Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-23
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Closing Exercises Of Various Glasses Last
NIGHT and Today.

UloSlng Exercises OF various UlaSseS Last
Night and Today.
The hall of the university was crowd
ed beyond the doors last evening by
parents and friends of the pupils of
public schools. Despite the manifest
disadvantages of the place of meeting,
the program was enjoyed by those pres
ent. Amusing dialogues, declarations,
recitations and songs followed each
other in pleasing variety, showing that
the superintendent, Mrs. Dunning, and
her corps of teachers had been success
full in training the children and awaken
ing in them what is brightest and best.
A number of pretty drills by pupils of
the second ward school earned loud APP
plause. A flag drill, hoop drill, and a
wand drill were especially picturesque,
A Spanish dialogue evoked much ap-
| plause. The o%ratorical contest, fol
| which the superintendent, Mrs. Dun
ming, gave the prize, was awarded tc
| Miss Jennie Miller, who spoke on The
| Men Behind the Guns" An Grafton by
| Albert Marsh also is worthy of mention
as an eloquent effort. The judges of the
| contest were Mrs. Wallace, Professor ]
A. Wood and Adolph Fischer, ex-presi
| dent of the school board. Mrs. Dunnins
also gave a prize for penmanship, which
was awarded to Wardron Redd. 1t wa
almost II o'clock before the exercises
were finished. Almost 200 people wer'
turned away for lack of in thu
hall.
WARD NO. 1.
The first ward public school close(
to-day after a very successful and well
attended term, under the management
of Miss j. Smith and Miss M. Johnson
who have been untiring in their effort
to make the school a success. TIL
closing exercises were held thi
morning in the presence Of the parent
and friends of the children. The schoo
room was crowded. The following pro
gram was we'll presented:
Opening chorus ..Schoo
Welcome .Juanito johnson
A Boys Opinion. Adrian Manzanare
Facatlon............
III Be a .Onecimo NUM-
Choice of Trade. Several Boy
Epilogue Antonio Rae
We Little Boys........Fou Little Boy
The First Speech. ....... Benito Rat
Farewell (recitation) ...Jacobo Brit
Song, "Good-By".. .Schoo
WARD NO. 8.
The closing exercises in the publ
school in ward 8, on the reservation
were held this afternoon according t,
the program published yesterday
Bright and pretty children one afte
the other stepped on the platform an
delighted their hearers with declama
lions, %recitations and songs. In the au
dience were the parents Of the pupil
and other friends of the school.
The teachers have done good work thu
past year., and the main handicap of thu
Santa Fe school system is the lack Of
modern and sufficiently large schoo
building.
THE SISTERS CLASSES.
The closing exercises of the public
schools at the convent this morning
were of an unusually interesting char
acter. The pupils, many of whom ar
children of Spanish-speaking parents
recited and acclaimed in English tina
was almost perfect in enunciation. Sew
eral dialogues, one of them in Spanish
were well acted, and created mucl
amusement. The drills by the pupil'
were also very good, especially when i
is considered that only a short time wa!
spent in preparing for the entertain
ment.
THE KINDERGARTEN.
The exercises at the kindergarten thi.
morning We're attended by a select au.
dience, and were of a very interesting
character. The kindergarten under Mrs
Fletcher's management is the pride Of
the city, and the closing entertainment
this forenoon fully sustained its repu'
tation.