The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-06
THE KLAMATH RAN.

The Kalmathian of West Haven gave a most delightful entertainment Monday evening in Temperance hall. A crowded house enjoyed the exercises from start to finish. The committee in charge consisted of Mrs A. M Drummond, Mrs. s. T. Bryant Mrs. A. Felton Wood and Mrs. F. R. Lewis. Mrs. H. W. Thompson and Misses Jackson, Reynolds, Kelsey and War ner were ushers.
 The opening piece of the programme was by the Gates orchestra, whose work throughout the evening was ex- celIent and was much appreciated by the audience The chairman inrtoduc- ed the president, Mrs. F. l.. Nettleton, who made some felicitous remarks, af- ter which the numbers of the pro- gramme were carried out E. A. Smith | of Trinity choir with H. W. Thompson | accompanying at the piano gave an ex- quisite rendering of "The Fog Bell" Superintendent Drummond next pre- scented the subject of the Pollard Syn 1 thetic method of reading, giving some | of it's leading features. Then came a I class exercise given by Miss Charlotte | E. Hyde with group of little tots about six years old who showed by l their quickness and expertness, how much can be done by this method. It consists of taking the sounds of letters as the basis and then building the words, leading up to the ability to l read even unfamiliar words. These l little people showed great facility in | the marking of letters to indicate their | sounds and in their ability to read with l clearness and expression. They had l about finished half of the primer in their school work, and their proficiency was remarkable.
 Miss Mary A. Moore with a class of First reader pupils, then presented the second step of the system, and it was fascinating and amazing to see the rapidity used in marking and spelling words and in reading. The children were given a test in Tight reading from book which they had never be- fore seen, and the result was fine.
 The Second reader work was shown by Miss Bertha N. Bowers, whose class exhibited the excellent results obtained from the system. In addition to read ings from their own book and to sight reading these young people did some remarkable work in marking and pro- nouncing words of five or six syllables It was startling to see them go to the blackboard and with such confidence attack words they had never had oc, casion to use, and some of which they had never seen. Such words as mis- understanding, homeopathy, f1otilla immediately and even reconcentrados
 were disposed of as readily as former
 generations used to spell baker ant it's neighbors in column. At the close of the exercises by the classes, the ush
 CTS gave to each of the young perform
 CTS copious supply of candies, ant these were attacked with the same
 readiness which had been shown 1T
 sounding letters and locating diacriti
 cal signs
 The results shown were certainly
 amazing and reflect great credit on thu 1 superintendent and the teachers wht have been instrumental in producing
 them.
 A very pleasing feature of the even ing was when one of the little tot
 of Miss Moore's class, Loretta O'Con
 nell, aged seven years, showed hersel
 to be musical prodigy in her work a
 the piano. The duet by Mrs. Holli
 and MT. Smith, entitled the A. B. c class won rapturous applause, and al
 an encore they gave the song "Maste
 and Pupil'' The artistic singing an ; acting of these singers captivated tn
 audience and appreciation was hearti
 ly manifested.
 The evenings entertainment wa most gratifying to all concerned in it production.