Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

The first scene was a nunoer OF
pupils playing authors. They counted
their books 1ibra) and named their
authors Virgilius. Tacitus, etc. all In
the Latin tongue. 1t was beautifully
done and easy to follow even II one
had but a slight knowledge OF the
language. The costume were very
pretty and added much to the general
effect. They were developed in light
colors, blue. pink, red, purple and
orange, with borders of contrasting
colors.
Soon a number OF other pupils join
ed the group and things were lively
for time Then the teacher appear
ed-one of the guards rang sue
cesslon OF notes on gong and the
hubbub immediately ceased. As the
notes of the gong died away a royal
lady in robe of purple velvet with a
gold border appeared and the pupils
rendered her a greeting befitting a
queen. She was indeed Regina Can
tus." a queen of song. We have never
heard Miss SENEGAL sing better than
that evening.
Primus classus (the first class), re
cited, as classes in beginning Latin
are wont to do, only questions and
answers were all in Latin, the pupils
being addressed by the Latin equiva
lent of their names, May for instance
was called Maia. Pretty, isn't 1T
These pupils had excellent lessons
| with one exception. Josephus by name
Well. Josephus' recitation was pretty
bad. The Romans evidently believed
in Solomon's proyerb so often quoted
| in support of corporal punishment
At a sign from the teacher one o
the guards stepped forward and seiz
ing Josephus, not over gently, disap
peared, taking with him not only thu
boy but a neat bundle of bircheI
twigs. You may be familiar with thu
| expression to make Rome howl?'
Young Rome howled all right, return
| ing later a sadder and wiser boy
who afterwards recited without mis-
take.
One interesting part of the woIl
of this class was the singing of Twin
lkle, Twinkle Little Star, in lingu:
Romano. of course. A large star hum
at turn in the stairway. and thu
lights being turned off, the star twin
ltled, glowed and paled as the pupil
sang. with charming effect.
Mica. mica, parva stella,
| Mirror quaenam sis, tam bella
Splendens eminus In lilo
Alba velut gemma caelo."
Next came the Caesar class. In thi
the pupils were grown and wore tn
toga and flowing robes of Roman mel
and women. The recitations were NOR
elaborate. In addition to the usua
subjects there were number of ora
tions that were splendid.
The same thing was true OF tn
third, which was class In literature
Beside the discussions of Roman gov
ernment, Marc Antony's famous ora
ton over Caesar and Cicero's Agains
Cataline were given with a great dea
of vigor and natural eloquence.
The entire school sang a Latil
poem, "Gaudeamus." and an ode t,
the d. H. S. Without exaggeratioi
we may say that the performanc,
was highly creditable to all concerned
at the same time furnishing an oppor
runity for the pupils and teacher t,
give pleasant evening to thei
friends.
During two of the intermission
Morgan Lewis, relative of Mrs
John Houk. played several violin Sc
lections with rare skill and feeling
Our opportunities of hearing reall,
fine violin music in Durango are few
We should be glad to hear Mr.. Lewi
interpret some of the masters.
AT the close of the program every
body talked and between congratula
tions, the weather and trains, tongue,
wagged merrily-which is a wa,
tongues have If they have half
chance. nor did the delicious ref sh
ments stop the clatter Of this mos
evil member of the human body" Il
simply deadened the noise somewhat
until it became tuneful buzz. Thu.
like the little busy bees, the eighty
persons present improved the shining
hour, and what more delightful mode
of Improvement than a pleasant con
versation with a friendl
Monday afternoon Mrs. John Pear
son was hostess at card party whicn
was a delightful affair. The house
was tastefully decorated in honor of
Washington's birthday with flags and
bunting, George Washington's immor.
tai cherry tree occupying a prominent
place. There were five tables of mill
tary euchre namely: Forts Wash,ns.
ton, Moultrie, Lee, Ticonderoga. and
Stony Point. In the center of each
Tort were small jardinieres containing
sand. In these, the flags were plant
ed as captured. The score cards wer.