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Show HDIX'ATIO.V AT COTTO.WVOOI). V Memorable lliy h kcliohillc Annali 1 litre. FCerrMp,naene Iitlanar r.x-vl.t Tho Central Seminary ot tbo Halt hakoHlake, Minuted lu Illg Cottonwood, Cotton-wood, completed tho flrt lemedcrof Itaexiateuce on Saturday, and celebrated cele-brated the occasion by nome fitting ex-ercKa. ex-ercKa. lllsbop llrlnlon kindly ga'o the achool irailssIon to uto the largo new intitlng house, which waa. literally literal-ly puked with the KlplU aud their pareuta and friend.. The following programme waa rendered ren-dered by tbo runlla or the Institution. In audi n manner ns to evoke many expressions ol praise for them, nnd congratulations ror tbe teachers, I'.lder Horace Cutmnlnga and Mrs. T. W. Illlsa. I Opening ong, "Vhlton Wei-come," Wei-come," school; 2 Address, "Minor Joseph, thu son ol Jacob," Holier Ilrorktiatik; It Helect rinding, 1'rank llrlntnn; Organ solo, Isaao Hhaw; S-Isay, "Our Hchool," Mlsa May Ilrockltink; 0 Itecltatlon,"Our K,ag," Andruw Walton; 7 (uailclU-, Ml-sea Kramia Neir, Julia llagley, All llltnrr ami lxllla Walken h-Coiulo reclUllon, William McDonald; 0 Instrumental In-strumental ltn, Ml, Vaklla rtrln-ton. rtrln-ton. Tho last ft-aluro waa n theologlcul claw exercise, In which Ihe billowing toi.lra w ere treated lu tho form of short nddrrsscnwlth such easo of dt livery nnd cliamess In dt tall and npr.llcatlou n, to rellrct great credit uton llin students and are worthy of sii-clal mentions "Tho l.lrth nnd t hlldhood nrJesiia,"b Hamuli Netf! "l.iiaru, liaised from Iho lim.1," Mlsa Kallo llrockbunk; "Parable of llio Unforgiving Servant," Alice McDonald; "Tho Howcr," Joseph Park; "The Ten Virgin.,'' Milton lllluer; "Slgna or thu rlecnnd Coming or Chrlit," Hnatua Iloi; "A llio-graphical llio-graphical Rki tch or each or (,'lirl.t's Alsisllm," Ml.s Alfrtlla Neir. Next was leil the I'rlncliol'a rrpoil, by the Principal, alter which 111. bop John Nell' gaae an Interesting allrrss un Uhalf of the llnrd of Kdueallon. Tbo rollowlng txlraiU, which we atu 1 rinlltttl to tako from thu l'rlnrlil' report, will glvo nu lilniof the laiaus and condition of till, excellent Institutions Institu-tions "At tbo opening ol tho school In He tember last theiu werutwu dipail-merits, dipail-merits, vii.. tho preparatory nn I InUr-metlbite, InUr-metlbite, with a total iiilolinrlitof t.9 I'll IH (fradrtl as follows: 2 'Ihlnl lteadira, 10 Fourth Iteadeis, aud M Fifth lteadira. The school rat.ldly lllletl lip, but with pupils of the higher grade., ami by Ihu In ginning of the itcond tirm It was found lucessary to abandon thu preiaratory department enllnly, and to divide I tie Intermediate Intermedi-ate lutu lu o general grades." Tho rcpoii then mentions thu various vari-ous branchm how laughl, dtaerlblog iarllculaily tberoiinu Inlbrolegyand thu various exerrl.es under that head Theruaro4:dally rl.i-s recllnllons In thutwo rooms, usually of J mluutti' duration t ach. 41 1 no total number or iiu lla unrolled to dr. to I l.t.1. who hall from the follow log places! Illg Cottonwood I), Mill Creek Atl, South (.'uttonwood ?, Kast Mill Creek II!, Union U, llutlerand (Iraullo Ward a, Tailortvllle I, Kail l.iko City 1, Kcofluld, Ornery Co. I Total Im' " Thu Church menibershlii Is a, folio.: fol-io.: Deacon, 41, I'riesU li, Tcachit. U, ToUl IX. Tbo patronago has auriaed n-ilatlon. n-ilatlon. Since the hegliiuliigoftho second term Iho building haa Uen trowdialaiidagrval many applicants for seata haa e been refusetl. If w u ha I room there la no doubt but that enough isiilla would attend to uiesstute una If uot two, more teachers. teach-ers. The most urgent need nt present It eematuiiala a building ufllclenUy large to at commodate at least twice the number of puplla now lu attendance. Couveiilenl tu Ibl. should bo otiu or more houses where pupils from a distance dist-ance could board and nttiud Hhool. A library of nt lea.t a good euc) rlortcdla auda few good bookaof nftruiiela much needed, aa wtllaaa cablutltajn-lalnlngsivclniiiistollluslratedlllircnt cablutltajn-lalnlngsivclniiiistollluslratedlllircnt stilject. trenttnl. .'In conclusion we wish to express our thanks to j our honorable Hoard for the many f avers and count sli . shown us, aud also In thu Mr nils on I ialrona of the sibool for I he liUralaupiairt and encouraging w orda they have glM u us, Aud while ixpresslug our p reflation refla-tion of all kindness, wo trust that our labors In tho ruluru will mirlt the an-proa-nl shown thini lu tho last, nnd that our Heavenly 1'ntber will litis ouritlurU and ptos-r Ihe Institution that haa I .eon law I undiruurcare." Thu Hunlnary seems to lw Hipnbr nnd to hmun bright pro.jict for Iho future. llbuthoaupiirt oflhemost iiloti wards In thu county outside ofrialt l.ulo City, and nt n rwent mrcllug tlm Hoard ibvlb-l to irect a new building, iriosslble, for next yiar, when an ncademlo grade w Hldou idles IsitslaUlsbisl wberu hlghir branchts can be loarcnl without tho troublo and i xpensu or going to Iho i lly, ,, . . I.NTHIIalAliu. lliu ConoNitoou, Jan. 23, lsul. |