Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-27

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IN an exhibition Of physical education
work held at the state fair grounds
oveal Friday afternoon.
! The exhibition was the climax Of
the Physical culture work Of the year.
The youngsters had been trained
throughout the year by their respep-
nee tsanhsEs under the direction Of
RFS oyf .o% fsgfatfon PAP y I ~ qran ID
O'Keefe who has charge Of the physt-
cal education work in the junior high
school. 'E@
Al. ef the Grades from the first to
the eighth Inclusive were represented
on the program, The exercises and
dances in which they took part were
effectively tiven and showed the re-
suits Of the time and effort which had
been put In during their preparation.
Parents Attend.
Several hundred Of the parents and
friends of the children taking part
and natrons Of the schools viewed the
exhibit. The west bleachers at the
fair grounds were reserved for the
while the spectators occupied the
g%randstand and the east bleachers.
The children Were taken to the fair
grounds in special trolley cars.
Hand Takes Part. z~
The program epened with a march
by the high schoet band under the d.
rection OF Prof. Harold Rudd. The
band also closed the program and
furnished incidental music during the
course of the afternoon.
The first Of the exhibition numbers
consisted Of a series Of pretty singing
games by tets of the first and second
grades. These included such old fa-
vorites Of childhood as The Swing
Song" See Saw MY Son John,h
Ills lmtts9 S3SldP tts ai cIeat and sa,r Gth ;n,o th The
most QQ66tAessful Of the afternoon.
Two hundred fourth grade children
appeared. in a series Of, folk dances
which INCLUDED nm American country
dance, a Swedish dance, Come Let
Us Be joyful" and a Danish dance.
4.The Crested Hem These were pre-
cesdedt by gNmnastic exercises. 4
Baseball Drill.
One of the features of .he after
.naon's program was the baseball
drill, and a mimic game given by ESQ
pupils OF the fifth grades.
The sixth grade pupils executed a
difficult wand drill, in which the re-
suits of their careful training were
we'll displayed.
Perhaps the prettiest number Of
the program vas the balloon dance
IN which the eighth grade girls were
presented. They were white frocks
and each carried 9 red or blue ball
loon: At the close of the dance the
balloons, were released and formed q
shower Of color,.i in the air.
Seventh grade girls went through
an elaborate drill which was one at
tbs. most difficult numbers of the aft
crnoon.
Maypelo DAEcc.
Al the conclusion Of the program
third grade children gave a Maypols
dance. eleven circles of dancers were
around mAypols9 which were wound
with ribbons according. to the time
hallowed custom.
Praises Assistants.
Miss Metcalf, who works tirelessly.
andA whore Efforts arc rewarded in
the very fine work done by the pupils
large share, Of the credit for the field
program, to those who assisted. Miss
O'Keefe had direct charge Of the
seventh and eighth grade students,
who gave two ct the most impressive
-npmbers, yesterday, and Miss Metcalf
satIes her much praise, not only for
her work at this time, but through
eut the year, as well: ,All OF the In
structors in the grades have done
much toward drilling the students,
seeordipg to Miss Metcalf, and they
are deserving Of credit for their
work.
Further assistance In carrying out
the biz. project Of Friday was lent,
Miss Metcalf said, by n +. Burchara,
secretary et-the board Of EDUCATION,
and hy the janlters Of the VARIOUS
school buildings. Miss Metdalf wish
ed to publicly EXPRESS thanks to the
Ontario store for the use of q phono-
graph, with, q magnavox arrange
ment. which furnished music for this
drills and dances. and also to the
Grand Forks Fair association, for the
use OF the fair grounds.
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