The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-02
BAKER SCHOOL CONCERT

The first of February he pupils
and teacher of Baker school deter
mined to celebrate Washington $
birthday but they observed that
the school building was too small
to accommodate the audience and
the pupils after reserving space for
the marches and drills which they
wished to have. They therefore
went to work to build a temporary
room tor the school, and through
the kindness of Mr.. Will Erwin
lumber was secured for the founda-
| tion and floor and machine covers
and grain belts, from which the
walls were made, were furnished
by Mr.. Caldwell, Mr.. Mcdonald and
others. A load of backlogs was
furnished by Mr.. Adrain Harrison.
These were stood on end as pillars
for the temporary structure to raise
the floor on level with the win.
dows of the main building, the win
dows to be used to enter the main
building from the temporary.
We understand that no time was
taken from the daily programme in
preparing tor the concert, that
what training the children received
was at their rest periods and on
Saturdays. The teacher spent two
Saturdays training them.
On the 22d the stars and stripes
foated above the schoolhouse and a
set of jolly boys and merry girls
were busy building their temporary
room and decorating the school
building
On entering the schoolhouse at Z
p. m. we observed that great labor
and skill had been bestowed upon
the walls of the room in decorating
it. The girls had made arches OF
evergreens and placed them above
all openings in the room, also above
some of the many beautiful pictures
which hung on the walls. A small
holly tree trimmed with beautiful
balls and flowers stood upon the
library in one corner of the room.
Just over the teachers rostrum
hung portrait of Washington, to
the right one of Robt. e. Lee and
to the left one of w. J. BRYAN, these
we're all life size. Above the black
board on the right hung group of
six of our leading American authors,
to the left group of six of the lead
ing British authors. On the boards
were drawn three pictures which
we're gems of beauty and which
showed great skill on the part OF
the teacher. These were finished
with colored crayons which had a
very beautiful effect. The first one
represented Little George Wash
ington just as he had finished his
work on the cherry tree when his
father came up with his rod to
chastise him. The tree was colored
green and several chips of the same
color with the famous hatchet lay
at the root of the tree, This pic
ture was drawn just beneath the
life-slze portrait of Washington.
On another board was drawn the
picture of Washington on his war
horse as commander-in.chief." On .
another was draw the Goddess of
Liberty These were all finished
with colored crayons, which made ,
them very beautiful and attractive.
Approaching the schoolhouse in the
evening one could hear the beauti- !
1ul strains of music floating out /;
ipon the balmy air, which was fur
1ished for the occasion by the Polk
string band. The programme was
n part as follows: :
An Acrostic, by five little boys
ind FIVE little girls.
A song, Jesus Wants me for a |
little Sunbeam" by little Miss and j
Master McCorkle.
Recitation. when George Wash