Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-31
ROCKY FORD PUBLIC SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT.
Most Enjoyable Entertainment at Odd
Fellows Hall.

It might have been possible to have
crowded half dozen more people into
Odd Fellows hall last Friday evening
That addition 10 the audience might have
been the Hlast straw to break the camePa
back" and might have caused the walls
to bulge to . dangerous extent. The
ign standing room only" was not dis,
played, as it would have been misleading'
Newer before was the I. o. O.. F. hall SO
PACKED as on the occasion OF the enter
tainment given by the pupils Of the pub
ic school, cloaing the year OF 1S9S-94.
The hall was handsomely decorated
with flowers and the national colors.
The program was announced by means
OF an illuminated panoramic device,
which exposed the title Of each number
before and during its presence ON the
Miss Alta Barkers recitation, my
Day and Nowadays" was a medley q
recitation, song and acting, and was well
Miss Nettie Partners essay, "The
Goggles We Wear" was bright, enter
tanning and didactic.
-Four little people rendered Content
ment" quite creditably.
Miss Mamie Guthrie effectively rend-
cred .'The Deserted School House,"
Wilde Nesbit was "a Queer Little
Boy" and combined the literary and cir
Gus features of his number to the enjoy
ment Of the audience.
"The Pink Rose Drill" was beautiful.
Twenty -four girls were dressed in white
and wore pink sashes.. Wreaths OF pink
flowers were carried, and the marching
and calisthenio exercises made hand
some scene.
Harris Hamlin acquitted himself nice
ly in the recitation Generosity"
In "Playing Horse" Jasper Mcdonald
allowed Eunice Robb to outwit him-aa
the gentler sex generally do the 'lords Of
sThe Doll Drill" by IA little girls was
wore o. bns Sns caps, and s'.s each carried i dol
dressed in blue. This number was q
combination of song and graceful motion
and the little folks did so we'll as to make
their part of the program among the best
things Of the evening.
"A Rainy Day" was excellently 70
cited BERTHE Waterman.
The leading feature Of the evening,
the Cantata, Singing Flowers was re.
served for near the close. Scenic ehecta
were made to contribute to q fne musi-
cal production. After the Introductory
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the picture of home surrounded by
an extensive flower garden. The flowers
were large enough to allow an opening
in the centre, in which appeared, at the
proper time, the faces Of the young mon
and women who represented the varioul
rural beauties. The Cantata was well
rendered and highly enjoyed.
After Prof. Bolles thanked the audi
ence for the evident interest taken in the
public schools, the closing number was
quietly announced by movement Of the
program panorama.
"fhe Shaking Quakers" was pleasingly
render by half dozen girls in Quaker
costume, accompanied by Orville Kearby,
who made most successful deacon, keep
ing sober face under trying circum-
stances. This closed most enjoyable
evenings entertainment, the only draw
back being that the commodious hall was
not large enough to comfortably accom-
odate the great crowd which sought ad-
mission. The program was all the more
creditable to the school when it is re-
membered that all the work OF prepara-
ton was done without neglecting those
moro important duties relating to the fln-
al examinations in the regular studies.