The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-22
Elk RIVER DONTNED.
The Princeton Eighth Grade Spoilers
Easily Put Their Elk River OPP
ponents in the Ditch.
interesting Program by Pupils Pre-
cedes the Battle Of Words In
Armory Auditorium.

Armory Auditorium.
The entertainment at the armory,
OF which the spelling contest be-
1 tween the eighth grades of the
Princeton and Elk River schools was
the central feature, proved great
ana glorious success from every point
Of view. q. *.> 4...s@
Ihe evenings program was opened
by our high school orchestra, which,
under the gratuitous leadership of
Do Marshall, is doing fine work
and, after this, thirteen little people
from Miss Tompkins' room presented
an exceedingly pretty exercise en-
Titled "A New Years Greeting. -
All these little tots performed their
parts SO beautifully as to receive un-
stlnted praise, but it is, perhaps,
only fair to make special mention Of
the two whose parts were most con-
.splc Celia Milbrath and Walter
Schmidt. The little girl appeared
first upon the scene, dancing across
the stage and announcing herself as
.''The Little New Year" in song
which was very sweetly rendered.
Then, Walter, as ''January'' tripped
in and, after an appropriate recita-
tion, the two sang a pretty little
duet. Both voices are marvelonsly
sweet and strong for such tiny
people, and they were applauded
most enthusiastically. The other
months followed, each with a recita-
ton, and all bearing symbols indica-
tive of their parts, such as roses for
June, valentine for February, etc.
The audience was puzzled, as had
been expected, by the grouping Of
these little folks, but this was ex-
planned when, at the close of the
exercise, the large pasteboard bells
bearing the names of the months,
which the children wore suspended
sf1s,lns their necks, were turned over,
one by one, and found to spell A
Happy New Year. -: A verse given
il, concert concluded the little play,
ara the tots ran off the stage fol-
lowed by the wild cheering of the
listeners.
Next appeared the entire "alpha-
sbet, represented by thirteen boys
and as many girls from Miss Huse's
room, and led by Miss Florence
Rawn as "teacher.'' The boys were
clad in suits of bright red cambria
and the girls in white, and as they
were arranged salternatively the
effect was very pretty. Immense
letters, at least twelve inches high,
printed upon large shields of card
board, were borne by means of
handles secured to the backs and
kept carefully turned toward the
audience. The 'teacher,'' prettily
CARRIED as a colonial dame. led the
little people in a march forming the
letter S and, at the close, they
formed a selnicircle extending COM
pletely across the stage. The "p]ay'
consisted in forming words in re-
Spouse to the teachers commands,
and some Of the answers elected
great applause. At the conclusion
all marched off singing a farewell
song, the letters to form the words,
"Good Bye,' leaving the line and
arranging themselves at the front of
the stage. Much amusement was
caused in this by the discovery that
the second 0 was formed by the
letter @, the little fellow who held
this letter having placed his hand
over the ''quirk'' to conceal it.
Miss Florence proved prime
tteacher,'' every word being SO
clearly enunciated that not a point
was lost by the audience, and the
little folks, too, enacted their parts
most admirably. = .~
The third exercise, a patriotic song
and march by fourteen boys from
Miss Davis room, heralded with
bugle calls given by Chas. Umbe-
hooker. was most inspiring. The
boys had been finely drilled and all
possess voices that are remarkably
good and true. Each carried large
flag and these were used in an
effective drill and march given be-
tween each two stanzas. At the
close all stood at attention as
Mrs. CA. Galley sang a stanza from
the ''Star Spangled Banner in her
usual inimitable manner, accom-
panied by Chas. Umbe checker on the
cornet
Girls and boys in equal number.
nine Of each--from Miss Hayden's
room, concluded the progr ram
furnished by the Whittier schools
with a couple of very pretty folk
dances, the first a dance Of greeting