El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-28

the stiff rigid movements. characters
tic Of the indians of that period
Miss Helen Oldham was. the faculty
director Of this scene and the senior
committee in charge was Chris jung
johann and Rose Clayton. Eugene
Smith was the Introductory speaker
Scene Three Depicts PuebIOs.
Scene three depicted the life Of the
Eunice Anderson was the speaker, Miss
Ethel Taylor the faculty director, and
Ramiel JungjOhann and Ineresa
NOUngberg the senior committee IN
charge.
The first scene represented life IN
the pueblos. and taking part IN TINS
We're. Dorothy ConSdOn. as "Lolomi,
helping the weak and sick Antolnette
Matkin, Barbara Byers, Edna Richard
son. Day Verne Suearns. Shelley War
mock. Elizabeth Lucas. Charles Carter.
Matte Clark Rose Clayton, Walter
Ponsford. Reed Harlan. Ruy Darnall,
Lena ButChOfsky. Lucas Bacon. Ramtel
Jungjohanu, Earl Weisiger, and Elgie
Means.
Following this was a reproduction,
as accurately as possible, OF the an
telope and snake dance Of the Hopi in
dams. with some Of the symbolism Of
the rain dances OF the Zuni and Hopi
indians introduced The costumes and
headdresses were typical Of those used
by these tribes in their ceremonial
dances The rattlesnakes over which
the priestesses sprinkle meal and
which were carried by the dancers.
were made by Mrs Victoria Whitmer.
art supervisor Of the public schools.
Jack Thompson was the medicine man
and his dancing was excellent He
COuEht the Irregular rythm Of the dance
so Characteristic OF the indian move
meut and was perhaps the most natural
OF any Of the indian dancers.
The senior indian dancers were Lucas
Bacon. Ramiel JungjOhann. Walter
pnueF0rd Chris .IuuEHOEanu. EsIGIe
Means, Reed Harlan. James German,
Earl WeisiEer. Day Verne Stearls,
Shelley WaruOck.
The lower classmen were Jack
Thompson. Irving Jungjohann. Harry
Poll. Manuel StOlaroff. Solomon Stol-
aroff. Gordon Henderson. Paul Krupp.
Carol Justice. Thomas Mcclellan. Frank
Brown, Walter Clayton. Christian Fox
Robert Hare. Lewis Eppstein, Camilo
Spanish Explorers.
In scene four. about 1910 A D.. the
Spanish explorers under Coronado were
shown. clad in armor. leading their
horses across the desert approaching
Mount Franklin, followed by the span
ish flag, carried by soldiers. and a
Franciscan friar bearing cross. FL
gle Means was the friar, EldOn ROut-
ledge and Alfred Black the explorers
and Eugene Smith and Lucas Bacon
the flag bearers
Following their passage across the
desert, a fencing scene was introduced
between Eugene Smith and EldOn
RoutIedge that was splendidly exc
cuted, the boys fencing scientifically as
we'll as spectacularly, thing which
few professional actors do.
Ramiel JUngjOhann was the speaker
for this scene, and the senior commit
tee was Idus Lambert and Mamie
Hammonds Miss Eula Harper was the
faculty director
Spanish Frinrs-
Introducing scene five the Spanish
friars, father Ruiz. father Lopez and
father Santa Maria, who came to this
region from Mexico to bring Chris
tianity 10 the indians are represented
bv Eugene Smith. ElEie Means and
Earl Weisiger. overcome oy lhe hard-
ships, the death OF one Of them in the
desert Is represented 'LOlomt. comes
to their succor and the four sing the
hymn. Now the Day is Over
Christine Moelich vas the introduc-
tory speaker. and the senior com
mittee was Walter POnsfOrd and Bar
bara Byers. Miss Eula Harper was
the faculty director
spanish Mission Life.
The next scene. the sixth, represented
the Spanish mission life that Followed
the colonization work Of Don Juan dc
Ouate who with a small army. 10
Franciscan friars and a large number
OF colonizinE families. crossed the Rio
Grande at FL PasO del Norte on May :,
1898. coming up from Chihuahu1. and
began the first European civilization
OF this region. James German, the
sneaker. narrated the history OF the
colonization attempts previous to
Onate and the results Of his colonizza-
ton Of New Mexico. Katherine Glenn
and Elgie Means were the senior com
mittee. Miss Catherine Flynn was the
faculty director.
The scene represented the churchyard