The record-union., 1898-03-24
PLEASING SCHOOL FEATURE.
HOW "MCTHERS' DAY. WAS OB-
SERVED YESTERDAY.
Exercises by the Second Grade Pu-
rils Of the Capital Primary
School.

/ The Mothers Day" exercises Of the
/ second grades at Capital Primary
| School yesterday We're of such a novel
| character as to reflect great credit on
/ Mrs Clara Parsons, the Principal, and
BERTHE Groth, the teacher The rooms
were crowded to their utmost capac-
/ ity BY mothers, and the rooms were
| tastefully decorated with the national
colors flags, evergreens. flowers and
large bows of crepe paper. The black
! boards were covered with drawings and
/ selections suitable to the day in col
ored crayons The whole atmosphere
of the school was like a large, pleasant
home.
| The chief feature of the decorations
was the children's work, arranged on
! tables. The number papers. the spelling
papers. and-best of all-the language
work Illustrated by free-hand draw
! ings. were tastefully arranged by their
teachers in book form with pretty COW
ers of colored papers and ornamented
with dashes Of gold.
The children were told two months
ago of Mothers Day, and instructed
to keep it a secret as a surprise TO
their mothers. The efforts to keep the
secret that so possessed them were
ludicrous in the extreme. and served
to arouse the mothers interest more
than could have been done in any other
way.
The teachers says that during the
preparation for Mothers Day the reg
ular work had gone on. but better than
ever before. and marked improve
ment was observed during this pc
riod, as the words Mothers Day
acted as q stimu!ant
\ few days previous to Mothers Day
each pupil wrote an invitation on
dainty note paper to his or her mother,
inviting them to spend part of Wednes-
day afternoon with them Not one
blot or soiled invitation was written,
and the little individualities that crept
into that writing must have touched
many a mothers heart.
Each child presented his mother with
lavender or green heart, tied with
ribbon, and with the inscription,
Mothers Day" and an appropriate
verse Each pupil had some memory
gem" to rccite, and then the pro-
gramme was given, which consisted of
tableau. songs, recitations and drills.
Mrs. Walter Longbottom gave a de-
Hehtful solo II Love You Best" in
her usual pleasing and artistic manner.
Mrs II. B. Breckenfeld gave q most
delightful, inspiring and instructive
talk to mothers. both from a teachers
and a mothers standpoint. She said
the teachers greatest need was to
know how to deal wisely and best with
each child under her care, and this can
be accomplished only through the
parents The speaker said that a re-
form was in the air, and parents and
/ teachers must feel the influence Of the
new awakening in the interest of chill
dren. and both must work together.
Children require the earnest thought
of the teacher, and she should have the
hearty cooperation Of the parents. Her
remarks were illustrated by suitable
! stories. She appealed to the mothers
to lend all possible aid to the teach
erS.
The mothers were so touched by this
, address that many We're moved to tears.
| City superintendent Erlewine also adj
dressed the mothers and children in his
usual happy manner.
Mrs Parsons then told the mothers
why she had invited them to come
that each might see her child's work,
and compare it with others, and that
the mothers and children might realize
the close connection between home and
school.
The teachers and parents felt that
this was a red letter day" in the
school year. The mothers carefully
examined and expressed appreciation
Of the work, and so ended a day that
had not even the little rift to mar
it's success. The teachers have already
reaped some of the results.
The next Mothers Day" will take
classrooms. Following is the pro-
gramme of yesterdays exercises:
Lords Prayer; "Salutation of Flag"
by the school; tableau, The Flag"
Emily Gillis; Flag Song; address of
welcome. Melvin Boyd; recitation,
Baby Land; song, Scatter Kind
Words; memory gems, Miss Groth's
class; song, What Do Brides Dream
OFF, memory gems Mrs. Parsons
class; song, Il Love You Best" Mrs.
w Longbottom; dolls drill-Cecil
Rhoads, Ethel Schestag, Edna Wilke,
Bertha Nichols, Madolin Woods, Sibyle
Bedee, Clara Jackson, Edna Murphy,
May Hoffman, Ruth Ryan, Emily Gill
lis, Leslie Bruner Sadie Sanderson,
Bessie Cornwell. Ethel Baker, Rosie
Harris; dialogue. Three Little Lads"
John Miller, Clifford Russell and Carlos
/ McClatchy; song, Love at Home;
class recitation, Our Baby; song,
THE Sand Man: addresses. Mrs. H. B.
Breckenfeld and Rev. c. L. Miel: song,
Evening Hymn