Show en f J JiI TIlE 8EMIXABY EXHIBITION r An Interesting Entertainment b > the Pupils Iii the Opera House The Walker Opera House was crowded from pit to dome last night by an appreciative ap-preciative gathering of patrons and friends to witness the fifteenth annual exhibition ex-hibition of the Salt Lake Seminar The carefullyarranged programme was carried out exceedingly well under the direction of Prof T W Lincoln principal princi-pal of the school assisted by Miss A C Sowles Miss Addie Gordon and Miss M A Locke The exercises of the evening were opened with prayer by Rev Iliff following which the entire class rendered aspirited chorus Miss Clara Livingston then gave a piano solo entitled Errand of Love which called forth applause Miss Alice Mitchell presented < Bijahs Story in a very true and interesting manner showing no small degree of elocutionary elo-cutionary ability The Golden Eventide Even-tide a solo by the charming little song stress Miss Fay Van Trott was especially fine and the little lady sang with more than her usual fascination Then the drama Red Riding Hood was presented pre-sented by some twelve liliputians from the primary department The class showed considerable drilling on the part of their teaoher Miss Gordon Their costumes were designed and prepared especially for the occasion in which each one of the characters shone forth resplendent re-splendent A German colloquy was gone through with by the German class which I was directed by Miss Locke I Miss Lucy Kempton read an essay entitled en-titled Our School Days The essay showed careful preparation and de vela I oped vel-a thought that ought to inspire every school boy or girl to the highest attainments I at-tainments possible School days is one of the summits of life on the sunnsmg side of which are the varied experiences and hopes and aspirations of childhood and youth and all these are but the fore shadowings of the greater life to come As to Henry Clay when fifty years ago standing upon the summit of the Alle ghanies the vision of the great future empire of the Mississippi valley was impressed im-pressed upon him so to all in their school days the great restless life of activity ac-tivity and earnestness that must come to all is but the development of the powers in us Men are striving to be great but the lessons of school life teach that true greatness does not consist in a great I name great wealth or great influence but in the true use and development of the great nature within us Miss Clara Heath and Miss Clara Liv ingstone rendered a piano duet entitled Chiming Bells in a very creditable manner An essay entitled Churning was avery a-very commendable one read by Miss May McKenzie of Evanston Wyoming It was evident that the essayist had avery a-very rich churn full of cream as the product pro-duct of her churning was a roll of excellent excel-lent butter It might be difficult at first glance to see what application could he made of such a theme as churning to the most of us brings but sad memories of boyhood days when we ourselves were often pretty thoroughly churned but the essay was an excellent plea for thorough preparatory work in all the departments of life Half the allotted time of the life of man is given to preparatory work so as to live well the other half It is evident evi-dent that this half should be well improved im-proved Upon the mother is laid a great responsibility in the training of her children chil-dren for their life work and she herself should be most thoroughly prepared for this duty In all preparatory work it is only necessary to gather together the elements of success already within us so that they may develop into a rich and complete life Matinal Musings a recitation was well given by Miss Grace Lachman of Bellevue Idaho Miss Van Trott sang Die Forelle Schubert in the genuine tongue The Fairy at the Fountain a drama by the intermediate department was quite amusing and created applause Miss Sowles instructed them in the pretty piece which was very well given Miss Clara Heath sang the solo Shall Our Parting be Forever very nicely A cantata The Queen by Mary Hill Lily Heath and Miss Fay Van Trott was one of the finest features of the long entertainment en-tertainment The school has enjoyed an attendance the past year of 200 pupils from the city and surrounding county Many young ladies have enjoyed pleasant pleas-ant accommodations at the Methodist Homeadjoining the school building The teachers are an efficient corps of earnest workers Prof Lincoln has labored untiringly un-tiringly in enhancing the growth and popularity of this excellent institution I and lie is now happy in seeing the Seminary I Semi-nary in so premising a condition after an experience of four years as the thorough principal and instructor of the school The fall term will begin the first Monday in September |