Show THE CITY mm hold their commencement exercises TWENTY SEVEN GRA G ICA i the teachers fallt on timely topics medals from the worlds fair received the commencement exercises of the public schools of jot the tha city were held bold this morning morn iniz in room D of the B R Y academy sapt rawlings presiding the room was waa decorated with a profuse quantity of 0 beautiful flowers there was a goodly number dumber of sweet girl graduates and sturdy sons of utah who haye have completed the common school course many parents and friends of education ed were present the exe exercises reiges wera commenced by the pupils singing under the direction of mi foote welcome to all prayer was offered by principal eggertson singing by the schools good morning miss misa may ashworth told in a charming manner a very interesting fourth of taly july story illustrating the method of story telling as aa pursued in the schools A camner of the primary of the parker school 1 sanz bang a bird song in a very nice manner miss ada john made a short talk on the subject care ot i chool buildings during vacation the lady referred to the school buildings built linsa as having been the homes of the pupils since last sep now they are ara going to leave these homes they should make an effort to see sea that the window lights are not broken nor the tha buildings otherwise marred the children were alsa urged to protect and take care of the trees and plants on the tha school grounds the graduating class quartette rendered a charming vocal selection in an n artistic manner principal 8 P eggertson jr gave the pupils bome splendid ideas on how to spend vacation he did not accept the idea that has in the pest been baen presented that the pupil should not study at all during vacation but play all the time ile he urged that the play and work of vacation should be accompanied and i interspersed with reading and study the pupils of the webster school favored the audience with some choice vocal principal W W billings sp spire epke ire upon the advantages of chil children drar attending school regularly and during the whole school year vear irregularity in attendance begets carelessness discouragement coura gement and lack of inte interest iest and the teacher can note the difference even though the absence be but fors for a day or two regularity in attendance saves eaves from one third to one halt half of the students stu denta life the awarding of promotion certificates was proceeded with A vocal school selection was rendered very tery creditably by pupils of the mountain school prof J B walton addressed the graduating claas the graduates were congratulated on account of the pyramid which they had built the pyramids and monuments which have become historical in the world were re I 1 forred to but that which these pupils had bad done the good narae name they had acquired would never die GRADUATES the graduates are ara as follows millie daniels leater Lester pratt ida an dr derberg borg james loveless florence richmond zora smith viola martin calvin fletcher ailetcher lorena king Z zora ra smith jennie buckley ethel stewart Sta wart edgar perry pearl daniels stella knight louie maiben mabel moore Stel laThomas frank holdaway anni e douglasb Dou glasa battie elliott eidie eddie perry george theriot stella davis davia louie daniels daniele i each graduate received in connection with the certificate a beautiful floral offering contributed by the tha teachers and other pupils miss emma thatcher rendered a piano selection A low few closing remarks were made by bupt Raw linin in tha coarse of which be called attention to a hania ama diploma enst received from the worlds fair committee on education awarded on oa the following five boina birst general excellence second good penmanship mau ship third a sciences intelligently illustrated fourth photographs showing superior buildings sith fifth special merit in drawing and relief maps supt bupt rawlings also exhibited a beautiful bronze medal encased in velvet and aluminum the medal contains on the one side a representation of the of columbus ia a the new world world on the opposite side worlds CAum columbian bian ex IQ in commemoration of the four bun dreth anniversary of the landing of columbus lambus Co to public schools sf A school bong was rendered by bj the pupils and benediction pronounced by L E eggertson |