Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-02-24

Last Evening Was Attended by An
Enormous Gathering-One Of the
Best Entertainments Ever Given in
High SCHOOL, Large Class ssof
Bright Students.
High school certainly did themselves
proud last night when they made
their first appearance as a body be-
fore the public. The entertainment
was the annual event given each year
by the Junior class in honor of the
birth of Washington, and was at
tended by the usual large crowd.
The attendance last night was per-
haps V larger than usual, on ac-
count of an error in having three
sets of tickets printed. The class
itself had tickets printed before
they knew that it was the Gus
tom of the school board to have this
iore for all such entertainments.
When it was found that there were
two sets of tickets out and that there
would necessarily be some confusion
in the seating, part of the tickets
provided by the school board were
DESTROYED. The Seniors, however,
enjoyed the idea of having confusion,
so they ordered a lot of bogus tickets
exact duplicates of those gotten out
by the Juniors and gave them a wide
circulation among their friends.
| This had the desired effect in some
instances, and it was no unusual
thing to hear one of the ushers say
to the head usher, Say, what will
| do about these tickets?
Here are four people for
one seat" Matters were ad-
iusted however without much trou-
Die aud the entertainment proceeded
in a happy manner. Every seat in
the large hall was taken and many
were obliged to remain standing the
entire evening.
PROGRAM.
The program was without doubt.
one of the best ever given at the
High school and the persistent efforts
of the members of the class to make
the entertainment an undiSputed
success accounts for the creditable
manner in which everything passed
off. Each year, an attempt is made
| bv the Juniors to Guido the classes
which have preceded them, and in
this particular the class last night
undoubtedly accomplished their am
bitten.
After a SELECTION by the high
school orchestra, the program proper
began with a YER pretty scene, en-
titled washington s Vision" The
following were the characters:
| WASHINGTON Raumon1 CaSalav-
Goddess of Liberty, Edna Martin;
Faith, Edna O'Neal; Hope, Maude
Kessler-Angels.
Colonies-Grace Baker, Edna
| Moore, Ethel Richards, Edna Saxton,
May Huey, Ethel Thomas, Edna
Saylor, Elsie Martin, Grace Smith,
Eva Thomas, Ina Clawson,
Louisa Wessler and Ellen Swain.
The e was accompanied by
a reading and closed with the sing
ing of the Star Spangled Banner.
Part two opened with a chorus
selection by the class, entitled ''The
Knight and His Daughter, and was
followed by an Grafton of much merit
by Miss Grace Knollenberg on "Our
Government. Miss Knollenberg is
a pleasing speaker and she was heart
i~ly-applauded at the close.
The next number was a short talk
by Rudo Fromme, on "Shall
We Gobble Up the Philip
pines?' AS a humorist of extraor-
binary ability, Mr.. Fromme has had
few equals in the high school and he
carried the house by storm. His
audience was kept in a continuous
state of laughter by his bright say
ings, and at the close he was encored
until he was forced to beg from fur
Their speaking.
The class sang the chorus, "Union
and Liberty" the words by Oliver
w. Holmes and the music by Prof.
Will Earhart, the director. AS a
composer of more than ordinary
ability Mr.. Earhart is recognized by
all classes of musicians in the city.
The browning feature of the enter
tainment was a one-act farce, IN
titled MY Lord in Livery" Profess
SIGNALS could have done little
better than those who partici-
pated in the short comedy. There
was not a weak character in the
cast. The following was the cast.
Sibyl Amberly-Jennie Hill.
bose ana Laura, her frlendS-FauS-
ia Pagan, Edith Tallant.
Lord Thirmore-Willard Rupe.
Spigot, the butler-Edward War
fel.
Alfred Hopkins, the new footman
Robert Seager.
Robert, the page-Lawrence Smell
ser.
The class song, words by Howard
Burgess, was last on the program,
after which the class was banqueted
by the seniors in the lower halls.
The best of feeling existed last night
between the two classes who engaged
in the lively contest yesterday morn
and the Washingtonian "hatchet
buried.