The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-04-12
DEESTR|CK SKULE"
DRAWS OVERFLOW
ATTENDANCE
Will Be Repeated Thursday
Night, April 11th-Big
Audience Expected.

The "Deestrick Skule" held forth
Friday night to packed house, many
were turned away. Some of the chill
dren, in expressing their disappoint-
ment at not seeing the "Skule" said,
1--WE couldn't even get up the stairs,
much less into the auditorium"
The skulemasters part was diff
cult one but Judge j. z. Foster fit
ted it like a glove. He had an easy
way of solving knotty problems and
could dodge any stumbling block and
after the fashion peculiar to the back
wood school teacher of long ago. Miss
linda Harrison was imitable as Mrs.
Honeysuckle, and Judge j. M. Stone
brought down the house in his in
depreciation of the spokesman of an
old field school committee.
Messrs. J. E. Dobbs and Geo. Grif-
fin with two other dignified commit
teemen.
The 319th Field Artillery sextette
sang against the "Deestrick Skule"
boys, and the "skollars" voted them
the best singers which was heartily
endorsed by the audience.
Mike, Mr.. Jim Groves, made hit
in his solo, "The Smoke Goes Up the
Chimney just the Same, but Mike
had the audience with him all the
evening. Tom Wallace as the water
drinker was Mikes partn2 as a
fun maker, and A. M. Weems and
Ernest Robinson were stars in their
parts.
Buddy Honeysuckle, Mr.. Leon
Land, was a headliner in his part of
the four year old little boy, whose
big sister, Miss Aline Fields, was
ever on the lookout to prevent his
coming to grief. These two provok-
ed much amusement.
Miss Lillian Teipel, the giggling
girl, Miss Allie May Simpson, the
crying girl, and Miss Mary Nell, the
lisping girl, could not be excelled in
their work.
Gus Benson, the suffering boy,
could have done better if Mrs. Annie
Warren had let him alone. There
two were stars in the primer class,
but since we remember the twins,
Mrs Katie Katie Maddox and Mrs.
Irene Dobbs, Tom Hardage, Mrs.
Hardage, Geo. Owen, Charlie Hicks,
Buddy and Sissy Honeysuckle, and
Mrs. Dora Simmonds, the bad girl,
the entire primer class was constel-
lation.
Prof. Lee brought teacher all the
eggs from setting hens nest, and
one chicken Matched in his pocket,
Prof. Guthrie never did learn his
grammar lesson, but his speech "On
Linden" brought down the house.
Miss Naomi Wells composition on
''The Fly" and Miss Virginia Hayes
composition on "The Cow" were
splendidly read, Mrs. Rella Harde-
man missed ''Picturesque" and Miss
Mabel Cortelyou got tangled up on
"beseiging" but the teacher helped
them out.
William Crumbley was the best
reader. in fact he was good all the
wav through Lance DObbs took his
whipping and reversed his position,
and entered heartily into the spirit
of the play as did George Northcutt
and all of the "skollars."
Ernest Robinson, Miss Sallie Bat
taile, Miss Odessa Clifford, Mrs Alice
Borgerson. Misses Lucille Law and
Fannie Milan, Miss Mabel Cortelyou
and a number of other ladies took
mart in the classes and acquitted
themselves with much credit.
The "Skule" was for the benefit
of the War Fund of the Z. D. {.
Much credit must be given TO Miss
s. C. Battaile who so successfully
staged the play.
The "Skule" will be repeated
Thursday night and big audience
is expected. The military band
which was one of the leading fea-
lures of the performance, will play
again Thursday night.