The record-union., 1896-06-20
CAPITAL DISTRICT SCHOOL.
Mrs. Dunn'S Pupils Had a Gala Day
Yesterday.
Flag Raising and Patriotic Exercises
Participated in by the
Scholars.


School, Mrs. Hetty A. Dunn teacher,
took place yesterday. Being the occa-
sion of the raising of a new flag, the
exercises were wholly patriotic. The
decoration of the building, both out
side and inside, were not only appro-
pirate but quite elaborate.
The entire community of that portion
of the district seemed to have turned
out to show their appreciation of the
efforts of the teacher and to witness the
progressive results of the teaching. OF
the fifty-fve pupils on the roll during the
past month, fifty-two were present. and
each one of them was assigned some
part in the exercises, and all gave evil
dence of thorough training.
The exercises commenced with sing
ing America" after which came the
following programme: Opening ad-
dress Charlie Bonette; MY Country's
Flag" Virgil Pierrini; Our Flag"
Rosy Harder; See the Children"
march and song by ten of the youngest
boys and girls; Little Boys Lecture" +"
Cyral Carpenter; Red White and
Blue" Bertha Will; I'VE Wear To-
day Our Colors," Mildred Carpenter,
Alma Will, Jennie Gage; Hail Colum-
bia," origin, Belle Guisti song, Fan
ME Nance, Lena Schulze, Ollie Sanders,
Adah Sanders, Bernice Carpenter, Lot
tie Gage, Cora Davis; Patriotic Boy
Leland Downer; washington is Our
Model; double acrostic and concert
recitation by ten boys and girls; In
dependence Day; recitations laudatory
Iof Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry
and other Colonial patriots. ending with
the song, Children of the Union"
Maurice Derr, Eddie Nance, John Cor
nelius, Antoine Schuler, Willie Schmidt,
Conrad Hardie, Arthur Anderson.
Flag Drill ending with song
Flag of the Free Bernice Carpenter
Cora Davis, Mildred Carpenter, Clara
Downer, Alba Guisti, Florence Car
penter, Lottie Gage, Lucia Perrini
Edith Ellis, TIM Guisti; flag exercise
giving origin and meaning of the flag,
Edna Downer as leader, and six of the
younger pupils; "Star-Spangled Ban
ner," origin, Elmer Derr; song, Ida Da-
Wis, Hetty Dunn, Carrie Wynn, Bar
bara Schuler; "Mending the Old Flag"
Ema Will; "Columbia's Daughters" il
lustrated by recitations by girls, Colum-
bia and the thirteen original colonies
Glass recitation, Our Country" and
the song. ''Vive rAmerica'-Col Columbia
Hetty Dunn; Colonies, Ida Davis, Car
rie Wynn, Barbara Schuler, Edna
Downer, Ollie Sanders, Fannie Nance,
Lena Schulze, Ema Will, Adah San
ders, Effie Stillson, Bernice Carpenter
Florence Carpenter, Cora Davis
Adopted Citizens" Eddie Nance as
Uncle Sam greeting boys bearing flags
Of various nations, and placing them
aside to pay homage to the stars and
stripes, followed by recitation, Stand
by the Flag" Effie StilIson
AT this point Erskin Greer, one of
the leading citizens of the district and
a former School Trustee, being called
upon, responded in pleasing manner,
congratulating the district on the sue
cess and progress of the Capital School
under the able supervision of Mrs.
Dunn.
/ An adjournment to the school grounds
was then had, when the new flag.
SKID feet, which had been purchased with
fund raised by the pupils, was first
ffoated to the breeze by three of the
former graduates of the school, Char
lty Dawson, Roy Brooke and Charlie
BOnetti.
Summers Address to the Flag" was
then given by the entire school. fol-
lowed by a recitation, "The School
house Stands by the Flag by Elwood
Dawson.
The exercises We're then brought to a
close by Or. L. G. Shaw, one of the
trustees, proposing three cheers for the
nag, which were given with a will.
1he teacher was then called into the
schoolroom, when little Bertha Will, on
behalf of the pupils, presented her with
fine rOcking-chair
rabies were quickly arranged and
spread with all the substantials and
delicacies of the season, to which ample
justice was done by the large assem-
blage.