Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-29

memorized. as we'll as the Lords
Prayer and the Ten Commandments in
rhyme. Tho handwork consisted Of
sewing for the girls. including slips.
school bags and little bags; basketry
and knitted horsereins for the boys.
Miss Annie Hilles assisted IN teaching
sewing. In all 100 different articles
were made. The children had daily
calisthenics under the direction Of
Miss Truax. doing the exercises TO
music without any directions.
The closing exercises were well at
tended by parents and friends, who
were the guests at a social hour fol-
lowing. The program consisted of
the following numbers: Opening exer-
cises. hymn, Praise Ye;" prayer, fol-
lowed by verse of thanks and Thank
You song; exercises by kindergarten;
song, Our Father in Heaven" cate
chism; talk by Rev. J. S. Gilfllan; ex-
ercises by primary department; song.
Jesus Friend of Little Children" Ten
Commandments, Junior girls; Good
American Law junior-intermediates;
calisthenics; display OF handcraft;
song. III Remember Jesus" salutes
to American flag and church flag
The total enrolment was 27S, with
an average attendance of 1874. Forty
two children had perfect attendance
and received copies of the New Testa-
ment. illustrated copies of the Gospel
of St. John. pictures of a family altar
and American flags. Twenty were
on the second honor roll.
The object of the school was to
make the children good boys and girls.
so that they might be good Americans.
They were cared for spiritually as
well as materially.
The school at Gilbert (colored)
Presbyterian Church closed yesterday
with a, picnic in Brandywine Park
with an additional treat Of ice cream.
Thursday evening the closing exer-
cises were held. as follows: Procession,
Onward Christian Soldiers" chant,
Psalm 95; Ten Commandments ;
Apostles Greed; Lords Prayer with
seven fold amen; hymn, II Love to
Tell the Story" recitation of Psalms,
led by children, Psalms s. y. /; hymn,
| Who Is on the Lords Side?"; drama
tization of The Prodigal Son" by the
Kindergarten; duet. Hold Thou My
Hand" Beatitudes: Scripture verse by
each pupil; spiritual. Nobody Knows
the Trouble I've Seem" dramatization
of the story of Queen Esther by older
children; prayer set to Largo; salute
to the flag; presentation of prizes
hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy"
The handwork on display consisted
of dresses. aprons. curtains, pillow
lnoGnS
land busters made by the girls. and
Trays. baskets. picture frames and jan
lsets. made by the boys.
Miss Anna ]. Broadnax was the SUI
perintendent, assisted by Miss Natalie
Miller in the handwork; Miss Lilliay
. A. Turner was in the kindergarten
The enrolment was l25. with an aver
age attendance of 95. The children 81
thoroughly enjoyed the school tina
they begged to have il continued dur
ing the rest of the summer.
The other Daily Vacation Bibl
/ Schools will hold their closing exer
cises tomorrow. AT Silverbrook tn
: seven o'clock twilight service viii b
= devoted to the children. The exercis
es will show only the memory work. a
3, this school devoted most of itsNeffort
5 to Bible study and used only sue
, handwork as was correlated with tn
, lessons. The school was divided int
, classes, the kindergarten caring 70
e the little tots; Glass c, for childre
Y from seven TO nine; Class B. for boy
] from nine to fourteen; Glass A fo
e children from 10 TO IA. Miss Grac
i Williams was the superintendent, as
), sisted by Miss Ethel Calvert and Mr.
G HOWE. The Momen Of the church as