Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-06-01
A LARGE AUDIENCE
In Attendance, With Appropri-
ate Exercises, in the
4 audifOrium-Music, Speeches and SO
on by the Children and Citizens
Speeches by Geo. VI. Mccoy, r. A. Sha-
nor, +. ID. Young and Prof Skinner
A Good School.
From Saturdays Daily.

From saturday DAILY.
Yesteday ourpublic school closed
its nine months term, with appro-
pirate exercises. At half past one
o'clock the bell rang, and in a few
moments the large auditorium III
the building was full to overflow
ing. 1t was a beautiful sight to see
nearly nine hundred bright, happy,
pretty and innocent children all
dressed in their pretty spring CO.'S
tunes. 1t was a grand sight to
witness, and every one spoke with
enthusiasm of this feature Of the
Another matter of comment was
the lack of attendance on the part
Of the men. We do not think that
ia all that vast audience of over
twelve hundred people there was in
it a score of men. This ought not
to be so but it is, and We presume
always will be. The men are so
busy working and planning to get
few more dollars or holding up a
har they cannot devote an hour to
encourage their children by their
presence at the public school. II
was always thus and always will be
until our people, the older ones, die
off and the younger generation with
better educations comes to the front
and then the men will see things
different and a dollar will not be
the only thing in this life to live
and work for. These things are
coming just as sure as night follows
day.
The exercises opened with the
school singing that grand old hymn,
America" accompanied by Prof.
Willoughby on an organ. The
way the boys aud girls sang con-
WINGED us that a nation whose
children can sing song with such
sentiment as America contains will
never be defeated by poor old down
trodden, ignorant Spain. The
singing of this hymn was simply
grand, no other word will express
it better. Rev. Bowden of the M.
E. church then prayed for the sue
cess of the school, the teachers,
parents and finally for the Board
of Education. They need it; they
should be exhorted until they give
us something better than big
country school, if praying and ex-
horting won't move them up to
higher plane, we will try the ballot
box, but better school we must
have if it takes ten years fighting
to get it.
The next number consisted of
two recitations, the first by ten
bright little girls who recited in
concert, showing they had been
carefully drilled and executed their
part with credit to themselves and
their teacher, Miss Campbell. The
next was recitation in concert by
TN boys from Miss Campbell's
room, who did very we'll, but not
so we'll as the girls.
The recitation by Vieva Cosper
entitled "Sheridan's Ride" was
we'll rendered.
The quartette that was so highly
spoken of by our enterprising
neighbor up town, failed to put in
its appearance, hence they did not
sing so very we'll as our neighbor
reported. Newspapers who always
get things second handed or guess
at them, most always get left.
The song entitled The Battle
ship Maine" by Mary Canoe was
the next number and was well re-
ceived by the the audience. The
recitation by Miss Bessie Warner
entitled Little Match Girl" was
also good number.
The concert exercises by 10 girls
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