Show SPRING VILLE SEMINARY closing exercise of this institution the second term of this school closed Friday March at 1 p m on the stand were seated bp nephi backards sec james caffrey bros M E crandal james straw 0 B bunt ington and sisters alleman and mary B crandal the hall was well filled pupils and mothers the pupils answered to their names by divius sentiments after the choir sang learning is our noble aim A L haymond jr offered prayer PARTIAL the purest pearl recited by ed whiting alie misses may and gertrude harrison pleased all with their song M E crandall jr then amply explained and illustrated the use of capitals and pauses carry me hack to my mothers home song hy emeline bird and sadie gresbeck Go esbeck held the at 1 for a few minutes then a paper containing sentiments of pupils was read hy irena mendenhall mark boyer followed with a guitar solo for which he was heartily applauded grace sanford rest packard pleasantly entertained all hy singing the fifth reader class showed how they had been trained in reading minnie haymand finely executed an instrumental dieca five cents a glass made impressions in favor of temperance as recited by robert straw asia and her people were described by nellie and leon roylance the people of africa fittingly described by harry boyer the six love letters recited by pearl westwood caused a pleased smile to lighten the countenance of old and young how to educate a comic selection by leo bird and a BOHR by miss rhoda groesbeck finished alie greater part of the exercises during the past ten weeks eighty six were enrolled one elder two priests three teachers ten deacons sixty four day members and six non members seventeen classes average attendance fifty seven days of school fifty WORK in theology sentiments were given by pupils the life of christ studied and notes aiom biographies of moral and noble minded men taken the four arithmetic classes worked in various parts of harpers second book wallace watson A L haymond jr M E crandal jr myron boyer and irena mandenhall passed a successful examination in arithmetic the two reading classes committed to memory several selections gave oral or written reviews of what they read besides regular practice in concer tand single reading the writing practice was based upon mickael s rapid system alie grammer classes took in and pauses in with sentences and their modifiers class C studied the parts of speech with exercise in writing short compositions etc the geography classes were given copice to speak upon and review questions to answer on europe and asia the labors of the past three winters have not proved entirely successful some who commenced with fair hopes and bricht prospects in gaining a good education have lowered their elevated ideas and contented themselves with a slight knowledge of what they should thoroughly understand excellent opportunities port unities have passed unheeded time which should be spent in improvement has been spent in halls of pleasure on the streets in company with the wilia the careless and sometimes with the vicious in some instances the siren has sung away the nobler aims of liap and placed instead thereof other hopes and feelings A teachers heart feels a sorrow for the erring pupil as a parent feels for an erring child the causes of failure in many instances are centea cd in parents either through lack oi knowledge or through lack of intelligent evidence tho judgment of is governed by what aliey know they know but little of alie world surrounding them hence their weak and ling judgments fail to guide them past many paths to the honorable and praiseworthy positions of the educated alie moral alie industrious the frugal and the wise parents are the natural protectors of their children not only against their cold hunger disease and other physical pains but also against immorality ignorance idleness profanity theft and other vices if parents fail in doing their part in either regard they fail in being true parents simply giving physician physic ial existence does not entitle them to a claim on the higher moral qualities failure in reading good books of history biographies travels discoveries and sacred writings has a tendency to keep alie mind in a contracted and unfruitful state and good reading matter is easily obtainable from the public as well as private libraries without expense sister mary B crandal reported having met with the young ladies of the seminary every thursday afternoon for the purpose of instructing them in their duties etc brother james caffrey and bishop packard spoke encouragingly to the school and promised to make a strong effort to have a the advanced pupils as boon as possible they desired first to prepare for pupils who had completed their studies in the district schools afterwards go farther after dismissal papers maps etc examined L P JB |