Evening star., 1915-05-18
Every White Public School in
Washington Will Be Rep
resented Thursday.
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK
TO BE FIELD DAY SCENE
Pupils Being Perfected by Daily Re
hearsals All Grades to
Participate.

Sin thousand children representing
every white public school in Washing
ton are TO take part in the field day
and festival of the schools at the
American League Base Ball Park
Thursday afternoon at o'clock. This
exhibition. which is to be a demon
stration of the department Of physical
training. is to be for the benefit of the
school Fairgrounds which are soon to
open for the summer season.
All the grades from the first to the
eighth. inclusive. are to be represented
in the dances. drills, ring games. folk
games and athletic contests which have
been arranged. The nine divisions and
the normal practice school are to be
represented by various colors. which,
in addition to overshadowing com
pletely the rainbow. also are to be
signs by which parents and friends of
the youngsters can tell in what part
of the field to look for those in whom
they are interested.
Division Colors Designated
Division colors have been designated
by Or. Rebecca Stoneroad. director of
physical training, who has general
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division. yellow: second division, Law
ender third division. light green
fourth division, pink; fifth division
light blue: sixth division, orange: sew
enth division. dark green; eighth d-
vision. red: ninth division, violet; nor
NAL practice school, dark blue.
In one of the numbers more than 1000
children are to appear at one time
The program is to include the follow
ing numbers: Exercises by first grade
children in old nursery rhymes, ar
ranged by two of the physical training
teachers, Miss Imogene Stockett and
MISS Elsie SandeGe: gymnastic Indian
story by the third grade youngsters;
test for badges for the grammar
grades: folk dances, by the fifth grade
children: dumb-bell exercises by pupils
of the eighth grade, relay races by
fourth grades; folk dances, by sixth
grade pupils. and wand exercises by
the seventh grade children The pro-
gram is to be closed by the singing
as well as the children is 10 take part
One of the features of the program
is expected to be the Indian story
which depicts the aborigines in their
and arrow. chopping wood for signal
fires. stalking the enemy. hurting the
tomahawk, padding home, and the
dance of victory.
oTlRlnal ln01dn music has been writ
ten for this by Sol Minister Real In
dian tomtoms are to be used
Rehearsals Held Daily.
Rehearsals have been held for sew
eral days now. During the last few
weeks the grade school teachers have
been devoting particular attention to
the exercises which the children under
them are to perform, as the demonstra-
ton is composed Of numbers taken from
the regular physical culture course in
the schools.
Teachers of physical culture. assist
ants to DIR. Stoneroad, have charge o1
various phases of the exhibit, as fol
lows: Miss Elsie Sanders. fourth grade
athletics; Miss Belle Meyers, fifth grade
folk dances: Miss Grace Houchen
chairman of music committee: Miss
Lulu Burket leader of eighth grade
dumbbell drill and sixth grade folk
chairman of costume committee; Miss
Elizabeth Lacy, director of primary
nursery dances. Miss Mildred Clarke
in charge of grammar grade athletics
Miss Imogene Stockett. leader of Indian
and wand drills. and Miss Leila Prich
ard, in charge of properties.
Marshals for the various divisions
have been selected as follows: First
Miss Florence Gore; second, Charles
Johnson: third, Miss Kate Bevard
fourth. Miss Mary Lackey, fifth, Miss
Harriet Evans: sixth, Miss Blanche
Pearson: seventh. Miss Elizabeth SNOW
den. eighth. Miss Annie f. Neumeyer
and ninth. Miss Alma Goodman.