The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-05-28
EIGHTH GRADE PROGRAM
PLEASED LARGE CROWD
EXERCISES LAST NIGHT AT HIGH SCHOOL AUDI
TORIUM WAS PLEASANT SURPRISE
CLASS HISTORY WAS POPULAR
Program Was Composed of Many Humorous Feat
ures That Evoked Frequent Applause
Diplomas Presented

If the grammar school graduating
school and their instructors had an.
misgivings in regard to the success
of their plans for an unconventiona
program, they must have been es
pecially gratified by the enthusiastic
applause for every number by the
great audience which last evening
packed the high school auditorium
The seventeen numbers of the pro
gram were all attractive and render
ed with spirit and speed. Young peo-
pie neatly and modestly dressed and
all on their best behavior are pleas
ing sight, especially at the moment
when they file into an auditorium, 70
they file into an auditorium, seventy
strong, to take their part in COM
mencement ceremonies. After pleas
ing chorus and an invocation by the
Reverend Mr.. Parry, Miss Bernadine
Wilson officially welcomed the many
friends in gracious speech. Miss
Bernadine has the enviable distinction
of having completed eight grades in
six years without ever being required
to take an examination, except the
final state examination which is COM
pulsory for all. The chorus and tam
BOURNE drill which followed were both
pretty and effective.
oo1n 1xrA A Moo prnx
was well delivered and showed a knack
for rhyming and a good sense of
rhythm.
The Glass History.
The class history was one of the
most popular and original Of all num-
bers and brought down the frequent
bursts of applause it deserved. AS a
variation from the usual paper on the
subject, the class acted out the his
tory of their school lives as it had
been lived in the primary and gram
mar grades. Members of the class
dressed to represent their successive |
teachers conducted humorous classes
in which the pupils were chosen from
the two graduating classes. Verde |
Gossett conducted clever take-off on |
Miss WhitwOrth, who is known and |
loved by hundreds of Moscow boys |
and girls. Alice Hankinson as Miss |
Adair presented the work of the third |
grade in a most entertaining fashion.
The various teachers of the Irving
school came in for their full share of
comedy; Harry Farmer as Principal
Barrackman taught history and arith-
metic; Clara Baken as Miss PrOtherO to
taught a grammar class that showed
more wit and animation than the
average class can boast; Ellen Ainslee
was a hit as Miss Boardman in a
class; Laura Waterman
taught Geography as Miss Madsen is
supposed to teach it; Margaret Morton
as Miss Gray had class in rhetoricals
that brought down the house by their
laughable burlesques on school piece
speaking; Marian Jones saw to it that
her music class rendered discords that
make the director of music, Miss Ken
drick, shiver; John Sampson as Su-
perintendent Randall, brought what
was evidently usual but unwelcome
to Irving school that
he boys should keep out of the gym
1asium. The thrusts were all good
latured and, in spite of the parody,
t was easy enough for even an un-
tiated reporter to see that the young
Iters like their teachers and are loyal
o their school and principal. The
pupils who took part in the various
1urlesque scehes were as follows:
John Gill, Gordon Staples, u
dinnie Held, Violet Seeley, and Olga I
anderson. Those in the third grade 81
we're Bernadine Wilson, Esther Nell Il
on, Ragner Kulberg, Clyde Tobiason, o
nd Mercedes Jones. Those in the
rving school classes were Josephine
taken, Edna Holland, Helen Frantz, n
Ierritt Lieuallen, Gerald Meeker, and d
lay Derry. al
The mixed chorus, My NANNY Ill
'oise," comprising all the classes, was ct
nneful, and the classes made an ex- OF
client appearance grouped together. D
The Humorous Side. OIL
The symposium of recitations in sew
raj dialects was also popular, ee
nd the lads and the girl who Ut
,ok part knew their selections well
nd initiated the brogue of the several
atoms capitally. Those included In
le series were Fred Scheyer who
ade a fine little German; Marian 81
3nes who recited her Scotch poem so
cry feelingly and looked we'll as al
Ragner Kulberg who WI
,ndered Wilhelm Tell from the Swed- pu
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