Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-24
Wore of the Exercises Marking
Close Of the Public
Schools.
MAKE MERRY WITH SONG
Rooms RECALLED in Decoration
Appropriate to the Sea-
son.

afternoon in celebration of the Christ
| mas season and to mark the closing
of the schools for the holiday of two
| weeks are herewith presented:
At Horace Mann school.
SIXTH GRADE.
| SOng-SchOOl.
| THE Scene of the First Christmas
Marguerite Dizotell.
| bethlehem Today"-Mable Heuck
Grace Negus.
| While Shepherds Watch Their
Flocks"-Nellie Sutherland.
| Rockets Xmas'-Angeline Wallick
Xmas Presents''-Bessie Rogers.
| Song-SchOOl.
FOURTH GRADE.
Song by School-"Xmas Time is
Here Again.
Recitation, Looking Ahead'-Frank-
lie Holman.
Exercise. Watching for Santa Claus
| -Lucretia Grove, Aurelia Schneider,
Sarah Spaulding. Zena Southerland.
Recitation. Xmas Questions"-Jes-
sic Van Ansdall.
Song by school-"Christmas Wei
come"
1.-The Night Before Christmas
James Thompson, Fred Orman, Clar-
ence Gemeinhardt.
1.-The Night After Christmas
Eugene Campbell.
Exercise. Fixing Things With San
ta"-Ruth Bergstrom, Grace Gannin.
Motion song, Way Up, Way Up in
the Gray Sky'-School.
Christmas Bell Drill-Five girls With
wands and bells, Helga Granere, Elsie
Anderson. Frieda Anderson, Alma
Schumacher. Charlotte Greaser.
Recitation, Kris Kringle"-Edwin
Carlson.
Recitation, 1.-The Letter to Santa
Albert Kasch.
christmas Thoughts" Weir
ather. Elmer Nissen. Arthur Ditch.
Song. winds Through the Olive
TreeS''-School.
Recitation. "The Christmas We Like
Arthur Ohms.
Recitation. "A Catastrophe"-Edwi
Davis.
Snowflake Drill, by four little girls
dressed to represent snowflakes-Jes-
Guckin. Bertha Whitmore.
Song, Santa Claus is Coming
School,
The Snow Brigade" drill by four
boys with brooms and shovels-Franll
Martens, Howard Crane. Henry Schaf-
er, Howard Bersell.
THIRD GRADE.
Song, way Up In the Gray Skies"
School
Recitation, "Grandma's Mistake
Nellie Brien.
derson.
Recitation, "a Letter From Santa
Claus"-GeOrge Whitmore.
Song. Little Workers"
Recitation, Kitty and Dolly and l"
Florence Long.
Recitation, About Santa Claus
Esther Cassel.
Song, Reindeer Are Coming
School.
Recitation. "A Visit From ST. Nick"
Frank Logon.
Song, christmas Eve"-School.
Recitation. christmas Eve'-School.
Recitation, How Santa Claus
Comes"-Clara Anderson.
Dialogue, "A High Ambition"-Four
boys.
Song, Christmas Cradle Song
School.
Recitation. IAN Address to Santa
Claus'-Muriel Winter.
Recitation, my Dolly''-Marie Stew
art.
Recitation, Observation-Disclosures
Hellstern.
Song. "A Christmas Lullaby
School
Recitation, Elizabeth May"-Oma
Hueck.
Recitation. "A Christmas Wish
Claude Kipp.
At the Grant School.
The pupils of grades one and two were
assembled in Miss Pryce's room and
rendered program of recitations and
songs. The room was made resplen-
dent with Christmas decorations that
the happy little hearts and busy fin
gers fashioned during the closing
weeks OF the term. The pupils of room
four. with those of room three as their
guests. gave the following program:
Song-SchOol.
Recitation, Christmas is Coming =
Ivy Beck.
Recitation. 'Why Christmas Comes"
-Rebecca Copperstein.
Recitation, "A Gentle Reminder
George Donawag
Recitation. "A Christmas Song
Bessie Nichols
Song@School
Recitation. while Stars of Christ
mas Shine"-Mollie Stein.
Recitation, For Christina"
Pomranke.
Recitation, "Christmastide"-M
Kaskadden.
Recitation. Christmas Carol
Emma Hendricks
Song-School.