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Show MAY CARNIVAL AT LIBERTY PARK i Liberty park was th scne of a monster dancing carnival this after-noon after-noon when classes, representing all the schools in the city gathered there end performed the folk dances, gymnastics gym-nastics and drills which are a part 'of their school work. Taking advangtage of the exceed- Ingly pleasant weather of the day, : the parents of the school children and I others interested in the worl turned out in large numbers to witness t.ho spectacle The park was well filled i with the throngs that were brought j thf if in special cars running from the various parts of the cltv Beginning at 2 o'clock, there were ', exhibitions from the kindergarten i classes of the Lonn Karr and Orant schools, given under the direction of Miss Florence Phnlzon, kindergarten supervisor The music for the j dances was played by Miss t'lara Hugglua of the lorin Parr The regnlar program of the afternoon after-noon opened with exhibitions from the first gTades. Th- little folks gave the folk dances of the Scandinavian Scandina-vian countries which have been adopted by the phvslctal department of the Bchool because of tbelr popularity popu-larity among the pupils and the grace with which they can be given The games which awt taught the younger children for Indoor and out were also demonstrated From the first grade through the sixth grade, examples of the work done In the schools were given, the exhibitions showing how the work Is graded from year to year The dances and gaine.s were presented pre-sented under the direction of Miss Luclle Thurman, physical director In the public schools, with Miss Ocr-trude Ocr-trude Watson accompanist The Ogden Publicity bureau had S photographer on hand to take photos of the dances and these photos Will be used in publicity material describing Offden's Bchool system At Liberty park the exhibitions given wro by the pupils ot the primary pri-mary schools. The work done in the High Bchool. the junior High schools Bfl the L'ntvor3lty of Utah wUl be prosonted this evening in the High 1 school auditorium, at 8 IS p. m. to which the public is cordially Invited to be present. Professor Jacob Bolin professor of physical education at the University and the originator of many of the games and dances tought in the schools, will arrive In Ogden a! 5 o clock l his evening with his class of students The University class will give an exhibition of Swedish gymnastics about which so much lias been written during the last vears Gymnastics similar to the ones which will he ien thi- evening even-ing were one of the features at the last Olympic games at Stockholm last summer and the motion picture companies com-panies used reel after reel of film to present the original exercises to the public |