Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-02-10
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l ~A1@E AArtE fisnf1-stZ fH
 closing exercises of tils skut Valley school
 eHding five mont term, under the sb,
 management of si.s Jessie Hia.ls, receusi,
 frem Cslifstais. feels IhA,. n consideration
 ot his own ss wei Hs the universally ex.
 pressed satisfaction of those present on th.
 occasion, he is fully jastfiad in wishing to
 sound the praise of hosh teasbsr and pi. pils be, ond ,te boundaries of sSkull Guleh, and to 'hst end respectfully asks the assistance oi your valuable paper. The ,,pening exercise of the entertain ment was vocal music. "Gay and Happy, rendered by the school. Then followed recitatious ndreadiags by each student. with occasionally q song.
 The eldsr pupils acquitted themselves in praisesorthy manner "in point of de- livery" giving such flree 10 their utter- anees as many older and more experiencei persons fsii 10 do, thus rejecting deserved credit upon their teacher, aui 1t is oniy justice to tae smaller ones for me ,o s.aie that they were, considering the sge, cor- resPondingiy successful In their efforts.
 The audience. which occlpied al svaila- bse space of the room, was favored with ten sonss and twenty-five reeia,ieps, only few of which. hoxeysr. ys time 10 specially ootice this evening, for must attend Inc dance tonight.
 "Ars. Csudis'o Lecture by Master David Crspo, ref c'ed credit upoa the spssker, who manifested unlais,akabls' evidence of po:sessiag oFatoric4l yowers, :he development of vhieh should DO. be neglected.
 The Old kIan ss hool,n by Miss Ollie Dickson, was given silh an elequsnee no, often displayed by distr ct school s,u- dent. and sltich. perasps xoulf not often be txcelled in toe higher schools. The recitation was of an old man of three score and perhsps len, who had no, entered 1 scbcoi>room siace his boyhood, and l therefore did not notice or realize the | great modern improvements in the fsciR ties for educaticn, until one day he visited ! village school, and On returning to his heme wss expressing his surprise and won- ter to bis wife, and comparing mode, ap- psratus and stttely school buildings of to- lay with the old log school house fdevoid 'i iuTn,tuFc) iha. he s2s educated in. Tue old gebtieman was very fsvorably iu 'ressed with the ehsT9e that had taken 'lace, and the story, as reiled 5y the old mar, would furnish material for deep bought in sry one interested m ihe educa- Ion of children, ahj wouls. ! believe, 'rompt aimosS s3y ,naa to vote Yes at a meeting where the question submitted re- uired toe baIlo, "lax Ye,,s or "T,x No.n or the maintenance oi 6 school fer proper ,ngth ei time. |. Next. ;.rhe Battle of Waterloo" by | Hiss Stella Bowers, was rseitei ia a very athetic manEer, adding lreSh laurels to CT already brilirnt career as oupiI cf his schoJI. li ''ssm's Letter as read by Mas;cr Ben. 'iackburn, provoked mapy "znii!ss audi le.' Ben. explained that sam's reason for lwsys addressing hir1 as 'sEroabei" was hat hs mother aad Ssu.'s mother was the sme woman. Tee lc ter was written with siuttering psr, and was rsai ss-.ttutter- ,glliy.
 'Ncii and Her Biid." by AnabeI Stamps: Li'te Things" by E,i. Miller; ..Kisses," Joe Rudy, aad many other pieces by any oiher i'tls oaes aided t, tie pleas res ot The af'erso.sn. Nor m usi fl be for often that three i:dle ones, too young to tend sch scl, cnatribaiad their mite to the ot the aGdience. But how tt Joe Hudy became so experiepcei in ie srt oi kissing IS what ''apcbors me - ere am l, nearly haE;iTssi aai thirtys | so years o'ds sG-i :;siut nEYcr kissed ! bloody Se', aDn noooas haiDt never kist e none, since I wis s-1--a -b 70 hoo i- Alter the juv niie exerci.es were con- uded the ;'schsT msG- few very asrro nate remsrks to i.ie patrons oi the school. 'pressiDg ,bauks for kindness shown. and sking suggestions well worthy of con
  iteration. Then with feelings of general tisfactioo with the manner in which the II aool acquitted itself, and unAnimous cling of regre, s. Miss Hinds' intended epartnre, ,se company dispersei to re- semble later in the evening 70 enjoy a cial dance, and i, is now time for a1e to ! scard this perrin favor of my desire to tend the party. So, ,a-,s, uu,ii nom z.
 Laer-fl 6 dscee last evening was we'll tended, and all present ssened to enjoy e ssme to sbeir utmost capacity for so 'ing. Those proving themselves most ap- ecia.ive of aa opportunity for hsvine 8 lily time migh, be mentioned as aCalan- Jane" "rsks ihe Cake Johnny,'' "Po. y Ei,H 'SsFghun Joe, 1" s'Slippery F ler,r r. John Dickson, Rol Miller snd hers. Wishing the school further aevsnce ent and 'hc teacher con,inced soeeess,
 am sieepily yours,
 J,B.M.