Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-28

school buildings held hitting exercises In
honor OF American spniv, rsaries coming
in February:
BUILDING NO l
Eighth and Ninth grsdes-The follow
ing programme was given by the Eighth
and Ninth grades in Building l. Mss
Eutiken, teacher, on the anniversaries Of
Washington, Feb. %; Lincoln. Feb. 70;
Longfellow, Feb 81; Lowell. Feb. %:
Music. school; essay Washingson's In :
augura tiop, Anna Gro'jan; Building the
Ship UoDgfellow). Hattie Hampton;
Longing UowelD, Clara Beck Events
in Lin colns Life, Ida Hitler; music,
school; The Chi,dren's Hour (Longfel-
low. Lizzie Carse; Washington. George
| Steelman; The Old Clock on the Stairs
| Gongfellow). Ada Hemenway; The
Poets Story of Lincoln, by six pupils;
music, school; Biography of Lopgfellow,
George Steelmen; Paul Revere's Ride
| Uongfellow), given by Charlie Darhsm;
| Lines on Lincoln, Josie Ganahl: solo. lite
Rainy Day, Henry Muenster; The Present
Crisis UowelD Clara Koehler; The Fam
| iue (Longfellow), Katie Gottsman; music,
| school
Fifth Grade--Miss Carlton teacher.
| America. song by the school; George
| Washington's Ha,chet, Eins Wood;
| Birthday of Washington. Charles Mac
| Donald; Washington. Fred Smith; Up
| and Doing, song the school; the Open
| Window. Florence Frysinger; Johnny
| Speaks His Piece, Chas. Lorensen; Vii
lage Blacksmith, IGa sBarth and Selma
Anderson Longfellow's Birth. Willie
Bracket; Swiftly Glide the Hours Away,
song BY the school; Georges" Hatchet,
Clarence Coyne; SHUTDOWN, Mile Dodge;
The Ducks, Robert Stei,z; Straying
Through the Wildwood, school; The Day
| Is Done, Nellie Parker, Jessie Burton and
Emma Winter; Our Flag. Frank Miller;
George Washington, Charles ID. Call;
How Green are the Meadows, school;
WEAKNESS, Eddie Irwin; The Flag, John
Lorenseu; Children, Mabls Taylor and
Nellie Osterman; The Brooklet, song by
school; CuIfew, Amanda Witt; Excelsior.
Mae and Nina Bowman; Rainy Day,
Cora Toenniges; February Twenty-Five,
Grace Bowen; Seasons, song by schoo' !;
! Arrow az the Song. Edns Ksblke; Three
Kittins, Lizzie Smith, Della Bibbs snd
| Ada Larson; song. Good Night, Minnie
Gahagan, Amanda Witt, Alma Ekstadt,
Florence Frysinger, Louis z zimmerman,
and Char les LorepseD.
! BUILDING NO 4.
Ninth grade-At building No. 4 the
pupils Of the ninth grade. Miss Plstt,
teacher. gave a programme of interesting
exercises devoted TO American snniver-
saries coming in February. as follows:
Minutes read By assistant secretary,
Margaret McKibben; America school;
biography of Logan. Adele Champion;
biography of Lowell. Jennie Kelly; June.
an extract by Lowell. Helena Riemers
piano solo, Mary McElherne; history of
WashiDgton's Inauguration, Grace Cue
extract from Wsshington's farewell sd :
dress, William Walker; piano solo, Grace
| Cue; biography of Lincoln, Nellie Psge;
LiDcoln's speech at Gettysburg, Edgar
Robins; The Cows are in the Corn, school;
biography OF Longfellow. Josie Gregg;
history OF Longfellox's poems, Tilie
| Thompson; Death Of Hiawatha. Frieda
Koehler; song, The Bridge, Clara Redeker.
Ella Graham. Halens Reimers, Nellie
Page, Josie Gregg; death of Gabriel,
Grace Bromley; Red. White and Blue,
| school: calisthenics, school, lead by Title
| Thomson.
BUILDING NO. 6.
The exercises and decorations at build :
| ing No. 6, we're very fine. The pupils in
Miss Kirkpatrick's room celebrated Long,
fellows day. A portrait of Longfellow,
and pictures of Evangeline and Priscilla
presented by her pupils. were handsomely
decorated with flags and bunting. The
name, Henry W. Longfellow, IN evergreeus,
hung on the wall. Each pupil and visitor
was preser ted with flag, with a couple,
from some poem of Longfellow's written
on il. Music was furnished by the or.
chestrs Of No. 6. composed of Louie
| Ulmeyer, Willie B!euer aud Irvan Littig
Instrumental solos were given by others
and songs by the school. Longfellow's
most popular poems were creditably
spoken by the boys and girls. Calisthenics
constituted the closing exercise.
Fifth and Sixth grades
Misses Nora Weatherspoon snd
Lucy Peetz, teachers, Wash
ington and Longfellow exercises were
held as follows:
Song, Stsr Spsngled Banner school
Washington Birthday exercise. 10 boys
and girls; Life of Washington. Henry
Cook; February Twenty-second. Emma
BrockmaD; Washington. Emms Blom.
quist; Washington's Birthday, Lizzie
Rrnson; Welcome. George Hellpenstell
Washington, John Bromley; Paul Re-
vere's Ride, Willard Lerchen; John Henry
Jones, Ernest Russ; Washiugton's Dia
slogue, boys and girls; The Flag, Lillian
Rush; Sheridan's Ride, Hulds Teska
The Children's Song of the Flag, Fred
Meyers, Walter Barker. John Bromley
The Star of the West, Carl Fiebig; The
Flag Ger the School House ID
Floating. Mary Colligan; Oul
Flag, exercises by four girls; Bsrbars