La Junta tribune., 1907-05-04
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The art exhibit held by the public
school during four days Of last week.
closed Saturday night with . rous-
Ing success in every respect. Dur
ing the time the pictures were on
exhibit. about 5000 visits were made
by people Of La Junta to see and
study them.
Beginning with the program We'd
nesday evening by the teachers of
the city schools, the hall was crowd
ed with people until the closing
number. In large measure the sue
cess Of the enterprise is due to the
effective support and active assist
ance of the Womans' Clubs of the
city. Thursday night the Four
O'Clocks had charge and showed
that their hearts are in the right
place when it comes to boosting for
the schools. The musical part of
the program was furnished by the
children of the upper grammar
grades, and was pronounced to be
by far the finest chorus work ever
heard in the city. Miss Burkhard
deserves unstinted praise for her ef-
forts. The voices were well bal
lanced. and listening to them was
indeed treat. The La Junta boys
and girls can sing, and sing well at
that.
The program by the kindergarten
and first grade drew large crowd.
and those who came expecting
something good in addition to the
pictures, were in no sense disap-
pointed. The little folks entered
into their part of the work of rais-
ing funds for beautifying our school
rooms with a zeal that was COM
mendable. There were too many
good things to mention them all.
/! Friday afternoon the Woman's
Club had charge and we're compli-
mented with large turn out. The
papers by Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Fin
ney were very interesting and in
structive. Mrs. Hart told us what
makes picture great. and gave all
a clearer insight into many Of the
beautiful pictures that adorned the
walls. Mrs. Finney spoke on the
Evolution Of the Madonna" The
paper was especially interesting to
the Younger folk. who gave closest
attention. 1t developed the fact
that the mother idea is just the same
throughout all the world and is last
to change.
In the evening the High School
drew large crowd. The joint de-
bate was good. This was perhaps
the first time that La Junta High
School students demonstrated to the
public that they could stand on their
feet and tell what they knew. 1t
was valuable experience. and we
hope will lead to greater interest in
this line. All did well, though only
one side could win. which happened
to be the negative, represented by
Carrie Ryder, of the Freshman Glass,
and Paul Davis. of the Junior Class.
Marx Willard and Willie Wildin
came in second best. The house
was crowded and gave splendid at
tention.
Saturday afternoon the Fortnight
ly Club had matters in charge and
as usual did themselves credit. The
big hall was well filled with interest
ed people. The program was good
from beginning to end. The vocal
duet by Mrs. Beerbohm and Mr..
Dunlap was a fitting climax to feast
Of good things. Mrs. O'Niel pre-
sided with her usual tact and grace.
Saturday evening the Carnival Of
Art came to a close with the little
folks from the grades in charge.
The music was fully up to standard,
and compared favorably with that
furnished by their older classmates
on Thursday night before. The
hall and dining rooms were crowd
ed to the limit. The largest crowd
Of the series honored the little folks.
Every number received a hearty en-
core. The little japanese folk from
North La Junta did themselves
proud. By the way. we have some
very capable young people on the