The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-12-15
CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE
HOLIDAY PROGRAMS GIVEN IN
MONTPELIER PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.

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ed In the High School, Grades and
Primary Building Which
VIII BE the Closing Day OF the
Fall Term.
Christmas comes early in the pub
lie school and in recognition of the
fact that the two weeks vacation for
the holidays begins Friday exercises
appropriate to the 25th of December
will be conducted the last day of the
term in High School, grades and
primary building, with Christmas
trees decorations and simple gifts
in many rooms in charge of the
teachers.
The primary building program is
combined one of the several grades
of that building and is as follows:
America, by entire school; recita-
ton, Irving Burroughs of Mrs Rich
ardson's room; exercise by ten
children of Miss Fosters room; rec
itation by Foster Berry of Miss
Ryle's room; song Softly Chime"
1st and End grades; exercises by Mrs.
PARROTS grade; recitation by Mario
Lamperte of Miss Lucia's grade; eX-
ercises by twenty children of Miss
Gleason's grade; song Three Kings
of Christ" by entire school; recita-
ton. Donald Henderson, Miss
Wheelocks grade; exercise by five
boys of Miss Fosters grade; recita-
ton. Katherine Buzzell of Miss Glea-
sons grade; song, Yes tbs Com
ing" entire school; recitation, Mario
Bianchi OF Mrs. Richardson's grade;
recitation, Althea wilkins of Miss
Ryles grade; song, Robin Redbreast,
entire school; recitation by four girls
of Miss Wheelock's grade; recita-
ton. Frances Bloomfield of Miss
Lucia's grade; flag salute and song
| by entire school.
The programs of the Union School
building are as follows High School
program at 1870 Friday afternoon in
the auditorium. Chorus, Nazareth,
by school; essay christmas in Other
Countries" Beulah Dodge; solo,
Miss Katherine Gutchell First
! Church Christmas Barrel" Beatrice
Walker, Clarence Pike, Frances Bar
Der. Marion Buzzell, Marjorie Burn
ham, Ruth Cory, Ruth Lowe, Mar
jorie Ordway, Clarissa. Howe; vocal
solo. Francis Kelleher recitation.
Guy Hale: chorus, "Hark | Hear by
school. Mrs. x. f. Terrill directs the
program
sth Grade Program.
Grade 8, Miss Lewis's room gives
this program: "The freight"
Myrtle Burroughs; recitation, Ed
ward Bero and Raymond Allen;
Tale of Christmas Eve Dorothy
wilkins; recitations, James Butler,
Jack Mitchell; Bureau of Xmas In
formation.r Lenora Chamberlain;
recitation, Allen Hancock; debate,
Resolved, children should not be
taught there is Santa Claus, affir-
native. Sibyl Emery, Everett Me-
Neil negative, Evelyn Dodge, Har-
/ old Walton; recitation. Allen Gale,
Herman Holmes; class paper, Doris
Farrar.
Grade Seven.
Misses Parker and Williams pre-
sent this program Play, Lady
Yeardley's Guest characters, Lady
Yeardly, Doris Kanaly; Virginia,
Hazel Joslyn; Polly, Irene Gut
chell; George, Stacey Clark: Horace
William Farwell, Elizabeth Barber,
| James Laird, and Leo Bresett. Up
the Mountain Valley, John Barnes;
Christmas Skating Ball. Gertrude
Edie; Tragedy of Christmas Can
dies, Flora Maroni; Thoughts at Close
of Day, Harold Hutchinson; No
body's Dog, Ray Bigelow; Christmas
at North Pole, Grace Ellis; Ben
Burlap's Barn, Phillips Goodenough;
Rejuvenation of Rundown Town,
Hazel Hills; Barbary Blake's Christ
mas Hazel Ryle; An Address to
Santa, Gladys Lane; A Christmas
Riddle, Leonora Maconi; The New
Schoolhuse, Chauncey Minott; Aunt
Tabitha, Lillian Persons; A Cherry
Tree Lesson, Floyd Clark: A Sugges-
ton to Santa, Bessie Lane; Santa on
( the Train, Addie Brendenell; Santa,
Jr., Aviator, Frederick Carleton; San
ia, Verna Stebbins.
Grade Six.
Miss Howes grade will present
this program; Hymn, Silent Night,
and song. Shine Out, school, recita-
ton, First Christmas Night, Jose
phine Thornton; "A Russian Santa
| Claus" Marjorie Henderson; "a
Plan That Failed Santa Claus,
Walter Willard small boy, Donald
Staples; old carold-Good King Wen
cenlas-and Three Kings of Orient
school; recitation, At the North
Pole, Arthur Lamperti: Christmas
Eve, Miriam Boomhower; Play,
! Christmas eve at Mother Hubbard's.
Miss Muffett. Lena Piccioli; Jack
Horner, Brandon Jones; Boy Blue,
William Milo; 30 Peep, Blanche
Lindsay; Jack, Raymond futile; Jill,
Janet Docherty; Mistress Mary,
Pansy Trow; Simon, John Medler;
Mother Hubbard Sarah Daley;
Santa Claus. Paul Clogston, follow
ed by opening of the cupboard and
distribution of gifts.
Five 4 Grade.