The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1894-06-14
GRANITE PUBLIC SCHOOL.


GRANITE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
The Closing Exercises Last Friday
Evening.
Cares Of the day /; brooding DER the
past thoughts of the silver market and
the ultimate triumphs Of the Coxeyites !;
politics, matrimony and religion, all ap-
peared as molehills to each spectator
who sat in the pretty Miners Union hall
Friday evening and listened with rapt
attention to the programme rendered by
pubils of the Granite public school which
lasted from s to II o'clock and which
furnished instructive amusement such
as had not been Witnessed since the
closing down Of our mining plants a
year ago. 1t was, indeed, fair gather
ing, and the entertainment was social
event worthy the praise Of the principal
and teachers who made 1t in every way
pronounced success. The pupils per-
formed their different parts with ele-
gance and grace, giving evidence that
their school days had not been spent in
willful play and idleness
AS already intimated, it was the first
public assemblage of any kind in a long,
long time, and the people took advan-
tage of the occasion. Six months ago
the town seemed smaller in point of in
habitants than it did last Friday night,
and "where did all the people come
from ?" was the pertinent query ejacu-
PROGRAMME.
Chorus" vacation Song" ng".......:.";.........
RecltatlOn. n....................... Matilda Hawke
Rec1 tation. .Caddie Harris
Duet Vol and violet 9oGsn Lucas ,aas
kec;taton kkec;itaton Na;, ida ystter YET q
C5orusDA e % America oiark
Recitation THE Last Hymn ..Lettie Mcleod
pis!osaeHvacation Fun iianA Aee.er
Dialogue. Winnie Keeler and Grace Richards
:. " 49,. Susie Seymour and James i. Nor;tny
RolG Rec?tat;on fnao Rdorenee Pa1a
Goose TbiTty biy Ghildran
Chorus "Old Folks at Home ............ -
Resoved, That England has done more good
for f95r the world than the United States since
The rendition Of the programme was
SO acceptably received that we cannot
refrain from giving further explanation
of the parts. Miss Nellie Youlden pre-
sided over the house in her usual pleas
ant manner. Miss Florence PAUL at the
piano performed with ability throughout
the evening, and in the rendition Of a
pretty solo, entitled, "At the Ferry" she
was warmly applauded. The dialogues,
"Our Country's Flag" and "Vacation
Time," by several of the young ladies,
were appropriate selections. Mabel Viol
and Violet Lucas seemed to be quite at
home on the stage They were hand
some1y attired in blue frocks suited to
the comical vocal duet "Two Little Girls
in Blue: That quaint old cantana,
"Mother Goose" was given, with the
usual amount of fun resulting. The
leading characters were, Mother Goose,
Susie Seymour; Simple Simon, Harry
Wasslin; Old Bachelor, John Pearce;
Bride, Fannie Seymour; Old Shoe Wo-
man, Bessie Snow; Old Chicken Woman,
Lottie BEETLES; Old Mother Hubbard,
May Mcdonald; Old Woman with Dog,
Dora Fehringer; Little Boopeep, jamie
Hawke; Little Boy Blue, Percy Viol;
Sheep, Eddie Blonger, Orvis Smith, John
Mclean, Henry Weigenstein; Jack, Will
Martin; Jill, Lizzie Nixon.
Preparatory to the debate James
Brennan, president of the Granite Liter
ary Society, which society has been con-
Quoted in the interest Of the school, an
nounced the selection of the judges,
after which the intellectual battle be-
gan. County Superintendent of Schools
Mrs. Abbie w. Wilkinson, Mrs. Angus
Mclean, Judge Peter Gallagher, L. J.
Fisher and ". J. Swartz, judges. Mem
bers Of the club who furnished the fur
were: For the affirmative-Susie Pearce,
Clara Weigenstein, Basil Elford, James
NortheY; for the egative-Susie Sey-
mour, Louis Dorsey, Edward Page, JAS
Brennan. The contest started off at a
rapid gait, reaching climax in point of
argument long before the second round
had begun. Some of the ripper scholars
waxed eloquent, quoted from Plato, and
for time impressed the audience with
the delusion that the speaker was akin
to Plato himself The nays won.
The society is worthy one. Not alone
for it's popularity, but lnasmuch as it is
mighty John the Baptist-preparing
the way for our state and national legis-
lative halls, where we sincerely hope
some of it's leaders will honor in time to
come with proper credentials and voice.
Isn't This Sad?
WASHINGTON, June II. = President
Cleveland has been somewhat affected by
the warm weather. The regular Monday
public reception has been abandoned.
DR.. O'Rellly gave the president a pre-
scription.
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