The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-05-14
A BEAUTIFUL
MAY PAGEANT

providing the right kind of weather for
the May Day festival participated ia
ny the pupils OF the public school last
Friday, for m.ce pleasant day the
valley has not experienced SO far this
.iear. 1t was a real summer ,iay. bright
warm, calm AMI altogether beautiful,
aud no more felutiful pageant on a
small scale ever paraded under clear
SKY and warll and beatific sun. And
Following that parade was rendered a
program OF exercises that could not
rave been surrs ssed in exce.lercy by
children Of schools In vastly larger
cities. For days and days In advance
o! the great event. great in the history
OF the school and long to be- reinem-
bered BY every participant and witness
of pageant and exercises, teachers and
scholars had becn preparing for this
festival and rehs arising the parts to
which each child was assigned andthat
success crowned lhe efforts ru: forth
is due to the un.iring effcr, of the
teachers and the intelligent interpre-
tation of the maay parts by the lads
and lassies assigned to the various
numbers on the program.
The parade formed at the foot Of
school house hill, on First avenue. and
headed by the boy scouts and drum
corps marched east to Vancouver
street. north on Vancouver street to
Central avenue, east on Central ave-
nue. to Main street, south on Main
street to Railroad avenue, east on
Railroad avenue to Spokane street.
north on Spokane street to First ave-
nue., west on First avenue to the ath-
letic grounds:
Order of Parade.
boy Scouts.
May Queen and attendants.
S.-May Pole Dancers.
4.-Clown Dancers.
5.-Domestic Science Float.
6.-Manual Training Float.
7.-Spirit of Freedom and America.
S.-Pilgrim Girl and Indian Girl.
9.-Colonial Boys.
10.-Swedish Girls.
11.-Greek Girls.
12.-Danish Girls.
13.-Norwegian Girls.
14.-French Girls.
15.-Boys In Blue and Gray.
16.-Italy. England and France.
17.--Red Cross Girls.
iS.-Khaki Boys.
The children were conveyed in floats
and autos, and some of these autos
and floats were very artistically deco
rated, the one driven by A. ]. Wick
ersham deserving Of special mention,
as much care, labor and time had
been consumed IN arranging the deco
ratiOns. The children representing
the various countries and characters
were dressed as near faithful to their
parts as the means Obtainable could
accomplish that end, and as it passed
down the street the procession was q
kaleidoscope of changing colors. Hap
by faced, merry voiced children crowd
ed the various vehicles, and the num-
Der was so great that one wondered
where they all came from. The sight
would have cheered the heart Of the
late lamented, who rallied against race
suicide. The procession was long one
and Main street was crowded with
throng of citizens that cheered the
handsome or unique features as they
passed in review.
People collected in places Of want
age on the hill side in close touch with
and overlooking the grounds 1t SEEM
ed from the size of the audience that
almost the entire town had assembled
to witness the exercises. The first
feature on the program was the seat
ing of the Queen of the May, imperson-
ated by Miss Adele Hart, and the pay
ing of obeisance to Her Royal High
ness by the retinue. Then followed the
May Pole dance, in which a bevy OF
very young, and pretty and very happy
and well trained little girls went
through the evolutiOns without a
break. The balance OF the exercises
we're of an allegorical nature, in the
form of a pageant entitled "The Mis-
sion of Freedom" that breathed the
very spirit of patriotism and loyalty
TO the lag anu tic SouhSiy VI "A'AS
the flag stands as an emblem. This
combination OF features was made up
of drills. marches and recitations and
was a most interesting exhibition. The
episode, in the form of pantomime, en-
titled religious freedom" where a
Pilgrim maid teaches an Indian girl
how to knit, was very cleverly done.
The other features represented conti-
mental soldiers, America, Sweden, Den
mark. Greece, Norway. the Blue and
the Gray, Italy, England and France,
in which drills were performed and
parts spoken.
The afternoon was taken up with
the field meet, in which scholars took
part in various athletic exercises be-
| fore a number of spectators. This meet
consumed the afternoon as a great
many boys and girls were contestants
Owing to the number Of events and the
lack of time for the professor to make
out the list of winners of successful
contestants, must be omitted.
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