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Show TOOELE HIGH SCHOOL GIVES MILITARY BALL The First Annual Military Ball given by the Tooele High School Cadets Ca-dets last Friday evening in the Opera House an annual school activity hereafter, here-after, was probably the most successful success-ful pict'ursque social event of the present season. The crowd present taxed the building to its full dancing capacity. Many returned soldiers, and sailors from Tooele County and also from outside points who happened hap-pened to be in town, were present in full uniform and joined in the social festivities. All, of those who had seen, six months service were the guests of the Cadets. It was decidely a military affair the first one for Tooele and every feature had been planed to that end and by those in. charge of the affair; af-fair; the grand march led by the comandant of the Cadets, Lieut. J. M. Boyden, and the guests of honor and the Cadets with their partners, the exhibition gas drill given by two of the returned soldier boys under the" command of Sergeant Peter C. Turner, Turn-er, the drill by the Cadets and the "booth with the German souvenirs, all carried out the military idea. The gas drill and the exhibition drill by the School Cadets, were the features of the evening which attracted at-tracted the, most attention. The returned re-turned soldiers proved themselves experts with the gas mask, which takes considerable experience to handle han-dle deftly. Sergeant Turner followed the movements of the soldiers with explanatory remarks. The exhibition given by the Cadets was the regulation Batalion Parade, including retreat. Although it is difficult to present this in the space in which it was necessary to perform the maneuvers, it was nevertheless cleverly done and reflected the painstaking pains-taking ,work at the High School by the officers and men of the Cadets and their efficient commander and instructor, Lieut. Boyden, formerly of the Utah National Guard. Local army officers and men and visiting officers who happened to be present and entire strainers to all concerned, nor connected in any way with the school, were profuse in their praise of the exhibition and of the training the young men are evidently receiving. receiv-ing. The big crowd also showed its approval by geeting with vigorous and prolonged applause the movements move-ments as the young men swung into battalion formation marched, stood at rigid salute as the colors were being lowered to the accompanying strains of "The Star Spangled Banner." Ban-ner." and finally passed in review before their instructor and were then dismissed. It was a very inspiring, exhibition and appaently qjustifeid in the minds of all who saw it, the action ac-tion of the school authorities in introducing in-troducing military instruction in the local H:(gh School. The decorations consisted of the national and allied colors and the unique arrangement made an unusually unus-ually pretty display, nearly every foot'of the inside of the building was covered with flags, bunting, or other decoration, the archway at the entrance en-trance leading to the dancing floor being original, marking the beginning begin-ning of the clever scheme for the entire adornment of the building. The music, which was furnished by the A. M. Nelson orchestra, augmented aug-mented by severaf Salt Lake musicians, musi-cians, was excellent, the large crowd present enjoying the affair very much. Tooele Bulletin. |