Show friday Ata exercises E A WILSON presents his eepoel for the past year songs enecita eions and speeches about 3 yesterday afternoon there wera assembled in tha school about the same bamber of chil darn aa in tho forenoon pupils of the higher grades to contribute their portion towards making closing day a access there were many more tora present t nau in th a forenoon for anoon presided oyer the meeting me etine gilea had charge of the musical exercises sang hail columbia prayer wa offered by prof john rot the school sang oar school roem bright and cheary miss ekbal bunting in tha cesta aae of an old lady looked cute and recited a short selection in a pleasant manner misa wilson ana miss katie very pleasing manner the little girla have good voices and avowed the deflects of musical training A dialogue by five little girls and one boy created a great amount of amusement the children appeared in cor cume and all acted ell their parts A woolda fair exorcise was gien by pupils from the east school most of the dupile carried the star i banner the were alao hupila representing various countries and carrying sags of different aati oos they sang a patriotic song after this they were interrogated terro gated by joe daniels in regard to the significance of the fair i ind answered the que in a prompt intelligent manner the exercise closed wh a flag BOD sung in a very spirited manner mies nellie halliday eang la eld madrid the young lady has a splendid boice and bang with much feeling the pupils of the west under the direction of prof W W billinga gave a parching eTerei sest the drill was gone through with milli tary pro dision and was very interesting erestine int A recitation was given by miss jensen showing study f tha principles of education prof maltone Wal tone physical clag save an exhibition of the decarte Dei arte of physical culture showing wilecy training in posturing n positions expressing abe emotions emo tiong jhb arse clasen ahing their s exercises were by tha bausic of the organ mija myrtle malben recited borne bay darling this little girl was placed on a chair to enable the audience to see her she spoke is very distinct scanner an arbor day given by the pupils of the west school the children carrying flowers bur rounded a tree and eang arbr day doogs and gave arbor day recitations all in a very pleasing and interesting manner superintendent bihon submitted a lengthy comprehensive and interesting report to the board of education of the work done in the schools daring ahe past school year the report compliments ments the teachers for the efficient work they haye accomplished special attention was called to the good results obtained from prof giless teaching of music when the school buildings are cem plated the city schools will date of the population or 1300 pupils considering the many denominational schools and private this is a larger percentage than can be expected to attend tha statistics of enrollment attendance etc for the year are aal ollowa total pupils enrolled during the year 1150 greatest number during any term 1102 smallest number during any term average number in daily attendance during the jeaa improvements were in the and methods forth coming year the report stron aly recommended the establishment at a hish school course in connection ith the public school system trustees eggertson Egger and hardy spoke briefly and to the pupils bishop johh S booth was introduced as ono who had for a lone time pre sided over the board of education alter calling attention to the progress ot education in utah the last 3 years and aba teachers and pupils he recited in lancashire dialect one of his boyhood recitations the daiy this caused the tired beelin fe elin that had begun to manifest itself disappear and the little folks and older ones as well were convulsed with laughter the bishop was encored so heartily anat he responded with a dialect account of bi trip across iha plains after singing and benediction by prof L E eager son the exerlia ea clod clo d the visitors examined the work of the which waa exhibited ia the leirer deoms all expressed then selves highly pleased with the days exercises and the splendid results of atie years school work BB shown by the examination exercises |