The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-19
FREDDOUCLASS
SCHOOLCLOSES
WTTHOPERETTA
''Near Tragedy in Mother Goose
Land Presented in CO.
lumbia Hall Last
Night.
TEN FINISH HIGH SCHOOL
". NJ. Dinwiddie to Present Di-
plomas Tonight-Charles
Morris Will Deliver
Address.
TEN FINISH HIGH SCHOOL

Three hundred and fifty children of
The Fred Douglass School presented an
Operetta. a Near-Tragedy in Mother
Goose Land" as the closing exercises at
Columbia Hall last nil ght before ful.
house. ". !. Oliver. superintendent of
schools and ". VI. Dinwiddie. yicc-pres
ident of the school board. saw the play
The action begins in Mother Goose
Land in the throne room of Old King
Coles palace. Here Old King Cole play
ed by Temple HattOn surrounded b. his
guards, is receiving the homage of his
subjects, when Jack be Nimble. Harold
Hayes, announces that Bluebeard MIA
rion CollinsI has come to court with a
grievance for the kings attention. Where
upon Bluebcard enters. leading two NOR
tails, John and Jane Robert Lee Moore
and Catherine Jackson, who do not be-
lieve in him and therefore should be pun
ished under the laws of Storyiand fox
their skepticism. Witness after witness
is summoned to appear against them
Jack the Giant Killer. Watson Clark
SOM Sleeping Beauty. Ali Baba Aladdin.
beverly Sales and Lorenzo Renfro)
the Gander and the Dog edward Clark
son and Irving Turner the Coops. and
the Fairies. In the face of all this tes-
fimony, John and Jane maintain thcir
unbelief, so King Cole sends for Mother
Goose Catherine Turner and Mother
Hubbard Vivian BucknerI to hep him
in his decisions. To his great conster-
nation. Jane announces tnat she is moi |
even certain she believes in King Cole. |
himself. The evidence against the NOR
tai children becomes 50 great that !
clerk. Humpty-Dumpiy. has to make i
record of the clse.
The case looks pretty dark for the
children, even after Robin Hood. Alice
in Wonderland and Robinson Crusoc ap-
pear in their defense. The children be-
,lieye in them. The law reads. however,
that, unless children believe in SOM
fairy or saint. they are doomed iosa fear
full punishment. King Cole reads the
sentence:
Never more Tor you the dawning
OF a Merry Christmas morning.
Christmas Eve you'll go to bed:
But when next YOU lift YOUR head
From your pillow in the dawn
Christmas will have come and gone,"
At this sentence. John and Jane burst
into tears because they do believe in
Santa Claus. At this moment Santa
Claus Charles Windsor comes and
pleads for the children and King Cole
reverses his decision. The action closes
with the entire cast singing AT the
Story Book Ball."
Ibis performance was very well re-
Deived by the audience. The costumes of
The different choruses were colorful and
;lever. The Fiddlers Three sat on the
kings left and tiddled away the entire
evening. Each leading character had
MS attending chorus. dressed in various
;olors. Forty little girls in white at
ended the Sleeping Beauty. Little tots
~ sCho" SHtochs duu oldHet DioOfltfs
'ang and received much applause. and
he terrible Coops, all dressed in black
ported before the throne Out Of a large
wooden show at the right of the stage
ssued little fairies in pink and white
who executed an elaborate dance before
King Cole. There were also little fairies
n white with gauze wings trimmed with
liver. Robinson Crusoe James Pcr,er)
md his man, Friday Homer Roberts,
md Alice in Wonderland uucille Tur-
cr) pleaded for the culpri,s in song.
J. E. Jones. principal OF the school.
'rof ]. Z. Moseley and the teachers OF
he grades Miss Cleopatra Kenney. Mrs. |.
Z. L. Walden. Mrs. ]. II. Renfroe. Mrs 9
.ulalie Jones. Mrs. Lillian Gibson, Mrs.
Gertrude Scott and Miss Alma Williams
ook part in staging the entertainment.
Fory-five seventh grade pupils and 10
Ugh school students will receive diplo-
las at o'clock tonight in Columbia
iaII w. NJ Dinwiddie. will present
he diplomas and Charles Satchell Morris
ill speak. His subject will be The
locks With Which We Build" There
ill be a chorus of 200 voices.