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Show ACADEMY CLOSES WITH A BOOM Emery Stake Academy Closes After Another Most Successful Suc-cessful Year of School Ten Per Cenflncrease of Attendance at the Season's Close The 1911-12 year of the Emery Stake gctdemy was brought to clone thia week after a very successful year the second in the beautiful Dew home of the Institution "on the hill." The six days per week of school, tried pore or less as an experiment during the term just past, is assured of future Continuance, as the phenomenal results obtained this year throughout the whole Church school system can be attributed to a great extent, to this innovation. In the local Academy it was the means of Increasing the attendance at the last of school by ten per cent, it being possible (or many more to remain for the full term. The same method will be follow-d follow-d next year with the same results it is toped. To agree with this shortening of the the year, commencement week and the preparations therefor were necessarily vtde shorter. Instead of each class berg be-rg given a separate night, as has been the custom heretofore, the several de-pjrtments' de-pjrtments' entertainments were com-ti.ed com-ti.ed into the one "students' night. The several high school classes gave tome very spicey programs consisting of class songs, solos and other selections selec-tions during ihe evening. Tuesday night, the elocution depart-nent depart-nent presented its anual closing drama "Wah-na-ton," was the name of the plav presented and it proved to be a most interesting story of early frontier life, giving the several member of the S'Uss the greatest latitude to display their talent. The play wai selected to meet the popular demand and from the comments given and applause rendered it the time of presentation, the class was most successful in their work. Lowry Nelson as the "Wah na-ton" displayed again the talent he possesses for dramatic work, and played his part o real as to make attentive his listener fairly creep with his voice and bearing in the rol?. Vera H ickman, in the leading lead-ing lady part, portrayed the "waif of the prairies" to perfection, lendind to the part, that of herself to make her part most life like. Milton Olsen the "tender foot, " and Louise Jackson as "wounded bird" a beautiful Indian character, representad the characters m though the same were written specially spe-cially for them. Ruth Wnimpey and Nellie Mathie as the trader and his wife acquitted themselves in an excellent excel-lent manner, bringing the house down with their realistic acting and sharp sallies back and forth. Edwin Soder-quistas Soder-quistas the "villain," Llewellyn Kill-is Kill-is the "Indian cheif," and Glen Larsen &s the renegade father of Wound d Bird in addition to the Indian and soldier, roles assumed by other members of the 'lass also played their parts in such a way as to make up a most entertaining whole. The well arranged light effects added ad-ded much to the general effect until the fuse blew out. The costumes and realistic real-istic scenery, too, added to the drama itself, made such an allround successful presentation, that Mii-s Palmer, under whose excellent supervision the presentation presen-tation was made, is to be roundly congratulated. ' Wednesday night "The Navajo Frin-ctes" Frin-ctes" Bgain presented to a good hojoe and seemed not one whit the worse for the brief j est gained between the original presentation and the present pre-sent revival preparatory to its advent '"Price tonight, but rather went off nh an extra snap and vim that gave n M&iA interest even to those who w,'re "witnessing it, in many csaesi for the third or fourth time. fhe Rainier quartet members, :who tad ma le a special effort to be present, Kave Heveral selections that were bigh-'' bigh-'' appr jciaU-d by those present. The accompanying pianist also rendered an excellent original composition . ' The commencement ball was given Thursday, attended by all the students and a large number of out of town peo-le, peo-le, and commencement 1911-12, was over With the opening of school next fait will be instituted several improvements among them a woodworks department depart-ment to be in charge of Benjamin Mc Quarrie, who has been the instructor of the wordwork and missionary departments de-partments of the Murdock academy at Beaver. Mr. McQuarrie was president of the eastern states mission for several sev-eral years and is a practical carpenter. |