Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-28
Allegheny School Children Have the
Greatest ClOsing-Day Ju-
bilee on Record.
TALKS WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Surprising Variety of Topics on Which
Many Are as Well Posted as
Some of Their Elders.
POLITICS AND THE SUMNER VACATION
Are Considered, With FavOrite Books and Childish
Pastimes.

1he suns Oeamlng lace SmlleQ GOWN upon
$4,000 pleasure seekers at the joyous chill.
dren's jubilee held yesterday afternoon in
the Allegheny parks. The shouts and
laughter of the merry lads and lassies filled
the air with music from noontide till golden
twilight crowned the happy day. 1t was 8
glorious beginning of the summer vacation.
Many school boys rushed over the grounds,
full of the dash and spirit of young Amer
lea; pretty, charming girls, radiant in
snowy white dresses, tripped across the
greensward like summer clouds, the daisy
blossoms kissing their dainty feet, while
the sunbeams chased their merry shadows.
Older "boys and girls, !" who were nearing
the twilight of life, were present, too, in
goodly numbers, and the jubilee carried
them back to their youthful days, when
their minds were stored with knowledge and
their hearts with truth.
The blithe birds sang sweetly along the
pathways where the thousands strayed,
driving away each care. The zephyrs,
breathing softly over the velyety verdure,
seemed to WOO the dropping flowers.
ALWAYS TO BE REMEMBERED.
In the cool retreat of a leafy dell, secure
from summers heat, a DISPATCH reporter
detected Mr.. james Young, president of the
Allegheny School Board. This is fine, %
he said. SIT is safe to say the school chill
dren and their parents will think of this
day with pleasure for years to come"
At 4 o'clock the joyful peal of the Second
ward school house gave the signal ior the
five bands to strike up their iveliest tunes.
Headed by the music the ten schools
marched into the park. Every move and
actor betokened the tact and skill of the
teachers who marsbaled the companies, con-
sisting OF the High School, First, Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth
and Twelfth wards and the different charity
schools of Allegheny.
A range of large tents lined the North
avenue side, and instantly after the differ
ent schools reached these they broke ranks
in eager haste to plunge at once into sport,
while the various bands enlivened the occa-
sion with choice selections.
The committee of arrangements happily
chose Joseph Craig as custodian of lost
children and OF about 25 little ones who
went astray every one was returned safe and
sound to their protectors. Cake, candy AID
other sweetmeats that are strong messengers
in the prevailment of infant natures, were
on supply in heavy stock, and served to
quiet the little pets that had gone astray
until the fond mamma or anxious teacher
arrived on the scene.
HAD THEIR OWN WAY.
Early in the week the exhilarating game
of Copenhagen" had been frowned upon by
the stern magnates of the law. The edict
went forth that there was to be no Copen-
hagen on account of the boisterousness
which the game evoked in former years.
But Young Alleghenians as general thing,
are not angels who silently move upon the
earth with ghostlike tread. They create
quite rustic when there is jubilee going
and a jubilee without Copenhagen is like a
bottle without wine, so they played that
rollicking game to their hearts content.
Free root beer from Mr.. S. L. Marshell,
the Allegheny merchant, flowed like q
sparkling river at the music pavilion,
while two tons of ice distributed through
out the grounds did service in cooling As
tubs of water, one of the accommodations
provided by Superintendent Hamilton.
The grand success of the jubilee reflected
great credit on the managers of the enter
prise, among whom are the members of the
Citizens Committee, viz: B. F. Rynd,
Chairman; h. D. Renwick, W. r. Ahlers,
C. A. Nicola, Ross Drum, Leonard Wales,
7. NJ. Marshall, Jr., W. P. Bennett, R. B.
Scsndrett, Theodore Myler and T. M.
Morris.
The Seventh ward school did not take
part, as it had picnic yesterday at Zoller's
Grove, the Ninth ward at McKee's Rocks,
the Eleventh ward at Bellevue, and the
Thirteenth ward on Troy Hill.