Show NEW HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATED the program was of a high order and very instructive A large and enthusiastic crowd present a wednesday day vas ag a great day for roosevelt and duchesne county it was the dedication of the new high school building r and Duc duchesne bese city was well represented as well as the citizens ear kjear and in roosevelt it was estimated that about people were present tile the following people from duchesne were here mr and mrs monty young mr and mrs jay len ensen mr and mrs chas mrs mr J A washburn and baby miss reba gwynne miss phillis mcmillen miss lucinda byas misi mis nellie abplanalp 1 miss grace hart glen damiels Da daniels dave abplanalp earn har harve ve partridge M B pope melvin woods glen jensen A M murdock max norrison marrison Mpr rison issac stott chas ba barton arton jas dal dalgleish leish paul billings thele was only one thing to mar the I 1 pleasure of the occasion a and nd that wis was the electric light was out of commission itwara impossible to light up the building bail ding properly and strangers in our city tak what high duchesne coun t alias has the first thin tiling scheduled for the evenings eye ninga pl pleasure ensue was a hanquet banquet which was to I 1 have been held at 6 00 but we are unable to give an account of the affair other than to say it was a grand success after the banquet they held a basket ball game in the gym between Duclie duchesne sue city a and the 1116 high school boys the high school boys showed with plenty of snap and ginger and their team work was about tile the classiest ever pulled off in roosevelt the victors were rushed off their feet in tile the first live minutes of play and it was plain to be seen that duchesne had met lier her waterloo Wat eiloo the halves were ot of 20 minutes duration and for oviet and accurate work tile the hi high 11 school borsare boys are some play e er era 9 it will take a mighty good team icam to beat them this year vear line apt high school 42 duchesne 18 C jensen bracken F woods wilkins F lambert G abplanalp case G stott after the game the people went to the auditorium auditori om where the following program was wa S rendered M B pope president of the high school board of education requested all members of the high school board the citizens committee and faculty to come on the stage and then announced that the high school pupils and audience would sing america after which rev T 13 mcclement led in invocation the high school orchestra was then called upon for a selection president pope then talked on the subject of the board in relation to the high school 11 ile he gave the history of the duchesne ch esne high school from I 1 its foundation and among other things said it was his ambition to make Due duchesne besne high school second to none in the state his talk was very very interesting and brought to light many of the finer points as to how Due duchesne besne county got her first high school building the high school quartets then ren rendered dereda a beautifully full selection after which ed F harmston Han clerk of the high school board gave a brief sketch of the high school building he told of every little detail of added expense and wound up by saying that the high school building as it now stands has cost the taxpayers of duchesne county the sum of statistics are usually dry reading but in this thia case it was very verr essential to the ta taxpayers ayers of duchesne county authrey were all anxious to know how their money had been spent A violin adolin solo was then rendered by joe pearce which was very sweet and soul stirring As an encore he played oh my father which brought down the house with applause president smart then asked the people to unite for a greater duchesne county to bury the hatchet and all work for the good of this great inland empire he then led in a dedicatory prayer which seemed to touch the audience president pope then made a few remarks calling attention to I 1 the fine campus surrounding the high school building which takes in acres and of which almost 11 acres was donated by president wm H smart As this bais section of the country is principally devoted to fanning cattle and sheep raising the school would be well adapted to pay a great deal of attention to farming and animal husbandry oh genieve was then rendered by the male high school quartette the principal of our high school J F hoyt talked a few minutes on the growth of the high school his talk was very interesting and he related the history of the high school and its progress in america for the past years A vocal solo by mrs frizzell was one of the ille best musical selections of the evening and was well received by the large audience present relation of the grade school to the high school was the theme discussed by superintendent J A washburn he timed his talk to one minute but the audience could have listened to him for quite a spell longer for he is a ve very ry interesting te talker and ge gets tz right down to brass tacks in part he sai said d that the boys and girls are for the high school and not the school for the boys and girls we have a high school district larger in area than the states of delaware and rhode island combined and lets all work together and make it a high school second to none in the whole country the high school pupils then sang fairy waltz and J H hardy pronounced the benediction it was nearly midnight when the program was completed and they had to dispense with the dance but taki taking ngit jt p ll 11 through gli it was very impressive instructive and interesting |