The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-05-07

trict closed for their summer vacation
Regrets and joys made the day one Il
70 be remembered by pupil and teacher
To compensate for parting regrets, pre-
: sent joys mingled with momentar,
Q pleasures and led the mind from al
e paths Of sadness Children do becom,
attached to teachers and teachers t,
pupils, and that attachment is nevel
made so manifest as on the last day o.
school,.
Last Thursday afternoon a good socia
time was participated in by the chill.
dren in the various rooms of our school
! buildings. Every teachers disk was
laden with good things to eat brought
by the children and purchased with
their nickle contributions. Song and
story, pleasantries and laughter enliv.
ened room and hall, and added to the
general happiness of the hour.
Friday morning came. All the pu-
pills assembled in their rooms to learn
whether or not they had been promoted
Teachers finished their work and then
with the pupils went to the opera house.
0, what crowd was there! Sardines
could not be packed more snugly in
box than the children were in the opera
house. A well arranged program was
rendered by the children representing
all the schools in this district. When
the closing song, led by Prof. Roylance,
had issued from Thousand Threats the
pupils repaired to their homes for
lunch.
At 2 O'Clock in the afternoon chill
dren and teachers met at the city pa
vilion where, for three hours, they en-
gagged in the dance. They danced the
May waltz, the vigorous two-step, the
animated quadrille, and best of all, the
enlivening old-time shoemaker. Many
anxious mothers came to witness the
pleasure of SO many children, and to
live in the sunshine that issued from
so many happy faces. All seemed to
share the happiness of the hour.
In the evening that same little opera
house was filed to overlooking with
parents and young people. After Sc
lection by the Springville orchestra the
program began. The striking feature
in the program was a competition in
singing. Each grade above the third
was competitor, and strove hard for
the beautiful silver trophy which was
to be given the grade that excelled in
the rendition of its musical selection.
Needless to say the contestants did
themselves proud. Interspersed with
beautiful and fantastic drills, and
marches, and praisewerthy recitations
the program was lively and of special
merits. The drills were well selected,
and the well-trained children evidenced
the efficiency of their teachers. The
following is the program rendered:
Competition. ttn. grade Flag OF Our own
Country" srt Ae
| Drili. beginners and LIST grades.
Competition, 9Th grade. old oalscn Bucket"
Driil, beginners and list grades.
Recitation, Leland school. 4
Competition, 9TH grades, "old oasen Bucket
Drill, 2nd grades.
Song. PALMYRA school
Competition. Tth grade, Music in the Air"
| Drill, Bird grades,
| Recitation, high school.
Competition, sth Crude, ~old kentuekey
Home"
Intense interest conferred in the aiju-
dication which was given by T. r. Kelly
of Springville. The seventh grades
were given the award, and MIR. Kelly
made the presentation of the silver
trophy. The schools certainly gave an
entertainment par excellent an evil
dence of the splendid work done during
| the past school year. .s
| Saturday evening the schools gave a
dancing matinee in the city pavilion. 1t
was We'll attended and in every way a
success.
We take pleasure in announcing that
the school board of this district have
established a kindergarten for children
between the ages of four and six. For
this act the board is to be congratulate
ed. The opening session will be held
on Monday morning in the central
school house. There will be no charge
to parents for the attendance of their
children. Miss Minnie Berry will be one
of the teachers. All children in town
are invited to be present at the opening
session.
w. c. Beckstrom and l.. w. Nielsen
will attend the u. of u. during the
summer session. Ed. M. Rowe will at
tend the Leland Stanford University.
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week county examination was given
the sth grade graduating class by John
T. Morgan and Supervisor Rowe.
Saturday, May 10th, will be a gala
day for Spanish Fork. All the high
schools of the county will assemble here
for closing exercises, and for the final
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