Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-23
TWO HELD FOR TRIAL PUPILS MAKE MERRY
Hearing Begun in the Pitts Christmas Celebrations Mark
btrQ Graft Cases. Last School Day of Year.
BANKERS RENEW BONDS HOLIDAY SEASON BEGINS
Accused Of Preenous Exercises Held All
Conspiracy and Bribery High Schools
MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED TABLEAUX AND DRAMATICS
Only Witness dents-Comedy by
Morning.
Christmas Celebrations Mark
Last School Day of Year.
HOLIDAY SEASON BEGINS
Pretentious Exercises Held in All
High Schools.
TABLEAUX AND DRAMATICS
Milton Is Honored by Western Stu
dents-Comedy by Pupils Enact
ed at Eastern.

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| Closing the prc-holiday school term,
more than $4,000 children today par
! ticipated in Christmas exercises in the
public schools.
| Including THE high schools down to
| the lowest grade. every classroom was
decorated with green's and many con-
tanned Christmas trees. And some sort
| of exercises were celebrated in all. These
consisted generally of recitations, read
| ings and songs, appropriate to the sea-
| son.
When school sessions were over today
the youngsters hurried joyfully out into the
| snow homeWard bound. They will not re-
turn to their books until January 4. Many
teachers gave out little Christmas remem-
brances to their pupils. In some grades
| the children exchanged gifts with each
other. Work was laid aside in every in
stance and morning of holiday cele-
| bration INDUCED in.
High School Exercises.
At the high schools there were more
pretentious entertainments, beginning
about noon, and all pupils taking part.
The pupils of the fourth and first year
classes of the Central High School had
the program in charge at that institution.
series of tableaux was given.
IAN Hour With Milton" was the subject
of the series given by the fourth year
class. each tableau representing scenes
from some of the authors works.
Following this part of the entertainment.
members of the first year class presented
a series of ia bleauX. Mrs. Jarley's Wax
Works. in which they represented scenes
taken from the works Of Charles Dickens.
Business High School presented musical
selections and plays, such as scenes from
Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch" and
"Lochinvar," also living pictures from
popular advertisements. The music con-
sisted of some German songs and kinder
symphony. with performers from both the
teachers and the pupils.
There was also a violin solo by one or
the staff, Mr.. Boernstein. The teachers
in charge were the Misses Throckmorton,
Clark, Wallace, Taylor, Mrs. Gordon and
Mrs. Merrill and Mr.. Finckel.
At Western High Schools.
The Christmas entertainment. at the
Western High School took the form of
"Honors to the Memory of John Mil
ton" and occurred last evening. The
play in charge OF Miss Reed, was said
" bG tuc oilly OilC VI Ato Aiiu ~ siiS
high schools, a real forest being con-
structed on the stage.
The singing was in charge of Miss
Bentley. The pageants were novel and
showed care in their preparation. The
| prologue was by Ruth Cobb.
Those who participated in the tableaux
were: Dennette Adams, Katherine Feland
Sidney Parham, Vincent Smith, Raymond
Obenchain, Harry Semmes. May Rad
| ford, Martin Fisher, Dorothy LeDuc, John
hyu-if,
| ker. Freda Cobb. Mary Pugh, Dinnifred
| Ambrose. Morrell Goodpasture. Mabel
| Kennedy, George Lyon, Katherine Sill
| man, Marjorie Wilson, Curtice LaIison,
| Helen Kendrick. Clarence Decker. Alfred
| Taylor Dorothy Merriam. Perry Griffin,
Mason Grasty. Donald Dutton, George
| Hill, Norris Mclean. Donald Manning.
Thomas Wilson. Harriet Morsell. Nellie
Howard. Virginia Mayfield, Margaret
Radford, Marjorie Stewart. Mary Dent,
Vera Clemes. Elizabeth Day. Mary Pugh
Jean Crawford Mary Bates, Susan
Dessez, Jessie Armes
Helen Muir, Rosamond Wilson, Hazel
Powers. Mamie Sheehy. Margaret Car
| mody, Marie Carter, Ruth Henderson.
Margaret Alvord. Virginia O'Neil, Nellie
! Howard, Ruth Turner, Elizabeth Bache,
Harriet Morsell. Hilda Erickson, Phoebe
| Burritt and Josephine Nelson.
| Comedy by Girl Pupils.
| A comedy dealing with high school life
was the entertainment given by the
pupils at the Eastern High School The
play was called Concerning the Last
Chance Party" and was the product of
the pen of one of the girl students, Miss
SADIE c. Styron, class of 1910.
The hopes and woes and worries of
leap year. mostly from the young
ladies' standpoint. was the subject of the
play. prescribed in three acts. The plot
hinged primarily about lovers quarrel
| between Jim. the president of the boys
club Of the school," and Sue, the presi-
dent of the girls club
| Miss Edith Cowl, as Sue played the
pettish peeved, pOuting sweetheart. Clar-
ence Ransom, as Jim acted the ag-
grieved lover.
Miss Styron, the writer of the play. por-
trayed the role of Marjorie, Sues chum.
| and Guy Chase was Mac. the chum of
| Jim; Elmer kintz was Sues small. typi-
| cally mischjevous brother. and William
Stockett appeared Pete. the negro
servant. Those in the cast We're: Miss
Edith Cowl. Miss S. c. Styron. Miss f.
| Defandorf, Miss F. Meyer. Miss J.. Con-
| ner, Miss b. Styron, Miss Mary Rice,
| Miss Mabel Wilson, Clarence Ransom
| Guy Chase. Jack FarnsWorth, Albert
IIavenner. Frank Weaver. Ernest Thomp-
son, Charles Marshall, Elmer Kintz, Will
| Between the acts OF the play musical
numbers were given by Miss Olive Budd
| on the violin. and Albert Potter at the
piano. The assembly hail. where the play
was given, was decorated for the occasion
with Christmas greens and college ban
ners. Albert Fessenden acted as stage
manager and director of the play.
jefferson School Celebrates.
The annual Christmas entertainment of
the Jefferson School was given at .
| o'clock with over 500 pupils in attend
| ance. Principal c. n. Thompson presid-
| ed Prof Isaac Fairbrother and W. A.
H. Church were specially invited guests
and made short addresses.
| The platform was decorated with large
Christmas tree. adorned with many lights.
Little children recited and sang.
The hundreds of pupils marched into
the large assembly hall of the school to a
march played upon the piano by Miss
Alice Davis. Seven little children OF the
first class gave recitation, Signs of
Christmas" Star of the East was sung
| by the entire school.
! ChrisfmaS (lncl, recit