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Show COUNTY SCHOOLS 'tOlENCEiN'T Vrtte eishih Rrnde students nf the Weber county schooU ;ave tholr commencement exercises at the Ot;-den Ot;-den Tabernacle,' Saturday. The tabernacle was filled to Its utmost ut-most capacity and the exercises were entertaining and Illustrative of the work of the schools. The choriiH work under the direction direc-tion of Supervisor Powell was especially espe-cially commendable.. Th chorus, consisting con-sisting of 27-1 voices, rendered a number num-ber of HelerllMfis. Th" chorus. "Utah, Farlest I'tah,' and an especially tuneful tune-ful flag song, each of which won much merited applause. The chorus, "I'lah. Fairepl I'tah," was rornposed especially for the occasion by Professor Pro-fessor Joseph TtallnnMno, and Is n most commendable composition. The graduates ninde a very Imposing Impos-ing specie!" as they marched to thlr seats to listen to the addrenxes and to receive their graduating certificates. certifi-cates. Dr. Kingsbury Talks. Very entertaining addressee were delivered by Dr. Kingsbury, Dald O. McKay and John Halls of the board of education. I)r. Kingsbury emphasized iho thought that the Creator should be the Ideal of the pupils; that they should strive to approach His perfection by the acquisition of knowledge, virtue, self-control and morality; and that the greater part ef the knowledge Is to lj fonna outside of Ihe school room. "The school room," said he, "Is only a preparation for the acquirement of knowledge. We should keep our eyes open to the good things around us. Don't look too far away from them. We need not move away to find the meann for acquiring a good livelihood." liveli-hood." Two very entertaining choruses were given by the lluntsvllle school. Apostle McKay talked to the boys and girls on the subject of commencement commence-ment and their school work a opposed op-posed to graduation He said In Prt; "Many are the, men who are going through life aimlessly. The graduates' first aim should be Information of a good character and let i no obstacle hinder them In that course. "Get a desire ,to enter the, field of the gTeat unknown. The nineteenth century has given more to the world In inventions and discoveries lhau any preceding one, yet the twentieth century cen-tury has even mor? in store for those who are will to dc-Me Into It.". A pleasing feature of the program was the presentation of certificates by the principals of the various schools under , the direction of the j superintendent. " At the e'ew of the exercises, the graduates, principal!) nnd school officials of-ficials were arranged on the lawn of the Third Ward meeting house and a photograph was taken of the entire group. . |