Cañon City record., 1902-10-02
RECEPTION At THE
HIGH SCHOOL

public social, musical and literary
for so me time, was the reception and
entertainment given at the high
school building from $ till O'Clock,
last Friday under the auspices of the
members of the board of education
and the teachers in the city schools.
While the object of the reception
was primarily TO bring the patrons
and school authorities together with
a view Of promoting their mutual in
terests. il was also made an occasion
for introducing the former to the
splendid new high school building,
lately dedicated to educational pur-
poses.
: The main hall way on the lower
floor, where the reception was held,
was tastefully decorated with en-
blems and colors of the different high
school classes, presenting very
pretty appearance as the visitors en-
tered the building and mingled with
the throng OF people that for an hour
or more stood about in groups and
chatted on various topics, while
waiting for the more formal exercises
to begin.
The guests Were received by Mrs.
Twitcheii. Mrs. Cameron and T. b.
Coulter Of the board of education
Superintendent Allen of the city
schools. Miss Belle Minor. Miss
Katherine Wilder. Miss Sasie Allen.
Miss Bertha Evans and Mcssrs. Lod-
ford. Truman and Clyde V. Hardy OF
the high school faculty. after which
they wene shown through tho various
departments of the building
when the heating plant has been
installed, which is about all thar re.
mains to BE- done, the structure will
have cost approximately $4,000
Refreshments were served in one of
the class rooms on the nrst floor,
under the direction Of a beyy of
vivacious aud interesting high school
girls. and thither most OF the guests
made their way before starting on
their tour of visitation through the
building. every part of which was
thrown open for their inspection.
The members of the board Of edu-
scaiion aud the high school facnhy n.s
ceived their guests at the cutraucr of
the main hall and badc them welcome
10 the exercises Of the afternoon and
invited them to make an inspection
of their surroundings and of the
eauipmcnts of the various departments
of school work.
At ! o'clock the large assembly
room. on the sccord floor, was allied
by AN cxpcctant audience. which had
gathered to listen to the musical and
literary program, prepared for their
deIectation and entertainment.
Aside from n few engravines of his
toric scenes and pcrsonaRes, which
adorned the walls, the most cunspicu-
ous decoration in the auditorium was
made by a large American flag, which
was dIaped in graceful folds about
the bust OF Shakesheare, at the back of
the rostrum.
The exercises were inaugrrated by
an address from Miss VIOLA Arnold. of
the class of '03. who otiiciatcd MS mis-
tress Of ceremonies. In the course
of her address she paid handsome
tribute to tho board of education for
its zeal and interest in behalf of
teachers and pupils aud to the tax
payers for their libcplity in voting
bonds whereby the new high school
building was made possible. Miss
Arnold stated that the art aud
literary societies of the city Ind
promised to take up the matter OF
providing pictures for the class and
recitation rooms and that much was
expected from this source during the
current year.
Miss Arnold's address was goucr-
ously applauded, and at its close Ned
Nafe was introduced and favored the
assemblnRo with a very clever reading
of Lougfellow's poem, king Robert
of Sicily" His cnunciation was
good, his gestures easy and graceful.
That he made hi, with the audience
was evidenced by the plaudits which
followed the close of his recitation.
The third number ON the program
was n vocal solo by Miss Lois Rogers.
She has an exceedingly strong, rich
voice and her singing was much en-
ioyed by all who heard her.
''The Little Black Eyed Rebel. :"
a reading by Miss Ada Ross. was the
next feature of the program. and like
its predecessors, was we'll executed and
highly appreciated.
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