The Newtown bee., 1907-06-21

[irmness of tread of a veteran sergeant drilling his men on dress parade day. When the pretty daisy drill, with it's lnvOlutiOnS and may windirRS of that made the finale of the program was all over, the first duty on the part of each one present seemed to be to get quickly across the room and express to Miss Tenders, who has made such an excellent impression here through the year in all branches If her work, his hearty congratula- tionS on the success of the whole affair; and no one could feel but that these expressions of sincere praise were well deserved. It is one thing to fill up the hours of school terms with the giving out and hearing of lesson tasks; it is quite another thing so to incline the twig of the youthful mind that it shall grow up into stately tree of beautiful character.
 The evening was ideal for the gath ering of a large company under easy The newly crescent moon shed her soft light; and the first ap- proach of the heated term had not yet come to the point of being oppressive. The hall had been ticketed with no idea of barring anyone interested out, but simply with the thought of leav ing space in the center for the closing drill. Probably not half dCZen tick cts were left home unused and New UOWu 5 cllUc GncIc III lull IOICc SuOWcu their approval of each number with generous hand-clapping. Hermann Tiemann acted as master Of ceremO- nies and did his part well, announcing with unStudied grace each debutanG, even to himself. In fact, this little who were looking for the fine points, how delicately the teacher kept her self in the background, and let the scholars seem, at least, to be doing it all themselves, while there really was d power behind the throne. Sanford Beers started the ball rolling by giv- ing the old Dixie tune, Maryland, upon his violin. Phillips Morris in re- citing Longfellow's "The Builders, D gave illustration of how good thing it is to store the mind when young with choice aphOriSmS and inspiring thoughts, which shall act as a St1mu- Beecher put all in good humor by tell ing how it is well to fit the coat some times upon our own back which we have been adapting to the shoulders of others. Hermann Tiemann made the bald eagle stretch himself to his full height on his perch-b shouting again the fame of old Barbara Freitch- ie. Henry Carlson showed how good moral lessons can be drawn from most hOmely things in the verses, t.Ashes on the Slide" Eugene Field, who lov- ed children and wrote for children, was honored by Russell Wheeler in his appreciative reciting of s'Picnic Time J The lives of great men, and especially of the great home poet, Longfellow, gave reminder how even little ones can make their lives sublime, in the easy rendering of "The Psalm of Life" :" by Sarah Evarts. Very credit able, indeed, were the flow and swing
 Nif Dn A the rippling verse of Hiawatha $ childhood, very much like the babbling of brooks through sunny meadows or the sOughing of the wind among the pines. Henry van Dykes sFoot Path to Peace," has been hung in frame on many bed room wall, and Adolph Carlson. giving it slowly and with good emphasis made his hearers wish they could remove it from the
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 James Peck brought his auditors into the very midst of battles smoke and cannon's roar by telling how Benedict Arnold, and not Horatio Gates, was the real victor at Saratoga. It is too bad that so many great men live long enough to ShrOud their grea tnesS: and in no great character in history is this truth more conspicuous than with the dishonored name of Bene- dict Arnold. Passing from the pre- Benedict Arnold" sympathetically spoken by Arthur Fairchild, was like passing from midnoon to midnight. A fringe of light on the black cloud of gloomy thought that the showing of Arnold's shame had caused, was given in Martha Armstrong's happily tell ing that one person at least, might not have felt sad in learning that Simons wife's mother, after three times being reported sick of a fever, was actually dead. May Brown pret- t1ly told how it makes decided differ ence about making the punishment suit the crime when the judge is a much interested party in the case; in this case the question at issue was no bigger or more matter-Of-fact than a kiss. Chil1s rather crept down one's spinal column when Leonard Wright, the spirit of the thing, warned against the hob-gobllns that would catch all naughty children that didn't watch out. More wisdom was never packed into a meaty paragraph than the burning words which "Old Abe'' of Gettysburg; and Horace Smith showed his true AmericaniSm by the spirited manner in which he declaim. ca the address. A pleasing variety ID the program was given in the little minuet dance, by Marion Curtis and | dAi11po NAOlA1o, WuICLI, dCCOnpdQ16O by a dainty recitation. recalled the days of snow-white caps and silver curls. At the conclusion of this pro- gram, Miss Tenders awarded some lit tie tokens, not, as she expressed it, given for incentives to work so much as rewards for good work done. The following were the fortunate pupils: Miss Marguerite Beecher, a prize in spelling (she had missed but two words during the entire year,; Hermann Tiemann, prize in history; Arthur Fairch1ld, prize in arithmetic. with very honorable mention of Horace Smith; Phillips Morris, prize for steady endeavor to excell: Russell Wheeler, prize for having made the greatest progress in the work of the school year. It is but fair to say that the children, on the last day of school, presented to their teacher dainty gold pin as an evidence of their loving appreciation of her faithful service.
 The delft fingers of the scholars, as- sisted by Miss Tenders. with the Miss es Jessie and Mabel Taylor, had ar ranged pots of daisies, ferns, peonies,
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