Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-21
CLOSING CADENCES.
Watching the School Year Out-Exerclses In
Connection Therewith-llumni Re-Union.
A FULL WEEK.

A FULL WEEK
Lastweek. being the closing week ofthe
school year, was exceptionally well fill
ed with exercises in the different rooms.
The early part of the week was taken
up with examinations, when the Young
idea is put through course of sprouts
preparatory to shooting process into
a higher grade for the lucky ones, while
in the opposite class is wailing and
gnashing of teeth, over wasted time for
the year, which seems to be thrown in
a lump at the unfortunate heads during
the progress through this school pur.
gatory.
The exhibition exercises of the week
opened with a spelling contest in Miss
Woolstenholme's room intermediate
Dep't.), where Miss Mamie Stone floor.
ed all the contestants. masculine and
feminine, and took the well earned
prize. The same afternoon, in the sec.
ond primary, Miss Muesse's room, q
prize recitation contest was held and
another victory scored by the girls,
Miss Ida Thomas walking off with the
prize, after spirited contest, in which
all did well but only one could win.
Special rhetorical exercises were held in
Miss Woolstenholme's room, but no
prizes were given, the exercise being
simply a continuance of those held dur
ing the term.
Thursday afternoon union rhetorical
exercises were held in the school chapel,
which drew large audience of inter-
ested parents and spectators. The
participants all acquitted themselves
finely, furnishing much pleasure to the
audience.
CLOSING EXERCISES.
There being no graduating class this
year, the closing exercises were held
Friday morning, in the school chapel.
They were opened by an instrumental
trio by Messrs Jos. Nathan, Chas.
Orton and Mrs. Snowden. After a
prayer, and pleasing trio by Misses
Barber, Carney and Book, the following
programme was gone through.
ESSAY.
Ida Thomas, 1.-The Model Student"
ESSAY.
Clara Rhodes, 'John Chinaman."
SONG.
Miss Flo. Hill, 1--WE Better Bide Wee. y
ESSAY.
Libbie Abrams, ''School Friendship. y
DECLARATION.
Geo. III. Baxter, 1.-The Gladiator y
ESSAY.
Emma Hannam, True Happiness.
SONG.
Hattie Hyde, "Esmeralda.
ESSAY.
Mamie Book, "a Day on the Hudson y
ESSAY.
Vina Moore, use and Influence of
Books"
Misses Garvey, Book and Schrein err,
cardboard Watch
Fannie Barber. Immigration"
RECITATION.
Hattie Hyde. ''Homeward Bound"
Misses Hill and Streeter, 1.-The Two
Cousins"
This closed the exercises by the schol-
ars each ofwhom were entitled to special
credit for their efforts, which were an
honor alike to the participants and the
school
The next number on the programme
was an address by Hon. A. X. Bushnell,
president of the board of education, but
that gentleman being unavoidably alb
sent, his place was filled by Mr.. J. A.
Street in neat five minutes speech. in
which he called attention to the salts
factory work done by Prof. Wood dur
ing the past year; adding that the board
had been fortunate enough to secure
the Professor for another year. This
announcement was greeted with a
hearty round of applause by the au-
dience. Mr.. Street closed by alluding
to theory of the Professors that par
ents could do as much as teacher in the
way of keeping children up to their
work, and urged all parents, the COM
ing year, to take more of an interest in
school matters and the progress of their
children, as by so doing, they could as
sist materially in tightening the work
of the teachers as we'll as in advancing
the school. The exercises then closed
with pleasing instrumental trio well
rendered and fully appreciated and a
few words of thanks from Prof. Wood
ALUMNI REUNION.
The first graduating class was sent
forth from the Lancaster High school
in 1876. Each of the succeeding years,
up to 1880, the ranks of the alumni
were increased by new graduates. At
that time the chain was broken and has
not yet been taken up. This year it
was thought meeting of the alumni
would be pleasant event in connec-
ton with the closing exercises and, ac-
cordingly, the date of the first reunion
was fixed for last Friday evening. As
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