Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1884 — The School Entertainment. [ARTICLE]

The School Entertainment.

Last Friday afternoon all: the schools of Rensselaer met at their respective rooms in the School house, and at about two o’clock, marched in Idng and bright procession to the Opera House. First in the liiie of march was Primary “A”, under the direction of their teacher Miss Alice Irwin. Then came primary “B”, Miss May Miller, teacher. Then the First Intermediate, Miss Lille Darted, teacher. The Second Intermediate, Miss Madge Osborne, teacher. The Grammar Department, Mr. J. A Burqham, teacher, and lastly the graver and more dignified ranks of the High School, under the direction of Prof. P. H. Kirsch, the principal. Arriving at th J Opera House the long cavalcade hied up the stairs and into the spacious hall, and with the precision of a trained army, took possess ion of and occupied all tlie front pap of |he room, while tlie spectators were present in sufficient numbers to occupy all the remaining space in the building. The entertainment which followed was, in general features, of about the usual order, common on such occasions; but was good of its kind. It opened with a quartette by Misses Madge Osborne and Nora Hopkins, and Messrs. P. H. Kirsch and J. A Burnham. Then followed the Satutatory address, by Parker Overton, of the High school; a recitation by May Chflcote, of the 2nd Intermediate; a recitation by George Ferguson, of Primary “B”, an esspy by Dora Healy, of the GraintoaJ? room; a duett by Nellie Moss and Bertha Alter, of Primary “B”; a recitation by Lettie Kohler, of Primary “A”; an ejsay by Frances Adams, of the High school; a duett by Ola Sigler and May Dunlap of the 2nd Intermediate, a recitation by Linnie Kelley, of the Ist Intermediate; a song, “The tune the old cow died on/’ by Everett Nowels, Eddie Randle, Frank Hodshire, ?md Isaac Leopold, all of the Ist Intermediate; a combined song and recitation by Ora Duvall, of the 2nd Intermediate; a recitation by True Alter, of Primary “B”; a piano duett by Nora Hopkins and Brittle Hyland; of the Highschool; a recitation by Jean fjaihmond, of Primary “A”; and an essay bv Etta Spitler, of the High school. The juvenile play of “Cinderilla or the Glass Slipper” was then given by members of the First and Second Intermediate departments. It was the crowning feature of the eutertainmeut, greatly enjoyed by the little folks. Mabel Hopkinß, of the First; Intermediate, was Cinderilla, and when, under the mystic wand of her fairy J god-. mother she threw aside her garments of drudgery and burst forth in blue and gold, withganzy robes and golden hair, she formed a picture of beauty not soon to be forgotten. The parts of the proud sisters of Cinderilla were taken by Ola Sigler and Allie Kinney, and their mother by Eliza Tutuer, all in appropriate costumes. Little Hattie Powell, bent with seeming age, and hobbling about with a stick, was a perfect Fairy Godmother, while Emerson Reeve, as the love-lorn .prince, and Rue Priest, as Muley, his dashing and faithful attendant, "were all that could be wished. May Dunlap, Ora Duvall, Jay Zimmerman and [ Charles Robinson were ladies and i gentleman of the court. The play was given in a very satisfactory i manner, considering the youth of ’the performers, while the costumes and scenic arrangements i were excellent. I Kergie Spitler, of Primary “A” Department recited a valedictory selection, and the audience was then dismissed. r 1 I i .■ •. . . < i I a. ■; ■ . ■ . .! Capt. J. A. Burnham, after having taught the Grammar department in the Be nsselaer school, for two terms, in a manner entirely satisfactory to almost everybody interested, will now turn his attention, during vacation, to poshing the sale of Blaine’s great book “Twenty years in Congress”, of j which he has the agency. We greatly hope that Mr. Burnham may be amply successful in selling the book and that he also may be retained in his place in the public ■chool, for he is a good man and a true gentleman.