Brooklyn Standard Union

MAYFLOWER SUNDAY-SCHOOL
The Mayflower Sunday-school had their Christmas entertainment last
evening.  The programme consisted of nursery rhymes illustrated by song
and tableaux and visit of Santa Claus.  The rhymes were:  
Merry Christmas time, 
Sing a Song of Sixpence, 
Georgie Porgie, 
Paper of Pins, 
Mary Had a Little Lamb, 
Three Jolly Sailors, 
Little Doggy Mistress Mary, 
Mulberry Bush,
Twinkle Twinkle,
Jack and Jill, 
King of France, 
Beep-a-Bo, 
Little Tommy Tucker, 
Little Bo-Peep, 
Merry Bells. 
On Sunday there will be special services with Christmas anthems and carols.

PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 5
Christmas exercises were held this morning at ten o'clock in the primary
department of Public School No. 5, corner of Duffield and Johnson streets,
under the direction of Miss J. W. HORTON, Principal.   The programme
included singing by the school, recitations and calisthenic exercises.
The children acquitted themselves of the parts to which they were assigned
most creditably and gave evidence of careful training in music and in
elementary elocution.  The following pupils gave recitations:
Milton ARENSBERG,
Annie SHAW,
Alfred LLOYD,
Sidney CAMP,
Jessie TURNBULL,
Willie IHMELS,
Nellie DICKINSON,
Lillie RAKESTRAW,
Bella MILLER,
Addie SMITH,
Katie McCOY,
Lillie MALOY,
Eddie HEDENBERG,
Mabel BEEBE,
Nellie MORGAN,
Joseph MAGUIRE,
Katie LANDERS and
Jabez BURNS.

Grammar Department of Public School No. 6, 
Warren street near Smith.  
The scholars who participated in the exercises were:

Annie KIELDER,
Florence NILES,
Vio WILLS,
Bessie SMITH,
Tonie KUCK,
Ione AUTEN,
Minnie GOLDSMIDT,
Mary E. STILL,
Ella BROWN,
Fred PEARSALL,
Albert KUCK,
Jennie IVES and
Freddie I. PEARSALL.

The solos, piano duets, singing by the school and the recitations, were of
a high average.  An address was delivered by Mayor LOW.  The members of
the Board of Education present were Messrs.BEARD, HENDRIX and
ROBINSON.  Mr. A. E. IVES, the Principal of this school, is a practical
teacher, and the members of the Local Committee say that the scholars
make rapid progress.

Intermediate Department of No. 6, 
of which Miss Huldah B. TUTHILL is Principal.  
The children who took part were :

Florence and Anne TUTHILL, 
Rose MEDLER, 
Willie SHIEF,
Mary RIDEAUT, 
Axel SILJA, 
Minnie FEEDER, 
John M. VALERIDO, 
Frances TURNER, 
Anna ROSS and 
Anne KUCHENBERGER.


PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 9
The tenth annual Christmas reception of Public School No. 9 took place
yesterday morning.  The school rooms were tastily decorated with evergreens
and bunting.  The exercises comprised chorus singing, recitations, readings,
instrumental music and the presentation of the 
Renie Fund Medal of the "Loving Heart" to Miss Katy BARHYDT.  

The participants in the programme were :
Mabel FROST, 
Jos. W. LeCLAIR, 
Lillian MERKLE, 
Randal O. WALKER,
Florence HAYWARD,
the BORLAND Brothers,
Harry POST,
Lucy WILSON,
Eugene WHITLATCH,
Isaac MARKS,
Grace McKAGE,
John H. GILBERT,
Bella CARTER,
Ella M. HAWKHURST,
Mary KILDUFF,
George S. GILLESPIE,
Marion and Katy STEWART,
Maggie P. MIRRIELEES,
Hattie NEWHALL and
Emma DESMOND.

PUBLIC SCHOOL, NO. 25
On Lafayette avenue, near Throop, closing Christmas exercises were held
this morning under the direction of Mr. TUTHILL, the Principal, and the
following programme was successfully rendered:

Chorus - The Angels Song...........................School
Composition on Morning............................Grace FAIR
Solo - not a Sparrow Falleth.......................Meta OBRIG
Recitation - Lucy Gray...............................Fila McLOUGHLIN
Chorus - Silently the Shades of Evening......School
Reading - The Particular Lady.....................Alice WAITE
Solo - Far Away........................................Josie Figleton
Recitation - The Holly and the Ivy Girl..........Georgia NASH
SemiChorus - Evening Bells - by five boys and five girls
Recitation - The Nap of Santa Claus............Olga SCHEIGER
Solo - Alice................................................Jennie HALL
Chorus - Christ is Born................................School


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