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Show DEE JUNIOR Hi IAS A PROGRAM Last evening the Dee Junior high school held Its second annual school entertainment and exhibit in the Relief Re-lief society hall on Grant avenue. The hall was packed to its full capacity with :if)0 parents and pupils. School work from tin sewing art, mounted training, English blstory, literature, music and arithmetic departments served as must Impressive decorations. The program opened with a girls' chorus composed of girls from all the sections of the school The selection selec-tion was especially wd given. Following Fol-lowing this Blair Watkins, Derrot Van Dyke and Bdwln Stratford gave a dialogue, di-alogue, "Tht- Opehjng Address " This was a comic dialogue mid the boys pluyfd their part t-asih and in a most natural boylike manner. Vera DeLamater then spoke "When Mulindy Sings This also was most pleasiuglv and excellently done. Then followed two scenes from the "Courtship of Miles Standish " The first, the proposal to Priscllla. in behalf oi Mil's Standish, by John Al- den. Lawrence McKaj took the part of Alden, Clarissa Walkins that of Priseilln. In the next scene the con-irersation con-irersation of John and Priscills on the seashore as the Mayflower left for England Dells Doxoj played Priscil la and Charlie Wood th- part of John Alden Th next number wa.s one given by the Dee school orchestra. The piece was well played and great credit is due th' pupils and the leader. Miss Spencer, for the work This is a new departure m Junior highs ol igdt and is 8 permanent institution at the Dee .Ml' i this number Miss Lucas presented tho D Sections In the Nor-, 4 weglau Folk Dance in costume Eighteen young people made up the number and did their parts well. The effect was very pretty Miss Lucas then gave an entirely new number, a dumb-bell-barbell drill. This was given giv-en to the music of ' The Pink Lady'' and enthusiastically received The dumbbells and barbells were well handled han-dled and the fact that no physical work in the Junior Highs up to this time has been with the bells made the number the more interesting Harold Gldley's reading of "The Revenge" by Tennyson was done In a clear, pleasing manner. Following this, the orchestra played a waltz A chorus of ten rendered the Wiegen-lied Wiegen-lied lullaby. As in the previous chor us the work of the singers was good. Four boys and four girls then gave the old fashioned minuet in costume This was probably the most attractive bit of costuming on the platform that night. Each pupil played his part well. The last number of the entertainment entertain-ment was the Russian folk play, "The Snow Witch." The parts were: The Snow Witch Dorothy DeWees. Marina Vera DeLamater. Foma Beatrice W( 3l Soldier Harold Gidley Sledge Driver Carl Forsgreu. The play was Introduced by a short speech by Delia Shaw. Every actor played his part in an excellent and easy manner. This is on 1 one o; the little plays at the Dee. The display of school work was the best that the Dee has yet put on and highest credit is due all the departments depart-ments for their showing. Particular credit is due the manual training, sewing sew-ing and art departments. The work here was of the highest quality. Attention At-tention should be called to the portfolios port-folios and advertisements of the art classes. Attention should be called to the fact that the costumes, with tho exception of the Norwegian costume?, cos-tume?, were made In the sewing de- j narttnent by the girls. Everybody In the entire audience said that the exhibit and program was the best they had seen and all were delighted with the showing. |
