The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-21
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES

The Pennington Public Schools
will close on Friday, May 2fst, but all
graduating exercises will be held next
week. The baccalaureate sermon Will
be preached by Rev. o. H. L. Cum
ningham at the Presbyterian church
on Sunday evening, May %. High
School graduating exercises will be
held in the High School auditorium
on Monday evening, May 24th. Inc
Eighth Grade graduating program
will be on Thursday evening, May
27th All of these exercises Will be
open to the public without admission
charge. Parents of the graduates
will be supplied with tickets that en-
eitle them to seats specially provld-
ed for that purpose. ,
On Wednesday afternoon, May l9tn,
the Grade School pupils participated
in a special Health Carnival on the
High School athletic field. The exer-
cises consisted of games, folk dances,
and calesthenic drills, in which the pu-
pills have been participating through
out the school year as part OF the
school program in health development:
The program was well interspersed
with music. and concert recitat.ons
giving variety to the exercises that
proved very beautiful and interest
ing to the large crowd of parents and
friends in attendance. An interest
ing feature of the program was the
parade in which one group was COM
posed of pupils that were of normal
weight, and another group composed
of pupils who, though under weight,
are gaining as a result Of recent spe-
cial diets provided. The remainder
of the program consisted of exercises
as follows:
/. March by Pupils Of Washington
School.
2. Bow and Arrow Drill-Boys of
Jefferson School.
3. Song, "Home, School, and Native
and'',-Third and Fourth Grades
of Washington School.
a. Calesthenic Drill lin two groups)
Sixth and Seventh Grades.
5. Flower Drill-First and Second
Grades, jefferson School
6. Song-Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
Grades.
T. Reading-Neoma Gale.
8. Games and Health Quotationss--
Third, Fourth and Fifth Grades
Washington School,
9. Spring Song-Jetferson School.
10. "Clapdans"-W Washington School.
II. Flag Song-Room 2, Washington
School.
12. Shoemakers' Dance Room 3
Washington School.
13 May Pole Drill-Girls of Jef1er'
son School.
William and Joseph Swink provid'
ed the truck to transport the piano
from the Washington School to the
Athletic Field and back, anu gfodI
of High School boys assisted in NOV
ing the piano and Victrola used in the
Carnival.
Mrs. E. E. Swink recently presented
Room Four, Washington, School, 8
Regulation Clock that is delight tc
the pupils. Miss Lurene Tetley is al
SO presenting a clock to Room Three
thus providing all rooms in the build
ing with a separate clock. Two
rooms had previously been supplied
with good clocks.
The High School boys, assisted b!
the High School Orchestra, will pre-
sent a Minstrel at the Monarch OF
Friday night, May 21st. This MIN
strel has been in course OF prepara
ton for some time under the dlrec
ton of the most capable talent il
Pennington. Mrs. X. c. Weber, Mrs
C. O. Nelson, DR.. Jno. B. Graves anC
Mr.. j. H. Tetley have diligently as
sisted Mr.. Haldaman to present thu
Minstrel and it promises to be tn
most entertaining program of tn
season. If you don't get your ticke
early you will likely be disappointtc'
for indications point to a crowded
house.