Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-12-01
WILDWOOD SCHOOLS HAVE ELAB-
CRATE THANKSGIVING EXER-
CISES AND MANY ATTEND

thanksgiving Tor many years by hold
ing exercises in the various class
rooms, but 1922 is the year that will
go down on the school records as be-
ing a real departure from the usual
exercises.
Tuesday evening was the date for
the exercises for this year and the
Wildwood High School Auditorium
was the place. Some little publicity
had been given to this years exer-
cises and so it was only natural that
the large auditorium should be
crowded at 8 o'clock. Parents and
children were all there, and it was
hard to say who enjoyed the enter
tainment the most.
The affair was conducted in a real
manner. The room was nicely decor
ated in harvest trimmings with the
lights shaded in fall colors. Ushers
showed the visitors to the seats and
neatly printed programs in the school
colors told of what was to follow. The
entertainment opened with motion
pictures and these were followed by a
selection by the large High School
Orchestra. This organization has
grown in the last year or two until
it now is of a size and quality that
will favorably compare with n
school orchestra in the state. Need
less to say the selection was nicely
given.
Rev. 1. H. Fisher led the congrega-
ton in a moment of prayer, after
which the singing of America the
Beautiful" gave a patriotic tint to the
gathering.
Miss Rose Schlichting rendered a
vocal solo and a few words must be
given in praise of this young lady's
voice. 1t is of a sweetness that is
comparable with the great profess
sional singers, and with the proper
training Miss Schlichting is going to
develop into a concert star of which
Wildwood may we'll be proud.
The large green curtains of the
auditorium now parted to disclose a
one-act play, produced under the di-
rection of Miss Aileen Grove, the
English teacher Of the school. This
playlet, "The Pilgrims Holiday" was
in keeping with the occasion and was
well presented by the pupils who
made up the cast. This ended the
first part of the evenings entertain
ment. The second part opened with
another selection by the Orchestra,
followed by the singing of a Harvest
Song" by the music classes. A duet
by Emily and Mary Weaver came next.
The Weaver twins have sung at many
of Wildwood's entertainments in the
past and suffice to say that their seIec-
tons were as well enjoyed on Tuesday
as on previous occasions. A piano
solo by James Rice showed this young
man to possess extraordinary ability
on the handling of the ivory keys.
The seventh and eighth grades now
Joined in singing a Thanksgiving
song and showed why the high school
pupils always have such a good knowl-
edge of music when they reach these
school years. The training given in
the grammar grades not only pre-
pares them for high school, but also
gives them a preparedness for future
life.
Edwin R. Brunyate, the new county
superintendent of schools, delivered a
very fitting address in which he told
a little of the history of Thanksgiving,
taking it back even before the days of
the Puritans. He also congratulated
the city school officials and the public
IN the manner in which they had pre-
scented the entertainment and said that
Wildwood was stepping ahead in edu-
cational matters of the county.
Mayor w. COPYRIGHT Smith was
next introduced by Principal Chal-
mers and gave a short speech in
which he thanked Superintendent
Brunyate for saying we were stepping
ahead, saying that whenever Wild
wood does try anything someone
usually says that some other part of
the county has done it or tried it be-
fore. He also congratulated the
school board on showing progressive
ness in putting in school apparatus
for the children and said he was look
Ing lOI WdIQ " Tie udy WnSn Tic
schools would be able to supply a
physical supervisor to watch over this
apparatus and prevent foolish children
from using them wrong and falling
and breaking their arms, and also to
the day when the grounds would be
paved so that the children would not
get ashes and cinders into their hands.
A chorus number by the Juniors
and Seniors and a closing selection by
the orchestra ended the evenings en-
tertainment and the, large audience
left for their homes more than salts
fed with what they had seen and
heard and proud that Wildwood is
able to give a school entertainment
Of this kind and that we have a place
fit to hold such an entertainment in.
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