The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-08-02


Its sessions last Friday after having
registration of about one hundred
and thirty-fve children from the diff
ferent local churches. The school
was generally supervised by Miss
Gertrude Carter assisted by local peo-
pie as instructors and assistants.
The closing exercises were q most
pleasing combination of the success
full sessions and were held at the
Federated Church, the school head
quarters, during the afternoon and
evening of Friday. The following
program was carried out:
Opening period Of worship given
by the Junior department; call to
worship, Psalm 1855, verses /, 2 and 3;
singing of TIE Deum; hymn Faith of
Our Fathers prayer, children re-
peating after leader, closing with the
Lords Prayer; singing of response,
Hear Our Prayer, o Lord" offering
for Near East exhibited, and offering
song "All Things Come of Thee" sung
bible memory period, children
repeating Scriptural passages men,
orized during the school, beginners
several verses; new verse learned
each day, led by Miss Verna Porter;
primary, number OF verses, follow
ed by Psalm 100, led by Miss jeanne
Thomson and Miss Edna Petty; jun
Tor, Psalm l, the Beatitudes, Psalm
"a, and Matt. Is, BAL.
3-Music period; beginners, fun
songs, Grasshopper Green and Twin
kle, Little Star; hymns, Morning
Hymn, Little Lambs So White and
Fair, God Our Loving Father, led by
Miss Porter, Primary. fun songs,
Don't, The Song of the Bee. Riddles,
Hymns, Praise Him, My Heart Is
Gods Little Garden, My Whisper
Song. led by Miss Helen Lord.
4-Recreation, games by beginners
and Primary children.
5-Junior music period in charge
of Miss Helen Lord; fun songs, The
Fife and Drum Corps, The Phone
Bell, Fishing; hymns learned by this
department were reserved for the
pageant in the evening.
Announcements and reports. En-
rollment. beginners 81, primary Al,
juniors So; total 1876. BY churches,
Federated 49, Bethany "a, Methodist
s, Catholic s, no church II; average
attendance so; highest 81; lowest
(rainy day. Sc; daily Offering for
Near East. beginners $2.25; primary
1897; junior S5.75; total $11.97.
Badges for perfect attendance pre-,
scented to- beginners, Gilbert Green
wood, Junior Greenwood, Earl Petty,
hn RI irin In
Junior Morrill,. Primary, Hattie
Games, Leslie Whitney, Wilfred Per-
sico, Resper Kelley, Doris Oak. Thel-
ma Greenwood Junior, Carroll Saw
age, Woodrow Dumont, Henry
Thomas, Frederick Woodbury.. Carl
ton Oak, Bernard Emmons, belmont
Kelley, Charlene Cole, Thelma Elliott,
Helen Buxton.
In closing, boy holding the Ameri-
can Flag and a girl holding the Chris
tian Flag marched to the platform
and the children gave the salutes to
the Christian Flag first, then to the
Stars and Stripes, The flag bearers
marched to the door, and as the chill
dren passed out by them, each one
saluted. After marching out, they
gathered on the playground and gave
cheers for the school with Richard
Goldsmith as cheer leader. The
handWork exhibit was thrown open at
This time and remained open through
the rests of the afternoon and even
ing.
The pageant program opened with
the usual worship period as in the
afternoon.
The subject of the pageant was
God in Everything" which was the
theme for the school work. The
scenes were divided into four parts
following the line of thought for the
four weeks of the term-"God in our
Country God in the Home God
in the Church" and God in the
World" the last being mission week.
The children were given the subject
and worked out the pageant from day
to day, suggesting the scenes build
ing up the story and characters MAX
ing up the speeches assigning parts
and arranging the groups on the stage
themselves. The Spirit OF Child
hood elizabeth JewetD seeks to find
God that she may worship Him. His
tory (Charlene Cole) comes to show
her God in her country by means of
three tableaux; The Pilgrims, knee
ling in prayer and Thanksgiving,
Abraham Lincoln protecting and free
ing the slave, and America coming
to the aid of suffering France in the
World War Memory (Thclma Flynn
reveals God in the Home in tableau
depicting religious education in a
Christian family. Faith dorothy
Plummer) shows her the picture OF
the angel OF God blessing the ser
want of God in the church. Love. |
(Helen Buxton) shows God at work |
in the world through his servants
with two tableaux. America helping |
immigrant children. and the foreign |
teaching native children. |
Childhood finds from their teachings: |
81 may worship God anywhere and |
everywhere, for He is in everything
Verses of hymns learned during the |
school were sung, verse after each |
tableaux Faith of our Fathers, Il
Need Thee Every Hour" We've a !
story to tell to the nations"
Children taking mart in the tab /