The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-03
EIGHTH GRADE PUPILS
A Small Army of Them Graduated
Yesterday.
ARE NEARLY 500 STRONG
INTERESTING EXERCISES HELD
AT ALL THE SCHOOLS.
Graduates Will Go Into the Univer-
sity and High School-Complete
List of Those Who Completed the
Four Years Course Splendid
Showing Made By lions Youth.

work as designated, departed iron
their respective buildings yesterda!
and are now prepared for the higl
school, or for the preparatory depart
ment of the university. The exercises
at the various schools were OF an in
teresting character, the capacity of tbs
buildings being severely taxed.
HAMILTON'S PROGRAMME.
large audience assembled in the
upper corridor of the Hamilton school
which was beautifully decorated with
licWers and bunting, Thursday after
noon The event of interest was the
graduation exercises of the eighth
grade. The following programme was
rendered with much credit TO the young
graduates and their teachers, Miss Ar
mold and Miss Qualtrough. The Shake
speare readings were especially fine,
and the essay by Allie Godbe and the
class prophecy by James Grant were
remarkable for their beauty of thought
and expression:
Chorus, The Brook" ............
Seventh and eighth grades
Roll call Of graduates.
Patriotic quotations.
Glass History Nellie sutton
Readings from Julius Caesar" $50.
Earl Willoughby, John Duncan,
Willie Musser, ET'TIIie Arbucllle.
Piano .-.....-.-.........-...
.Lallah Holmes, Title Larsen
recitation -.........--.--t Fern HOODS
Reading from Julius Caesar $50.
.Estelle Jellick, Nellie Sutton
Essay. Allie GOdbe
Semi-chorus.. Part of graduating class
Recitation. .Lallah Holmes
Readings from Julius Caesar"
Olive Clark, Louise Sharer, Irv-
Violin, soIo E,rna-t Sadlar
Readings from Julius Caesar
Eddie Watson, Willie Musser
Class prophecy. Annie Moffat
Presentation Of diplomas. Z. w. Wilson
Chorus. Graduating class
Accompanies, Miss Sadler, Pearl
Harry.
THE JACKSON.
At the Jackson school, appropriate
graduating exercises for the eighth
grade were held in the large hall on
the third floor. yesterday afternoon.
From the appearSSee of the hall, the
teachers must have worked hard to
prepare for this one great event in the
lives of the eighth grade pupils just
fitted to enter the high school Upon
the walls were portraits of noted
Americans, fit reminders of the posi-
bilities in the lives of children. On
shelves, in windows. on the platform
anu III ENCtN CtLNGIliEnl anu dDDfODIl-
ate place were the choicest of flowers,
rich in perfume, gay in color and
CHEEKY in appearance. Many yard
OF bunting was lastly arranged around
the platform, along the stairways and
upon the walls and ceiling. Small
American flags were used in abundance.
Three large ones were placed at the
rear of the platform, upon the wall,
while a small Cuban flag was to be
sessf on the wall at the other end of
the hall.
At o'clock the pupils of the other
five rooms on the same floor filed into
their places in front, to the right of the |
many interested and anxious visitors |
on the left A few moments after the |
graduating class. composed OF Is boys !
and % girls, marched in and took their /
seats upon as many chairs arranged in |
two rows upon the platform. It was /
indeed very attractive and intelligent /
looking class, and neat but simple cos !
tunes indicated that the class was in t
possession of something besides an all /
absorbing desire for dress
The following programme was carried |
out:
America" School
Address of welcome. Macintosh
Chorus, Anchored. Glass
Recitation, The Arsenal at Spring
field .-.-.....-...-.....C. Bradford
Song. Springs Delights" .........Ciass
Story of The Lady of the Lake
'-.---.-.-........-.... Matte Gillespie
duet
49, Edith Carlson. Rachel Vincent
from The Lady of the
Lake ---.----...--.-.--..M Maud Irvine
Song, The Brook" Glass
Recitation, 'Thanatopsis" ....
Eta Baldwin
ITO, 49, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
R. Vincent Matte Gillespie, L. Il
Macintosh.
'araphrase, Legend of Bregenz".
Chorus. "Trip, Trip" Class
Presentation Of diplomas ..... i
......--..-.-..-.-..-.. DR.. Millspaugb
Grand finale, "Star-Spangled Banner"
DR.. Millspaugh. in a few well chosen
words Of counsel and cheer, presented
he diplomas.
The entire programme was well rem
Tered, and showed years of careful.
SYSTEMATIC and profitable training.
superintendent MillSpaugh and the
'oard OF education have reasons to be
veil satisfied with a grade school sys- :
EN- whose finished product is what we
Witnessed this afternoon, while Prin-
lpa1 Bradford is to be congratulated /
pom his success in a pedagogical line {
The class was under the special care {
T Miss Bond, and was but a proof of
he statement we heard that she stands 7
econd 10 none in the city as an in
tructor. Y
There was a profusion of flowers pre-
ented to the graduates, after which
ne audience dispersed. evidently well I
leased.
AT THE oQUIRRH. {
The Oquirrh school sends out the
lrgest class Of eighth grade pupils in T
ne city-74 in all. Yesterday morning 4
[ 10 a. m the members of this class. ?
18th their teachers, the Misses Carney
nd Scoviile. at the head, marched ma
across the large corridor to
;spii1ng strains of music, the entrance :,
arch being played by Miss Lola Coch- S
T of the class Of 81. r
When all had reached their places. and
ere seated, the Oquirrh orchestra, un- S
IT the direction of Miss Jessie Weimer.
ass OF 81, played 81 of its best pieces | S
a very credftable manner. Through
II the programme the music was f
;od. Irrna Watson in a piano solo.
ID Fred Midgley in a violin solo be- L
g heard to good advantage. while d
ldith Anderson, class of co. who sang Z
contraitO solo. and Lily Pye. in \
10 obhgato, with the chorus, excited s.
liverSal admiration for their work. +
The salutatory was given by Lewis
T. Sowles in very pleasing manner. N
ID he was followed by Kenneth Wool
7, Owings Sheckell. Kenneth Crismon
ID VIII Mayor in some exceptionally 81
cd work in color and chalk" the
% first painting rapidly large water "
lors, and the two last named sketch II
g heads and faces on the blackboard. n
OF which was done in the presence
the audience. Nj
Lynn, the youngest in the
ISIS, in her Letter from South Amer
L,' shows good ability as a letter CT