Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1895-06-21
A Successful Common cement.

The large school rooms Of the Andrew
Small Academy of Jamestown were crowd.
ed to overlooking on the evening of Friday,
June 14th, when the annual commence.
ment oil this popular school took place. In
deed such large crowd was present, 1t is
estimated that at least one hundred and fifty
people could not get in. The programme,
so quickly and successfully rendered, was
as follows
Chorus, Milmay, ny the school; essay,
Lives of great men, Paul Dyson; recta
ton, Disturbing the baby, Maud Broome
recitation, Calling the roll, Frederick M.
Reading; recitation, Caesars passage Of
the Rubicon, Campbell Rice; drama, Play
ing school, Lizzie Tschiffely, Mary Tschif.
fey, Vandelia Tschiffely, Maud Broome,
Wordie Griffith, John Gassaway, Howard
DuFief and Robert Hodgson; instrumental
solo, Lucy A. Hodgson; recitation, Mad
Anthony's charge, James Broome; reclta-
ton, Entertaining her big sisters beau, Wor-
die Griffith; recitation, Only boy, Thomas
Lyddane; essay, Self.reliance, BERTHE Rice;
recitation, Jennie McNear's ride, Robert E.
Hodgson; recitation, What little boys can
do, IL. Maurice Reading, Norman CASA
way and Willie Gassaway; recitation, The
motherless turkeys, Hugh Maurice Reading;
Motion song and calisthenics, by sixteen
girls and boys; recitation, Echo, Helen
Nourse; recitation, No excellence without
labor, Howard Griffith; drama, This is the
house that Jack built, Lizzie rschiffely and
Campbell Rice; recitation, The Wears SER
mon, John q. Reading; recitation, The bat
tie Of livery, Upton Leman; recitation, The
frogs wooing, Vandelia Tschiffely; recita.
ton, Dankin's night, Alice McAtee; recita-
ton, The character of Bonaparte,,. Peter
Thrift; recitation, Pharisees and Sadducees,
Mary Tschiffey; duet, Piano and violin,
The sweetest story ever told, Upton and
Helen Nourse; dialogue, The rival orators,
Roger Darby and John Gassaway; recita-
ton, Catalina to the Romans, Roger Darby !;
recitation, The house where was born, Jno.
Gassaway recitation, Behind time, Thomas
Tschffely; recitation, The Baron's last ban
quet, Carroll Walters recitation, Bicycle
riding, Garrett Ward; valedictory, Human
life, Upton Nourse; Flag and gun drill, by
eight boys and girls; chorus, Star Spangled
Banner, My Country IT'S OF Thee, by the
school Presentation of flowers; The May
pole drill, by eighteen girls and boys !;
chorus, Good Night, by the school.
The children all did wonderfully well
and showed they had been carefully trained
and drilled by their faithful and efficient
teacher, Prof. VIM. Nelson, aided by his
competent aud energetic assistant, Miss l..
j. Lewis. The gun and flag drill, motion
| songs ana CallSJneDlCS were particularly
pretty. The winding and unwinding OF
the May pole was beautiful, and the evolu'
tons of the young participants perfect in
every particular,
1t is, perhaps, unfair to discriminate, but
although all were absolutely perfect in reel
tation and drills, Miss Lizzie Tschiffely
showed much ability and sprightliness as
an actress in the parts assigned her. Mr..
Paul Dysons essay was wonderfully well
written and beautifully rendered-it indi
Gated much careful thought and application
on the part of young writer. We predict
bright literary career for Mr.. Dyson, for
he undoubtedly has much talent. Mr.. Up
ton Nourse's veledictory was exceptionally
good, and was delivered in very graceful
and earnest manner.
The floral offerings were numerous and
very beautiful, every child was remembered,
some OF them receiving gifts, to them sweeter
than flowers. The genial Professor was not
forgotten by any means when the floral
tributes were distributed.
We are sure both parents and children
left for their homes with very pleasant memo
ries connected with the commencement OF
the Andrew Small Academy. Long may
this substantial, flourishing school and edi
flee stand as monument of learning for the
surrounding lovely and picturesque coun E
try In the vicinity of Jamestown.
| Darnestown, June Is, '95. L. L.