New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-05
ruEER MRS. GAYNOR.
Three Thousand High School
Girls DO Stunts IN 4ranoru.

rba bfg 9Th Regiment Armory.in 18th street.
near Sixth avenue, was d human kaleido-
scope yesterday afternoon. Three thou
eand girls. pupils of the Washington Irv-
ing High School, dressed in Spanish, Itai-
ian. Grecian and every other sort Of cos
tune. OF every shade and color, marched
and danced and did stunts" for the enter
tertainnlent OF Mrs. William ]. Gayuor. Pat
rick Z. MCGOWAN, whom the girls call the
patron saint of their school. and many
other guests of honor II was an "apprecia-
ton reception. given by the pupils for
their friends and their former teachers
Four girl trumpeters gave the can which
announced the appearance of the guests,
who were escorted TO their seats in the
gallery by a large and very polite commit
tee Of girls. The three thousand girls
massed on the drill floor below cheered
when Mrs. Gaynor came; they stood on
their tiptoes and fairly shrieked d welcome
at Mr. MCGOWAN, who followed, and then
they traiIed off into milder salute for
Mrs NJ. L. Towns, the woman school COM
missioner; Egerton L. Winthrop, jr., presi-
dent OF the school board. and Mrs. Win
throp. Mrs. George McAneny. Commission
er Horace E Dresser. Commissioner Frank
D. Wiisey. Miss Katherine Blake, and the
three thousand sang welcome song and
afterward The Star Spangled Banner"
In the monster procession which the
guests reviewed almost every study in the
school was represented. There was house
hold accounts" each girl bearing on her
back a huge bill, which the girl behind her
was industriously adding UP. There was
biology with girls dressed to represent
-s1Nr n-5TIo In
and scores of girls waving paper daisies
the school flower There was Spanish"
the girls gay in bright costumes and carry
ing castanets. and German represented
t,v maidens knitting, bearing coffee urns
end doing other domestic things. The
"stenograpl1y'' division made "a hit with
their wheeled chariot, in which sat g, girl
operating typewriter.
Embryo scientists followed. with girl
astroIogers in weird black robes with tele-
scopes, and girls blowing flmy bubbles out
Of queer vessels. It was very democratic
PROCESSION. The cooking girls, with their
wooden spoons, came socially behind
English literature a charming division,
the members CT which were dressed to rep
resent characters in "1vanhoe,' Milton s
rnasnue. "Cornus' and other classics the
girls have studied After these came many
others winding in and out until, If 1t had
not been that each fresh division that ap-
reared was differently dressed, the people
In the review stand might have thought II
like the endless procession OF twenty mem
hers that march round and round the flies
on the stage.
Three thousand girls and not 4 teacher
on the floor said William McAnureWs
DrincipaI Of the school, proudly. Ihey It
managing it ali themselves"
Last OF all there were dances by the
spanish girls and some butterfly girls
Tho class in defamation told the guests
how nice it would be if. after long years
Of promises. we had q building OF oul
own" and the red haired mascots. LEI
Inv Miss Minnie Green, knocked wood To-
good luck
It's the greatest thing ever saw" SAT-
Mr. MCGOWAN at the end And as MIS-
Towns left the armory she crossed her two
forefneers and said:
! I'm going to keep them crossed girls
until your new building comes tru@.