Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-05-16
MAY DAY FETE BY THE PUPILS
OF THE WEBSTER CITY SCHOOLS
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the teachers.

the teachers.
The second number on the pro-
gram was a genuinely realistic scene
of an Indian council of. braves ad
squaws before which John Smith
was brought with bound hands and
sentenced to death by the tomahawk
route. A beautiful little Pocahon-
tas rushed in to intercede, with his
torical exactness, and the Indians
celebrated the finale with a war
dance.
Following this number came two
folk dances-first by Dutch girls,
represented by girls from the sec
ond and third grades, and next by
Swedish girls. from the lower third
and fourth grades. The Quakers-
boys and girls from the first and sec
lond grades created much laughter
and applause for the quaint, staid
manner OF their song and hrill and
their pretty costumes. The laughter
was mostly for the miraculous man
ner in which the high, stiff hats
worn by the little boys were saved
by outstanding ears from utterly ex-
tinguishing the boys. The demure
little maidens with grey gowns and
bonnets were among the prettiest
features Of the afternoon.
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Irish girls from the fourth, fifth
and sixth grades then to the accom-
paniment of an Irish air, danced a
pretty folk step, dressed in white
with green caps and shawls. They
were followed by Scotch lassies in
plaids and tams from the seventh
grade.
The Revolutionary period was
portrayed by companies of Contin-
entail and British soldiers from the
seventh and eighth grades, who gave
fine exhibition of manoeuvers and
a mock charge. The commander for
the British was George sCantonwine
and for the Continentals, Harold
Mitchell. The youngsters have been
drilling with wooden guns for weeks
and their obeyance to commands
was highly, praised by the onlookers.
| A Colonial drill by girls from the
eighth grade introduced "a very pref
| ty feature. Sailor boys ;from the
fourth and fifth grades represented
the. boys of 1872, m blue trousers
and sailor trappings. in drill. Fol-
lowing them Puritan maidens and
Red Cross nurses gave. also an ap-
propriate drill.
Columbia sending her messengers
of Peace to all the world, was one of
the most attractive features Of the
pageant; eight high school girls in
dainty draperies, to the music Of the
Spring Song, gave a light, graceful
dance before their departure to the
four corners of the earth.
The last number on the program
was given by pupils from the Lawn
Hill and Fifth Ward schools, num-
bering about seventy in all, repre-
}senting the Blues and the Grays of
the Civil war period in a flag drill
OF marvellous, precision and beauty.
This feature was interrupted BY ap-
plause from the audience.
The beautiful pageant was one
which parents might well review
with pride, representing as it did
the best work Of their children and
1.-THE teachers, each one Of whom have
been giving much time after school
| to make of the fete a success. Every
teacher in the grades deserves great
praise for making the pageant such
an interesting and beautiful spec
tacle.
The crowd at once drifted toward
the Lincoln high school building
where an exhibition Of the work Of
every pupil Of the Webster City
schools was given. The amount OF
fine work on exhibition Friday in,
the halls and class rooms of the
schools was simply stupendous. No
words can adequately convey to
those who did not see the perfect
maps, the intricate algebraic prob
lens, the drawings, the stories, the
diagrams ard the descriptive work,
I the Importance Of such an exhibit
Walls and tables were covered
with work, the beauty of which
would compare with any state fair
exhibit. Comments Of wonder and
admiration were heard on every side
and crowds Of interested people fill-
ed the halls and corridors the re-
mainder of the afternoon and even
ing.
The manual training department
with satin polished library tables,
chiffoniers, dressers, pedestals and
stools was balanced by the home &C.
onomics exhibit OF cookery and sew
ling in the basement rooms. The