Two Patriotic Pageants (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: New Jersey. State College
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428254520
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Languages : en
Pages : 134

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Excerpt from Two Patriotic Pageants The two pageants contained in this book are the work of classes in the New'jersey State Normal School at Trenton. In their preparation the school festival idea predominated. This means two things - first, that the work was made sub jective as far as possible, so that the emphasis was on the preparation rather than on the final per formance; and second, that the various departments of the school cooperated in making contributions to the work. For instance, when the Columbus cele bration was planned the classes in history studied that period, looked up sources, and then submitted their findings to the English classes, Where the plot was constructed and the words were written. Meanwhile the music department was training the school for the appropriate songs, the classes in domestic arts were planning and making the Cos tumes, art Classes were drawing posters, in the manual training rooms stage properties were being made, and in the gymnasium-dances Were devised and rehearsed, The reading and speaking depart ment coordinated the work and directed the produc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.