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Show Richmond i I I It'll OND Jne4 Lr. Frldnj IHvli it" k.ltiiiiiiil lioirl Hie cIkIiUi K'Hui viiwriitir PXfii'lscv. Ii wus a mu-.lcit nnrl ii iIit:ii I rrl lo all who were liuiuniitf iioiiIi rom-r. Into the overi'inwrli il meelinlinnsc 'Ihcsiiig-1 'Ihcsiiig-1 1 v.i f.i'cUlh iu' (I ;fi,d irtvlti-d mu ii fivmabie ciiiiiiin-nilalon. 'I'm- ndiir-s nf wt'l'unme was iriven lit i in- I'lii-s pt f.iKMi r , "lldred Hen d'iit, It us Inierrstlnif and very ':ipirunali'. I l'l-rfil I'fiiison Kve trie valedictory. Ik-r in riii-os wmh vrr) thoiiKhlful and should that tliUstn maid has Ideas that iiNU'r heads tliun, hers might llsti'ii to with profit. She Is the girl who received thehighest aveiage In llic ii-iiiit exrimlnatlon held In Logan. Tno class historian, Effa Plant, read a well-prepared article. The class poet, Mazel Merrill, gave his article very well. Every perion In the room heard and appreciated every word he said. Each classmate and teacher was mentioned and his poem shows that he possesses keen Insight and discrimination. Walstcln Hendricks gave the class will. It was of a humorous nature and was applauded to the echo. Thu class prophet, Marloer Hendricks, Hen-dricks, had slept about as long as Rip Van Winkle, and when he awoke, proceeded pro-ceeded to locate all his old classmates and teachers. Ills sense of the eternal eter-nal fitness of things Is most excellent. He found that his teachers, Mr. Nelson Nel-son and Mr. Thomson,- had become prodigiously rich, but being generous to Mr. Thomson he allowed him to die poor by having him make a gift of a stupendous sum to the Richmond high school for which he had been working hard for twenty years to make succeed. Mr. Nelson in a few well-chosen words conferred the certificates of graduation. The large audience joined with the the teachers In congratulating congratulat-ing the graduates upon the achievement achieve-ment or tpls, their first educational victory. This large class, together with others who will doubtless take the work, will insure Richmond a good high school next year. The Alumni Banquet. But the most brilliant function of all was of course the Alumni banquet, which was held In the meeting house Tuesday night. Tho room was appropriately ap-propriately decorated with Alumni colors, royal blue and white, and the ten tables were most artistically arranged. ar-ranged. Hon. C. 7 Harris was the toastmaster, and had it not been for the tempting viands before him, which he was doing his best to displace, he would undoubtedly have quoted all that Shakespeare, Bacon, Litton, Saxe, and Pope ever wrote that could be said upon an occasion like this. But ho was generous and did not quote nearly all, Interspersed between the courses were toasts and exquisite music by the Kallum orchestra S. W. Hendricks responded to the toast,"appetlte.' no did this in his usual happy vein. But when he had spoken In thls'jocular mood, he intermixed inter-mixed a deeper thought. Ills real theme was "Appetite for education," and he Impressed a truth so well that his entire speech should be published that all might read It. Miss Edith Hcndrlc,ks responded to tho toast. "Our Alumni." This popular popu-lar teacher gavo as pretty an allegory as ever It has been our lot to hear. A coursu of strawberries, and then Edward Web'b said some iilce things about tho "Class of 100S," and they didn't fall to lot him know that they appreciated what ho said. Glasses wero again filled with nectar llko that which Jupiter sips. After an enjoyable evening In dancing, danc-ing, the cvcning!s program closed. The great American Circus company appeared here Thursday. The heavy rain storm detracted from tho enjoyment enjoy-ment of tho .performance. Many of those who went were compelled to protect themselves from tho leaking tents by their umbrellas. All seemed to enjoy tho performance, Judging by tho frequent clapping and applause, Tho manager Informed the writer that they left Old Mexico three t 3 . ,. ).-,. -""- months ago and during that time they have had but two bright days. From hero they went by special train to Cache Junction and then on to Poca-tcllo. Poca-tcllo. Along with the circus camo a "retired "re-tired Jeweler" who left In town a number of his gold(?) watches at rea sonablo prices. |
