Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-23
CHILDREN ENTERTAIN
TO A|DPLAyCROUNDS
Eaton School Pupils Present Eye
Deestrict Skule of Burberry
Corners
Large Audience Greets the Perform
ers in Assembly Hall Of Techni-
cal High School.

A large audience of parents. friends
and just plain lovers of children filled
the assembly hall at Mckinley Tech
nical High School last night to wit
ness a performance of I'VE Deestrict
Skule at Blueberry Corners" given by
the children of the John Eaton School.
Cleveland Park, for the benefit of the
playground fund.
Everybody knows the story of the
I"Deestrict Schoor'-what terribly bad
school it was to start with, and how.
after the rejection of numerous ap-
plicants, the fiery-haired Hezekiah Pen
dergrass is chosen master of its des-
TIMES, and how he finally brings order
out of chaos until in the final scene that
ends this comedy the school becomes
quite a model for real school teachers
to pattern their classes after.
Delights the Audience.
All of this was shown last night, to
the immense delight OF the audience.
and the kids seemed to enjoy 1t as much
as their parents and friends. 1t Is
hardly fair to mention any OF the
young performers specially, but since
there was a regular reporter present.
Just as if it had been a big show, 1t
must be DONE Wherefore, little MISS
Marguerite Fuller, as Samantha Piper.
the giggling girl, is named. She MT
| Just the psychological moments ior het
giggles and it is safe to say tnae II
she times her smiles as well through
life as she did last night she will never
| smile amiss or miss smile. II was
one of those three-cornered Smiles lou
mouth and two eyes, you know.
| The thid act was sort OF caparet al
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school, in which the now model class
sang, recited and otherwise performed
| to perfection. OF all the offerings the
i"Rock-a-By" song given by the ,thiro
Latterner took the solo part In way
that argues well for her future as
singer, and Frances Coburn was rock,a,
bye lady" The others who responded
beth Bryant, Elizabeth Hastings. Evelyn
Preble, Martha Livingston. Sarah De
Pue, Marian Affleck. Eleanor Phelps
Ethel Sorrell and Catherine Spicer.
Harvey Gerry as Teacher.
The role of Hezekiah PGndergrass was
played by Harvey Gerry in capable
| manner. AS for the rest Of them, every
| body sang, and those who didn't sing re-
cited, and those who didn't recite JUS,
plain spoke and those who didn't
speak managed to get into the limelight
| some way or other-only there WASH
| any limelight, it was just ordinary cleo
| tric-so the only way to do is to mention
| the whole crowd.
Those who appeared as teachers, schoo
committee and grammar pupils included
William Deegan. Gilbert Wilkinson
Charles De Pue, Doris Lynham, Marjorie
Gerry, Dorothy Hogan, Drucilla Hallam
Rose Rockwell. Margaret Woolard. Mar
guerite Fuller, Emily Dowell. Marjorie
1 abaf1
Louise Cownes. Mary Fitzgerald. Ather-
| ton Hastings, Robert Nelson. Paul Heiss
Wallace Fuller, William Domer. Bayarc
Cunningham. Jonathan Daniels, Alfred
Bisset and Bryant Grove.
Pictorial Treat by the primaries"
Pupils of the primary classes" wht
furnished the pictorial treat Of the even
ing, included Frances Fuller. Edith Buck
Ter. Frances Coburn. Baldwin Cook, Perry
Miller. Helen Latterner, Elizabeth Bry.
ant. Eleanor Phelps, Ethel Sorrell, Cath
crime Spicer. Marian Affieck, Martha Liv.
ingston, Evelyn Preble. Sarah De Pue
Elizabeth Hastings, Robert Sniff1ns, Sybi
| Fahnestock, Robert Carr, Anne Scott
| Maude Carrier. Leila Scott. Henry Gich.
ner, Adelaide Bride, Gladys Holcombe
Eckert Dorothy Latterner. Frank Dan
| iels, Constance Ridgeway, Vivian Wood.
ruff, Mary Worthington. Frances Wool
ard, Harrison Sniffins. Laura Stockton
Voorhees,, Rignald Grady, Portia Lyn.
ham, Robert Livingston. Mary Britton
Jane Henderson, Winston Phelps. Cath.
crime Orwell and Dorothy Hogan.
To Miss Fitzgerald, teacher Of the
| fourth grade at the Eaton School, Is due
a great share of the credit for the sue
cessful performance. according to the
foreword spoken by Supervising Principal
Mertz.