Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-24
EDISON JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL NOTES

surprise to their home room teacher,
at her hoom for recitation yesterday
morning. Instead of the regular les
son the students had prepared pret-
ty Christmas tree and secured box
OF candy which they presented to her
as the last number of the program
they had prepared. The first number
vas singing, Under the stars by
the school; the next number was San
ia Claus in Holland, by Irene Pere-
CORY; then a trio of boys. Paul Mus
ser. Harry Lackey and Charles Mac
Donald, sang I'VE Three Kings of the
Orient Are" the next number was u
recitation, The Night Before Christ
mas" by Dorothy Shatto, Mary Ken
dig, Katherine Niagara, Rhea, Zerbe-
and Mildred limerick sang a selection
and the presentation OF the gifts
closed the program.
The regular Christmas exercises
were held in the auditorium yester-
day afternoon. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Truman Thompson. The
following program was given: Cho-
rus, The First Noel" by the school,
under the direction of Miss Ella Ry-
an; play The Mummcrg." given by
thc students of section 9B-4; chorus,
20 Come, All Ye Faithful" by Edison
Community; a play, christmas Eve"
prepared and given by section 9B-2;
pantomime, silent Night" given by
girls from section 9B-5 and 9B-7;
chorus, Good Night" by school.
The cast of characters for the Num-
mers was: st. George, Jess Meadath;
Turk. George Sangree; the Doctor.
n TDaNN Il AnN
field; Father Christmas. Fred Ment-
zcr; Mistletoe. Marie White; Miss
Holly, Ella Downey; Christmas Tree,
Alice Derickson.
The Cast of Christmas Eve was:
Little Nell, Esther Swingly; Wendy,
Margaret Chamber; Alice in Wonder
land, Anna Fisher; Gretel, Helen
Quaid: the Hush-A-Bye Lady, Cath
crime Pcllow; Robinson Crusoe, Clyde
Rosenberger; Hansel, Ellen Holbert;
the Bagdad Traveller Charles Carver
ich; Santa Claus. Clarence Ulrich; ;
the Boy From Back of the North
Wind. Norman Hasler The scene was
in poor little girls home on
Christmas eve. This play was pre-
pared and presented by the cast with
out outside help. 1t was a most cred
table performance.
The pantomime cast was Genevieve
Lingle, Leona Hopes, Mary Seaman,
Dorothy Crook, Amy Crawford,
Blanche Filson, Esther Rodenheiser.
Anna Hallacher, from section OBJ
and Mary Collins and Ethel Fitch from
section Obs. The chorus, which sung
behind the stage was Lee Krupp,
Emily Bright. Merle Shepperd, Albert
Cans, Harry Whitmoyer and Sara
Spangler This number was given
under the direction of Miss Ella Ryan.
Mr.. Miller presented the letters to
the football players. He called the
boys to the stage and complimented
them for the manly way in which
tl,ey played the game, reminding
them that the season, counting the
scrub games, stands two defeats and
six victories. The Mechanicsburg
game was really won by Edison as
the official erred in giving two points
to the Mechanicsburg team as he has
since admitted.
The following boys received let
ters: David Barringer, Albert Bihl,
Edward Blaumenstine, Kenneth Cas-
sell, William Challenger, Lester
Dreese, Lester Fellers, william
Heagy, Laurence Hess, Charles
Holmes, Paul Hoover. Theodore John
ton, Thomas Jones, Jerome Kelly, Ed
Samuel McLinn, Charles Nye, Clyde
Rosenberger Earl Selser. Frank
Shirk and Captain George Snyder.
The team then gave Mr.. Miller a
present in recognition of the service
ne has rendered them.
The Edison Community has done
very well in their Christmas work.
This community turned over more
than $500 realize in the sale
OF Christmas seals. 1t contributed a
large number of toys to the Toy Mis-
sion, many of them properly wrap
ped and marked so that they will re-
quire very little effort on the part
OF the mission to distribute, and in
addition made a cash present of a
nice sum. They realize that the gift
without the giver is bare" and to-
day more than 40 of the citizens are
helping the Toy Mission distribute
the gifts. This has all been done
with the spirit that makes giving and
helping the most delightful experience
a citizen can meet.