Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-05-25
NEWPORT

The musical program given at
the High School Friday evening
by the Newport Grade School,
was one of the best of the season
under the training and direc-
ton of Mrs. George T. Pratt, as
sisted by Jessie Young, Betty
Gurnee and Eva Coffield of the
Junior High School. One hun
dred pupils were on the stage
boys and girls ranging all the
way from six to sixteen years of
age. The stage was beautifully
decorated with evergreens and
potted flowers and the children
were prettily dressed in their
best bib and tucker. It was a
most beautiful sight. The small
children in front and the larger
ones ranging back in graduated
rows. Each child wore a pleas
Ing smile and all seemed to be
In perfect health, attested by
rosy cheeks, bright clear eyes
and broad foreheads, beautifully
decorated with a rich growth Of
beautiful hair, black, red, white
and auburn, with well rounded
and splendidly developed mus
cells, erect forms and as straight
as arrows. 1t was a most pleas
Ing sight. The parents and
teachers must have been proud
or them. The auditorium as u.s.
ual was crowded with the friends
and parents and teachers who
mad come not only to listen to
the rendering of the program
though that was very interest
ing-but by their presence to
give encouragement to the work
OF the school. 1t was a can
tata of the months and seasons
impersonated.
January, Theodore Steel; Feb.
ruary, David Harding March
Willard Green; April. Helen Ba.
ker; May, Cathryn Pratt; June
Mary Green; July Jessie Young
August. Margaret Putnam; Sep,
tember, Ralph Jones; October
Izetta Green; November, Bett,
Gurnee; December, Eva Coffield
Chorus of attendants; songs
The Owl. The Ball, The Drum
First and Second Grades. Sone
boys chorus, The Star Spangled
Banner, all standing, the audi.
ence rising and all joining in the
singing, while each child waved
above its head, Old Glory. This
was impressive and aroused the
patriotism of everyone present
Mrs. Pratt presiding at the piano
and also had charge of the pro-
gram. Mrs. Pratt has had con-
troll of several school entertain
ments and always with good sue
cess.
AS | looked upon this interest.
Ing group of one hundred chill
dren, / wondered what the future
had in store for each one OF
them. | thought of what VIM
Shakespeare says, "All the world
Is a stage and men and women
are merely players | thought
too, that each boy and girl thai
had appeared before us this
evening will have to act on the
great stage Of life and the way
you improve your time in schoo
now, will have a great influence
upon all your future actions
II you acquire habits of indus.
try, morality and honesty, yo,
will acquit yourselves with cred
1t; but If you form habits of in.
dolence, and indifference yor
will be unsuccessful in all yor
undertake. AS ! looked upor
the smiling faces that group o,
pupils, I was impressed and leat
to inquire where will they BIZ
twenty years hence? Will the,
be gliding through life in cas-,
and prosperity or will they b,
= struggling against adversely un
der load, 1t may be of deb
that they had no voice in Great
Ing. We should be careful how
we pile obligations upon the in
coming generations that will
hamper and embarrass then
during all their lives. Thes,
young people when they com,
upon the stage Of action, will
have problems Of their own tt
solve, that will take all thoiI
energy and ability to master. J,
It would be very nice to have
the hard surfaced roads but car
we afford It? II the State Road
Bond acrries and we get the
$4,000, 900; road experts say that
this sum will only be a beginning
for to complete the roads as
planned by the State Commits
sion It will take $50,000,000.
People who oppose this road