The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-01-24

A nellghtial Program Readersd u she
PabIIc school Building.

school building In very appropriate
manner. The birthday of Gen. Lee
was last Sunday, but the entertain
ment was deferred in order that the
, public school pupils could assist the
, Daughters OF the Confederacy. Every
} seat In the auditorium of the school
building was occupied last night and
manv were forced to stand through
, out the entertainment But this in
, convenience was more than made up
for by the character of the program
rendered, The entertainment was
first class Ia every respect and the
people of Waxahachie are deeply in
debted to the Sims Watson Chapter,
Daughters OF Confederacy, Prof. w.
L. Acker aud bis pupils for the sue
cess of the occasion.
Mesdames s. E. Buchanaa and w.
Fl Fears were at the door and during
taking up the dimes, which must have
amounted to several dollars. The en-
tire receipts will be sent to Dallas to
swell the fund which win be used to
provide entertainment for the old
heroes who will visit the reunion next
April.
Such entertainments "a this one
proved to be are eminently right and
proper. By this means the younger
generation learn to love the memory
of the brave Southern boys who In the
sixties marched to battle for a cause
they belived to be right, and which
time and events have proven to be
right Many of these brave boys
never returned and as their bones now
lie bleaching on a thousand battle
fields, we OF the South must not for
get their memory.
/ The program was rendered in a very
pleasant manner apd the public
school pupils who took part acquitted
themselves admirably.
Oscar Sensabaugh recited "kobt. <,
Lee" and the first and second grades
sang "Dixie" quite effectively. A re-
citation, Reading the List," was Civ
en- by Miss julia Sans. Way Down
upon the Swsnee River" was sung by
the second and third AIDES and An
ME Mae VIM, Ida Kenneny and Lou
Connaliy recited respectively, "Ciyii
war; "a Southern Scene" and Lit
, tie Giffin of Ten
That delightful song which never
fails to touch a responsive chord In
the he rts OF Southener, "Tenting
on the Otd Csmo Ground" was sung
in splendid manner by a group OF
, boys from the fourth grade. The
singers were neatly dressed in gray
and 80 the sound OF bugIe and tap of
drum they presented very unique
appearance. A real tent on the stage
made the scene look vegy iznpreaeive
1.-THE Conquered Banner" WAS recited
In most effective manner by Miss
Minnie 1immons. Mise Vole IA Cohen
recited verv charmingIy, "Rold 1t
Carefully"
"Massa's In the Col', COZ Ground, ~
was sung by the seventh grade Tbe
recitation, "Sword OF Robert Lee"
was pleasing.y rendered by Gladys
Tingie.
/ An instrumental solo, "War Med
ley" was skilltully executed bY Miss
Kate Daft an, OF Ennis. Mas Daffan 10
an accomplished musician and her
work on the piano last night won for
her The admiration of the entire audi
ence.
! "Old Kentucky Home was sweetly
sung by Miss Roberta Common. Miss
Connor has good voice that is We !
adapted to this song.
Mr.. e. ". Baker and Miss Cameron
Boone sang a duet which was received
with many manifestations of appre-
/ citation. air. Baker has well trained
tenor voice and his vocal solo, GOOD
Night, Sweet Dreams" was delight
full treat. Mics Addie Villa ms tav-
ored the audience with vocal solo
which was sung With her usual grace
and ease. The exercises closed with
t"Dixie" sung by quartette.
At he conclusion of the program
Miss Minnie Sims, ON behalf of the
Daughters OF the Confederacy, pre-
sented to Prot Aeker for the school
library history of the war, and In
accepting the volume the professor
made very pretty speech, which
later on we will publish,
The encores and applause given
each and every person on the program
was a splendid attestation OF the
audiences appreciation OF the enter
tainment.
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