The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-20
PROVO.
May 90. 1892.
B. Y. ACADEMY.
Interesting Normal Day Exercises.

Interesting Normal Day Exercises
The auditorium OF the B. Y. Academy
was well filed yesterday morning, the time
set for the normal exercises. Evergreens
were strewn and festooned about the walls
and ceiling. Flowers were suspended
throughout the room and some choice
plants were placed upon the stand upon
which the teachers sat- On the stand were
Mr.. McKendrick, ]. w. Booth, Bryant
Hinckley, o. w. An6olin, Charles Jensen,
Alonzo Hinckley, Rolstine Warner May
Belle Thurman, Miss Mendenhall. Miss
Hatch and Miss Keller, who were made
officers in carrying on the exercises of the
day.
President w. NJ. Mckendrick delivered
tie opening address and Irene Mendenhall
followed With a class history exercise.
Quartette-Joseph Horne Frank Evans.
H. M. Warner and W. D. Roberts.
b. S. Hinckley, class orator, made the
effort OF his life in delivering an Grafton
and the same met with good reception at
the hands of the auditors.
The Garden City Mandolin club gave a
pleasing selection.
a duet was sung by Miss Hannah Clark
and Miss Lidia Wilson.
The last retrospection, q humoristic adj
dress, was delivered by J. w. Booth and
provoked many bursts of laughter and ap
plause.
Messrs Boshard and Pyne then sung the
popular duet THE Sinking Ship" with
Prof. H. e. Giles as accompanist The
piece gave Mr.. Boshard an opportunity to
try the compass Of his magnificent baritone
voice. There was hearty encore and a
portion was repeated.
H. Nj. Warner gave an original class
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both as to composition and reading.
Prof. II. <. Giles then gave descriptive
piano solo with introduction, opening of
the academy, growth, fire of the old build
ing, confusion, prayer, hope, triumphal re-
opening, march to the new building. The
piece was well executed.
May Belle Thurman's class prognostica-
| ton then reviewed the prospective and
retrospective achievements of the normals.
? The humorous style in which it was pre-
scented made deci ed hit.
0. w. Ando,ine, the valedicterian, spoke
of the two-edged sword separation which
was to soon turn the students homeward.
! He spoke feelingly of the ties of friendship
which had been welded together during
. their career in school.
t The choir closed the exercises with an
original class song.
The colors used in the embellishments
! were blue and white.
! Yesterday afternoon was occupied in the
! organization of the Alumni, and listening
to an Grafton by Hon. S. r. Thurman.
The general commencement exercise:
: take place this morning at 10 o'clock, wher
! the report Of the principal will be heard a!
well as an address by the president of the
, board
THURSDAY MORNINGS FIRE.
o In the disastrous fire which occurred
Y yesterday morning the chief loser was thu
3 estate of Samuel Pratt, deceased, who's
business house on the corner Of l and Cen
D ter streets was totally destroyed, and Their
d was no insurance.
o w. Brown, the blacksmith, was damaged
n to the amount of about S400 and had pail
:. up insurance until the End Of April last
d when it was discontinued.
d William Hsrrison's building was badl,
y burned on one side, forcing him to NOV
n all his tinware.
8 No insurance was carried by any of tn
/ losers.
It The firemen did excellent work.
BIG IRRIGATION SCHEME.
W. A. Ray of Oasis was in Provo yester
day trying to dispose Of bunch Of bee
u cattle. He reports a large enterprise il
IS operation at Swan lake, where S150,000
o to be expended in grading a reservoir, GU
n of which large section Of farming countr
q will be irrigated. w. II. Rowe and MI
: Konk of Salt Lake and several Denve
v capitalists are interested in the project.
Q CRUELTY CHARGED.
y Robert Bordman came before Justic
. Brown yesterday charged with cruelty I
animals on a complaint sworn to by L. !
Patten jr. He is accused of beating hors
to death and will come to trial on Saturda
! morning a: 10 O'Clock.
THE RACES
If There was large attendance at the rae
course yesterday and most of the spectator
q availed themselves of the street car facili
q, ties in going to and coming from tn
grounds.
10 The first go was between Mr.. JaQues
"a Babe and McBurney's Kitty Madsen.
was a spirited race and created no littl
!, excitement. The result was victory fo
q Babe by about one length. In the neigh
- borhood of $500 exchanged hands.
There were also some trotting races j
which DR.. Shores steed was tested.
le THEIR MOVING HOME"
s 1t 10 well enough for artists to picture tn
old covered van drawn through the shad
r English lane, with the tinker, mis- family
y and their lares and penates. That migt
ar do in England, CT even in ''these Unite
a. States'' in years gone by; but the movin
I'd home OF today is vestibule limited trai
re such as the Eric lines are running dali
between Chicago and New York-drawin
o, room, sleeping cars, dining cars and elegar
le day coaches. Pullman company's built
Up lighted by gas, heated by steam-and in q
at hours travel the modern Home" wi
IS cover a long days journey of the old va
q. while comfort, convenience and even lu;
rs ury are all met with. 1t is only anotht
oaca of tEfha rponIa demand opd RI