Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-29
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL.
operetta Presented in Connection With
 Graduating Exercises.

The graduating exercises of the Riverside grammar school were held in Finn opera house Thursday even ing. The stage was decorated with a background of daisies and ferns, and lattice of silver tinsel; the footlights were covered with daisies and fir 1 boughs. Instead of the regular reel tations and essays, an operetta was presented by the members of the class and was received with much applause. The program followsi
 Selection, Baptist orchestra, Rev. M. D. Fuller, director; invocation, Rev. l Albert H. Donnell; salatatery. The Flag, Edward Andrew Faust, Jf.; op- eretta, The Flower Nymphs' Surprise; !; l scene I; selection, orchetra; scene II; valedctory, How the Schools Can Help \ in the War, Nellie Julia Miss; address to graduates, Judge A. M. Brown; presentation of prizes, Principal F. H. P. Clement; presentation of diplomas, Principal F. H. P. Clement; class song, music to the tune of Noel; selection orchestra.
 The Flower Nymphs' Surprise, by Dffie Louise Hoogif. Characters: Aa- rora, Queen of Dawn, Ruth Robertson 1 Apollo, the Sun King, Edward Faust: flower nymphs, attendants to Aurora girls from class IS; imps or princes l attendants to Apollo, boys from class IS.
 Synopsis:
 Scene I-Early one morning in Flow. er-land, while wandering about wait ing for Aurora, Queen of the Dawn her flower nynphs are frightened by 2 sudden encounter with Q lot of ifnps Confusion ensues until Aurora appears The imps prove to be princes bearing
 
 for herself and nymphs from Apollo the Sun King, to a feast in Sanhgh palace. The iEnps assert that Apollo is very tired of sleeping and longs tt be released from behind the "silvery bars of dawn," where he is imprisoned All hasten to Apollo.
 Scene u-Aurora and nymphs, at tended by the princes, open the Hsil
 very bars of dawn" and Apollo ap. pears. After the greeting of Apolli and Aurora, amid showers of flower
 from flower nymphs and of sunshinl
 from the princes. all join in the cfefni
 finale, "0h, then to the feast in tl1l Palace of Sunlight" The scene end wit ha beautiful tableau. The words for the class song wer . written by Bernice M Wolf. Tn prizes given in geography and histos
 by Anne Brewster Tanning chapter D. A. R., went as follows: First priz in history to George Norman, who re | ceived S2 in thrift stamps The sec ond prize was a tie between Nelli | Miss and Edward A. Faust, Jr., an
 each received one dollars worth C t thrift stamps. The first prize in geog
 raphy, the $2 in stamps, went to Nel f lie Miss, and George Norman receive 7 the second, $1 worth of stamps. I l past years the Harmony club ha
 given prizes, but this year gave tn
 money to Red Cross work. The clas r motto was Loyalty and Liberty, an
 the colors blue and gray. The accom-
 panists were Miss Alice Brown an . Miss Alice Smith, and the violin wa played by Miss Hodgkinson. Tn : ushers were former graduates of tn s school.
 : The graduates are Theodore Phili I' Barry, Fife May Bernard, lola Ma l Button, John Albert Chadwick, Geors y ] William Cregan, George Henry Davi
 Edward Andrew Faust, Jr., Benjafni
 Joseph Kolbuzs, John Stanley MioduE i zewski. Nellie Julia Miss George EI
 nest Norman, Mildred Popham olser . Alice Diana Pepin, Fornetta Maivini , Robertson, Ruth Elizabeth Robertso = Edna Adelle Sharkey, Alice Hattc
 Smith. Edward Lewis Thornton, Bel
 nice Mildred Wolf. Giasgo school = Edith I. lift.
 : Class officers for 1918: Presideh k Edward A. Faust, Jr.; vice presit1en c Mildred Olson; secretary, Alice smitl l. treasurer, Edna Sharkey. . w. s. s. canvassers. U The canvasser in the W. s. S. can Y paign for Ashland from Main thrBus : Pleasant View was Mrs. G. H. Pric ,, Mrs. w. T. Crumb had north side $ Tracy avenue to Mathewson up U Green avenue. Miss Clara Adams al s sisted Mrs. B. A. Faust.
 Wrist Watch from Lodae. e Reliance lodge No. 29, I. 0. Q. l I, presented Leon Young a wrist watt n previous to his departure to cam
 Vice Grand E. E. Gilbert made u
 presentation in the absence Of tl i noble grand
 l- Asa C.. Howard and his daughts if Miss Gladys Howard. of New Have ,- and Mrs. Henry Benedict of PaWtuek
 have visited Richard Howard, who
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