The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-05
SCHOOLS WILL
PAY TRIBUTE TO
HOOSIER POET
Birthday of Riley, Friday, to
Be Occasion for Many
Programs.

third birthday Of James Whitcomh
Riley, the Hoosier bard, who from
his famous home on Lockerbie
street composed poems which nov
are known TO children in the four
corners Of the world.
Programs in classrooms and in
auditoriums will be the mediums
through which Indianapolis school
children will pay tribute to the
poet.
Two schools will depart from the
usual trend of programs. They are
Clemens Vonnegut school No. 9, at
Fulton and Vermont streets, nearest
school to the Lockerbie street home.
and James Whitcomb Riley school
No. 43, at $50 West Fortieth street,
named for the author of Little
Orphant Annie and other famous
poems.
Pupils Of Vonnegut school will
take part in the program TO be
given Thursday in the Riley resi-
dence.
Flowers on Poets Grave
Alice Bottoms will recite Lock
erbie Street and La Vern Rollins
will give Almost Beyond Endur-
ance.' Milton Oils, a pupil of the
school and member of the boys
vested choir of Christ church, will
sing Riley's Prayer Perfect"
Group presentations will be 1.-THE
Bee Bag by the primary pupils,
The Nine COLLINS" by the indiWd-
ual instruction class, and Little
Orphant Annie" by the junior high
school choir.
The program is in charge of Miss
Lula Hoss, junior high school Eng
lish teacher.
Besides presentation of programs
in the various rooms, pupils of
Riley school will place a basket of
flowers on the grave of the poet
The flowers, gathered by the pupils,
will be carried to the cemetery by
a committee of five junior high
school pupils.
Three Programs at 81
Members of the committee are:
Margaret Wallace, Virginia Burk-
holder, Marjorie Stinebaugh, James
Jeffers and Sterling Mitchell.
Three programs will be given at
q ri Il
parkway and Nineteenth street.
Primary, intermediate and junior
high school pupils will present sepa-
rate programs.
Pupils in the second grade will be
in charge Of the primary program.
They will give stories from Riley's
life, and will present four readings.
In addition, The Masque of Sea-
sons will be read by Virginia Rein
hardt, Carl Auch, Lois Taylor and
Shirley Wells.
In the intermediate program r.
vim Heidenreich will give a Riley
biography. and Norma Auch will
recite out to Old Aunt Mary's."
PlayIets to BE Presented
A playlet The Land of Thus and
So, written by the Sab pupils from
Riley's poem of the same name, will
be staged. Those who will take part
are: Harold Askins, Marvin Nor
gan, Ruth Davis, Thelma Parsons,
and Helena Armantrout.
Donald Riner and Jean Gray will
play musical selections.
A one-act play, "A Discussion of
Riley" will make up the junior high
school program. The play was
written by the IA class. Pupils in
~the cast are: Doris Petree, Mary
Weber, and Annamargaret Chap
man. Presiding will be Emily Ann
Miles, program chairman
Riley, Apostle of Cheer" will be
the theme of the entertainment to
be presented Friday by the 8B class
of Henry P. Coburn school No IS,
at 604 East Maple road. Anne Davis
will be chairman in charge.
Recite Riley'S Poems
Others in the program will be
Jeanne Davis. Annie Lee Moore,
Carolyn Dixon, Wilma Jean Cloud,
Margaret Ann Yeager, Florence
Evans. Mary Ann Carter and Bar
bara Joy.
Pupils who recite poems in the
program of school No 50, Thirty
fifth street and keystone avenue,
will step from a large cardboard
book, made by manual training
pupils.
Pupils who will present recita-
lions are Juanita Hemp, Max York,
Mary Nell Washburn Arnold Mes
sersmith. Elsie TushinSky, Ellsworth
Harlow, Selma Johnson and jean
cite Caldwell
Seven Pupils on Program
Seventeen pupils will take part in
the program which will be pre-
sented at Christian Park school No.
So. at 4700 English avenue. The
entertainment will be given during
the assembly period Friday.
Those giving recitations are:
John Curran, Arthur Breeker, Mar
garet Hackett, Georgia Plummer,
Mildred Corya, Thelma Jean En-
bry, Anise Writ, Thomas Williams,
Harry DarmStandler, Elizabeth
Howe, Norval Brown, Bernice ALL
brand, Lowell Demaree, Ruby Ring
er, Robert Mills, Everett Kirkham
and Mildred Tatman.
The program also will be given at
the first meeting of the Parent
Teach Association, Oct. II.
Singing of The Prayer Perfect"
by the 8B class opened the enter
tainment at Mary E. Nicholson
school, No. 20. Forty-sixth street
and Central avenue, held at 1890
today.
Riley'S Life Discussed
Pupils who had parts in the pro-
gram were Evelyn Brecount, Eliza
beth Kiger, Suzanne Ewing, Mary
Tuman, Frances Hsney, Lois Math-
ieson, Marjorie Rork, Mary Jane
Lupton. Emily McNab, Betty Ball
and Calvin Burke.
round table discussion IF ssPilax