The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-28
KINDERGARTEN GRADUATES.
Exercises of Baldwin Training
school at Lawton Memorial May

The graduating exercises of the Training
School of the Kate Baldwin Free Kinder
garten will take place at the Lawton Me-
mortal Friday night. May 3. The follow
ing is the programme:
Introductory talk, Miss Backus.
The Thank You, Good Morning, Songs,
etc, class.
Talk on physical training, Miss Ander-
son.
March-soldiers, Horses, Giants, Birds.
Winding the Clock, class, led by Miss
Hardee.
Talk on the place of music in the kim
dergarten. Miss Spring.
Songs by the class Textbook" Shoe
maker, with Hammer Rhythm" Rub
Scrub"
Circle play directed by Miss Burroughs.
Nature songs by the class, THE Birds
Nest" Moon and Star Songs" MY Dog
gle" Mr.. Duck and Mr.. Turkey"
Circle play. directed by Miss Daniel.
Songs by the class, Merry Little Men
Naming the Fingers THE Squirrel"
Talk on stories in the kindergarten,
Miss Elliott.
Story, told by Miss Snowden.
Games-Lassie and Laddie, Little Trav-
elers, class, led by Miss Palmer.
Talk on manual training Miss Pritch-
ard
Presentation of diplomas, Mr.. George j.
Ba .dwin, Goodbye songs, class.
Informal reception and exhibition of
work of the training school.
The classes to take part in the exercises
are:
1Ss1-Jessie Anderson, Kate Roberts
Burroughs. Belle Daniel, Lydia Gaillard
Snowden, Waycross Ga; Phoebe Herbert
Elliott, Ophelia Dent Pritchard, and
Claribel Spring.
1S92-Carolyn Sidney Bailey, Brunswick
Marion Alexander Boggs. Athens; Marga-
ret Veronica Converse Minnie Anna Deck
er, Anna Hay Pritchard. Cassie Rembert,
Agnes Spencer. Columbus; Clark Bliss
Vaughan, Elizabeth Cope Mills Watt
Griffin; Daisy Edwin Woodward Macon.
The programme and invitation mark a
new departure in the line of graduating
exercises. Invitations have been sent out
as the most effectual means of bringing
the event to the notice of those interest
ed, but the management would like it
clearly understood that the public is cor
daily invited, whether it has received a
special invitation or not
The occasion of the graduation of the
first-class' of the First Kindergarten
Training School of Savannah is some
thing that will interest a great number
| OI persons, ana lne OrOer OF exercises is
| planned with view of showing the pub
| lie, part of the every day work of the
| Kindergarten During the course of the
| two years training required of the grad
yates, part of the work is planned and
given to the class as though they were
| children. and this makes it possible to
carry out the programme arranged for
| the exercises. Except for the Introductory
| talk by Miss Backus and the talks on
| special subjects by the graduates the
| programme will be carried out like q
mornings work in a kindergarten, the
| class representing the children. This is
not planned for amusement and although
1t is such a novelty, one loses sight of
! everything in the interest OF watching
! the principles brought out, and in seeing
how completely the work is planned to
| satisfy the whole nature of the child
The thankyou is the simple prayer
sung at the opening of the. days work.
recognizing the goodness of the Giver of
| all.
The good-mornings are to satisfy the
| socfal instincts of the child to give him
| habits of tact and courtesy, and to teach
| him to observe time, weather etc The
talk on physical training will explain the
! need of the march and other outlets for
nervous energy that follow. The talk on
music does the same for the songs, many
of which are most artistic and written for
kindergarten use by the best composers.
The circle plays are spontaneous represen-