Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-28
SPLENDID PROGRAM PICTURES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALIENS

Presenting the pageant, cali.
fornia s Challcngc,' given under
| the auspices of the Blue Triangle
Club Of the Y. w. C. A., "a fine en-
, t"rtainmcut which brought to a
successful climax the series of in
r-racial programs which have been
held in the ci7v this spring was Civ
rn at the Wilson school last night.
! over 500 attended, the big auditori
tm being practically fun.
Miss Sara J. Reed, repre- rcscntativc
of the Council Of Women for Hom"
Missions. who is almost entirely re-
Sponslblc for the plan which hes
made the intcr-racial programs It
reality, opened the meeting with an
appropriate greeting.
Following the series Of programs
which have been presented in turn
by the Mexican, colored, Filipino,
and japanese residents Of the yal
ley, the purpose Of the pageant was
10 show what this country, and par
ticulat!v California, has to offer 10
tLosc Who come here to find homes
California ; invitation was cX
tended bv the "Sun and Sunbcams >
represented by group Of Blue Tri-
angie girls and small children;
Desert Lure portrayed by vii
son school Reserves in gay costumes
cf the color OF desert wild flowers;
Snowflakes. by Geraldine John
son and California s Calling Me
by q group Of Harding school ch!l
Gron.
In the intcrlGgue, the people of
ether lands had an opport unity 20
Sec the doors which California has
opened to them. lrciudcd in this
section Of the program were "lier
Universities. by Blue Triangle
girls, led by Miss Elizabeth Mar
shah; "l.cr Libraries. bY the
rruntv and city libraries and Blue
Triangle Can. ~ Her Clinics, Civ
"n BY Miss julia Wagner and Miss
Evelyn Skinner, representing their
respective work is hncricaniZdtion
teachers and school nurse; . Her Y.
W. {. a. ;, Blue Triangle Club
and Girl Reserves. led bv Grac"
johnson; Her Sunday Schools, >
Christian church SUNDAY school un-
der The direction Of Mrs. W. &.
thrvcrton: and :" Her Churches. -
by the Methodist Missionary Soc.-
ETY., under the direction Of Mrs. c.
f.. Soncs.
In California : Challenge, the cp,
l!ogne from which the pageant took
ITS name, an impressive march trj
nmPhant was the feature. The
east of approximately 50 members
l0lned in the procession, marching
up the aisles to the stage where
they formed about a lighted cross.
Much was added to this climax bv
Mrs. William kennedy's rendition
Of the song. "God of Light. - and
Rev. Schultz's solo, ''Onward
Christian Soldiers. -
Rev. Arthur f. Schultz. who act
cd as the Interpreter of the pageant, :,
did particularly fine work, as did
those participating in number Of
the tableaux which were we'll staged
and costumed, and decidedly eff
fcctive. Mrs. K. a. Chestnut acted
ns soloist during the Y. w. G. \.
tableau, singing " Hymn of Lights -
Miss Margaret Lanicr was pianist
for the evening.
The pageant was particularly
noteworthy as il was written by
Mrs. r. NJ Armstrong of this city,
and produced under her direction
with the assistance Of Miss Eliza
beth Marshall and Miss Louise F.
Kelley
The Blue Triangle Club wishes
to express its appreciation 10 Mr..
Armstrong who assisted in stage ar
engagements. to j. w. Cook for max
ing and lighting the big cross used,
to the various organizations and
their leaders who assisted in the
pageant, and to the Holtville Blue
Triangle Club members who acted
as ushers.
A number of representatives of
the different nationalities present
ing the previous programs, and of
other races living in Imperial Val