The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-05-23
High school Events

END and ending with the social and
dance given by the Alumni associa.
tion at the Elks Club Thursday eve.,
May 2sth, there will be series of very
interesting events in connection with
our public schools. The program of
commencement week will be crowded
with entertainments such as will be
appreciated by those who attend and
pride to all participants. The grad
daughters of those who have been resi-
dents of this city for years. Since
n entering the primary department, they
have looked forward to the time when
in the happiest days of young man
hood and womanhood they wou Id re-
ceive the diploma that would testify to
their scholarship and their persistency
throughout years of student life. They
have earned their reward and should
wear the crown of success. While
Commencement exercises means the
termination of public school work, yet
it also marks the beginning of active
life either in the field of letters, the
busy marts of industry or profession
al career. 1t means that the years
spent in the past is simply preparatory
to higher and more enlarged duties or
responsibilities. The class of 0S goes
out into life with good foundation on
which to build. The teachers have
devoted their time and talents in men
tai training have been unusually strong
in their different departments. They
have done their fully duty in develop
ing the faculties with which Nature
and Natures God have endowed these
young men and women. Now that
victory has been achieved it should
be an incentive and inspiration to
greater achievements and prove them
selves worthy OF their Alma Mater.
During the past five years each
member of the board has succeeded
himself without opposition, thus show
Il ng the confidence of the community
in their administration of sehoolaffairs
The work of the year has been car
ried on in a very harmonious manner
and each teacher has rea son for self
congratulation over the results. All
of them were reelected and with per-
haps one exception all have accepted.
Prof Potter retires fron1 superintend-
ency OF the schools to take an ad-
vanced position as superintendent of
the Pueblo schools. His vacation
will be taken up largely in institute
work in Wisconsin, California and
Colorado. Professor Neupert, who
succeeds Mr.. Pette, as superinten :
dent, will spend the summer at Chi
Prof. Rowton will also spend the
greater part of his vacation in insti-
tute work. Misses jerks and Wor
den have secured the house vacated
by Mr.. Potter and will remain here
as will the Misses Nicholson, Bond,
King, Rule, Lalumander, Theobald
and Hanning; Mrs. Rowton and the
Misses Shaw and Newkirk will stay in
Denver. Miss Neikerk will go to
Boulder, Miss Bacon, to Kansas, Miss
Guest and Miss Grace Allison to Iox1a.
Miss Neel will summer in Greeley.
COMMENCEMENT EVENTS.
Class Play Opera House, Friday,
May %; Bis p. m.
- Junior Reception-High School, Sat
urday, May %; $50 p. m.
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday, May
"a, Methodist Episcopal Church 7:3e ?.
m. B. o. Aylesworth.
Ivy Day. = Monday, May 25- High
School Assembly Room. 800 p. m.
Class Day-Tuesday, May 26. High
School Gymnasium. 8 p. m.
Commencement. - Wednesday, Mag
27. Opera House. Rev. Father Me
Cabe. 800 p. m.
Eighth Grade Exercises, Thursday,
May 28. Eighth Grade Room, 1.3o p. m
mrs. coMPToH's MANAGER.
Mrs. Helen Compton. widow.
..............G Gretchen Lyon
Leonard Barring, her nephew.
.................. Harry Noyes
Ethel Durand, cousin to Mrs. Compton
...............M Myra MacFarlane
Elphron Vartray, landscape gardner
................. J ohm Sherwin
James Heaton, an architect. go.
............ Paul Roberts
Frederick Lowell, bishop of Hoboken
........H Herbert johnson
Margaret Roswell ell...............
.................. Ella Noxon
jackson, butler at Faithorn. ....