Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CLOSE Year WITH
fine PROGRAMS

ULU0L lEHn WILT
| fine PROGRAMS
| The public schools of Waterville
closed yesterday afternoon for the
summer vacation. At each of the
school buildings programs appropriate
to the occasion were carried out and
each of the entertainments was well
attended. Many of the teachers left
for their homes yesterday and more
will go today.
The North Grammar School
At the North Grammar school clos
| ing exercise were held in the various
| class rooms. The kindergarten party
was held at IL o'clock and for it the
class room had been decorated with
| the children's handwork, the lights
and tables being covered with crepe
| paper. The program was as follows:
| Songs and finger plays; dramatization
| of the Little Half Chick" selections
by the orchestra. and a Maypole dance.
| Refreshments We're then served and
, the goodbye song was sung.
| Exercises were held in the other
| class rooms at o'clock in the after
iOoll. L ne lI>t SIdue DIpSItIH toll-
! sisted of a dramatzation of Mother
| Goose's Party. Esther Marchetti was
! Mother Goose and she entertained Lit
| tie Jack Horner. Little Miss Muffet,
Jack and Jill, the Old Woman Who
/ Lived in Shoe, and others. Songs
| and poems We're also used.
The pupils of the second grade en-
| tertafned their parents and friends
with songs and recitations about the
| birds. A group of boys gave an eXer-
| else entitled Protect the Birds" Pic
, lures of some common birds were
shown by the girls while they recited
verses about them.
In the third grade room flower
program was carried out consisting of
| songs. Rotations and two littls plays.
; Waking the Flowers" and 'The Con-
| test of the Flowers"
| Grade four, division one. presented a
! health program along the line of work
pursued through the year. The leader
was Edward Risley and the program
! was; Song by the grade; Cotton Ba-
| bys Story, Mary Smith: spring song
and dance. four girls: exercise, Queen
! of Health and Assistants" presenta-
| ton of National Modern Health Cru
! SADIE pennant won by pupils in keep
| ing rules of Crusade folders song.
| The Cooper" six boys; playette. 'The
Friends of HEALTH" the grade; flag
| salute; song, Hymn to the Flag," the
grade.
In grade four. division two, a M
tional health pennant was also pre-
! scented as reward for excellent work
done on the Crusade folders. This was
followed by a health play entitled
The Milk Fairies" Another feature
of the program was an exercise called
THE Magic WISH" in which the
| Spirit of Spring played an important
| part. Other numbers of special inter-
est We're a violin solo and an aesthetic
dance The remainder of the program
consisted of two-part songs and reci-
tations.
The pupils of grade five, division one,
/ presented a pageant THE Develop
ment of Liberty in America" They
dramatized, beginning with the draw
ing up of the Mayflower compact,
through the signing of the armistics,
showing all the principal steps in the
| making of the history of America.
The pupils of grade five division
two, presented u Flag Day program,
| consisting of patriotic recitations.
| poems and songs.
The Walnut Street School
Exercises at the Walnut street
| school were held in the morning and
they were attended by about 100 pa
rents and friends of the pupils. The
| first event on the program was the
| presentation of Health Crusade PEN
| nant which the school won. The pre-
sentation speech was made by Mrs
Grace Wells Thompson, a member OF
| the board of education. and the pen.
| nant was accepted by little Miss Mar
| guerite Bannigan. speaking on behalf
! of the school.
! The program of musical numbers
was very we'll carried out. Much in
| evidence was the kindergarten orches-
ira under the leadership of Anne Gre
| vols Members of the first grade gave
! pleasing dramatization on songs
while the girls of the second grade
| furnished a charming little japanese
| operetta.
Myrtle Street School
A pleasing cantata was given al
the Myrtle Street school in the aft
ernoon, it's title being, "A Dream OF
| the Flowers" The program was
as follows: Opening chorus, Grade 6;
1.-Two Little Girls Who Went to See
the Fairies" Marrice Vigue and
Ruth Goudreau; three songs by the
| dlly NTlllS, girls VI duc w {
| Are Helping Little Fairies" "A
song, Queen of the Fairies" Thel-
ma Toirier.
Part two, 1.-THE Dream" Call to
the Flowers" by Beatrice Grevois;
the Morning Glory; "Oh, Our Beau
tiful Queen" the Morning Glory:
awakening of flowers by Morning
Glory, girls of Grades 5 and &; cho-
rus of the Bundle Bees, boys of the
| school; chorus by flowers, Away to
| the Fields"
Part three, May Day." Hail to
Thee" Grade 4; solo by May Queen,
Doris Willette; attendants of queen,
Donald LaPlant and Christine Mac
Phee; winding of the May pole,
girls of Grade 4; final chorus, Here
We Co."
The costumes of the operetta were
most appropriate, eaching girl be-
ing dressed to resemble most closely
the flowers they represented. The
humble bees were fittingly dressed
in black with orange bands. The
fairies were dressed in white and
each carried glistening wand. The
Maypole was decorated with ever
green and the streamers of pink and
white made very pleasing sight,
A throne in the background had
been provided for the May Queen.
Inc manner in which the humble
bees bowed among the flowers was
comical to the last extreme.
Brooks Street School
Pupils of the Brooks Street school
held their closing day exercises out
OF doors and an audience of more
than 100 people was present.
Inc program was commenced by
play parade, the first grade pupils