The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-06-06
A Brilliant Array of Graduating
Girls at Millett's opera
House.
Music, Mirth, Essays and Reclta-
t,ons-A Large Assembly.
Beautiful Flowers.
from Saturdays Dsiiy.l

com pll5Geu VSry eAOSl CIV ioou'o'
fact the city of Austin is to be congrato'
lated upon the excellence OF its public
school system. The total enrolment shows
2,618 pupils in the city schools, and TINS
ia an evidence of the unanimlty with
which4he citizens of Austin patronize the
public schools. The members of the scho d
board, Messrs. Woodbridge, Fillmore, lips,
Graham, Doctors Litten and Swearingen,
visited the different schools during the
day and we're intere,t ted spectators upon
the exercises. The primary grades held
their exercises in this temporary .capltol,
and the following was the programme:
Standardization Comes" by the
school.
Glass recitation-H. W. LongfelIow.
S1ng-"Among the Blossoms" by the
school.
Recitation-By Annie Orr.
Recltation-By Lucy Ltgnan.
DialoRue-"The Sick Doll.'
Recita,ion-By BsnLis Johnson,
Recitation-By Katie Prouse.
Wand exercise.
Recitation-By El4ie STERLING.
Class recitstion-By boys from hrst
grade.
Recitation--By Lottie Drexler.
Recitation-By Robert Hill.
Song-"Pansies."
Glass recltation-By girls OF the first
grade.
Recitation-By Bessie Jayna,
Oalisthenics-By fomt grade.
Soug-"Four Hundred Years Ago"
Recitation-By Annie Goldbaum.
Recitation-"Tit for Tat" ty Eugene
Judge.
Calisthenics-By first grade.
Reoitation-By Jennie Newton.
Song-"5wing, Cradle SWING" by Flo
renee Rundell, Alice Hopkins, Amy Glenn.
Presentation of honor cards, honorable
mention promotion cards distributed.
Ia the rooms adjoining the Office OF
Superintendent VIM there was oredita-
BILE dis play of pen work by pupils in the
primary grades. There were free hand
drawings, maps, compositions, specimens
of penmanship and of kindergarten work,
all of which reflected credit upon the pu-
pills and their preceptors.
Visitors to the sixth grade of the East
Austin public school yesterday, Miss Irma
Herpin, teacher, were pleasantly enter
tanned by the closing exercises, which were
q credit to both teacher and pupils. The
following is the
PROGRAMME:
Song by the sohool--"Climbing Up the
Golden Stairs"
Reading-"Song of Marion's Men," by
Oliver Radky.
Northumberland of Lucknow" by
Lora Daniel.
Song by the school--"Paddle Your Own
Canoe"
Recitation--"Aunt Tabitha," by Edith
Darlington.
Reading-"The Birds Party" an orig
inal poem, by Laurlne Simpson.
Song--"Beautifu Bells" by Maude
Jones, Monte Smith, Pearl Nitschke, Al
wilma Dohmen, Lucy Patterson and Mary
Hammond.
Recltstion-"Thirty Years Ago." by
Willie Hammond.
Northumberland Reveries of a
School Girl" by Nina Cummings.
misunderstanding Watermelon
by George Mitchell.
Song by the school, "Old Kentucky
Home"
All did we'll, but we may specially men
ton the ROTATIONS of Miss Nina Gum
mings and Mr.. George Mitchell, who
fairly brought down the house. Al
amusing Incident occurred during
Miss Nina CummiDgs' recitation
which caused the children to bubble over
with laughter, and even tse visitors to re-
lax into q smile. Purporting to be in
church, the young lady says:
"In the pew right behind me is old Deacon Moore
don't mind his sleeping, but why does he snore'
CHANGING behind at this point she en-
countcred the bright eyes OF a certain ole
gentleman who might have been a deacon
but was evidently very wide awake, ant
who Joined in the laugh as heartily as an!
one.
In Professor Leonard's grade there was
an interesting debate, the contest being
for gold medal. The judges were Doc
tor Swearingen, Judge Fillmore and Mr.
Taylor Moore, and they awarded the media
to Miss Edith Clark as the best debater.
Ia Miss Sloss' grade, in the West Austil
school, Doctor Sweariogen presented tive
medals for the best scholarship show
during the session among the boys an
girls respectively. The winners of thes
medals were Walter Smith among the boy
and Miss Maud Mclaughlin among tn
girls.
In all of the schools the exercises passe
off very smoothly, the pupils in almo'
every instance giving uumistakable eVt
dence of careful training and diligent ap
plication.
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
There was a profusion OF flowers, beat
tiful lsdIes aud gallant gentlemen la
night at Millett's opera house, the occf
ei0n being the annual commencement {
the city High school. There are scene
peculiarly characteristic of commend
ment occasions that cannot be said to a
tend any other gathering. There are tn
luxurious extravaganza of floral Offering
and the overplus of feminine loveline
that wreath halo of glorious brightne
and leave the impress of golden upon u
hours of such occasions. There are q
bright faces Of the graduates and the a
miring smiles of their friends that belou
peculiarly TO these commencement day
II was announced that the exercises won
begin at $50 O'Clock, and before TIL
hour every seat in the opera house, bo
in the pit and in the gallery, was occ
pied and many we're compelled to stan
Upon the stage were SuperintendeI
VIM, the teachers OF the High soho'