Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-23
STUDENTS OF TWO
SCHOOLS PLAY AT
SANTA CLAUS''
Central Entertains Nursery
Home Youngsters; Tech, the
Open Air Children

The two high schools of the city
were hosts this morning in their re-
| spective buildings for youngsters of
the city who are not being otherwise
cared for. Central entertained some
fifty or more small boys and girls of
the Home Nursery of Harrisburg, To-
Gated in South Cameron street, and
the Technical high boys acted as hosts
for the boys and girls of Susquehanna
and Lochiel open-air schools.
A buz of expectatory whispers filled
the big auditorium at Central about
9.45 this morning when the automo-
biles containing the Home Nursery
children reached the building and they
were ushered up onto the stage many
completely covered with confusion at
their unexpected appearance in the
limelight. Some were so small that
they had to be lifted up the stairs, but
they were in a receptive mood and
enjoyed to the utmost the interesting
program that had been arranged for
their benefit by combined committees
| OF faculty and students. About 500
students were there for the entertain
| ment, preceding dismissal for the holi-
| days.
! Vernon widder, senior, presided.
and opened with Scripture reading
and prayer. He asked the little guests
How many of you have been good
since last Christmas?" and half of the
tiny hands went up, the front row of
young boys being paralyzed with en-
barrassment. The little childish voices
! then piped up in a Christmas song
which caused q rush of sympathetic
| feeling for the little tots over the
entire audience.
Charlie Chaplin was there in all
his glory, impersonated by Herald
| HoutZ. The Senior Girls Glee Club.
composed of Eva Seilhamer. Sarah
! Faunce, Mary Kinser, Dorothy Dun
can, Esther Selsan. Helen Hampton,
Sarah Maloney. Hazel Rexroth and
Gertrude Edward, sang a selection,
and Marion Bretz told the guests a
beautiful Christmas story. Santa s
coming was foretold by Anna Gross
man, and the Misses Burkholder and
| Dorothy Steele explained how good
they'd been for a year. The junior
girls sang about the sugar plum tree"
| and Harold Amos and j. Q. Holsopple
| both did their share in entertaining
| the assembled audience. Seven Christ
mas fairies soon fioated onto the stage
and delighted the little group of en-
| chanted watchers, and Catherine
Simonetti told of Santas gifts. Kath-
crime Keene and Catherine Dubbs were
we'll received the latter showing con-
siderable talent in the up In Santa
Land" song, with which she pleased
everybody. Mary Kinser and Lloyd
Martin. the two healthiest students in
the school, brought forth a roar of
approval and then all was silent-eX-
| pectant-all eyes turned toward the
! chimney place, where a bright fire was
! burning, and beside which stood q
huge Christmas tree adorned with
brilliant decorations. Soon there came
the sound of sleighbells and the tramp
of feet. and in dropped old Santa him
self, ably acted by Charles Segelbaum.
Each little guest was called by name
| and presented with a stocking full of
nuts and candies and fruit. and besides
that each carried away with him or
her a bit of clothing and a wonderful
| toy or two. Happiness just glowed on
! every face. and their hearts were al
most too full-but 1t was a glorious
occasion.
| Tech Students Entertain Delightfully."-
| Over a thousand patrons of the
Technical high school this morning
| enjoyed an interesting program of
music by choruses and the school or
! chestra, interspersed with drills and
recitations by the children of the two
schools, climaxed by the appearance
! of Santa Claus following playlet en-
titled Twas the Night Before Christ
mas" The jolly old saint had sleds
ribbons nuts and candies galore for
! the open-air <iddies. Those who par
ticipated in the playlet were Charles
Johnson. Andrew Lightner, Lloyd Cole
and Miss Evelyn Joyce, member of
| the teacher training school. who took
| the part OF the fairy. The role of
| Santa was played by Edwin Title, a
member of the senior class.
Another feature of the exercise was
a recitation entitled "A Whit of Fresh
Air" by Karl Little, Fred Lauster,
| William Richardson and Charles Bren-
ner, members of the technical insti-
tuition. Each of the quartet weighs
over 200 pounds.