Arizona republican., 1915-05-26
TINY TOTS HAVE
 COMMENCEM
Charming Exercises put on by Graduates of Kinder garten. Large Crowd At tends and Shows Appre.
 citation. Fifteen Graduate

Fifteen tiny tots last evening com ! pleted the first step of their educa- tlon. Commencement at Ellis Gar | den is always a beautiful and inter- esting event and hundreds gathered | about the miniature out of doors stage to view the quaintest and pret- i test pageant, to hear the graduation | exercises, and to see the little folk i receive their diplomas
 The kindergarten school, under the direction of Miss Lucy Terrill Ellis, l presented its program in a perfect | bower of blossoms. It is Miss Ellis custom to conduct the affair similar | to May Day celebration and this was evident in the wealth of flowers | in fairyIike setting. The children l also carried out the suggestion with floral wreaths and May baskets. While the pageant featured the program, the story, song and dance numbers gave an idea of the school work of the year. Especially en- joyable were the songs, the childish voices blending sweetly in the music written for the occasion by Mrs. William H. Duffield, a former Phoe- nician, who has won fame on the coast as a kindergarten composer. Mrs. Dwight B. Heard presented the diplomas to the graduates: Mar ion Whitney, Ethel Twitchell, Albert Rountree, Muriel Miller, Leone Keith line, Barry Goldwater, Robbie Gold water, Claire Pierce, Robert Lewis, Gwendolyn Williams, Ping Bell, Wat son Deity, Junicr Hildreth and Kath- erine Bone.
 The program:
 The Pageant
 The Drummer-Jimrnie Jones.
 Uncle Sam-Albert Rountree.
 Columbia-Jean Fairbank.
 Nikolina-Helen NeNhouse.
 Little Playmates in the Garden.
 The Springtime Fairy-Helen liar ris.
 Psyche and her Sunbeams-Psyche Charlyn Christy; Sunbeams, Laurettc Dulmage, Eugenie Rountree and Por- tia Christy
 Little Greeks-Apollo with his harp. Robert Lewis. ard Pan with his pipes, Watson pefty; the Queen, Mu- sicians. Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, and Cupid, the little god of love, Ping Bell and Robbie Gold water.
 The Maypole Dancers-Betsy Brad ley with Mary Francis Hueneryager, Katherine Chrsty with Claire Pierce Mary Twitchell with Ethel Twitchell Martha Futile with Ida Mary Cone.
 The Queen and her Court-The queens herald, Austin Merrill; court gentlemen Barry Goldwater and AL fred Bell; court ladies, Muriel Miller and Leone Kiethline; the garden prince, Delamere Harbridge; thu queen, Mary Stanley Woodrow; the maid of honor, Marion Whitney; crown bearer, Katherine Bone; carry ing the queens bouquet, Helen Dono- frio; ring bearer, Weld Thaycr; the cueen's lace handkerchief, the gift from her little maid of honr, pre- scented by Gwendolyn Williams; scep- ter bearer Junior Hildreth.
 Entertainment-Song stories and dancing Minuet dancers -Selamer Harbridge with Katherine Christy, Robert Lewis with Marion Whitney, Watson Deity with Muriel Miller, Robbie Goldwater with Ping Bell.
 Petal Scatterers-Frances Emily Gang, Genevieve Craft, Helen Dono- frio Dorothy Cover Jean Fairbank, Weld Thayer, John Frazier, Jimmie  Jones, Laurette DulmaEe, William Lentz, Joe Lentz, Dorothy Stauffer, Charlyn Christy, Portia Christy, Eu- genie Rountree, Janice, Hildreth. Car oline Goldwater, Elizabeth Munger, Helen Harris and Mortimer ColQdny.
 Seven members from the class that were graduated from the high school last week were former pupils of Miss Ellis. She has had many years of experience in kindergarten work and makes a study of all the new meth ods that are accepted by the best authorities. She has served as vice president and secretary of the kiIi- dergarten department of the National Education association. She has been asked to lecture in San Francisco on August 2S, when the International Kindergarten union is held in the eX- position.