Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-06-06

49RS2Sz 1870
aNy evening under ttse direction 81
Prot A y. Kimmel, Principal. AT
ahent halt past eight the irof. all
vaiicea to the foot lights and by d
few well chosen words, spoke in d
graceful manner. Of the object of as
senlbling NJ this time and announce
ed the first number Of tie program,
which was MI instrumental duptt
from 0p. ~, Ganz. by Misses Mary
Hines and Julia Freeman, and il
was most cSlnisitely rendered,
Rev. l., p. Sabin thon invoked al.
vine blessing, Tfienext WIS Il quar-.
tette "Welcanen rendered in fine
style by Misses Emma Benton ana
jennie Fiske aud G. w. Collins and
Eddie Wood. The next three nunl-
bers We're essays Ivy Misses Cora
Livingston, Annie Leggett aid Jen-
ME Fiske. The subjects assigned to
each were well presented, aud show
ca that these young ladies, besides
being bright aud intelligent, aeyot-
Ell their time TO something more
than novel reading. The piano and
cornet Duct by Miss Julia Freeman
and @. W. Collins wa then excel
lently rendered and received we'll
merited applause. Miss Jennie
Boyee then recited DARIUS Green,
and his flying machine which
showed at once her powers as an ell
ocutiopist and her natural tendency
to the comic. 1t was just immense.
Walter Hoffman, a young lad OF IA
years, then read his paper the
Budget" which sparkled with wit
and humor all the way through. IL
was a production that one Of twice
The years might be proud of. Misses
Jennie Bovee and Jennie Fiske then
sung a charming Duet, ely away
Birding" Tho next was Il Sonata
from Op. II Krause, rendered by
Miss May Comfy. Miss May has
the reputation of being one of the
finest musicians in this section OF
the country, and she fully sustained
that reputation in the rendition Of
This piece. The next was n gradu- |
ating essay by Miss Hattie Strobe,
upon the subject of "Chivalry.r
Miss tlattie's paper vas agood one
and showed that she was well wer-
thy the diploma afterwards bestow-
ed upon her. Mics Jennie Blair
then read her graduating essay en-
titled Pictures Without detraet-
ing any from the excellent essays
presented during the evening, i'll
eur opinion, this was the best. Miss
Blair had her paper entirely COM
mitted to memory, and the ease and
grace with which she presented her
Sparkling thoughts vas truly won
dertul. Every sentence was couch
in beautiful language aud BEAM
ed with intelligence. The Misses
Hines and freeman rendered an
other piano Duet, 'Galop de Con-
cert" Mayor Ericsson, president Of
the school board, then conferred the
on the graduates, Miss
Hattie Strobe and Miss Jennie
Blair, preiuliug the presentation
will 3 teW w0a CHOSEN and appfo-
PIRATE remarks. The exercises then
closed with music Good Night"
and the benediction. The large
audience present showed the increas-
ing interest our people have in these
ANNUAL commencement exercises
and their appreciation Of good
schools.
The Blizzard in its ignorance Of
things in general and its zeal to
slender a worthy citizen promul-
gates the following mess of false
hoods:
"In glancing over this weeks
COURIER VIC noticed the statement
that attorneys Ericsson, Wallace
and Keller, vent to Sioux Falls on
Monday to present the ditch case
hpfnra IpfIoa Garland In ttic |