The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
IsAohman Chapel and Union Academy Chips

As was stated in our recent letter
Union Academy school observed Arbor
Day on Friday last. When we made
this statement we didn't know that
there would be anything farther than
the setting out of trees and flowers and
a general Improvement OF the school
yard. Still we notice q few days pre-
vious to this that our little Chips were
learning speeches, but as Friday is
generally speech day at school we
never took tho least thought OF an ex-
hibitiou to take place. Our teacher is
80 full of work that she intends to sur
prise us in every respect in the way OF
expanding the minds Of our children.
We went to the school house about
p. M, and when we got there we
found good number Of the patrons
had already come and together with
the larger scholars they were all buslly
at work setting out trees. They all
seemed to be very much interested In
what they were doing. The work went
on until there we're twenty trees and
q number of flowers transplanted and
the rocks and the trash removed which
made quite an improvement on the
school yard. After the work was all
over the bell rang which called us all
In the house. Then came the surprise.
The scholars were all seated on the
front seats near the rostrum and Miss
Bessie rose and asked the patrons to
please excuse any mistakes that might
occur In the exercises as she had only
taken about four days for practice.
Then the following programme was
taken up and carried out to an utter
surprise Of all present:
Song by school.
Welcome address-Thurston Call
man.
| CONCERT recitation dolly - Lesste
Beard, Lula, Maggie, Beulah and Ma
mic Bobb, Lille Belle Epps, Blanch
Gallman, Eta Franklin, Lula Long,
Julia and Lille May Moore, Essie Will
son and Lula Kinard.
| A boys complaint about butter
| Robert Moore.
Our flowers-Dosia and Edwin Epps,
| Nolan and Lawson Long, Ella Kiuard
and Bernice Moore.
| Jolly Miller-Lawes Gallman.
| Holeulinden-Vassal Gallman.
Tableau-Too hot, by Freddie Gall
man.
Essay-Trees, plants and flowers by
Dosia Epps. "
| Awful-Joseph Wilson.
What I love to see-Bernice Moore
Tableau-A basting thread, by ELLA
Kinard and Holland Wilson.
| The blue and the gray--George Gall
man.
j Childreus work-Carrol and Cole
Wicker, Freddie and Lawes Gallman
i George Holland, james Long, Holland
Wilson, Alonzo Kinard, Olin Piester
d Willie Beard, Wilber Epps and Curtis
Rikard.
Why do people smoke-Eddie Enlow
Tableau-The little Cook, by Juli,
) Moore.
Cold water-Nolen Epps.
, Dialogues: The key--Georee Gallma
= and Eddie Enlow.
. Jimmie Butler and tho owl-Nole
Epps.
, Song by the school.
, This ended tho exercises on the pro
/ gramme. The patrons had selecte
the following names which trees wer
, dedicated in honor to them: The Hor
H0ft f1a NJ
. school district; School Superintender
J of Education F.. w. Higgins; Geo. !
4 Cromer, President of Newberry Co
l.. lege; the Hon. Arthur Kibler; an
8 then one to each teacher who hi
n taught since the foundation OF tf
8 school: Miss Lillian Glenn, Miss Emn
@ Scott, Messrs. John g. Turner and
Q A Mills and the last one to our presel
y efficient teacher, Miss Bessie Dom
h nick. The school was formed In, circ
around each tree and Miss Bessie act'
It as dedicator Of all except the one
Vt herself which she called upon Chips
y act. This ended the work of Arb
d Day at Union Academy and all we
III home seemingly proud of what "
u done. May each tree and plant Ii
Q. and grow and as the trees grow In 81
r. may the children grow tenfold more
IL knowledge and the cords OF union bi
to the teacher, patrons and children all
closely together that they may oil bt
school OF union by tho tics of love a
affection as we'll as by name is the pa
r. ing words OF Chips during the /
In school week Of 1893.
tn Miss Mary Sligh returned home
ke Sunday.
We are glad to note chat Mrs. G..
J. Livingstone and MIR. w. M. Bobb, Y
iss were quite sick last week, are 30
Tx, what improving.
Mr., r. l.. 8. Epps has had o