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Show BUSY WEEK AT WEBER ACADEMY SENIORS HOLD CLASS DAY EXERCISES EXER-CISES AT FIFTH WARD. At Conclusion, Juniors Act Out a Clever Parody on the Senior Entcrta' nment. The seniors of the Weber academy last night held their class day exercises exer-cises in the Fifth Ward meeting house. Tlio house was crowded to Its utmost capacity and many people were turned away, uuablo to Bccuro admission. School patriotism was much In evidence and good humor prevailed during the entire evening. The exercises consisted of a farce entitled "Ma's Boarders." which was localized in order to represent Ogden school life and to Impersonate members mem-bers of the Weber faculty. The singing sing-ing of the original class song and the reading of' the history of the class or 1909 were features of the exercises. Special mention might be made of the work of the Misses Lillian Guthrie, Guth-rie, Edna Woods, Irma Drowning and Messrs. Francis Goddard, Carl Shipp, Burton Drlggs and Francis Rogers. At the conclusion of the exercises the juniors perpetrated a erltable scoop on the seniors by acting out a clever parody on the entire scheme of the seniors' entertainment, causing much merriment to both the classes and the audience. Joseph Eccles, the star of the evening, even-ing, took the part of "Jessie" and more than once brought thc house down by his clear imitation of the various seniors sen-iors who took part in the play. The take-off was so effective that some of the seniors could not restrain re-strain from showing marked signs of chagrin and one of the seniors even apologized to the audience for the action ac-tion of the juniors and hoped another year the Juniors would be more cour-teaus. cour-teaus. However, the whole affair ended end-ed in good feelings on both sides. Special mention Bhould bo made' of the junior comedians, Leland Reed, Laurence Evana Robert Reeder, Stewart Eccles, Lila Eccles,' Leonora Brown and Fawn Wright. After the exercises the faculty became be-came the guests of the graduates and were served punch, ice cream and cake in room 13 of the academy. , . The bread-making contest between seven' girls of the domestic science department of the Weber academy was one of the main features at the school yesterday. The judges were Mrs. Rosa Eallantyne, Mrs. Chris Flygare and Miss Eva Parr. It was' a hard matter to decide who should be accredited the winner of the honor. Finally, tho Judges balloted for the second time, and awarded the prize lo Miss Rhea Brown. The prize was $25 in gold, contributed contribut-ed by Dr. Tobias, chief chancellor of the Chicago University of Law. " Today a similar prize bffered. by tbjp same person, for the best dress made by domestic arts girls, will be contested con-tested for. The public should avail themselves of the opportunity of .visiting .vis-iting the Domestic Arts academy to inspect the excellent work on exhibition. exhibi-tion. The rooms will be open to the public from 11 a. m. to 7 p. m. An engraved gold medal was awarded award-ed Francis M. Rogers at the academy acad-emy yesterday In recognition of his proficiency on the Remington typewriter. type-writer. The medal was offered by the Weber academy, to be contested for by the students, the highest .rate, of , speed and accuracy to deterrdinelthe winner. The trophy ls a beautiful one On one side ls engraved "Awarded "Award-ed to Francis M. Rogers by the Weber Academy, May 18, 1909," ; ami ' on the other side is a raised engraving of a typewriter, with an Inscription showing proficiency on a Remington machine. ' ,; The present week will be a busy cne for the faculty and the students of the Weber academy. The commencement com-mencement exercises began last Friday Fri-day evening, ajul every day since has been taken up with exhibitions, preparatory exercises, band concerts and the like. The real commencement commence-ment exercises are scheduled for 8:30 p. m., Wednesday, May 26. Thursday, May 27, at 7:30 p. m, the business meeting of the alumni will be held, and at 9:30 p. m. of tho same ' day is scheduled the Alumni ball. Friday, May 28, will be field day, the games to be played at Lagoon, La-goon, followed by a Bocial dance, with the music furnished by tho Weber Academy band. A -reasonable round trip rate has been obtained from the Bamberger road, and it Is expected that a good number of the young people peo-ple will make the trip to witness the games, boat roco and baseball game to be held there. The boat race, the first of the afternoon's pleasures, will begin at 2 o'clock. The program for the commencement exercises follows: Music "Entrance of Gladiators," (Fislk) Weber Academy Band Invocation. .President L. W. Shurtllff Address of Wrelcomo ..Principal Wilford M. McKendrlck Cantata, "Feast of Adonis,". Adolph Jensen Weber Academy Chorus and Orchestra. Orches-tra. Mr. Ballantyne, Conductor. Valedictory Address Fred Jensen Presentation of Diplomas; President David O. McKay Address to Graduates President Francis M. Lyman Benediction. Pres. Chas. F. MIddleton "La Cinqantine" (Gabriel) Academy Orchestra. Graduates. Normal Course. Irma Browning, Lillian Cuthrle, George Fred Jensen, Charlotte Stallings. Elizabeth Walker. John Wilson. Albert Wade,' R. Eugene Eu-gene .Wlddlson. Classical Course Hyrum Belnap, Burton Drlggs, Dewey Ensign,' Matthias Mat-thias C. Tanner, Edna V. Woods. Four-Year Commercial Course. Harold Campbell, Wlllard Dance, He-her He-her Hancock. Carl B. Shlpp. Three-Year Bookkeeping Course. Parley Farrell. Three-Year Shorthand Clyde S. Clark, Horace J. Nelson, Clarence Stephenson . , . . Three-Ytar Com mere lal.J. Rexel Bachinan; Lawrence Farr. |