Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-19
CLOSING OF
PUBLIC SCHOOL
Enjoyable Entertainment Fur
nished by Pupils of School.

In spite of a cold rain, a large
number braved the elements to witness
the closing exercises of the public
school pupils at the Town Hall Friday
night, and thoroughly enjoyed the
work of the children, fOr so it may be
called strictly, for only few youths
or misses have been attending. This
was the first public exhibition of the
school since Miss Raulston, who is
now Mrs. Leonard Rogers. taught the
school and Prof. Boyd and Miss Har-
ris, the present teachers, are entitled
to great credit for breaking the spell.
and in starting anew they found it
difficult having almost entirely raw
material to instruct and drill Let us
hope the Sequachee school will not let
closing pass without a public exhibi-
tion, so class of young ladies and
gentemenwill be developed who will
not be timid in facing the public gaze
in music, singing, elocution or dia-
logue.
The exercises were opened by Rev.
S. S. Kreger with prayer, followed
by music and a chorus by the school.
Then followed number of recitations
by Bertha Burnett, Chas. Fultz, Mag
gle Houts and Willie Lee, all of which
pleased the crowd The solo, "Best
and Sweetest Child" by Grace Pryor
was very nicely rendered, and her
movements acting the song were pref
ty and graceful. Recitations by Lib
bic Coppinger, Wilfred Schoheld, May
Lasater and Grace Fultz, were all
good. Master Schofield's theme about
the melon patch was humorous and
Miss Fultz recited clearly.
A song by Gladys Fagg, of the very
smallest primary class, followed and
was very cute as she is only about a
yard high Elizabeth Deakins then
told us about the world mirror, F"
and Grady Condra gave views about
the "City Sportsman. II Guess
you'll Wonder Who | Am, by Dora
Pryor, who is another one of the very
little tots, was very nicely done. Fos-
ter Lasater's recitation, Yankee Doc
die Dandy" then followed and pro-
voked much applause.
Upside Down" when first appear.
ed the heads and then apparently the
heels of number of children, was a
advertisement from the more serious
work of song and recitation, and tick
led the crowd" nightly" as they say.
Recitations by Donald Pryor, Es'
telle Burnett, Gladys Pryor Laur
ence Fults and Basil Knox followed il
quick succession and were all interest
ing. Capt. Knox looked like an aid
erman in velveteens and high collar a.
he recited "A Brave Boy"
The dialogue and drill "Unclt
Sans Tea Party" by twenty -fourpar
ticipants, was nicely done, and the COS
tunes of the characters were yer,
creditable considering the difficulty O
| obtaining suitable information regard
ing the garb worn by the people of th'
different countries. John Griffith a.
Uncle Sam was great and Miss Virgil
Lasater as the Goddess of Liberty per
fectly filled the part in feature ant
stature. Good representations of Johl
Chinaman and the Indians were mad
by Arthur Barrett and Wilfred Scho
field especially, and there were other
in excellent makeup which we are no
so familiar with.
A tableau in six scenes, "Liftin
the Veil of Time, preceded by mus
ic, followed with accompanying colore,
fire, and was effective and lent a Sc
rious cast to the humor of the proceed
ing arrangement. Rev. Kreger rea
the words describing each scene. The
closed the program. The audience wen
home well pleased with the evening
entertainment, but coughing an
sneezing from the fumes of the red fire
The accompanist was Miss Min
Randle, who handled her part in tn
program with her usual cleverness