The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-24
CHRISTMAS AT HAND.
The Closing Exercises in the
Public Schools.
MANY EXCELLENT PROGRAMMES
The Services I'm the Churches-Mfdnirbt
Mass for the CathoIics-Pres-
ents and Trees,


ne ending OF the term was male the occasion
for hrisimxs ex rcises ia most OF the room.
and for special programmes at the meetings of
ths several Literary societies. In most instances
lie r0oms were very PRETTY decorated with
: green's and aoweES.
CENTRAL SCHOOL
The JOYOUS Hour Society OF the seventh and
eighth grades of the Centra school held eyer
rise, Ia room Il, wh ca appropriately deco
,s,ed with Christmas des gn. rae following
excellent programme, which was enjoyed by
maay visitors, was given:
song-"Amsrlca .:--....--.-....... Societies
Musie-lnstrumeD' TAI duet .........
.......... .Essie Aundeli and Leora Conn
Observation-Disclosures Morn Ella stetson
Noble Getchell, Hugh George, Edward Crsss-
man, stephen Mason, WaIler Gordon,
Nathan sh4rlin, Gerard Martin,
Eta NJ ConneI
nusic--Instrumental. .......... Laura Briggs
RecItstion--'Kentuoky Belle. Grace Edwsris
kssd ssnnt. Fs,Is s Msp br s
soDg-aChhstmas Bells ......... Societies
Recitation "Christmas Eve. Eta Mcdonnell
song-"Jolly Old St. Sieholss' ......:........
Grace Edwards, Eta Mcconnell Louie
Dyes, Essie Muudell, Eugene Levy,
Hugh George, steven Mason.
Drama-"chiidren OF Fairy Land,
Red Riding Hood Olive smith
Cinderella Eta Stet.on
Goody Two shoes. :. Louie Dyer
30 feep ...'..'-...-..-.. Clara Levy
Jennie wren Irene simpson
Little Nell -:-...................C Clara Drew
Msrqui, OF Carabas. ............. Eugene Levy
Jack Horner ..-...........s Stephen Mason
Puss IN boos Hugh George
Page. Nathan sharlfn
Boy Blue. ......:................ Hugh George
Jack the Giant Killer. Walter Gordon
-"Christmas Bells .......... Societies
Chnrade H. ., 8, 4, 5, 6, T.
President. -. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Eugene Levy
Secretary ...-...................Ma dgs Fowler
stage Manager. ......................
...........walter Budlong and Arthur Lyons
At tie Central school the Philadelphia and
shakespearean societies gathered in room / /,
where many friends and relatives of the pupils
listened to the following programme
Recitation-"Guilty, But Not Guilty" -
.rsa IT, o-.t. Minnie Keihn
............ Maud Cookson and Bertha Baker
Rscitation-"The Face Against the Pane.
Piano solo-"The Newport" .Wiilie FELTON, FELTON,
Reoitation-"Careless santa Claus" ~
Banjo solo-"invincibls Guard March.
R.citation-"A sermon to the si.t.rs i' oAA
song-'we Birds Are Happy" -. societies
Aecitation-"willie and Armies Prayer"
corDst solo-"In Happy Moments
...;:.";.... John Wilhelm
uuet-"Qul Niye GaIop ............-.....
.::......... .Esse Mundell and Leora Conn
Reeitation-"A Christmas in Indiana" -
sons-"Christms. Time Has Come Again"
MISUNDERSTANDING of Christmas 49,.
............ .............. Charles scurry
The H. II. Club, of the fifth grade, under the
direction of the teacher, Miss Annie A. Kellam,
gave the following programme:
PART l.
Chorus-"A Merry Christmas" School
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dream" Leon Blaine
Recitatlon-"Annie and willie's Prayer
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" Willie smith
Chorus-"Christmas Carol" ...............sc school
observation-disclosures Eve" " Annie Hubert
kscitaton-"Little Benny '....... Lizzie Ruth
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Christina
MISUNDERSTANDING Of santa Claus" y, :.
-......-.-............ .......-.,..W aIter HAIL
PARTu.
Cantata-"Grandpa's Christmas
GGrandpa. -..-.-.................Be Benny MITCHELL
Children Of GRANDMA and Grandma double
quariettel-Frank Loshe. Otto Callihan, Fred
McCras, Charlie Half, Lulu Shsehau, Mile
Wolfe. Sarah Atkinson, Bessie Boyd.
Grandchildren-shirley Treen, August Mel
home, Annie johnson, Daisy Potyin, Birdie
Mcconnell.
The Central School Longfellow Society, In
siead of holding their annual bi-monthly meet
ingin room last Friday, postponed 1t until
Yesterday, when they gave a united Whittier
and Christmas exercise for the pleasure of the
many parents and friends who were present
The room was neatly trimmed with evergreens.
Tie following is the programme:
"song of the Clock. .....................Sc School
aThe Poets story of the Barefoot Boy''- Maggie
Keneslly, Florence Truax, George Sonns,
lngebjorg Ihuland, Cleo Cushmau, Charlie
Stark, Eddie spencer, Laura Hunt, James
Kellogg.
christmas Sheaf Jessie Johnston
"a Legend OF the Northland" ..............
=. .;-..........:..; Mabel Chilberg, Everett Coe
song-"Dream Faces Phelps Gilmore, Davie
Aronson, sam Russell, Vivian Carkeek.
Music-vioin, James Kellogg; banjo, Eddie
Spencer
whittier Alphabet" Herbert BERTRAND, Hilda
schew, Edna Ellis, Robert Young, sam Rus
sell, Carl Mcknight, George Stanley, Willie
Mundsl, Clair Bigelow, Maggie Chisholm,
I. Gresham Z. Rienig. !. Akin, .. Ebbing-
- house T. Gleason, q. Jones, F. Cushman.
THE settlers Christmas Eve"-Fiora Jones,
Medium Potter.
"Trili Bird Song L Hunt, E Coe. R. Andruss,
c. Cushman, r. Zahren, A. Prosch, {. Raser.
"a Christmas story. c. Mcknight, l. Cutler,
A. rrosch, N. Schu.tze
p AoDn -......-..-...--. khoda blood
"@hat the Letters speli'. Gilmore, L Gilbert,
{. kaser, II. Bode, f. Champerlia, +. Hilton,
J. Hubert +. Cushman, T. Meheown, +.
Truax
coral song Observation-Disclosures. School
a psFPexing Question" Llswelyn Morrison
dolly SAINT Nicholas Song .......,......
"a .a ,h Eve ;,;..-.........-...D pni.ilps
"A 1hristmnn Fable ......... ......- II, Hughes
New santa Claus .........-....C. Gushman
Mother Huobard's Christmas Cupboard'...
."Grandmother's story OF Bunker Hill" SD. school.
$ I
The following was the programme for room 3,
under Miss Chisaol
Song .. ................ Schoo!
keei'ation-"said Two Little People, ......,
aifTeis Arithmetic 60 scarsm
Sesittsiion-''what IA Boy says WI lie
sscitai.on-"Joliy old saint -. Grace Burc EFT
sees;alng-"Baay Alice Ice Anderson
Esei'aton-"speak the Truth ...............
Reciistion-'Hanz Up the Ba6ys stock
soas"Halei street ~
p..;:::;;....... Frank ie Carroll Eta N. Lschlan
sscitatioa-0 a"'a sy 'as Lii Hs,V asasTd
Sesding-''Cheerily Sing We All Esther Levy
ae'iIts;;on-"l4,tle Boy Who Never Tod .
sseitstion-"Besutifa Things for Christ
lsctston-apojisb Rov cer, iSsi Pefrie
ssetauon-"Christmss Eve" Mace Rodgers
sseesalon-"Goins 10 Grandpa s. ferie Jones
recitation Warren Hastie
eons School
me children Of the second grade gave this
sa'is'mas programme:
sag-"Little Jack Frost" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Glass
S.sstH.sation-" Ten True Friends" Ned Haniord
eils-"Hang the Babys stocking
r.......-.. ..................M Maggie GarmEn
'0ee't reciiaton-"Grown-U p Land 49,,
SeNOfy Gems. AlfxA %. hnrn- Ered Gordon