The record-union., 1899-05-30
SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY.
EXERCISES APPROPRIATE TO
MEMORIAL DAY.
Rendered at the Perkins, Oak
Park, Goldberg and Sutter
Schools.

ne pupils OF washington DlSlrlcI
school at Perkins rendered a long and
excellent program at their entertain
ment on Saturday evening, under the
supervision of the teacher Mrs. Clara
A. Mcdonald.
Ihere was some delay in carrying
Out the program as first intended OF
account of Encouragement to accom-
modate parties who had received sad
news and wished to leave early, and
also on account of other circumstances.
1t was well carried out with that eX-
ceptlon. The primary songs were most
~ motion songs and some of the 9TH
ers We're acted out in costume. One of
these, They Have Grated Him Into
the Army" by Bessie Hall, received
very determined encore. She was
obliged to respond, and repeated one
verse.
The schoolroom was tastefuly dec
GRATED, and some excellent drawings
Were on the boards A large number Of
people were present. Those who repre-
sented America and England wore
typical and beautiful costumes.
The program was as follows: Greet
ing Song" school; welcome, Rollie
Warren; "Children's Greeting Song, .
SIduGS, w IldL lnG OlQ 11tu
Said FrankieLikens song, Merry Lit
tie Men," primary grades; The Maine, ="
Elmer Murphy; song, BILLY Boy" Ma
bel Millard, Henry Mcdonald; Re
member the Maine" Edgar Camp;
song. Banks of Hayana," grammar
grades; when Women Vote" Louis
Pugh; song, THE Lambkins," pri-
mary grades; dialogue, shopping. .
second and third grades; charade.
Charity Myrtle Rotsler; song, Boy
and Cuckoo" primary grades; song,
Buy My Flowers Alice Harlow,
Willie Rooney; Foolish Little Maid
en-" Mabel Millard; song, "Herdsnan's s
Home" grammar grade; charade,
Hero" boys; song, Busy Children, q"
primary grades; song, May Day and
Morn school; dialogue, Yankee
Aunt" third and fourth grades; char
ade, Cicero" girls; song. THE Tenn
pest" grammar grade boys; song,
''The Trades first and second grades;
song. up. Up in the Sky" primary
grades; song, People Will Talk
grammar grades; charade, "Ingrati-
ate," Ethel McDermott; song, THE
Pigs" primary grades; dialogue,
Cats = Deaf Professor who hates
CdlS, ASd NdIT6n, DOES VI
grammar grades; song, They Have
Grated Him Into the Army" Bessie
Hall; pantomine, when the Cats
Away the Mice Will Play" grammar
grades; Mowers Song" grammar
grades; song. Yankee Dewey gram
mar grades; dialogue, City or Coun-
try Aunt Lizzie, Ethel McDermott;
City Girl, Myrtle Rotsler; Country
;rI srrOxt
annia. and Columbia Bessie
Hall, Ethel McDermott; England.
Blanche Millard; America, Myrtle
Roster; maid of honor, Annie McDer-
mott; Page, Leland McDerrnott; song
and tableau, Columbia" school.
To avoid too much repetition of
names. they are given below by grades
Thirty-two Of the thirty-nine pupils
enrolled during the past month took
part in the exercises:
Grammar grades-Ninth grade, Myr-
tie Rotsler, Harry Murphy, Asa War
ren; seventh grade, Edgar Camp,
blanche Millard; sixth grade, Ethel
McDermott-
Primary grades-Fifth grade, Willie
Pugh, Louis Pugh, Rollie Warren, Bes-
sic Hall, Leota Miller Willie Harlow.
Edwin Casselman; fourth grade, Mon
tel Millard, Ella Pennock, Pearl Pen
mock, Annie Waite; third grade, Alice
Harlow, Elmer Murphy, Clarence
Miller; second grade, Henry Mcdonald,
Mabel Millard, Willie Rooney, Charlie
Waite, Clarence Pugh, Gertie Wader-
witz. frankie Likens, Stephen Rooney,
James Rooney; first grade, Leland
McDermott, Annie McDermott, Milton
Laine.