The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-23
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st. Peter and PauPs school held
it's closing entertainment and grad
uating exercises last evening. The
school hall was packed with an in
terested audience. and the program
went off most excellently. The fol
lowing are the graduates: j. lien,
Margaret Beck, Mary Oster, Gladys
Welch, Josephine Wittrock and Philo.
meme Wolf.
The program opened with a gradu-
alton march, with three pianos and
half dozen violins. The selection
was by Erwin Schneider. John lien
then gave the salutatOry Grafton, do
ing finely. The junior boys gave
1.-THE Little Patriots" which was a
drill with American flags, and a
patriotic song, and looked very pref
ty The youngsters took great in
terest in it, and showed that they
are coming citizens to be relied up
on by Uncle Sam. Tripping Through
the Heather" was put on by Mar
celia Thro, Mary Henlein, Dolphine
Johnson and Marceda Humid at the
pianos, and Bertha Schmidt, Mary
Leonard and Forentine Humid with
violins.
The Graduation March.
Those who played the graduation
march were Florentine Robel, Ros-
ella Bauer, Rose Peters, Mary Kreut-
ger, Gertrude Kiffe, Adeline Roll,
Anna Roemer and Ida Bummerl at
the three pianos, and Charlotte Ho-
dapp, Agnes Finnegan, Bertha
Schmidt, Mary Leonard and Floren-
tine Humid at the pianos.
No encores were allowed, but the
various musical numbers were well
rendered, and show what efficient
instruction is given in instrumental
music at the college.
The German Play.
A German pay, "Das Verhexte
Fremdenzimmer," was put on, with
the following cast of characters:
Frau Virthin. e. Mettler
Wally, Zimmermaedchen ..........
&C. Schroeder
Fri. Marie Ziegler. =. M. KurkOWskl
Fri. Gabrielle Siegler, Gaeste. 49,.
L. Scnulte
Mile Madlon Bel Esprit, Gaeste...
.................M. BECK
Frau Griesgram. .......Z. kreutZer
mo Place Like Home. ..........
........ Comic song
Carneval of Venice. ......... Wichtl
Die REESE ms Traumland. .......
Unsere Klelnen
Frau Milden in der Kirche. $3.50.
........... ............. M. Deoh
"Sinfonietta" ........ Carl Bohn
The song, mo Place Like Home,
was sung by John lien, aided by a
chorus of boys, and was one of the
best features of the program.
Twenty-Five Girls in Play.
Die REESE ms Traumland" was
presented by about twenty-five little
girls, seven or eight years old,
dressed in their nighties. They came
upon the stage and sang and fell
asleep, and the sandman and angels
came to give them sweet dreams.
This was a very pretty scene. Sin
fonietta" was presented by Gertrude
Krost, Zita Henlein, Rose Deuser and
Agnes Butter at the pianos, and the
aon,o violiniStS aS before
"The Last Coat" was short play
in English, that went off very nicely,
with the following characters:
Thomas Dana, painter. ....J. Butter
Richard Wagoneer, musician.
F.. Terhune
James Goeth, poet. ......, X. Nuebel
Jones, landlord. .......A. Deglmann
Isaac, clothesdealer. l.. Stemper
Invitation by C. M. Weber, was
played very nicely by Ida Schmidt,
Anna Krost, Mary Oster and Jene-
We've Hodapp at the pianos and the
same violinists.
]. lien gave a recitation, Book
keepers Dream" and showed that
he is not only good singer but a
good speaker.
A tableau, Maria, Sieh, wir wei
hen" was one of the prettiest things
on the program, about forty-hve
young people taking part
Holiday Spirits" was a piano Sc
lection put on artistically by Anna
Wolf, Helen WEIGH, Agnes Kurkow-
ski and Delphine Johnson
Captivating Selection.
Lustspiel overture, by Keller Bella,
was a captivating selection by Clio
tilda Schroeder, Lizzie Leonard, Ba-
thilda Janda, Florentine Lamm and
Agnes Finnegan at the pianos, with
the same violins.
Miss Mary Oster gave the valedic-