El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
School Notes

with outdoor setting. against the
/ background Of vines and shrubbery. the
! Pageant Of the Hours" as produced
Monday night at the FL Paso School for
/ Girls was a most beautiful spectacle
and delighted a large audience. As a
| commencement exercise the production
was unique, something very out of the
I ordinary for Eel Paso. The artistic,
I imaginative spirit that pervaded the
whole gave an esthetic pleasure that
viii not be soon forgotten by those
who witnessed it The symbolic dances
! gracefully executed added much to
carrying out the, spirit of the pageant
story. and the costuming of all the
participants was most beautiful The
pageant was given upon the lawn OF
the school with foothghts and a spot
light whose COlOrS added to the beauty
OF the scenes The audience occupied
chairs arranged upon a canvas floor in
the street, the elevation Of the lawn
above the street making it an ideal
Miss Olga T. TafeI one Of the prin-
cipals, had entire direction of the per
Torrance, designed and Superin-
tended the making of most of the cos
tunes, and personally supervised all OF
the training. Miss Beatrice Morse,
physical director of the school, was in
charge of the esthetic dances intro
. duced through the pageant, the sym
bolism Of the dancing supplementlng
the spoken words Of the text.
The scene represents the lily studded
garden of the hours, whittier the child
(Helen Stewart. straying, culling the
flowers is met by the Warder OF the
garden, Lucille Duty, and babe to stay
and watch the hours pass The white
dress Of the child with. her dark hair
and arms full of lilies. cOntrasted with
the warder's long flowing Grecian robes
Of a rich hued green, make a beautiful
picture in the light of the dim dawn.
The first hour. Dawn, Dorothy Lack
land, in robe Of rosy hues, hutters
in, with a dance Of the night moths,
Agnes Stewart, Fay Peek and Birdie
Krupp, symbOlizing the feeting hours
Of the night The dim light enhanced
the weird effect, but the graceful
rhythmic movements OF the gray
winged moths were soon disturbed by
the army Of sunbeamS, Carrie Adams,
Katherine Dick. Thelma Finn. Laura
Latta. Lydia Happier, Clara Hawkins,
May KranzthOr. Ruth ArOnstein. Agnes
Morrill, and Nancy Williams. eight
little girls, in short white fairy dresses
covered with tinSel and carrying shin
Ing bows and arrows Shooting the
rays of light from these they drove
back the night moths, until came the
second hour. Nonta Bray in the full
glory of the sunrise The third hour,
Annie Laurie Helms, brought OppOr-
tunities for work and Improvement to
the child, with The song OF April"
rendered by the chorus behind the
scenes. while Helen Teichmann and
Edna Robertson dance the light and
shadow dance. one in gauzy white and
the other in beautiful grays and viOlets
shadows
As the fourth hour. Eileen Thomp-
son. introduces the full day, a morning
glory dance is given by Anne Brown,
Louise WEIGH. Dorothy Ormsbee, Gene
we've Collins, and Henrietta COur-
chesne in bright cOlOred costumes. Wav-
ing scarfs Of corresponding shades.
Following the fifth hour. Helena Wien.
came noon, Elizabeth Stevens, truly a
golden nOur Her golden hair bound
with gold bands. a dress of gold color
and golden hued tambourine. her
dance was most effective. The seventh
hour was taken by Helen Stratton. who
introduced the afternoon Olive COur-
chesne was the eighth hour. introduce
ing the time for recreation and
pleasure. She was followed by Alice
the glowing color of the afternoon; her
costume Of glorious red was very
beautiful and the light effects while she
executed her dance made il very fas-
cinating.
Following the play spirit with the
ninth hour, Rose Adams, a butterfly
dance was given by Jane Burgess and
Ruth Hill, in dainty filmy short white
While they danced the chorus sang
"FunicuI- Funicula." Sunset Emile
Orsmbee, typified the soft glow of the
western sky, her Grecian gown with
embroidered Greek border being a most
successful realization of the beauties
OF the sunset, rosy gray and gold en-
chantment to the eye Miss Ormsbee's
gown was Of her own design and fash
ioning.
Following the afterElow of the sun
set came the silvery twilight, Margaret
Richardson. closing the ewes of the
flowers as she passed. Her silver and
gray gauzy draperies carried out the 1
twilight idea. Night. Dorothy Stah-
mann, in deep purple robe carried
chorus sang The day is dying" /
myriad of stars. (Claytie May Collier /
Genevieve Collins, Emma Buehler
Agnes Stewart, Fay Peek, Birdie Krupp, I
Clara Hawkins, May KranzthOr. and I
Ruth Schwartz. fitted in and out of |
the cOlored lights with dreamy effect /
After the ensemble, the diploma was /
presented to the graduate of the 1
school, Margaret Hanson Richardson
president of the board Of directors |
J. J. Ormsbee, the retiring president
was to have performed this Office but /
was called out Of town
The music for the pageant was PLAYED {
by A. +. Sievers. A. T. Samworth city
electrician, operated the electric light /
effects,
The graduation exercises of St JO- 4
seph's academy were held Tuesday /
morning at the st. Mary's parOchial 1
school on Myrtle avenue. An inter-
estinC program was given before
large number Of parents and friends Of
the school.