The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-08
Pageant By Camp Fire
Girls At the Orpheun

Yesterday was Patriotism Day
of Educational Week and hundreds
of parents visited the several schools
throughout the city. During Senior
assembly yesterday morning severa
very interesting short talks on some
phase of education were given BY
students OF the public speaking
cIasSes.
The names of the students AND
their subjects are as follows:
Cathleene Cuddy, The Ballot; Mil
liams, Unemployment; Gertrude
Stoddard, Library; Lawrence Karn
Emigration; Clarence Miller, Physl-
cal Education; Mildred Rath, Great
Mems Ideas OF Education. Miss Nell
gren gave the story of the Pageant.
During Junior assembly Mr.. Sells
gave talk on students Response
bilities in Education Miss Allin
gave the story Of the Pageant. Al
both assemblies some of the crarac-
tiers from the pageant appeared Ia
costume. Glenna Bartlett appeared
as rose; Harriet Glenn and Helen
Gugisberg as Minuet dancers; Lu.
ellie Snyder as a poppie and Mabei
Rhyhus as a Swedish dancer.
This afternoon at 3:45 the Camp
Fire girls and Girl Scouts are giving
a special matinee pageant for the
benefit of the grade schools. The
performance is at the Orpheum
theater. The pageant will be given
for the public Thursday evening al
the Orpheum. 4 -
Let the rivers and the woodlands
bring back to you
The love Of the past-she setting is
But wen live the scenes of yeSter-
day: -
By turning the page cs history. d,
Wen work together and together
we'll play < -
Scenes in America Yesterday and
The fSeAs above lines might be used as
a prologue for the Pageant given
this afternoon and which will be Civ
en- tomorrow evening at the Or
pheum. The paSSaDt has aaen spon
sored by the TeocAers' College rs a
part Of the reguiaS ed c4Lonai week
The story of the pageant is the
story of America in the making. II
is in three acts or episodes. In cpl
sode one the spirit oil the Indian days
hovers over the plains. The home
Indians gather for ceremonial
dance-a visiting tribe comes. to
smoke the peace pipe and then sill;
emily the Indian passes from the
pages of American progress,
Episode two deals with the Wild :
erness Days. The spirit Of the will
derness never among the forest peo-
ple-the birds, trees, flowers, and
butterflies. Suddenly through the
sunbeams come the pioneers. In a
little while they live in the Wilder
ness, but they finally conquer the
forest.
In episode three the Spirit of Pa
triotism dominates the scene. To
her come the State of Minnesota
Little Mankato and Mankato grown.
To their mother city come the inter
ests-Christianity, Education, Well
fare. music, AEt-all that. help to de-
yelop q Community Spirit. Then to
the strain of Civil War music comes
the spirit of the Past-the G. A. r..
For moment the Past holds the
scene, then comes the Spirit OF To-
day-the War Spirit-attended by a
soldier of the War and the overseas
spirits of the Red Cross and Y.
AmcrlEd Oh lie rutuIo QuiSliy CshSS
her place above all others and to her
come representatives of all the ma
tions of Europe bringing their songs.
dances, ideals and hearts to offer to
her-Our America of the Future.
Mr.. Parlova and Mr.. Sandon are
helping with the music. Mr.. Smith of
the High school is impersonating
the Spirit of the Y, and Judge Cray
is living for us the Spirit of 81.
There are only a very few of these
grand old men of the Civil war left,
and the young ladies consider it an