The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-06-21
OUBoIN PUB. SCHOOL
CLOSING EXERCISES.

The Closing Exercises ~ u"hob
Public school, which took place on
Thu,sday evening. June 9th, Tar eN-
coeJed tie expectations Of the tenc'
ere. M,s g. T. Montague. aud MISS
NJ Greig under whose direction MI
had been planned and executed
The Program was most happily rem
dered by the children for the chief
,a;ument Of thci, friends and relatives
md tn pc were many FOR long ere
the rising of the curtain every h'ann
ble foot of space in the ample school
! building was taken, the gallery, I'VE
doors and windows filled, to the Ut
most limit.
! The first program -numhor-shc w
o,in, Ch,rus -"Over tive Hills To sun
I;uht Town one of Kate Nann"h
delightful melodies, was sung ~ I"
GIRLS whose fresh fair faces, hcamed
witha joyousness that WAS "nm s,"Sa-
hJn and would incline enc 20 think
that these dwelt ~ N"n''gh
Town"
The nc "a number was y Doll Dti'l
given Nv - little tots or mothers
Cos,umed alike and beautifully ear
vyjup their "Dotl Babies quite, Or
nearly. as large az themselves. --nnd
vii, gave the movements OF the dr,''
in pe,fect time and accord 10 the sting
ipy and dancing Of the Baby Song
from the Comic Opera Of wang
This elected much praise, and won
der. on the part a the audience, !"
see aud note the operate acts ana
singing of thie "fg 'Juven''e
Opera Co"
Then came the Pantomimc $50
Rache,o,'s Revewt" the enactment ot
which. showed no mean h'-trlon'c
talent il those taking part me
Characters and Players OF the Panic
mime were M follows:
The Bachelor "Lemmie, Slow-boy A
-Mipos Charpcntier. The ~ 70 the
Minute" society Girl-M'ss Flora ne
Silva" Adrienne Dennaon Miss Do'
rothy Highnotc" Vocalist, Pauline
Rodriguez. Miss Jess Ttcu'ato.
Kecitationist- Oneida Myers. MISS
birdie Brady Fancy Work dealer
Bessie Wall. Miss Belle Lettres-one
of the Literati-Antonia Pessan.
Miss Gum Go lightly The Athies.
ic girl-Jessie Alexander Mrs
Widow )Lonelea'-Armine Dennisu'
and her "Eniant terrible Little
Sjssje Lopelea-Meta Curtis. Miss
Tidy Pumpkins Marvel of Indus
try Nellie Clark.
This was followed by the Duo
"Aint You Ebber Gwine to Marry
Mep" aeceptably sung by Pauline
Rodriguez and Maurice Rodriguez
Then, A Reading-'The Little New.
s;eu A Story Of a Child read by
Adriennc Dennison whose clear, enun'
ciatory way. and higbl, dramatic
manner. caused il to lose none Of ~
pathos 10 her hearers
After this. 1.-THE Lily March and
Song Dril" BY is girls dressed u
pure white, holding high IN each hant
white Easter Lily. This was yer,
effective and very beautiful partieu
larly the formation Of the figures. An
"The Cross, aud THE Crown Last
but not least, was our Burlesque Fla,
THE Duboin Track Meet'-by !
, boys.
The First Act was the "Relay Race
--T,e bows marched in to the musi
lined 40 In trent Of the audience
:. took their positions as tho they wer'
to run one of the greatest races o.
record. This race was to see whiel
boy could chew, a cracker that ha'
been given TO him In the fastest tim
I. aud then give whistle as a signal T.
the next runner. The boys winning
in this were awarded the prize
handk erchief, as a sort Of necessar!
!. article after such strenuous Efforts.
The second Act was, "The On
4 Yard DASH. The boys then marched
!, by twos, separated, each team form
ing line and facing the audience
y The conte stanis--tho four smaltes
boys each IN turn, fell upor his hand
u and WIS rsade to push with his nose
y. a quarter of n dollar, one yard distant
= the .'rooter" doing this wonderful fen
r in quickest time was the most success
II full ''rooter". "Charlie Myers show
r ed no quarter to his opponents by get
" ting the quarter Of a dollar.
The 3rd Act--"The Tug Of War
The boys had to right about aud fac
each other, and stand ) feet apart
They we're then made to Chew tn
string''--a cord a yard IN length. wit
a raisin tied IN the middle. The DO
opposite the other, each was to chez
his end Of thc:string rs rapidly as pos
y siblc, in orde, to be the first to captnr
tha rAisin nesy essing n little here
one boy, while rehearsing tins ACT
4 turnpd suddenly to his teacher an
y said Suppose l should swallow IN
J end of the string'p The teacher re
! Piled, IN give you pull
y shouldn't wouder, II that boy did'n
- have some sort Of a pull with h,
u Itepcher--,nay be n political pui1--fO
q Carroll Curtis) won the prize. w
!. gave HIM u package of bob Brous
sard Chewing Gum" in recognition {
: his merit.
y The lth Act-"The High Standiu
jump. There had been suspende
q from the ceiling. At different heights
5 cards with a big stick or peppermint
:, candy attached and each boy had
- Jump successfully for these, the one
~ making the highest jump got tile cai
In dy prize.
ID The 9TH Act--The boys fell into lin
~ and each team marched baukwaf
~ and took their seats on two long rec
= tatiop benches which had been place
! on each side Of the stagemnkin
al ready for the Foot. Race. With
IN Simultaneous movement. their fe,
~ were extended and measurement
" were taken Minos Charpentier's foo
RI was said. to cover the most ground. q
n received u pair Of silk socks for ha,
A ing the longest foot The dimension
!, we're something like feet and SON
: inches.
9Th Act THE Hurdle Race"-Tl
II.