North Park union., 1900-04-06
Program Rendered at
The Closing Exercises
or The waidsn Public sshocb. Friday
" March 80.

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The public schools oi Walden
closed Friday March 80. In the
afternoon there exercises consisting
Of singing and recitations by tho pu.
pills Of the combined departments.
The program Is given below. The
attendance during the school year
has kept up perhaps a little better
than usual, and a considerable sub
stantial progress was made by most
all the pnpils-A few only seemed to
fall behind and as consequence
their grades are not as good ms 1T
would seem they ought to be. A
general lack Of interest is about the
only excuse that can be offered. The
grades Of all the school are given be.
low as far as could be secured. Miss
Stogsdill by some oversight neglected
to keep the grades of her department
but the cards were given 10 the pupils
and quite a number went out of torn
before we gould reach them so our
report for that department must
therefore be imperfect. But we give
here all We could get possession Of.
A good many visitors were present.
Spring Has Come, by the larger
school girls. This song seemed to
drag too much; perhaps it had not
been practiced enough. Words OF
Welcome, Earl Boston. For little
fellow Earl did very well indeed. A
Day in Early Haytime, Sophia Brocker,
Considering her opportunities, Sophia
showed much Improvement. My
Time Table, Manly Capron. Well
spoken. Recitation, A Bunch OF
Flowers, four little girls Ella Capron,
Eva Decker, Ellen NoreIl and Minnie
Sayles. These little girls did very
we'll, their performance being anus.
ing. Song by the school girls, Angry
Words" This was'an improvement
on the other one. -
Jesus, Lover of My Soul, partly
sung and partly spoken by Pearl
Stout. She rendered this exercise in
a very pleasant manner; her singing,
perhaps, being Keyed a little too
high. A Notifying Mistake, Bertha
Coyte. Bertha spoke this piece well,
indeed, Golden Keys, Albert Man
vile. Albert speaks in clear man
ner and did well.
Is 1t Any Body's Business? Mary
Riggen. Mary spoke slowly and
earnestly as though she meant it.
In fact her performance was hard to
improve. Pats Criticism, by Grace
Lebow was very well rendered. Song
by the girls. joseph Baxter, well per-
formed. The Factory GIRL, Last
Day, pathetic piece we'll rendered
by Grace Stout.
What Girls Love to 20, by Carrie
Boston, Clara Lyon and frankie
Sayles. A want of thorough commit
tai made the rendering of this exer-
else little embarrassing; but the
girls went through courageously.
The Drummer Boys Burial, Bella
Seymour. This is pathetic selec-
ton and very unhappy one for the
peculiarly foroible style of the per-
former. The pathetic tone so i'm.
portant to delineate the beauty of the
story being conspicuous for its
absence.
Contentment, Harry Stout. Harry
has q style all his own which must
be heard to be appreciated. The
Bite, Ella Manvllle. Ella is natural
ly one of the best of our little orators
and will some day he a very
attractice speaker Saint Peter
at the Gate, Cynthia Sayles,
This narrative of very talkative and
very religious woman parlying with
Saint Peter at the gate of Heaven,
wherein she boasts of her own good
ness, and the doubts she entertains
concerning the chances of her hus-
band, but for whom she still pleads,
is highly dramatic. Very amusing
even if it is q little sacrilegious.
Cynthia gave us the spirit of the
selection in very credltable manner.
Choice of trades, When I'm Man,
by Fred Coyte, Harry Stout, Clarence
Lebow, Manly Capron, Earl boston
and Albert Manville. The boys did
we'll in this selection. Song, Keep a