El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-03
TOSHOW
.HISTORY'S MARCH
Schools to Unite in a Great
Spectacle to Dedicate the
High School Stadium.

All Of the schools of tne city viii
unite with the High school in a
pageant Of Civilization" next spring,
which will be the graduation exercises
Of the High school and the eighth
grades OF the grammar schools. and
also serve as the formal dedication Of
the stadium on the new High school
campus. where the pageant will be
The pageant will be the largest and
most magnificently produced tnlns
ever attempted I'm the southwest
About 5000 children viii take part. II
viii represent the years work OF all
the departments OF the school system
The properties and accessories neces-
sary Tor the pageant viii be made ~
the pupils of the manual training de
partment as the winters work. The
carpenter class viii build the stage in
the stadium The domestic science
classes viii sew the costumes as their
work for the winter. The songs and
choruses for the pageant win be the
music departments winter work and
in the playground and physical train
ing department the various dances
marches and drills viii be taught
Directors Of Pageant.
Only children above the fourth grade
viii participate. Mrs. J. NJ Frank
who directed the Pageant Of the
Southwest" given two years ago by
the High school, has been made the
pa geant master. The executive COM
mittee is composed Of Mrs Frank. Mrs
Margaret KinnOn Stevens, physical
training director of the High school;
playground supervisor j. r. slime,
Supt r. J. Tighe and Dr. J. A Pickett,
Charles p stevens and s ! Freuden-
thai. of the school board The scenes
viii he divided among the various
schools
show Caveman.
The Pageant Of Civilization" viii
begin with the prehistoric age and IN
the opening scene the caveman viii De
presented in the hills In the next cpl
sode the sources Of civilization VIII be
presented. the first scene showing
China with a procession or priests
moving through the crowds of a mar
ker place Egypt VIII be the next
source OF civilization presented. and
the scene viii show slaves engaged in
building the pyramids. and . religious
ceremony in the worship Of Iris and
Osiris
The gardens OF Babylonia VIII be
next presented with q banquet show
{ ing the luxury Of the. period The He
brew scene viii present view Of the
old Testament life. The Olympic games
and dances will show Greece and her
part in the civilization OF the world A
market scene in Rome VIII be the next
scene. presenting the public distrl1u-
tiou Of grain among the people, super
I vised by the Roman soldiers and SEN
ators- Boadicea and her people VIII
represent the early history Of England
with the Druids and their worship ana
the Roman legions shown in action and
, tableau. The Saxon life Will follow
this. eliminating in the receiving ny
the Saxon vikings and women Of St
Augustine and his priests
Birth OF Nations
The next episode viii describe the
birth OF the modern nations, ana VIII
cover the period in history extending
from 500 TO 1900 A. D. The first scene
viii be in France with a court scene
The return Of the Crusaders with the
captive Turks viii represent that part
Of history and there VIII be a tourna-
ment and jousting- The receiving OF
the imperial crown from the pope
viii be the German scene. and the
English scene will show Robin Hood
and his men in the forests OF Sher-
wood with NayDole dancing by the
girls and archery feats by the men
The signing OF the Ma gDa Charta viii
be represented as the beginning Of the
new era Of liberty.
In the Spanish scene the departure
of Christopher Columbus from the
court Of Ferdinand and Isabella viii De
shown, followed by a Spanish garden
scene with dancing and q scene show
! ing Columbus about to embark for the
scene viii introduce the western world,
with the landing Of the white men at
the West Indies Following this will
( be the arrival of the Mayflower ana
Z Noon The coming OF the French 10
/ the new world viii be shown in scenes
depicting la Sale. Marquette and
/ other Of the French explorers.
American History.
After this viii come the American