert
Schroeder, Louie Osborn, Emma Dreher, Maria
Pusch and lisa Macbeth.
Song-Not for Joe, May Carney and Marshall
Comstock.
song-Beloved Land. May Chapman and Al
ma Wagon.
Essay-Marshall Comstock.
Torrey. Louie Osborn, Nav Chapman, Nellie
Funk and Laura Holbeck, and 1889 by Fred
Brereton, Sophie Holbeck, Rose Torrey and
Bertha Kohler.
Mount Vernon Bells-School.
The room was tastfully decorated ana
about thirty visitors were present.
PLEASANT GROVE.
At the Pleasant Grove building exer-
cises were held In most of the rooms,
several of them combining their exer-
cses. The rooms were profusely dec
Grated with flags and flowers, and con-
spicuous among them were the memoir
able Ratchet and cherry tree. A num-
Der of visitors were present in each
room. Prof. Richardson and Miss Abb