Delight, who harked attentive, laughed and cheered,

So they ofttimes with progress interfered.

A dozen tiny tots their “pieces” spoke;

Five dialogs were played with rafts of fun;

Two damsels readings gave that nearly broke

The backs of all, the laughter spared no one.

Deer Creek and Pleasant Ridge schools blithely sang

Four songs; they were cheered back till building rang.

An overgrown lad, quite a bit dismayed,

“Sockery and the Speckled Hen” declaimed.