The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27
WASHINGTON TO
Be HONORED BY
CITY'S SCHOOLS
100000 Persons viii Have
Part in 0bServanceS
Here Friday.

10 e+AtAo VAL 1(AlbEA dDOuJ bllb
anniversary Of the Inauguration of
the first President, who took the
oath of office April 30, 1889.
School No. will plant a tree. In
addition, flrst-grade pupils will give
patriotic poems and a selection of
the primary band. Second and
third grade pupils will present a
dramatization of THE Ghosts of
Bygone Years" Fourth and fifth
grade pupils will have a flag drill.
Older pupils will take charge of the
planting of the tree in memory of
Washington.
"BrOadcasts" Scheduled
Children of the upper four grades
of school No. 10 will present "a
Chain of -Washington's
First Inauguration" First four
grades will plant two elm trees.
THE Patriot" a pageant of WASH
ington's life and times, will be given
by pupils of school No. 81. Owing
to the limited capacity of the hail,
the pageant will be given on a
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participants. Children giving the
prolog and epilog will be attired IN
modern dress Children taking the
other parts including the STORY
Teller" will wear the clothing of
the colonial period. Furniture Sug-
gestive of the colonial days will be
used to add reality to the scenes.
Other patriotic exercises will be held.
Activities of school No. in grades
four through eight will center
around the life of Washington. The
first group will show Washington
rs a planter. The second group will
show Washington, the society man.
The third group will present
dramatization, entitled, 1.-The Con-
stitution Convention and the In
augural."
Shadow Show Arranged
Through the Years With Wash
ington" will be shown on the shad-
ow picture screen at James Whit
comb Riley school No. 40, in cele-
bration of the bicentennial program.
The picture will be posed by the
pupils of grades four to eight.
Readers will carry the thread of the
story and there will be incidental
music and songs.
BY means of living pictures, sew
eral of the famous Ferris Epic Sc
ries will be reproduced at Theodore
Potter Fresh Air school No. "a. Sc
lection is being based upon the rela-
tive Importance of the pictured
episode. Each of these will be pre-
coded by historical description ar
ranged by the children.
A pageant will be given at school
No. "a. Twelve girls dressed in
colonial costume will represent the
twelve phases of colonial days. Each
grade in the building will be repre-
scented.
Big Program at No. 54
Children from all grades in school
No. "a will take part in the celebra-
ton in the school auditorium
Friday. An elaborate program con-
sisting of colonial dances, patriotic
songs sung by the boys and girls
glee clubs, and several short plays
depicting scenes and stories of his
life, is planned. This program is to
be given for both the Parent Teach
ers' Association and the entire
student body. Each room in the
school is contributing an article
about Washington, which will be
published in a special Washington
edition of the school paper that will
be ready for distribution Friday.
The school orchestra will have a
medley of patriotic airs as the
opening number of the program at
school No. Al. Silhouette pictures of
events in the life of Washington will
be under charge of children of the
sixth grade. The minuet dance in
costume will be given by sixth grade
girls. The boys glee club and the
third grade chorus will sing group
of patriotic songs. A playet, Wash
ington Takes Oath of Office" will
be presented.
Outdoor Event at No. IS
Exercises at school No. IS will
start at 1870 in the school yard. 4
The program will be a combination
of the regular May day and Wash
ington programs. Features will in
clude tree planting, flag drill, min
net, concert poem, band, primary
chorus. intermediate chorus and
massed singing.
Program at the Christian Park
school No. 80 will be held Thursday
at 8. A pageant play. Scenes From
the Life and Times of Washington"
will be presented. A tulip tree will
be planted following the auditorium
exercises. Tree planting exercises
will be held at school No. 68, with
each child having a part in the
planting. The PIT. A. is furnish
ing a tree. Bicentennial programs
have been presented on two pre-
vious occasions recently.
Exercises by the primary band,
songs, poems and a playlet will be
offered at school No. SO. An ever
green tree will be planted. All
pupils will participate.
A play, why Washington Did
Not Become Sailor" will be pre-
sented as one of the features at
school No. So. Patriotic exercises
also will be conducted in the build
ing. while tree planting will take
place in the school yard.
War Scenes to Be Depicted
All children will participate in the
patriotic exercises at Horace Mann
school NO. Is. An elaborate pro-
gram is planned. Colonial costumes
will be worn. Scenes from the Revo-
lutionary war will be depicted by
the youngsters.
A pageant, featuring living pic
lures, shadow pictures and drama
tizations of episodes in the life Of
washington, will be given at the
Mary E. Nicholson school, No 70,
Thursday and Friday night. The
school orchestra, under direction of
Mrs. Helen I. Pollock, will provide a
musical program in harmony with