The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-19
Excellent Work by Students
in Festival Hall Last
Night
d. STOLTE AND MISS
MARY COX DIRECTORS

Done With Marked Precision ana
Audience was Enthusiastic-solo
Dance by Evelyn Fisher.
if an audience ever received its
) moneys worth - the occasion was
the gvmnastic exhibition bv school
students in Festival hall last night for
the benefit Of the high school Dial A
good sized crowd was present the gal
ierv and the settees bordering the hall
being well filed. The exhibition was
under the direction Of Diedrich Stoite.
athletic instructor of the bows. and
Miss Mary &. Cox. Who had charge 81
the girls. and il certainly was a credit
20 both those in charge and the vaunu
people who participated in il. Rarely
is an exhibition OF this kind given
with fRwer false moves or with more
clock-like precision than marked this
program, which contained a number of
features in the drills which were new
TO the spectators. The high school
orchestra opened the program and gave
several selections during the evening.
playing in its usual creditable way.
A dumbben drill by 70 high school
boys was the first gvmnastic exercise
and the young men were given gener-
Gus applause. They were Lincoln Ad-
ans, Harry Montgomery, Clifford Kirk
wood. Louis Kaine. Lawrence Sherman.
Gerald Rice, Raymond Angler. Ray
Sanders Robert Angler. Godfrey eros
by. Porter Spencer. Verne Adams.
Leonard Wheeler. Ray Adams. Leonard
Pierce, Ray Colburn. Guy johnson,
Clarence johnson and Robert Thayer.
An exercise in calisthcnics and
marching by p high school girls came
next. They wore white sailor bIoUs-
es with blue collars. blue ties and blue
divided skirts Their marching. in
which they executed various fancy
movements. was particularly enjoyable
and the audience manifested its appre-
ciation The girls taking part were
Sylvia Crosby. Dorothy Harncr. Ger
trude Yearly. Beatrice Yearly. Mildred
Porter. Edith Hammarlund. Edith
Rabh. Mabel Babb, Leila Kuaup Car
cline BardweIl. Hazel Wentworth. 1fh
Weatherhead, Florence Weatherhoad.
Mildred Knowlton Harriet Emerson
RoSabel Miller. Amy Nather. E7ua
Pratt Dorothy Graffam. Ruth Prentiss
and Mabel Spaulding
Sixteen bows from tho grajcs hon
, gave a wand drill. mat, hing in excel
lence Of execution the work of the old
er teams and greatly pleasing the AM
dience. They were Abbott Richmond
Deunison Cowles Leonard Pearson.
Tohn Yarhie. HAYDEN Randall Howard
Niuton Richard Smith Richard Sock
wen. Lawrence Barker Alfred Green-
D. -o0d. William y -auea- Car johnson
= Oscar johnson Stewart S-aarns, Ernass
, Morse and CravlCn Wells.
Following an or hastrai selection the
: ai~ls gavo n pleasing Dutch dance ana
gymnastic game that created much
amu-,maE5. lh girls formed i'm %
eirele. with Ms Cox In the centre. and
: as Miss Cox swung rope around the
, circle the firls would jump into the
e air in order 10 allow the rope 10 pass
l under their feet Whcuever the ropc
! became entangled in a girls ankles
she would drop ont Of the game. and
the exercise continued until all the
girls were put out in that way.
An exhibition on parallel bars was
given by eight high school boys, RAY
mont Angler, Robert Angler. Leonard
i Wheeler. Guy Johnson, Ray sanders,
Robert Thayer, Leonard Pierce and Ray
Colburn 1t involved some spectaeu-
r lar and really difficult work, which was
, duly recognized by all.
' Al this point Miss Evelyn Fisher
J. appeared in a solo dance, wearing 2
< dainty and handsome pink costume.
e She made charming appearance,
] dancing with much grace, and she was
2 given repeated encores.
The girls then gave MI impressive
It drill depicting various forms of wor-
Q ship in a temple Of the Orient, sacred
Il music on the piano increasing the ef
T fectiveness.
e An exhibition Of Indian club swing
ing by eight high schoov BOYS was giy
2 en- with marked accuracy. The boys
:, were Harry Montgomery, Ray sanders
y Leonard Wheeler. Clarence Johnson
L Robert Thavcr, Robert Angler, Ray
I mond Angler and Leonard Pierce.
= The last number. which 70 many was
: the most interesting Of all, was tbs
= elephant work. but q sudden thun
der storm had caused a large number
to leave the hall 50 the number WIN,
saw it was comparatively small. Mat.
thrown over the parallel bars eonsh
tuted the elephant and the boys wen
IN over the beast ia various WAYS hv th'
use Of n spring-boafd The boys VIII.
participated did some clever work The,
al were Leonard Pierce. Ray Sanders
X Robert Angler. Raymond Angler. Gd,
Johnson, Clarence johnson, Lc0nar,
+ Wheeler. Clifford Kirkwood and Ra,
o Colburn.
2 The accompanies for the evening
e. were Miss Harriet II. Holden and Mrs
Iffr-