Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1916 — HISTORICAL PAGEANT AT HIGH SCHOOL [ARTICLE]

HISTORICAL PAGEANT AT HIGH SCHOOL

Interesting Program Planned For Two Days Next Week Depicting the Early Life of County. The city schools of Rensselaer will give a pageant in the high school auditorium on Monday and Tuesday evenings, Nov. 27 and 28. This portrays typically the scenes of Indiana history. First come the Indians in their home life, braves, squaws and papooses. In this scone will be used a deer antler found on the Lamson farm and an Indian stone ax belonging to David Yeoman. Then the coming of the early settles to Jasper county will be shown with impersonations of John Nowels, Joseph Yeoman and wife and their son, the first white child born in this county. In this scene will be used an old table made by Mr. Yeoman, and an old oil lamp and brass candlestock belonging to the Lamson’s. The candle stick will contain a candle made in a mould belonging to Mr. Lamson. Miss Julia Randle will wear a cap which belonged to her great great grandmother, Mrs. Mary Kenton. An old spinning wheel and fire tongs hove been secured for the pageant. As Lincoln lived at one time in Indiana, a boyhood picture of him will be shown. An old husking bee, a rustic dance and a. coloniaLminuet will -serve to show early amusements, while a scene from “The Hoosier School Master,” will represent early days ih Indiana schools. Symbolic tableaus will show the forces that have made modern Indiana great and the admission of Indiana to the union.