The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-29
BABIES ON A LARK
AT THUNDERB0LT CASINO.
Annual Outing of the six Kinder
gartens Under Baldwin System.

Annual outing OIL the SIX h1nuer-
gartens Under Baldwin System.
Nearly 400 children, pupils of the
Savannah Kindergartens. under the
superintendent of the Kate Baldwin
Free kindergarten System enjoyed
their annual trolley ride and outing
at Thunderbolt yesterday. The treat
was one of the many provided by
Mrs. George J. Baldwin for the benefit
and pleasure of the children, and
proved the most delightful of all the
picnics and trolley rides. In the first
place the weather was fine, and as
one of the youngsters remarked, when
the big cars stopped for the South
Side kindergarten, there's such big
family" The family party, made up
of the children, teachers, principals
and assistants, started out from the
six institutions, the Yamacraw, South
Side, PhiIbrick, Chatham, Trinity ana
Miss Pritchard's Kindergarten, early
Yesterday and from the station at For
tieth and Whitaker streets, proceeded
to the Isle of Hope.
Such another merry party would De
hard indeed to find. Many of the III
tie people had on the pretty paper
hats made in the kindergartens by
their own deft little fingers, and the
youngsters and their charming chap
erons made a very picturesque display
The four trolley cars, attended by the
most polite and attentive conductors
| and motormen, arrived at the Isle
| of Hope in good season, and from tnat
! noint proceeded to Thunderbolt.
In the Casino the merry crowd gain
| cred and for an hour or more enjoyed
the games and play that usually take
m a, portion of each little pupils time
! during the regular hours of the MORN
| ing. The games and songs were All
| the more interesting on account OF
| the size of the circle required, ana
the participants fairly bubbled over
with enthusiasm. The SIX principals
| and twenty-eight assistants, many OF
! the latter from the Training School,
were almost as much interested as
| their charges and entered into the
shirt of the affair very heartily
When play was over candy ana
crackers and other good Things were
enjoyed for a little while and tneh the
cars were boarded once more for the
trip homeward. 1t was very pleas
ant trim and every minute was ENJOY
ed. Mr.. Baldwin had been at the For
tieth street station when the cars
started out, and as each car passed the
Youngsters applauded the president OF
the system, clapping their little hands
heartily and with the utmost SINGER
| itv.
The city was reached on the return
trip at about 80 O'Clock and the little
people were taken back to the kinder
gartens and from there sent home.
| They will have much to tell about and
to cause them to remember with pleas
ure the picnic and ride.
! To-day all the kindergartens VIII
close for the summer. There will be
no very formal ceremonies, but each
will have its own little programme and
the children will be made to under
stand that it means good bye to their
kind teachers, for time at least.
Many of the little folks will enter the
public schools next fall, and the Of
ficers of the Baldwin system are de-
lighted over the reports they have had
of the kindergarten children who have
! entered school.
| In one instance a case has been re-
ported to Mrs. Warning of a child who,
after three years in the kindergarten,
has done her first years work in a
public school primary grade in just
! four months