The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-09
scHooL CLOSING

g ENTERTAINMENTS.
 Mss Rubie c. Harris the Editor a;;d
 Manager of the Board of School piren-
 tors or New Orleans. writes the folio F. | ing hints regarding school closing en- tertatnments and the ideas she express, k
 VII perhaps be helpful to some teach
 {. The q e,sas success ,, of school entertainmcht
 dren participating. Parents will become deeply interested when their own little
 Johnnie or Susie is on the program; and I 1T 1t Is possible to get every child in | thing, success is assured. This can m ast easily and effectuaiiy be done by chor. uses and drills. Costuming adds to the erect, and to the interest beforehand. children of such tender years exercises for many of them together are the most suitable, as stage fright does not affect them when 2 number of their piaynatcs
 The first number might be either a patriotic air. or simple welcome song. There IS one set to the tune of Yankee Doodle with With, easy words If the woris string together a bit of rhyme, which can be sung to Yankee Doodle T.ns might be followed by Procession Of the Months. In Kellogs's Blackboard
 
 illustrating this theme. Boys and girls could be costumed to renresent the months, each reciting a couplet about the month he represented; for instance, a. jingle of the ice end snow and winter sports for January a word of Washing ton the immortal for February, a line about ,Old Glory for July, and a verge ory gems and bits of chiIdren's poet-y will supply verses appropriate for the months With the twelve children to represent the months might be a tiny might come in leading the months, re- l citing this verse;
 ]. I am the little New Year. Ho. Ho! Here come tripping 1t over the snow; Shaking my bells with merry din, So open the door and let me in., :. The old-fashioned dialogue, to be tor is a pretty little bit of acting for | a small boy and girl. which will simply take the house by storm If the children get the. spirit of the thing.
 Then the boys might have a soldier | drill. going through a march, as simple or complex as one chooses, closing thIs number by the singing of that swinging pit or patriotism set to music, The Na- tion's Guard by Brooke.
 "A Maypole dance is always a pleas mt feature, which the girls will enjoy, and tnelr mothers, too, for the oppor- 1unily VI ulSpidylnS pretty Wn1Ce dresses and pretty crisp ribbons. The dancers night wear sashes and ribbons to match he colors of the ribbons to be plaited 'Gund thelr Maypole.
 The very smallest girls might br,ag heir dollies dressed in long clothes, md moving softly about the stage, hush he precious darlings to sleep; while I, 'inging lullaby, Sleep baby sleep; hy father tends the sheep,' might do, I-- nothing newer were at hand
 These suggestions are made with a '1ew of necessitating the smallest pos- fole outlay on the part of the teacher m 'repartng for the gala event of the clos. ng of the school. Presentation of aft ards. bits of ribbon for honors won m essons and in conduct, and if pOsslble
 reward of some kind for every child vtll bring the program to a pleasant lose. 'The schoolroom itself should be made s bright and pretty as growing plants nd fresh surroundings can make It. | 'akes and lemons and sugar for refresh. 1ents and if the affair be managed by he teacher as though 1t was one of the reatest pleasures of her life, and as hough she was really sorry that school avs were over for the term, the par nts will think 1t fine. and will be most V rdent in their interest and their desire a pr cooperation the next term" n