The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-26
HAPPY HOLIDAY CHILDREN
They Quit Their Books and
Desks to Spend d Merry
Christmas Time.

At Broadway, the high school build
ing, the exercises were of course, of q
more serious and ambitious character
The usual recitations, dialogues and
declarations were giventogether with
vocal and instrumental selections.
The music ut Broadway was of de.
gree of excellence rarely met with
even at professional performances.
PROSPECT SCHOOL.
The art features at Prospect school,
Of which Miss Hattie Gold Is the
capable principal, were Of great ex-
cellence. Mr.. j. G. Parmerlee, the
artist and engraver, added laurels /,
his reputation by the crayon sketches
which appeared on the blackboards.
The teachers and pupils also deserve
praise for their work.
The programme in No. was quite
lengthy. consisting OF thirty-two Sc
lections. but was wholly interesting.
The border of lilies on the board. the
flag in colors, a witch, the cat and
the fiddle were excellent crayon work.
Miss Bette Shafer. teacher.
Rooms = and 3 had the blackboartls
also beautifully embellished with
landscapes and appropriate notices.
The main feature Ofthe programme
was a dialogue by twelve little boys
and girls. Teachers. Misses Floy f..
Jackson and Hattie X. Russell.
Room No. I, Miss Nichols, teacher.
had a well sc ected programme, part
of which was an original sketch, "A
Class in Geography" by ten boys.
The skating scene in colors was very
pretty as was the border of blackbcr-
ries.
Nos. ) and 6 joined forces, and the
teachers, Miss Barley and Mrs. Bag
by, are to be congratulated upon the
progress Of the pupils. The border
of apple blossoms was exquisitely
drawn.
No. Z, over which Miss Randall
presides, was crowded, and the pro-
gramme of twenty-five selections was
rendered in a charming manner. As
in other rooms, the border on the
blackboard, representing holly, was
very attractive. !
No. s. Miss Hattie Gold, teacher
is weak in number but exceedingly
strong otherwise. The young ladies
no boys were seen-acquitted them |
selves most creditably. The picture |
in colored crayon, of the Magii follow
ing the star of Bethlehem was a re-
striking and well executed
picture.
The morning of Friday was de-
voted to exercises in the different
rooms. The teachers and principal
had one Of the rooms, No. 8, tastefully
decorated with pink crepe and hung
with profusion of flags. At one end
IF the room a stage was built. sur
rounded with evergreens. In the
flags and bunting deco
-ated the wall. across which were the
words Merry Christmas. Head
lights were arranged in a position to
hDw their radiance on the stage and
surroundings. and the scene was a
'ery pretty one.
y. +. sEDALIA SCHOOL
This school under the able super
'ision of Miss Emma Stosberg, as
principal, with Misses Josephine and
Jennie Kaiser, Eva Happily and
. Bumgardner as assistants, gave
! very ENJOYABLE and well rendered
literary exercise on Friday afternoon
It the school building. it being the
losing exercise before the Christmas
holidays.
This school enjoys the reputation OF
.et;ing up very interesting literary
and hence standing
DOM was at premium as usual.
Patrons and friends of the school
we're out to see and hear. and they
ve,e NOT disapnointpd