Palestine High School Program, June 23, 1875

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Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald - scottfitzgerald@tyler.net 
East Texas Genealogical Society, President
18 May 2005

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Originally published in The Tracings, Volume 1, No. 2, Fall 1982, Page 
35 by the Anderson County Genealogical Society, copyright assigned to 
the East Texas Genealogical Society.

The following copy of a program given by Palestine High School on June 23, 
1875 was submitted by Mrs. Hunter McKay III, 3528 Cloverdale Lane, Farmers 
Branch, Texas 75234. Mr. McKay's grandmother (Lulu Richardson) kept a 
scrapbook of many of the social events, and this was from the old "Palestine 
Advocate."

PALESTINE
HIGH SCHOOL
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Concert and Exhibition
By the Music Class and the Pupils of the School,
Assisted by the Palestine Cornet Band,
Thursday, June 23rd, 8 P. M., 1875.
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 1st. Prayer by the little girls.
 2nd. Music by the Band.
 3rd. "Oh, were you ne'er a School boy?" by the little boys.
 4th. "Two little heads lay side by side;" song, by Miss Emma Bailey.
 5th. Essays -- Miss Lulu Richardson: subject, "No place like home;"
 6th. Rochester Schottisch, inst., Miss Arizona Crist.
 7th. "Cruci Dum Spiro Fido," Tommie Pickens.
 8th. "School Discipline," song; Primary Department.
 9th. Essays -- Miss Mamie Swanson; subject "Power of Music".
	Miss Arizona Crist; subject, "Busy Bodies."
10th. Music by the Band.
11th. "The Schoolmaster abroad." Dramatic.
12th. Turkish hop Waltz, Miss Mamie Swanson and Emma Bailey.
13th. "The Wish," Miss Caddie Watts.
14th. "Don't sell my father rum." Miss Fannie Swanson.
15th. Essays -- Miss Ella Hanna; subject, A mother's Influence; Miss
	Sallie Moore, subject "Where there's a will there's a way."
16th. Elfin Waltz, (inst.) Miss Mary Sweeney.
17th. "The Little Bound Girl;" Dramatic.
18th. "Starry Night to Ramble;" by the young gentlemen.
19th. "Excelsior;" Joe Denyven.
20th. "Sparkling Cascade," (inst.) Miss Mary Swanson.
21th. "Vacation;" Willie Martin, and reply, Miss Mamie Potts.
22nd. Music by the Band.
23rd. "Jack and the Bean Stalk;" Dramatic -- Scene 1st.
24th. "Smith's March;" Miss Tex. Richardson.
25th. "Jack and the Bean Stalk;" Scene 2nd.
26th Grand March de Concert; Miss Nannie Johnson.
27th. "The Voice of the Grass;" Little girls.
28th. Music by the Band.