Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-27
PROVES
/ GREAT SUCCESS
BETWEEN 5000 AND 1000 PEOPLE
MADE HAPPY At GATHER.
ING SATURDAY,.
ADAMS WINS TROPHY
Beautiful Loving Cup Donated by Re.
tail Merchants Goes to Senior
School; Douglas Proves Z
. Good Second.

1 . Good Second.
+ = = + + + + + + + + = = +
+ POINT WINNERS. =
+ list place-Adams school ..35 i
+ End place-Douglas school 31H +
+ 3rd place-Irving school. .21H +
+ 4th place-Franklin school. 16 +
+ r + + + + + + + + + + + +
The May festival which has been the
word with every child and anxious
parent for the past three weeks Is
over and 1t was sure great success.
Between 5000 and 1000 people in
GLIDING the children who participated
in the festival passed through the
Myrtle street park gates long before
the festival started. The beautiful
loving cup which was offered as a
trophy to the school making the most
points In the athletic meet by the Of
tumwa Retail Merchants association
was awarded to the Adams school.
The Douglas school proved to be a
close second to the Adams in the race
for the loving cup. The folk and flag
dances and the many different drills
given before the athletic events were
beautiful. An added attraction was
the concerts given by the Fifty Fourth
regiment band during the afternoon.
The festival was planned and carried
out by Professor H. E. Blackmar,
superintendent of school and E. j..
Eigenmann, physical director of the
Y. M. G. A.
| The gratitude of Superintendent
Blackmar, Mr.. E1genmann and all in
lterested in the success Of the day is
expressed to Owner Theodore Stoessel
OF the park, who donated the grounds
and aided materially in preparing the
park for the events.
The athletic events showed clearly
that, the youngsters of the Ottumwa
public schools rank first Of all as
speed boys" The dashes were given
in fast time and the jumps were
equal to any that professional athletes
might DO.
i The flag drill" given by Adams
school pupils was the initial dance OF
a large number of folk dances and
drills. The flag drill was very origi-
nal and thoroughly given and speaks
we'll OF the long weeks Of hard training
the children had been put to by capa-
Bile instructors. Each individual in the
]drill carried an American flag. The
Scotch reel Immediately followed the
nag drill. This was excellently ex-
ecuted by Adams school girls in the
native costumes Of Scottish lassies,
which made their appearance the more
effective The Highland Fling was a
distinct hit the children being ap-
ipropriately costumed for the dance,
and 1t was carried out in manner
that would do Justice to any Of the
"Highland Clan" This dance as we'll
as the Irish Tilt which followed was
given by the Agassiz school children.
The Douglas school then came In for
Its share Of the program. The girls
lgave the "sjallnaspolsko" which was
as good correspondingly as the length
LOT the name. The boys followed with
Ia BUFFALO Bill dance" The Cow
Ipunckers" became dismayed when
their pistols failed to explode at the
proper time, and they forgot about
their dancing for time "Pop Goes
the Weasel" was beautiful thing
given by small children Of the Irving
who tripped off with dainty steps to
the accompaniment Of the band. The
Zouave drill was also given by Irving
school pupils and was one OF the best
appearing on the program.
The bicycle parade Of girls and boys
Of the Lincoln school was very good,
all members of the parade being in
costume and having their wheels hand
somely decorated for the occasion, no
two being exactly alike. There were
about twenty pupils participated in
the Joy ride about the grounds in. a
long procession. The May pole dance
was probably the feature of the day.
Each school had May pole about
which number Of little "tots" skip
ped and danced, weaving in and out,
braided the beautifully colored rib
bons about the pole in a unique fash
ion. The Jefferson school pupils pre-
sented pretty scene in the Virginia
reel" The tiny lads and lassies
bowed and whirled through that char
acteristic colonial dance in the most
Rrown-up manner. The COX Dancen"
given by the Franklin school was very
good, all the members being very we'll
trained. The Garland drill like the
Zouave drill was undoubtedly one Of
the best the program had to offer. It
was presented by large number Of
girls OF the Hedrick school each one
appropriately dressed and carrying a
garland of roses. The poses were
manipulated to the time of the music,
giving the drill an appearance Of a
single body gliding and swinging me-
chemically. Reap the Flax" by the
Garfield school was the final dance Of
afternoon. Although 1t was last 1t was
not least as 1t presented body Of
girls of various sizes dressed in red
and white, who most carefully carried
through difficult dance that is worthy
lof nothing but praise.
The Eighty Pound Stars.
Carl Swanson, an eighth grade stu.
dent at the Adams school, was first in
the fifty yard dash in the eighty pound
class. H. Tisdale, from the Douglas.