Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01
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CASs|A ACADEMY
What is Being Accomplished !,
o0e Of Idaho's Church
Institutions.
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Special Correspondent

Special Correspondence
(AKLEY Cassla Co., Ida ",
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was registered last winter.
Your correspondent made A via,
the cassla Stake academy on Va
nesday last, and inspected the srl.,u
educational advantages the chr,a
Is Offering 20 all her Young nsN,s
Though residents here are dlstan, N,
headquarters and are somewhat h.
lated and scattered, yet they are X.
ginning to realize that through a.
mlgnanimity OF the Church ac,i,.
through the Church board OF educar.,
and the general superintendent !,
schools, they are able 10 have A, nam.
an educational institution that IN 4,
field. Is hardly surpassed, not ey.r ~
the high school departments Of c,A..
Church colleges and universities w
The academy building is not u,,
tentious nor entirely modern IN IN
respects, yet It is commodore ma,
comfortable and presents within a v.v
attractive appearance, due to the ri.
somining, papering. painting, granting
etc, that II has recently undergop;
II is a 1T place for the spirit Of Cd |
to enter.
There is this year a most excsNn
corps of instructors. who are not osy
eminently qualified scholasucally. m,
are spiritually fitted for their Imp0,.
ant positions. They are six IN nun.
Der, Prof. A. NJ. Merrill, formerly u
Loagn, Utah, principal; Prof. Geo. K
Durham ParOwan, Utah. instructor IN
music; Mrs. Laura Squires Riiga
Salt Lake city, Utah, in structor n
history, geography and language; Mss
Laura Pearl Adams Parowan, Utah
Instructor In elocution physical culture
and domestic science. Parker Richards
Carey Idaho, Instructor in drawing sa4
manual training; Miss Ida Lovesh.
Albion, Idaho, principal Of preparatory
school.
On the morning Of the Visit, the Ar
year normals were giving rta5J
and evolutionary program, and |.
structive and interesting exercises ID.
lowed. The selections were OF hp
order. and We're rendered In W
pleasing way. They certainly rsis
great credit upon the Instructor. %
Adams, who, as young teachers
few superlors In her line. The mus
part of the program, too, as furnss
by Prof Durham and his students u
artistic and reflects great credit ~
the musical department OF the schle
In the manual training departures
there ~ a splendid equipment In ~
way OF tools, wOrkbenches etc, al
any amount Of little devices and e.
ercises that have been eare'ig
wrought out by the pupils. There ven
about Is boys working at the oenels
and they all seemed thoroughly III
terested In their work.
In the ladies' department vas
whole bevy of the fair ones comfort
ably seated In their coEy sewing lsSn
by their machines and draasa'.s
tables wholly absorbed IN the pieH'
able and enjoyable labors OF euul.
drafting, stitching, sewing, etc .E
then the bell rang. and they ~!
put away their work prior to lhclts
In physical culture IN the coIiI1'@
dancing hall, and when they s,sl'.
from their dressing room reN
their exercises In their bloomsh "
gymnasium suits they looked, W.
somewhat grotesque, but whe' ~
were lined up all inclination % a'i
vanished before the great lmpuS
tho moment. which was one q aO ~
alton. As they went tnrousa ,H. "a
exercises your correspondent Wn Nv y
TO wish that every daughter q az X.
could daily enjoy such exercises s,s "
they not only give grace ana Us IA
but what Is better than either OF ''~
vlgor and vitality.