The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-16
.BEM|DJI SCHOOLS
TO CLOSE FRIDAY
FOR CHRISTMAS
Teachers and Out Of town Students to
Leave Immediately After School
for Homes.
PROGRAMS TO BE GIVEN
BY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Parents and Friends Invited to At
tend Exercises Tomorrow Morn
ing and Afternoon. -.

Bemidji schools will close tomor-
row afternoon for Christmas holidays.
The teachers and Out-of-tOwn stu
dents are planning to leave for their
homes Immediately after the closing
of school. School will reopen in Be-
midji January 4.
Christmas programs will be given
at all schools in the city tomorrow.
At the high school and seventh and
eighth grades programs will be given.
The North school has also prepared
programs.
At the Central school the entire
day will be turned over to Christmas
programs Programs will be given
in the morning at ten o'clock and in
the afternoon at 1870 o'clock.
The following are the programs to
be given by the different grades in
the Central building All parents
and friends of the children are in
vited to attend the exercises.
First Grades.
Songs-"A Letter to Santa" "If
You're Good" three first grades;
Candle Girls and Firehy-12 girls,
one boy, from Miss Budelman's room;
Lullaby--Elverna Hazen, Flora Burns,
Verna Krause, Edith Erickson, Lucille
Flatley, Myrtle Moberg; recitation
waiting for Santa," Deneice Blon-
do; sOngs-"A Little Old Man."
"Santa Claus" 16 children from Miss
Harding's room; Finger Play-"Jolly
Santa Claus" IL children from Miss
Strands room; recitation, ''Letter
From Santa" Elmer Gaines; recita-
tion, 'American Stocking,' Della
Hanna; song, "Jolly Old St. Mich
olas," IL children from Miss Budel-
mans room; "Waiting Up for Santa -
Ruth Meilicke and Dan Rose; Doll
Show, s children from Miss Strand s
room; Christmas play, ten children
from Miss Budelman's room; recita-
tion, 1--WE Rocked This Doll,' Gwen
dolyn Alvord; Christmas Candles,
Clarence Larson, Edith Erickson and
Violet Paquin; "Santa's White Kit
ten,' Hulda Anderson; "Looby Loo,' -
II children from Miss Strands room :;
Capture of Santa" II children from
Miss Harding's room; recitation, "A
Gift to Santa" Lael Chase.
Second Grades.
Song, "Jolly Santa Claus" school !;
concert recitation, school; 1.-THE Toy
man." Miss Murphy's room; song
I'm Lowly Manger," school; recita-
tion, "A Letter From Santa" Reuben
Bergh; song, "Once Into the Shep-
herds,' school; Mother Goose Chill
dren, Miss Welch's room; 1.-THE Sick
DOLL" Edna Moore, 1mogen Harring-
ton and Clifford Klein.
Third Grades.
Song, ''Merry, Merry Bells,':
school; "The Lost Reindeer" Mrs.
Santa, Catharen Mckee, Jack Frost
Robert Graham, Elf, Gordon Harm.
we'll; recitation, Ardus Malzahn; due:
Robert Graham and Mildred Clark
"Christmas With Mother Goose"
Mother Goose, Bernice Hannah, Man
in Brown, Julius Goldberg; song,
1--WE Been Good" five girls; recita-
tion, 'Santa Claus" Forrest Sathre;
solo, "Christmas Chimes," Gordon
Harnwell; Stocking drill, eight boys:
song, Jolly Santa Claus" school.
Fourth Grade.
Song, "Santa Claus Land" Christ
mas dialogue, 'The Children and the
Stars" characters-Russel George,
Myrtle Orth, Frank Elliott, Pearl
Pickles, Clyde Coyle, Ruth Collard,
1ngiborg Bjorstad, Evelyn Hickerson,
Julia Towers; song, "Santa Claus is
Coming, Children;" Christmas play,
"A Homemade Santa Claus, act L,
scene I, scene II; song, merry, Merry
Christmas Bells;" act II, characters
Richard Cahill, Tom, Henry
Krause.
Fifth Grades, Is
Song, MERRY, Merry Xmas Bells"
by the fifth grades; display of mech
anical oys-showman, Merton Den
ley, DOLL Aileen Naylor, athletes, Will
liam Burns, William Barnell, ele-
plants, Earl Coe, Clyde Shadow, SOL
dier, Walter Barker, Teddy Bear, Mil