Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-06-08
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HOLD EXERCISES
In New High School
Building.
Crowded to the Last Inch of Ca
pacity on Thursday and
Friday Nights.

If there is any one institution in
the city OF Prescott that holds unan-
imous sway in the hearts of the peo-
pie. it is the public schools. This
has never been more forcibly demon
strated than it was last week on the
occasion of the closing exercises for
the year. when two nights in success
sion Thursday and Friday nights, the
new high school hall was simply
crowded to suffocation with people
who came to witness the exercises.
The program did not begin on either
of these nights until 500 o'clock, but
5y 1880 the large hall would be
packed TO the doors. Scores Of peo-
ole we're turned away, and there was
not an inch of standing room that
was not taken. The hall will seat
close TO 900 people with ease, so it
is safe to estimate that there were
not less than 500 people in the hall
on each one of the above mentioned
evenings.
On Thursday evening the exercises
We're conducted by the kindergarten
and the first seven grades of the
school. each one of the grades being
represented on the program.
The first number was a May pole
dance by the children of the kinder
garten. and it is safe to say that
nothing prettier was ever executed in
this city by any class of small chill
dren. There were about forty little
lots in the dance, each holding a
ribbon. the boys holding the red and
the girls the white ones. After little
Florence Sheard, only five years OF
eye. had recited in a manner that
would have been a credit to a high
school pupil. Tennyson's beautiful
poem. I'm To Be Queen of the May
Mother" the dance by the forty lit
tie tots began and the numerous
drills were executed with remarkable
skill. producing an effect that capt.
waited the entire audience, as eyi
denced by the hearty applause.
s Oliver Nelson. of the second grade
recited The Winds Offering" in
/ -,-+ ,raditahle manner
Miss Frances CIaypOol, also of the
second grade, recited "Dotty''
Thought" in a manner that brought
forth a hearty applause.
\ number of little girls of the fifti
Grade were dressed in long white
robes with a red ribbon wrapped
around them to give the appearance
of striped sticks of candy. They SAM
Peppermint Sticks" and the girl
did look sweet enough to be candy.
A concert recitation by children
from the second grade entitled "Ou
Flag" was rendered beautifully.
This was followed by a flag song b.
children of the first and secon'
grades.
Jack CIaypool. of the sixth grade
recited The Old Fisherman" in al
artistic manner and received a heart
applause.
One of the cutest numbers on tn
program was the recitation of "Th
Elephants Chickens" by the childrel
of the first grade.
Miss Mamie Bond, of the sevent
grade. rendered a piano solo tina
was highly appreciated by the aud
ence and loudly applauded. Miss Ma
ME exhibited great ability as a mt
stefan and her rendition was faultles'
her time and touch being perfect i
every particular.
A bugle song was given by the pl
pills of the fourth grade and like a
the concert work of the evenin
= showed careful training and goo
} work on the part of teachers an
, pupils.
One of the prettiest things of tn
5 evening was the flag drill. by tn
girls of the third grade. The differel
maneuvers were executed in splend
e time and without a mistake, evel
, girl doing her part like clockwork.
4 Miss Maud Thomas recited "Tl
$ Preachers Boy" in her usual sple
did manner Miss Maud is quite Il
ented as a speaker, having take
h prominent part in the territorial CO
# tests under the auspices Of the w.