The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-27
Thanksgiving Exercises at the Tai
lnhassee Nindeffarten.

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The kindergarten department Of the
Normal School for Teachers, Woman q
COLLEGE. held their THANKSGIVING exer-
cises Wednesday morning az 8 O'Clock.
Their large. beautiful room had been
prettilv and appropriately decorated
with autumn leaves and various pro-
ducts of the harvest season, and the
children had been beautifully drilled in
plavs and songs suitable TO the occasion.
They entered into the exercises with
much zest, and showed great intelli-
pence in answering question put to
them by their teacher. Miss Wheeler.
At later hour, in response TO charm
ing little invitations sent on cards rep
resenting tiny pumpkins, large num-
Der of citizens gathered at the CITY
kindergarten to see the little people
there carry out the Thanksgiving pro-
gram on which they had so painstak-
ingly worked for several days past.
1t was indeed lovely to see these
twenty-six tots moving about in such
exquisite order, timing their steps to
the rythm Of the music without the
slightest confusion or noise Following
is the program Of the exercises:
March.
Thanksgiving prayer. #,
Welcome to children-Aleck Quarter
man
Welcome to guests-Onie Rita Moore.
Recitation, Thanksgiving Day An
nellie Ball.
Thanksgiving Song
Jack Frost Song.
The Leaves Party, song.
Golden Rod Song, by four little gold
en-halred girls.
Shoemaker's Song.
Baa-Bsa, Black Sheep, song.
Little BO-Peep, song,
Brownie Song and Skip by the small
er children.
Giant Song and Skip by the larger
children.
Thanksgiving Speech, Aleck Quar-
terman, Pauline Atkinson and James
Ball.
The children seemed all to cOmpre-
bend fully the connection between the
different autumn grains and fruits and
the Thanksgiving occasion which
prompted their gala day, and answered
intellgently the questions put to them
by their teacher.
Next came the feast, the Growing
event of the day. Tables were spread
with white cloths and were prOfusely
decorated with beautiful autumn leaves,
goldenTod and chrysanthemums placed
in quaint jardinnieres made of small
pumpkins. Sandwiches, cakes and va
rious fruits, interspersed with dainty
baskets filled with candy, formed the
feast to which the children gathered
with avidnnt dalipht
The Woman's Club looks upon this
department of the public school as one
/ of its pet institutions. Indeed, it is en-
tirely owing to the efforts of this ener-
getic body Of women that this kinder
garten exists at ALL The club keeps 1t
under direct supervision, provides for
its wants and promotes its interests in
every possible way, and its efforts have
been crowned with signal success, for
nowhere will be found a happier,
brighter, or better behaved band Of
little ones than in the city kindergarten.
Miss Marie Mcconnell, IS the young
lady at the head of this department, has
no assistant except Miss Ada Moore,
the musician for the school, bat she
seems to be fully competent to conduct
her work alone. This will be Miss Nc
COnnell's second year here and the chill
dren are warmly attached TO her.
1t is a great pity that this flourishing
institution should be restricted to such
confined space. A new school house is
the crying need Of Tallahassee.
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