Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-02-21
SCHOOLS HONOR
|ST. PRESIDENT
Exercises Commemorative of
Birthday Of Washington Are
Carried Out By Pupils.
FINE SPEAKER AT HIGH SCHOOL

Exercises appropriate to the cele-
bration of the anniversary of George
Washington birthday are being held
in the schools throughout the city
this afternoon.
The program in the high school,
as arranged by Principal Kleinhans,
was exceptionally fine. 1t began
about o'clock with selection by
the high school orchestra. A double
girls quartet sang.
The feature was an address by
Rev. DR.. A. H. Fische, of Easton, Pa,
on Education as a Factor of Gov
ernment" DR.. Fische referred to
the boyhood of Washington and his
education.
The program concluded with my
Country 'Tis of Thee"
The members of the girls quartet
are the Misses Mary Gridley, Marion
Nedham. Jane Warren, Florence
Garretson, Irene Rock, Genevieve
Brennan, Katherine Osterhout and
Ada Fullerton, with Marguerite
Pfeiffer at the piano.
All the classes in the high school
building, including the eighth grade,
attended the exercises.
At School No. 4.
In the grammar grades of school
No. /, the following program was
carried out: Song, Washington and
Liberty; piano solo, Thresa Kreiels-
heimer; reading, Martha Rankin
piano solo, Jennie Perelman; piano
duet, Sophie and Emma Greiner;
solo with chorus, Margaret Owens;
Song of Thousand Years by chorus;
recitation, Old Tubal Cain, Carl
Peters; piano solo. Sarah Shumsky;
recitation, Bessie Brody; See the
ConQuering Hero Comes, chorus OF
girls; piano solo, Blanche Lansley;
song, The Stars and Stripes Forever
| In the primary grades of school
No. /, the program was as follows:
Song, Washington and Liberty; reci-
ltation, Elizabeth Jorgensen; recita-
ton, Catherine Church; recitation
''The Name of a Hero" by ten pupils
Sarah Kaufman; recitation, "Ameri-
ca" Emily Belikov; recitation, Viola
Eldridge; recitation, Josephine
Michels; recitation, Washington,
Beatrice Conklin, Catherine Mcclure
and Esther Hansen; song, Guard
the Flag" recitation, The Crane
Old Flag" Bjorn Williams; recita
ton, "The Stars and Stripes" Harr,
Scherling: recitation. The Flat
Goes By" William Wilson, recita
i ton. Natures Flag" Katherin,
Tyrrell; recitation, "Lincoln's Story,
| Georgine Christensen; chorus
Kentucky Babe" recitation. "Ou
Noble Washington, Florence Blu
chanan; recitation. "Oh Washington,
Florence Smith; song, Fast Asleel
and Wide Awake; recitation, "Ode t
Washington, Jessie Conquest; reel
tation, Name of Washington, VII
liam Preston; recitation, "The Tru'
Patriot" Dora Levine; recitation
''The Flag so Gay" George Miller
recitation, "Potomac's Stream" Mar
tha Lauritsen; recitation, "I'll b.
Like Washington. Morris Trachef
sky: recitation, Something Better,
Eva Milliken; recitation, "A Higf
Resolve" Isaac Shangold; flag song
recitation, II Will Tell OF Washing
ton," Abe Spitzer; recitation, Wash
ington When Twenty-one," Sadi'
Levine; recitation, Washington a
Valley Forge" Tillie Shumsky; reel
| tation, Washington at Close o
War" Eta Singer; recitation
"Washfngton's Last Days, Ann;
Miller; acrostic, Washington. Ma
Sosin; play, Columbia" cast com
posed of pupils from Mrs. Pember
tons and Miss Howard's rooms.
The sub-primary program a
school No. l was: Song. America,
class; recitation. Greeting" Morri
McHose; recitation. Our Flag.
class; recitation. Washington,
Emily Mclaughlin: song, Washing
ton and the Cherry Tree" class
recitation. 'If I Should Cut Dow
Ny Fathers Tree" Edward Drost.
At school No. Q. exercises wer
carried out in each OF the rooms
Some gave recitations and songs
while some of the lower grades he'll
drills. At school No. 8. at Maurel
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