Show E Haa a1 n nt Tho past week has been an exceedingly busy one for teachers mid pupils tilled It a It has boon with reports examinations and ilif numberless Illllo things which come crowning In it the last of the year Much hard work has been done but deepest regret is 1 felt by all not alono because of tho los to tho pockotbooks but because the pupils arc being defrauded of what Is their natural right No city has a corps of moro faithful conscientious teachers than Salt Lake and they have done ill it Is possible to do with the limitations which have been 1 placed upon them this year Several pleasant little affairs took place in the various schools luring the welL Frlda afternoon Miss Qunltrough of tho Washington served ice cream and cako to her teachers and a pleasant farewell fare-well hour was spent together Miss Cochran of the Lowell and hor I pupils enjoyed a pleasant trullcy partY nod picnic at Liberty park on Wednesday and rr Bing and her little people had a nl similar party on Thursday sittcrnoon Friday afternoon Miss Almons of lhQ Eighth cchool gave I very pleasant Ice cream party to her little folks which was a complete surprise to them but was I greatly enjoyed S S a I Mrs Thompson pupils 0 tho Washing j I ton gave her a Dower shower Friday of beautiful cut flowers which wns ou of housual order and Wednesday Miss Mc Millan of the Twelfth wns reminded 1 In the same dainty way of her pupils regard for her Miss Qunltrough and her teachers rhowod their appreciation of the kindness of Mrs Derbldgo the wife of the janitor at Washington by prsentlng her with avery a-very pretty chair last week She han I b ha-n si n kind lo all the teachers In many Miys during tho year that they grcitly I enjoyed giving her a substantial reminder of their appreciation The Franklin people arc rejoicing In a not gain of over IO as n result of tholr Ir exhibit held Thursday evening They ulll finish paying 1 for their elegant new I piano and have L nice sum to expend for 1110 decorations Irlnclpol llallcck nnd ils teachers feel very grateful lo the members of tho faithful and efficient committee who havu hron so untiring In their efforts to nc cnmplMi this end and also to the people o the dlslrk who made It possible by vo generously oontrlbutlng to the enter liilmneiit Nearly all the eatables wore fiimlshtd I by tin patrons The tasteful docurnih l ns were nso due to the work of the committoi iun > stlng of Mesdames Thompson Price Fisher Foulger Allen j I and Sinclair n MJsp I Andersons pupils at the Washington Washing-ton were given a delicious little lunch of rnko nnd Ice cream Wednesday and carried car-ried home the I dainty little dishes I and yi oons fro whlih It was served as Koiivonlr of the occasion Afterward iRS Anderson save a similar 1 lunch to tho other teachers of her building Miss I oorJFon of tw satiu school room 11 1 I was sin prised bv a fine lunch given her by her pupils on Wednesday Some especially good work In art con slvthig of nlcluros and general decoration I decora-tion Is to he found at the Washington Miss Dafts room deserving special mention men-tion ton o tonI J Miss Uovl o the Lowell was quite 111 l last week Mrs Graves substituted for her I Hor fellow teachers at Lowell regret very much to loac Mrs Tooker who will hot bo with them next year She leaven this week for an extended stay In tho East A Tomorrow will witness 1 general exodus o teachers Miss Ilobart goi s to her home In New York and Miss Hawthorne to Cincinnati Miss Grace Snydor spends her vacation on the Pacific coast Miss 1 I Wade ivlll visit her summer home In Kiiysvlllp Misses Paul and Ilndley and Mrs McKay wlli hold summer schools 1 s ttonl of tlu Grant Is anticipating a pleasant summer with tier brother In New Moxlrn Miss Thomas of Riverside and inns I MeLaohlnn of Llntah will 1Chlnl lnlah u1 spend tome tlmo In Ihleago visiting the city tehnnls Miss Antoinette Brown goes to I her home Jn 1 Mnrshnlltnwn Ja MIs rum J sinlngB Of < to Chicago and Miss Kehr berg to La Mar la J 1 I i I t i ir The RhpiKldc cntcrtiilnmont held Frl uny evening and ynstirdjiy afternoon and evening was a great nuccess Tho usual I nimber of booths with good things to 1 worn In evidence and a tlsh pond was ireil patronized The music of the Hamilton Hamil-ton orchestra wns greatly enjoyed by the t largo number of pootilo who altended each srMMlon of the exorrlses The follow trig prop ram mo was givon PIano solo Mfss Daisy CJIIIett Foliotlon May Song Chorus Rcrlliiflon A Hear Slorv fjames Whllcoinb Rlloy Viola hleotb Drushell Piano solo Miss Annie Burton nrcltntlon Mr IJonry liallev Selcellon Hamilton School Orchestra Song Mr John Dowers Selection Onimnnhoiui Pong Mr l Reuben Wright Selection Guitar and Mandolin Edward Kenner and John Clovls I i i 3 A very line and Impressive ceremony look place In room Ifi 1 at Lowell Thurs flnv when their beautiful new bust of Lincoln was unveiled Horace Whitney In I few vii chospti words presented tho statue and tho following programme was Riven Piano solo Grrco Radcllffc Oration Abraham Lincoln i Alice KariiHWurtJi 5 Rooiintlon t I Lincoln Speech at Gettysburg Get-tysburg md 1xtraet from Second Tn nugurnl AddriNs lunette Ferguson j Solo Washington and Lincoln IJnliJ Edmonds t Hfoltilion The First American wHl Ada West violin solo Pnul Slcvenaon Aura Kllerbeck accompanist l Aihlres SiiDerlntendent Cooper Song Star Spanllel Banner i I Mr Coopers talk was on Lincoln an 4 lustration to < 1 who listened and his rendition of the poem Eulogy on Lln oln which was published In PunCh rflOrI ly after Lincolns death held his aitdlenee spellbound Ho said h < sits f > s I4rialiy glad to sec a bust of Lincoln d ISOP as h stood for thu typo of a man It waN Possible for u boy to be I t Is to It I regretted that the whole speech cannot b I glvrn her I E Mrs Whitney Mrs Ferguson and Mrs I M I nlook sent bpaullful decorations of ceeorntons o 4 IJivcrs and palms for the occasion and tl whole scene was most Impressive and 4 beautiful ImJrel I f i Tho rom was crowded with 1 patrons 1 end rlonds and pupils from the three up ti nr rooms who were Invited to witness I ins exercises < 0 I Th iittemiancu tho Webster school Ii 1 evrrcMcs Friday afternoon war between i and 4 O Each of the eighteen rooms j Prnlhhod n number on tho programme j The following wns tho Irogmmrc I on Girls from room 13 IIoaiHng Emily West J PIano duel T Don Loiizl and Amanda Kopp Wliilogue School Tlmo and Vacation > 1 V Agda Hannon and Louise Floater Dril Boyn and girls from room i 1111 > Boys and girls of room 1 i Iflno solo Iim Leo kcitItInn Flllmore Malln JC FJlnorC Maln lolln Polo George llnwkes Recitation i George Crltchlow 9ong Room a I Eta at Ion Logan Morris Emotion pong Room 1 Korltatlon May Bruntou Recitation Jack Bell ong Pupils of rooms 14 and 11 I o o I The entertainment at tho Webster I fJtool next Tuesday evening promises to Uc a great succcas XIaJ Grant will blv i in abrulgmonl of his famous lecture on 1 tnn Philippines and Mr Sam C Park r win give a lively exhibition In vcnlrllo I tIlIRm Mr 13 S Young will also enter t dn Jho audience with BOrn of but popu I J lr charrcter sketches In addition lo UIK ite cream lemonade and candy will a b 1 sold 0 S e The Waaatch eighth grade has been C NUlvlnu a chorus from Midsummer 5ft13 Dream and realizing that tile pubic Fchool system tends to discredit Itchcruft and binlsh the fairies tho inya 1 and girlsdocldod I to seek Queen TI innla and her subject hi City reek can > on Vhselod vehicles carrying each I from onj to five perrons plus a generous Quantity of broad and butter nnd salad ititj a good deal of noise wended their iy z wav up lila t wellknown road llrst ev pirtrtd by Iho plunttM picnickers In 19 I MPK artfully kcvpln the t canyon pollce Juan nriuplinl tin tilt proccsslon paused I lit cliaperoninc w as Jnrmed out among Q atiss MI MannIng Mr Luki and Mr Crow thl division of labor proving very untl factory for the proluetlon of the canyon Al several points where the road was it dIII oiisly narrow tin1 bloycles oxhlbln IL ood deal of nervousness but were safe hiId ii 7 round by their riders and the dc unutinn wan rwiched anti the luncheon I 0 Qiepatchcd with no J4rlouc remilta Qunnn I Tltnnla being very busy culling spring flowers left her greetings tho Johnny I Jumpups I Puck Joined the crowd nnd beguiled I LJonntce Hall Into throwing himself Into I the creek to catch a fish he thought he I I faw but was rescued by Chester Ames Jamie Austin had a good deal of fup J last Thursday at the Wusutch and succeeded suc-ceeded in driving some very young ladles i nearly distracted by Innocent remarks I which It behooved all concerned 1 that the i teiieh r should not hear When Miss I 1 Bishop finally succeeded In disentangling I herself that afternoon from her reports nnd was wandering downstairs repeating I to herself How pleasant Is Saturday night when wovo tried all the week to I bi good a merry shout of surprise greeted her from the lower corridor and Hho beheld two tables prepared most i temptingly In her Honor The younger set from room 7 assisted room S In serving nnd Lnnnls Demls of I room 10 nettle 1 iho lemonade All the teachers teach-ers of the I building wore Invited and the party was a great success I S I eo C Mr Young supervisor of music In the public schools has a proverb pronounced I upilnst him Wop unto him of whom all men thats the teachers and pupils pu-pils speak well The boys and girls I fairly swnrm about him when he comes j to a building and lies very much In demand de-mand In all the rooms at once Jo Miss Polls room No 7 nt the Wasalch I I has done work of unusual excellence this i last year In musk Although rompara I J i lively little folks they have a regularly organized chorus tlrst nnd second so 1 I prano first and second alto and have I studied with marked success such num I her as Mendelssohns 1 Farewell to the Forest Schubert Serenade tho 1111 laby from Ermine II and Ten n 5uns I Sweet and Low I a I S Mrs Edwards of the seventh grade of I the training school surprised her pupils most pleasantly on Thursday afternoon At lie close of school all were Invited to remain and later to go out on the lawn where a delicious luncheon was served Miss Edwards was assisted by Miss Cohn one of the tiaclur at the training school and bv Giiico Bunting and Ethel Felt Prof Stewart and Prof Lymnn also en Joyod llss EchMirdss hospitality and a < merry tlmy was had by teachers and students t stu-dents > I III 0 CAt C-At a meeting of the Salt Lake County Teachers association held yesterday In tho Unlversltv laboratory building the members were highly entertained l by an illustrated lecture on the Yellowstone National Na-tional park by 1 Prof 11 I R Allan Tho room was darkened and the views were produced by tho stereopticon with excellent ex-cellent effect III 0 I In an educiIonal note a week ago It was staled In reference to tho parents mooting at the Webster school that Special Spe-cial mention should be made of Master Don Lindsay who delighted the audlonco with a I I1nt Jltmd tree solo The name shculd have appeared Lionel Pickering that of a pupil of the sixth grade I I S Tho Eighth l school closed with a party for lit children Refreshments leo cream and rake wero served Many of the 1Ilrent and friends were present I Robert Taylor was neither absent nor lardy during the whole year at the Eighth school INSTRUCTIONS TO PRINCIPALS Letter Sent to Heads of Schools by Superintendent A letter of instructions Issued I by Superintendent Super-intendent of Schools fonper lo the school principals contains tl I Lu following items of general Interest to pupils and pntrons of Ibu schoolsj No special promotions will be made In September on account of work done In vacation schools Exception however m ly I be made by Joint agreement of principal prin-cipal and Superintendent In tho case of pupils who have work to make up to prevent pre-vent their falling behind the class In which they have been this year JSxftcp LIon may also be mido by joint agreement agree-ment of principal and Superintendent In tho c < iso of pupils whoso record this year pruvis them capable of doing advanced work by making sufficient addlllonal preparation pre-paration Ido not approve tho Idea of attempting to do in four or six weeks the work ordinarily done In eighteen weeks In every cxceptcd case pupils will bo required lo pass an examination given by tin principal ainJ approved by l the Su JJl lien perintendent > ii tetideti t I It Ii I necessary to take these precautions precau-tions for the protection of the work next year ThC interest of all the children is greater than thc Intele of any and inking ink-ing Into account the amount of work wo I Imvo to do next year and tho confusion and embarrassment which would grow out of multiplying classes and disjointing l the course of study wo must lnst upon close ndherenco the rciulicmenls abovementioned above-mentioned Patrons who dcslro the uso of books for homo study by the children during the summer may receive ilium at the of lice of the clerk of the board by depositIng deposit-Ing the cost of the book which deposit will bo refunded when the book Is returned re-turned save 10 per cent commission All pupils aro rooueslcd by I tho G A H lo con tribute flowers for Memorial day and thy aro asked to bring them to the school building during tho forenoon of May 20lh I I Nephi High School I The graduating exercises of the Nephl high school look place In the Tabernacle on Frldiy evening May nth This Is tho second class which the Institution has sent out 11 nIl the people of Ncphl justly feel very proud of the work that has been dona The following was tho programme I Prayer Song of welcome By the class I Snlutntorv Mamie Pypcr Oration The Value of Time Wilford Sells Quartette John Foote and company Essay Tho Coming omanAda Ada Salisbury Oration Tho Nicaragua CanalAlbert Albert Sclln Selection Guitar and Mandolin club Essay Docs leery Man Have Ills Prlcft Miisetta Cobb Oration Tho Future of Russia Mamie Pypcr Music Orchestra Essay Ideals and Their Influence Kate Udail Oration Our Trade In the Orient George Wheeler Song BY class Essay Do Wo Find What Wo Arc Looking For Sarah Plgler Oration Tho Inlluunco of Mountains upon Patriotism May Schoflcld Class Phophocy Ada Salisbury Poem wllli Valedictory A Plea for Kantlpple Myrtle BIgler Solo Edna Morris Address to class Principal W J I BlOwn Presentation of dIplomas II G Parkes Farewell song All acquitted themselves in a most ex collenl manner ami tho floral offerings each member received showed how they wero appreciated by their friends While all did well the oration on the Future of Russia h i > Mls Mamie Pyper anti tho poem on A Plea for uulpplo written by Miss Myrtle Blgler deserve special mention while > the class prophecy blIss 1 b-lIss Ada Salisbury which gave the nudf cncoa a glimpse of tho class twentylive yours henco wag of course the funniest thing of the evening In behalf of the Board of Education T H G Parkes addressed the audience and class corgrqtulallng them on having a high school In Nepbl on audi a firm basis and spoke in tho highest terms of the principal Mr W 1 Brown who has been working In the schools for the past Yolx years and to whose untiring efforts were due the existence of tho Nephi high school I Salt Lake High School I The school was very greatly entertained enter-tained and Instructed on Wednesday morning by an address from Prof J H Paul upon the Theory of the Beautiful Beau-tiful The speaker in wellchosen I words and a pleasing manner gave i numerous definitions of the beautiful t drew largely upon everyday experiences experi-ences for Illustrations and quoted extensively I ex-tensively from the pools Numerous expressions heard In the corridors and I about the classrooms indicate that I should Prof Paul al some future time j I consent to favor the school with another an-other address a hearty welcome moat certainly awaits him Following his I remarks the school listened to an exceptionally I ex-ceptionally finelyrendered violin solo I j SliiRoloes FanlalKCB Elegantes by I I Roy Willlamr which elicited loud and I hearty applause As an encore he rc I j I spondcd with A Romance by Becker I In adelightful manner Miss Lola Cochlea wns his accompanist 9 5 5 Sidney Beatie or the fourthyear I I class hCl I on Thursday for New York J to be gone about a month Preparations are well under way for I thtf oratorical contest to be given In the near future for the medal which JIHX boon offered by the Daughters ort or-t o Amorlfan Involution About J r twentyfive of the senior and Junior students expect to compete nnd much interest Is being shown in the event a o Several new pieces of apparatus have recently been added lo the equipment of the physics laboratory and are being be-ing used by the classes In the work of electric measurements Last weeks visitors Included Mrs R N Davis Miss Annie Lloyd Rev I Dr C T Brown and Secretary C D Day of the board of education of I Congregational schools who Is visiting In this city i State University Tho University last week was all aglow I In anticipation of the big intercollegiate athletic contest held on the campus Sat I inday afternoon Amid the Interest of Hie I I t final competition among the aitileies for tlrst and second places on the trackteam the final preparations i for the contest and for the receiving of the I visiting studenu and amid tin practicing of college yeils on frequent occasions by the most enthusiastic enthu-siastic of tIme boys tIme I Varsity was thrilled with pleasant expectation e w bOn b-On Friday at 1230 oclock all the classes I Ihen In session were dismissed and the students thronged to the artroom whoro they spent an hour In listening to short I speeches and In practicing college yells I President C M Morris of tho Athletic association presided over the meeting and opened by giving n vigorous address In I which he appeared to the students to give their enthusiastic support to the Varsity contestants In lie athletic contest He r was followed by Profs Gumming hub I McCoy Instructors Young and McGhlo and by students Gatehouse Dlekerman I Patterson C I Brown G Brown and Adams It wns a highly demonstrative meeting and the building was In an uproar from the continual applause and cheers 01 M Tho UtahNevada debate was almost forgotten by tho students last week on account of the Intercollegiate athletic contest Tho dcbailng team Porter BramweH and Welling have however been forgetting almost all tnings Hso t preparation for the final debate to be hrul In The Salt Lake Theater the team will debate on different occasions with a set of three sudnl with three professors and with threo young lawyers or whomsoever whom-soever may be secured outside of the University It has been decided to make a moderate charge for admission to the Jlnal debate with Nevada In order to pay the expense of transportation and entertainment of the Nevada debaters w I Upon Invitation of the firstyear students stu-dents tho colored glee club of six members mem-bers from Fort Douglas outertalnod a j largo number of students In room 23 last Tuesday evening Tho soldier songsters sang about n dozen selections which were I I much enjoyed by tho students Miss I Agnes Dahlciulst and Mark Clark ren I tiered a couple of piano solos and Miss I Jessie TIbbs recited Part of the even 1 lugs fun were tho class and college yells among the students In which the second year students made the most noise u COn > I On account of being appointed valcdiclo rlan of tIm normal class of WOO by tho I I faculty Osear W Carlson resigned from Ithe 1 position of class orator for classday I exorcises to which ho had previously 1 bucn I fleeted Miss Ruth Palmer last year a high schoOl l rucllnte was elected In Ills place by the class last week a a The University will spend foldday this year again at Sultnlr It comes on Thursday Thurs-day Juno 21sl I w w The collegiate and normal graduates have decided lo give a reception to their lends sometime during commencement week It Is possible that it may take tho place of the customary faculty reception 6 b J The Joint executive committee to do the business connected with the presentation of Shakespeares As1 You Like It by the University Dramatic club has decided upon up-on the placp on the campus lo have It given It I will be on the northwrst side of tho path that conies Immediately from the northeast gale The rise of the ground and tho position HIP trees there make It a very convenient place All will bo surrounded sur-rounded by a high wall of canvas w W 4 J Tho glco club of 02 girls consists of about twenty members Tho girls arc being be-ing assisted in their practices by Instructor In-structor 11 L McGhle i Superintendent Oscar Van Colt addressed ad-dressed the normal graduating class at lie Umuivem 1 Ilty Friday afternoon on the subject Ueglnnlng Teachers In the CouUry School Mr Van Colt made an amusing mistake ovei which the students hae laughed a good deal Upon entering the main building ho naturally found his WHY to room IS where the noisy students wero holding a big mass meeting over anticipations of victory In the athletic contest the next day Tho sight of thieo or four hundred students In addition to tho fouryear normal to whom he had been Invited to speak at once suggested his popularity among the students As ho was seen to cuter iho I room the Hliouts of speech Vim Coll speech ought him forward and he began his previously prepared address But tim students were not III u mood lo listen lo that kind I of > L speech and one by ono they began leaving leav-ing the loom to enjoy their luncheons His address was soon interrupted however how-ever by a professor who detected tho mistake and a little later Mr Van Colt delivered his address to an audience of I students who make up the graduating class a A a Prof Maud May Buboock will conduct chapel exercises this week a a Rev Dr Clarence T Brown will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to tho University Univer-sity graduates this year In the First Congregational Con-gregational church Sunday evening J ullo 17th w w Slate Senator D O Hideout will deliver tIme principal address at the University commencement exercises In June Tho exercises will lu given In the Assembly hall this year bccauo the Theater will be othcrwlsa occupied during commencement commence-ment week a a Miss Uabcock was at Ogdon Thursday on business connected with her position as member of lie board of tho Stale School for tho Deaf and Dumb C t Prof Stewart addressed the teachers and trustees of the Weber county schools at Ogdon on Saturday D B w Superintendent Brown of Utah county schools has announced to his teachers that all of them who attend tho University Univer-sity slimmer school this year will be excused ex-cused from attendance at the county lu stituto meetings Superintendent Van Cot announces hut work done In the University summer school by prospective teachers of Salt Lake county will bw accepted ac-cepted Instead of tho regular county teachers examinations Prof Stewart says that already ho Is receiving moro applications for teachers than he can supply with graduates of Iho University normal school This Is not at all unusual for this time of year The match debate between the second and thirdyear normal classes will bo on the question Resolved That lie organi sation and operation of trusts tend toward to-ward lie public good The secondyear class has the afilrmtitlve I 0 I The Microscopical society of Utah held Its monthly meeting in tho waitingroom of hue University main building on Thursday Thurs-day evening All the old oUlccrs were re olected for the ensuing year Prof P II Bradford however resigned as secretary because ho will bo absent at Columbia university next yean and tho council was Instructed I to appoint another secretary Dr James 15 Tjlmago occupied tho greater great-er part of the evening In an address on Diatoms and Petroleum Ho explained the new theory of the origin of petroleum which is that the slUclous skeletons of the diatoms have been distilled by the heated crust of the earths surface resulting In lie formation of petroleum Tho remainder I re-mainder of tho evening was spent In tho study of mounted mltcloscop cal specimens speci-mens I Agricultural College Prof LlnlKId will go to Bear River City I Friday to bo present at tho opening oi a creamery at that place Saturday III Quite a number of changes will be mado I In iho college catalogue fl this ear A mmilip of subjects will bo rewritten by tho professors and somo changes huvo ben effected li tIlE couwes of study I S 4 I Prof MacEwan will lecture before tho Sorosis society next Wednesday afternoon on the interpretation of htkespeare a w The members of the Junior and senior eliBSCM surprised Mr T B Sm th president presi-dent of the former clnsj IIl J rUnty evenIng I even-Ing at his homo In Losan l A dellghtfiil tlmo washad Mr Smith Is from Boise I clt I a a S A Hat of the members of tho alumni of tho Agricultural college vvltJ udrcssfs I anil occupatloiw will appear In the cmn loKiio this ycsir for the nrwt time In iho history of iho Institution I I 1 Flvo hundred Invitations will bolceucd i next week as announcements for the commencement com-mencement exercises In June The committee has decided to Invlto some outside speaker to deliver an oration ora-tion on commencement day Instead of having the graduates fill that place on tho programme I I I Tho following Is tho programme for senior classday exercises Presidents address Bert Fleming Paper Miss Rose Homer Essay W H Homer Oration Joseph W Jensen llccitatlon Miss LizzieMaughnn Reminiscences j W Nelson Ivy oration Stanley Crawford Prophecy G F Taylor Mr J D Flennor editor of the Boise Capital will lecture at a popular meeting In the college chapel Saturday evening on the subject Bright and Happy Homes Frldav evening the gentleman will lecture at the H Y college i Prof C W Wood worth of tho chair of entomology In the Agricultural college of iho University of California will lecture lo th students of iho college next Tuesday Tues-day evening on Nature Study j j Miss Moench Is drilling the young ladles of the Sorosls society to present tho pantomime pan-tomime of tho Star Spangled Banner at iho ovtnlng session of commencement duy to be conducted under the auspices of the literary societies Every member of tho Sorohls will I I take part and six young men of the debating society will sing the Star Spangled Banner to accompany tho Del sartlan work of the girls V Mr A 13 Redford a popular student of the commercial department a year ago Is visiting friends here Mr R hRs been leaching school In Lehl the past winter |