June 15,1898

From the Official Program of the TransMississippi Exposition:

Omaha School Day (7th, 8th and High School)
This day complemented the lower elementary grades day on June 13th.
At 2:00p.m. in the Girls and Boys Building there was a program featuring the upper elementary and high school students.
The program started with the Seventh and Eighth Grade Chorus singing "The Spacious Firmament" by Haydn. An address of welcome followed by Mrs. L. P. Harford. After another song by the chorus, a piano solo was delivered by Miss Alice Pritchard. An essay by Miss Edith Spender was next followed by another piano solo by Miss Ethel Partridge. The program ended with a solo piano work by Mr. Fred Cuscaden.

At 3:00 p.m. the Theodore Thomas Chicage Orchestra performed in the Auditorium. This concert featured Mr. E. Schuecker as a soloist on Harp. The orchestra also performed a concert at 8:00 p.m.