The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22
a different color hung in the windows
and the blackboard had border Of vel

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a different color hung in the windows
and the blackboard had a border Of yell
low stars. The children of the f room,
A and B, second grades, had made q |
blotter. for their fathers and candle
the making Of these little presents be.
ing the means Of imbibing them with
the proper Christmas spirit Of giving.
Fern Tweed, Nicholas Ziemas and Clar-
ence Labelle gave recitations. In the
room. A and B grades, the children
enjoyed a program Of storytelling;
there was also popcorn song, in which
the children representing kernels,
change their yellow caps for, white
ones. For their fathers the children
had made blotters. and the gifts which
they had prepared for their mothers
were match-scratchers. Two handsome
framed pictures have been presented
by the children and teacher to the
room; the unique decorations were
Christmas stockings, which the children
had cut out Of .vari-colored paper and
marked Christmas at the n room, it
all winding. up with delicious lunch
con, consisting Of home made cake with
chocolate and frosting, the treat Of
teacher, served from q long table COW
cred white and hung with holly and
candles. The program Of the room con-
sisted of songs and stories and solo
Rotations by Ruby Young and Maui
ritz Westmark. .r : j. ... - .E--ra s..
Children Of the Webster school had
| program this afternoon. In some
cases. two rooms united in giving their
exercises, and again in other rooms
they had their Individual program, In
the b room, fairy drill was given by
the pupils and G room assisted and
and the lowest two rooms had fine
Christmas, tree. Evergreens, lighted
candles, clusters Of poinsettia blossoms
and holly suggested Christmas eve and
its happiness.
At the. Marcy chool the program was
a general one of songs and Rotations
lnterspersed with games, for the pleas
ure Of the children. = - =. - 4. -
, Each of the rooms at the Holmes
school had its own program, consisting
OF the customary recitations, songs and
games; a Christmas tree had been dec
I GRATED FOR the primary room, and Moth
er Goose games were played, in which
the little gifts We're distributed. The
second-grade children had made the
presents for the frst-grade pupils. and
the latter returned the favor in tho
same way. The program was given at
2:3O this afternoon. go =: ~, -
The Christmas tree was the piece de
Pierce school,. Hung on the trees were
the gifts, all handwork of the children.
The beginning room was entertained by
a real, Santa Claus, who had gathered
in lavish stock from the friend of
the children, George R. McLain, in the
form OF candy and popcorn. The third
grade rooms had Christmas celebra
t1on In other lands, represented by the
children in costume, and telling in song
and story the Christmas customs. Ii
furnishing the music the Pierce schoo
orchestra took leading part. Ever
7 greens and holly frightened the school
5 rooms, and in the hall were garlands Of
7 southern smilax and glowing poinsettis
. blossoms .= So. ....
8 After recess today Christmas festivi
: ties. began at the Van Cleve school
Q Much of the industrial work which hal
$ been done, during the term was on ex
}, hibition, including. some fine work il
} pottery. The children had made man,
: little gifts which they took home after
o wards to their parents, OF exchange
!. school is named after Mrs. Chariot
:, @. Van Cleve, the children had packe
. a little box with Christmas souvenir
:. for. her and wrote a sweet Christina
. letter. Songs and Rotations and
ns saRta CLAUS netz made Rprnard s
L
!; ney, Marcus sNewhouse, Otto Huhnk'
q John Corcoran, Francis Schmidt, Ann
)! Biurnstrom were among the childre
q from the B room, A seventh and
y eighth grade, who. gave solo number
It Beatrice Rand: Ralph Smith, Alice J;
r and Ruth Wallace, Mary Fox, .Rut
Is Smal!wood, Malachy Mcdonald, Myrt
It Rasnick, Mabel Lindholm, entertaine
n. their young schoolmates from B fir
e grade with recitations, and the teeche
# told a Christmas story. In the NJ an
e. n rooms, B fourth and B fifth grade
i. the program was interspersed with rec
re- ing, Russell Beach, Hazel Provinsal, Ca
~ Sandahl, Roy Haglund., Sedman Kepli
IT Hazel Moffett, Edith Shufeldt and Be
w nice Rand The teacher also told
~ Christmas story. 49,.
as / G room and D room, A fifth and
10 sixth, Of the Motley school, announce
ae their Christmas program in beautif7
ne booklets with a cover of Christmas re
" tied with dainty ribbons in holly d
til sign. The children who furnished tt
er solo numbers on the program wer'
j. Allen Athens, Hazel Switzer, Jess
We Davidson, Helen Williams, Lucy Glib
ry Fritz Leist, Charlotte Chatfeid, Gee
ly Brown, Sadie Pagan, Margaret Sail
ed bury, Eva Spoor, Harold Mason, My
as tie Lund, Mildred Kelly, Anders Cal
e. son, Ruth Roethe, Nordie Ostlund ar
q Margie Zeno: -Lu e e.. Noble, Nam n
Of Kecomeck, Ernest Sheffield, Hele
be Hockenburger, Mabel Morrill,, Flo
of ence Mueller, Edna Rapp, Margueri
he Lyon and Eleanor Olds Of the 3 roo
on made the exercises attractive for the
G fellow students. In the II room, Re-
ng Bond, Frances Won Barneveld, Rain
N, LOT tman, Esther Anderson, Guy Phelr
at Manila Anderson, Ruth Jones, Ea
n Rasmussen, filled the program wi
H. recitations and a pretty feature was
of recitation by fourteen children, ea'
d. representing one Of the letters whi'
nd form the words "Merry Christmas.
id A special treat was a visit to the bal
la room, where the little tots did thel
m, selves proud with their Christmas p1
ar gram. Harold Smith recited eff San
n Claus Should Stumble;" Astrid Ca
an son, Hiram Brown, Eleanor Rice, Fra
ce ces Fletcher, Violet Fisher and Rail
it. Kriesel, each told their taking lit
A Christmas tale in rhyme and prose, al
he the other mites spoke in groups of TO
as and five or more. The following pup
en- Of B fourth grade took part in t
of lprogram: Ella Smitka, Grace WING
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