El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-20
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
STARTS IN SCHOOLS
Special Exercises Held III
Public Schools Which
Close Tuesday.

Close TUESDAY.
All city schools were dismissed Tues
day afternoon for the Christmas va
cation which will last until Wednes-
day, January i. The schools were dis
missed at 2:3o p. m, to allow the chill
dren to attend the matinee perform
ance of Frederick Warde in Julius
Caesar
In all of thea schools Christmas ex-
ercises were held in the various rooms
and in the auditoriums. The programs
Included Christmas songs. stories and
recitations in which the children OF
the various grades participated. In a
number Of the schools, particularly the
MEXICAN schools. candies and nuts
were distributed by the teachers TO the
little light seekers at the lamp OF
knowledge. The school rooms In the
different grammar schools were dec
Grated In Christmas greens and pic
lures, lacking nothing but the SHOWS
Of the north to give them the Christ
mas touch.
At Villas School.
Following are the Christmas pro-
grams for the several grades Of the
Villas school:
High and Low Grade 4.
"America"-Class.
Speech-'A Christmas WISH" Pau
line Sheffield.
song-"santa's Visit" Marguerite
Laskin
someone Is Coming,"lC1ass.
Speech-"Jack Horner." Don Macon
AWAY in the Manger"-class.
Speech-"Queer Santa Claus" Esther
Goodman
"santa;s Little Helpers"-Class.
Song-"Jolly Old Santa" Lena Gins
burg.
Little Town Of Bethlehem"-C1ass-
Speech-'Iittle Miss Nuffett," Ralph
Speech little Fairy snowflakes."
Alkaline Padgett.
speech-"A Spray of Evergreen"
Edwin Williams.
Song-"How We Caught Santa" Ma
miel Jaffee, Joseph Osborne, Ignacia
Cordova Earl Hatton, Melvin Donart.
Lafa Page, Charles Pratt, Schuyler
Wolf, Arthur Duchene-
Speech-"Jack in the Box" Clifford
irwin
Speech-Morris Parker
Song-"Jack Frost" Glass.
Playa Little Girl in Night
Robe, Kathrine Seamon-
Santa ClauS-Richard Croxton
Last Years Doll-Annette Morse.
Three New Dolls-Marion Dunn,
Eleanor Larson. Esther Spohr.
Grade H.
song-'who Is 1t Travels East and
West"
PIaylet-"santa's Helpers" Margaret
Parker. Adaline Bowden Bethel Os-
borne. Mary Wilson. Vernon Love-
IT.
Santa Claus, Floyd Lawrence.
Recitation-"The Chimney Drummer
Bow Tom Day.
Song-waiting for Santa Claus"
Amelia Moreland.
ecitation-Margaret Parker.
Acrostic-Merry Christmas Leslie
Lynch, Mary Wilson. Mildred Haine,
Osborne Adaline Bowden, Rollin Soper,
Ruth Foster
Song-Second grade.
Grade III
song-'star Spangled Banner"
Glass.
''why Do BELLS for Christmas Ringg"
Helen Swat.
'The Christmas Letter"-Alfred
Cohen.
"Santa's Secret'-Dorothy Rogers.
Song-t'Fairy Snow Flakes" Class.
Jest Fore Christmas I'm as Good as
I Can Be-" Ted Cooley
Kris Kringle's Surprise" Mercedes
Simpson.
song-"Tell Me What You Have for
Me-" Class
Santa and His Reindeer" Helen
christmas Has Come"-Carrie Bell
Trube
"son One Is Coming Tonight
Class.
Grade W.
Song-"Santa Claus" school.
Recitations by Nathan Snyder, Chan
Sing Brown Lois Wilson and Nathan
Cordova.
Song-Christmas Song. school
Recitations by Winnie Harral. John
Lucero, Ida Krupp and Marian Doolit-
tie
Song-"Fairy snowflakes."
Recitation by Lester Krupp and
Genevieve Parker.
song-"capturing Santa Clans" six
girls.
Play by. ten children MceAer
Goose's Christmas" Lydia Gooch,
Richard Warren, Margaret Neff, Ewald
Kipp, Nellie Sukerman, Dawson Bryan
Gladys Gregg, Mayo Seamon, Helen
Dunn.
Song-'A Funny Old Fellow"
Grade "
Christmas Belfs'3Song.
do You Ever Think Ruth.
Christmas Song-Five girls.
Christmas-Julia Morse.
EhristEaas-Song
Christmas Philosophy-Charles.
Observation-Disclosures
A Christmas Wish-Francis
Following the Star"-(song) Fran
ces and Helen.
'Kriss Kringle"-Song
.-Columbia''-Song
Lamar School Gives Play
On Monday afternoon the Lamar
school presented -Editha's Burglar" a
play adapted from Mrs. Frances Hodg-