The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-18
STUDENTS TO GIVE
XMAS PROGRAMS
Grammer Grades To Furnish Enter
tainment for High School Classes
Dramatize Dickens Carol
LOWER GRADES TO HAVE TREES
Smaller Children to Unite In Effort
To Make Holiday Performance In
teresting To Pupils and Guests

Holiday spirit reigns supreme
among the students Of the Bemidit
schools who for the past week have
been busily engaged in preparing ap-
propriate Christmas programs which
will be given tomorrow afternoon.
The students of the seventh and
eighth grades have invited the en-
tire High school to their program.
Parents and friends have also been
invited and in order to care for the
large number that is expected to at
tend special seating arrangement.
will be made.
Misses Ethlyn Hall and Margaret
Newton have been in charge Of the
boys and girls participating, number
ing nearly IS, and who have been
practicing regularly for the past few
weeks. A feature will be the dramati-
cation of Dickens Christmas Carol in
which about 20 boys and girls take
part
The entertainment will last about
one hour and will commence prompt
ly at 1870.
Miss Esther Kolste will give
piano solo for the opening number
after which the boys and girls Glee
club will sing "Holy Night" 'sMuf-
fin Man" a musical farce is another
number that has been selected as
suitable feature.
The Girls Glee club are prepared
to sing a German song entitled
"Stille Macht'' and will also sing for
the closing number, ut Came Upon
The Midnight Clear
In the Grades.
In the Central builing the younger
students have been equally as busy
and are preparing programs that pro-
mise to closely rival that of the
Grammar grades. Christmas trees
and exercises appropriate for the oc-
casion have been prepared and will be
given under the supervision of the
instructors.
In the sixth grade Josephine Os-
trem and Miss Winnefred McDer-
mitt, instructors Of the two class
rooms have, arranged a program for
the two student bodies. Musical
numbers will feature in this program
and the sixth grade Girls Glee club
will sing several numbers. Recita-
tions by members Of both classes,
Christmas reading, farcial comedies
and duet will comprise the enter
tainment of this grade
The Fifth Grade
In the fifth grade play will fea-
ture entitled 'Revolt of The. Holi-
days" MUSICAL numbers and recita-
lions have also been prepared and a.
large Christmas tree and Santa
Claus will prove the source of enter
tainment for those attending.
In the Fourth grade Miss Elva>
George and Miss Ivy Brant have pre-
pared dialogue in which As students
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will participate. Other numbers
equally as entertaining and Christ
mas tree will be the attractions. At
the close Of the entertainment the
articles made by the students during
the school year will be returned.
Miss Josephine Brady and Miss
Schmidt have charge of the Third
grade classes and have arranged a
program.
/ In the second grades Miss Lois
! Obert and Miss Grace Sergeant have
prepared the programs. The NUM-
bers on this program will be similar
to those of the older students.
Kids" To Entertain
. Although the programs to be Civ
en- by the first grade students will
not be as long as those given by the
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