The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23
AT SKINNER SCHOOL.
Enjoyable Exercises in All the Rooms
 Yesterday.

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 Santa Claus put on his cap and buckled it under his chin, and turned his ear Skinner school way yester lay. The afternoon at this school was given over to Christmas exercises, and the distribution of souvenirs. The young sters enjoyed themselves thoroughly,
 In Room z, Miss Gillon, teacher, a handsomely adorned Christmas tree added -brilliancy to the environments. It was greatly appreciated by the children. The following is the pro- gramme of the joint exercises of Rooms ! No. and !:
 "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" ,"-AI. | Dolly Cake"-Mildred.
 Deck the Hall With Boughs of Holly
 Room '.
 "Merrily Carol Christmas Bells"-
 Douglas.
 Chorus, Ten Boys, Room 2. ''The Night Before Christmas-Doro-
 thy. 'tMerry, Merry Christmas Bells
 Room '.
 Christmas Bells''-Nora Casey. Happy Christmas Day"-Room 5. "Once a Little Baby Lay"-Oliver
 .Alfhild.
 ''The Merry Sleigh Ride"-Room 2. thanksgiving Song"-Room 5. Selection-Wilie Fusco. Single Bells"-s. S., M. KaF., T. M.,
 J. Berry.
 Three Girls-Selection-R '. Seleetions-Hazel, Tessie and Mary
 Brenner.
 Christmas in Ho1land'-Bennie. "The Night Before Christmas" Room
 T..
 A Reading-Indiana Nourse. 'Now the Day is Over"-All. Abide With Me''-All. "My Own United States"-Room z. My Country Iris of Thee"-School
 In Room No. 5, Miss Robinson, teach CT, after the above interesting exer- cises were over, book-marks, Cornuco- pas and booklets, the work of the scholars. were distributed to them to take home to their parents as souven- frs.
 The little tots of Room No. 3, Miss Cullom, teacher, had a fine time of 1t. Graphophone selections helped to make the afternoon enjoyable, and Santa Claus was there with candy canes and lanterns. Everybody in this room was happy. A feature of the exercises was the recitation by little Miss Mar jorie Tucker, visitor, entitled Where Are You Going Little Bird" Miss NFarIor,n ie o,,Iv fo,,r x,aars of ooa apd is without doubt an embryonic elocu- tionst. The youngsters took calendars home with them as Christmas souven- frs.
 The children in Room No. 3, Miss Elizabeth Gessner teacher, also had a Christmas tree After recess the tree was lighted and presented a beauti- full sight. Raffiaaframed pictures, mak- ing handsome little presents, were dis tributed among the scholars, besides other pictures framed in bishops hats. Christmas candy from Santa Claus was dispensed to the pupils after the exer- cises
 A real handsome, brilliantly iIlumin- ed and beautifully embellished Christ mas tree was in Room No. 1, of which Miss Frances Barney is teacher. The children in this room were also enter talned with graphophone selections. Santa Claus had a great big box of candy canes and candy boxes for the little tots, and beautiful calendars in the form of stars were distributed to them to take home as souvenirs, as in the other rooms, and also as examples of the little ones industry.
 There were exercises in the other rooms of this school.
 All in all, it was a festive day at Skinner school yesterday, and undoubt- edly Santa Claus and the teachers en- joyed themselves as much as the pu- pills.