Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1916 — Unique Entertainment Proved A Pleasant Surprise. [ARTICLE]

Unique Entertainment Proved A Pleasant Surprise.

The Indiana Historical Pageant given by the pupils of the Rensselaer public schools was witnessed by a full house at their first performance last night at the high school building and indications are that the same will be frue tonight. The program is introduced by a chorus, Indiana, followed by a picture of the home life if the Aborigines. The pioneers of Jasper county are impersonated by children of the grades. Tableaus and personal reproductions of early days in Indiana taken from ‘The Hoosier Schoolmaster,” with a portrayal of the forces that have made Indiana great up to the period when it was admitted to the union, are all interestingly visualized and made realistic by the young Thespians. A hymn to Indiana is the closing number. The financial proceeds are to be used for the needs of the school.