| Show I CELEBRATION AT RICKS ACADEMY Washington Birthday Observed At Rexburg by Educational WEBSTER JOHNSTON GIFT Citizens Contribute mi fOl a Library l or tile tho Sp Feb Ricks R I academy celebrated washIng tons b by a big exhibition tion The matter mailer had been wide widely I ly over the education educational al district from on en the north to Pocatello on tIle the South and a special excursion lon wa otas bringing In a record attendance on that day The train from tile the south brought In people Blackfoot and stakes alone At the academy was WIlS on tion In every department The class classrooms classrooms rooms were decorated In class colors and had a great quantity of themes maps and outlines on display Th The sewing room contained some fine work In plain sewing and fanc fancy work Tho girls In cooking exhibited their skill In serving lunch about people being served Perhaps the most Interesting exhibit was matie mado by the manual train training Ing students There was some excel excellent excellent lent work In hardwood mission turo ture besides samples Of joints etc At the tho morning program the sophomore sophomore more class entertaIned the tho visitors by bythe bythe the Interesting drama On til Little Big Horn In the afternoon and evening the academy choir under til di direction or of Prof Engar rendered the tho beautiful operetta The Belle of Barn Bam These performances were both carefully prepared and presented with unusual skill for amateurs Three e taking leading roles In the operetta were Miss MIs Belle Belie George Miss lUss laud Turman Elmer Angus Green and James R It Young Jr The latter made a decided hit as Bill Salt for fOI his original characterization ot of an 01 old 1 tar The operetta will be produced at St Anthony Anthon Saturday night and later at and Blackfoot A game o of basketball was played In the afternoon between the Shelley Athletic club and the RIcks academy resulting In a score ot of 37 to 15 In favor ot of the Ricks academy GIFTS TO ACADEMY In the afternoOn Principal made unade formal announcement ot of a 1000 gift to the academy library front from J cv Webster ot of Rexburg and from Peter G Johnston of 01 Blackfoot This gin gift was accepted a short I Iao ao ago by tile the board but not made public till this week The announcement met with enthusiastic applause Mr 11 Johnston Who was present was tas called on for tor a a speech In responding ho he stated that It save gave him great pleas pleasure pleasure ure In connection with Mr Webster to contribute to this cause Ho considered that apart from friendship man could give no better gift Itt than a good book He had just returned from a trip In intile 11 tile the east cast but had witnessed nothing that had gIven him such satisfaction as this da day with the Both of these gc gentlemen are members ot of the Idaho legislature Principal Dalby announce announced that the tho lIbrary would be named tho Webster I Johnston library The fur further ther announced that nex next year a course In agriculture would be established In tile the academy cadem These e ments met with an enthusiastic recep Uon The entire da day was a gr great at Over Oer 1000 people attended the el s It was the greatest attendance ever held In the PAINFUL A A young oung mall ma named William Illet with ith a painful accident ac on Sat Saturday urdu lIe He had been having a tooth ex cx extracted und and wa dizzy with the treat treatment mont ment As he 5 about to enter tile the pool hall hail he gl ped and fell through the window Tile The neat plato plate glass was anti the boy was badly cut about his head In ill IllS hla forehead were cut to the bone bonc llen near neur picked UP UI car carried ried to a orrl office nn and 3 32 stitches were required to sew Mew up the tue He Hc Is now noot recovering The district chool gave an excellent MOndOY There were it IL ot of drills chor choruses choruses uses songs and Principal Lanston and his teachers are arc doing excellent work stork with the school chil children dren drenThe The will ovill be ut tt the academy r night The Tho pro program gram grain will eons consist 1st of readIngs I Whitcomb Riley piano and IW i Mrs irs S W Clements died yesterday suddenly She has been beell Sick Ick t for t seine ome months dropsy drOps und and asthma antI has been beell with trill her lieI daughter about tour four miles nilles from n Yes Yesterday two of her w attempt attempted ed to brinG her to to town for treatment I They Ther J bet Iet In n a covered leIgh find and she said hl she felt I line TileS The looked after aCter her hor at times and he lISP asleep p but on arrival in tile s c to find that rile 1 lund 1 3 died ll l ote hafl U Us way The deceased e 1 is 60 oC cC Igo figo ul d has several mar children living |
