Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-09
OUT DOOR EVENTS
Field Day at the Villa de chantal
Delightful Occa.
sion.
DRILLS, ATHLETICS, ETC.
Flag is Raised With Fitting Addresses
and Song - The Exer-
cises.

The annual field day exercises or the
Villa de Chantal were held yesterday
afternoon on the Villa grounds. the
afternoon being devoted to outdoor
drills, gymnastics and athletic contests
by the young ladies of the school. clad
in becoming uniforms. The program
opened with a flag and pennant march
and drill by the entire school. to the
music CT Petersen's band, the pupils
singing Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean," during the march, which ended
at the north end of the building, where
the flag raising took place. Miss Mabel
Lardner raised the banner, Miss Hattie
Larkin singing the solos of The Star
Spangled Banner as the flag was rails
ed on the staff Following the reading
of Our Flag is There" by Miss Hazel
Dooley, the salute to the flag was given
by the school, and the chorus of Amer
lea" sung. The flag raising ceremo-
MES closed with an address to the flag
by Miss Marguerite Potter.
The pupils then marched to the oval
court south of the building. where the
athletic drills were held. The pupils
sang the school song, composed for
the Villa by one of the members OF the
faculty, as they proceeded to the oval.
show skill and Ease.
The young ladies in their gymnastic
drills showed skill and ease, the results
of long practice under careful instruc-
tors. The rope gymnastics were par
ticipated in by the "Minims," includ-
ing Vera Hinkley, Florence Hinter.
h
leen Looney, Gladys Dunleavy. Amy
Buckley, Elizabeth Maucker, Visula
Looney. Blanche Dolly, Theresa Haas,
Josephine Haas and Katherine Staud-
uhar. This was followed by a clever
wand drill, executed by the junior ply
steal culture class. The class is COM
posed of Emily Boylston. Frances
Harte, Bessie Moss, Agnes Maucker,
Julia Games, Eunice Donald. Ethel
Wade, Marie Cain, Helen Finnigan,
Dorothy Simpson, Edna Reid, Hazel
Dooley. Naomi Johnson. Marie Zwick-
er. Mary Odendahl and Miriam Mackin.
The exercises on rings, by the mem
bers of the senior physical class. was
series of difficult feats with this APP
paratus. Those who participated were
Ruby Harvey, Eileen O'Hara, Theresa
Herlitzka. Amy Lardner. Mabel Lard
ner, Luella Jones, Elizabeth Craig
Mary Wall, Mary Bradley, Grace Ro-
senfield, Margaret Durnin. Mary Simp-
son. Darlene Code, Mary O'Farrell, Jul
liza Davis and Ella Baumbach.
The Indian club drill had been ar
ranged by 16 members of the physical
culture classes, Eileen O'Hara, Ruby
Harvey, Mary Wall, Florence Walsh.
Charlotte Lewis. Luella Jones. Irene
Beacon. Ella Rowe. Elizabeth Craig.
Mary Simpson. Theresa Herlitzka, Ag-
mes Maucker. Bessie Moss. Edna Kane,
Mary Bradley and Mary Higgins.
Military Drill n Feature.
The military drill, in which two
companies of the young ladies partici-
pated. was well executed. Miss Mabel
Lardner was in command of the first
company as captain. with Miss Mary
f. Simpson as first sergeant and Miss
Ruby Harvey as second sergeant. The
second company was in charge of Miss
Ethel Wade as captain, Miss Frances
Harte first sergeant, and Miss Irene
Beacon second sergeant. This proved
the feature of the day. The companies,
which had been trained by a sergeant
from Rock Island arsenal, went through
series of difficult and graceful mill
tary maneuvers with the precision of
soldiers.
| BasketbaII Played to a Tie.
| The program of the afternoon was
| r,s.1t Ns.N HE..,1I