Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05

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IN Of good fellowship and with
~ best wishes, the students who
have been in the different
schools all winter met at mission head
quarters "Wednesday evening on invita-
ton OF President Rich and his fellow
workers In the Brooklyn conference.
The students, many of them, have taxi
ell part each Sunday in the work, and
all have freely given their services in
the way or singing and piano playing
for the benefit of the mission. Oscar
lIirkham has been teacher in the Sun
day school; a. NJ. Durham has always
presided at the organ. led the choir
and has been acCompanist to the differ
ent solosts. Harold Goff and Preston
Richards have been valuable assistants
in the pulpit, DR.. Will Ward and Artist
j. Sears come under this heading also.
r. C. Easton and Frank Foster as sing
ers have contributed their share in help
ing President Allen at church services.
The women who have been attending
conservatories of music have freely Civ
Ell their talents for the mission. Mrs.
Nettie Sloan and her sister. Miss
Thatcher, Miss Nora Eliason and Mabel
Borg are first to mention. In the Mu-
tual the Misses Amy Lyman and Inez
Powell have acted as president and sec
rotary during the winter and all the
students have been willing to do their
plrt when called on. The mission pres
idents thought it but right to show
their appreciation OF the help rendered
and summoned them to an informal
social gathering. A program was pro-
vided which was brilliant and artistic.
Excellent refreshments We're served at
II O'Clock, the company dispensing at
midnight. Every one understood the
thoughtfuness of those who arranged
the affair and enjoyed it thoroughly. \
farewell to this years students and an
acknowledgement OF their Willingness
to assist in missionary work no matter
how important their school demands
may be.
Saturday morning the Misses Leitha
Browning, Louise and Claudia Holt
took the boat for Albany and from that
point they travel overland to Utah.
The musical studies of the Misses Holt
are finished for this time. Prof. Laura
son, Miss Claudia Holt's vocal teacher,
is full of enthusiasm for his pupil.
Thursday afternoon he gave recital
for her at her studio, The Calumet.
in West Fifty-seventh street. Prof.
Laurason is Miss Sallic Fishers
teacher and he has other footlight ia
vorites who are bringing him renown.
Miss Holt surprised her many friends
at the recital by the great Improvement
in her voice and musical work since
coming here.
The sweet girl graduate Is having
her innings this day. Friday. the 2Sth,
was commencement day at Horace
Mann and Miss Nan Clawson, daugh
ter of Spencer Clawson. was one of
the fair graduates. For five years Miss
Clawson has been q pupil of Horace
Mann entering the elementary depart
ment and then the high school for
four years. While here she has been Il
member of Mrs. Easton's family. Nv
ing within a few squares of Columbia
university. Friday evening the grad
uating class of '09, gave II ball in the
gymnasium of the Thompson building.
The evening before the class were
given dinner the list of entertain
ments ends with the tug boat party
on Monday. the 31st, where a number
OF the college boys and the Horace
Mann girls with six of the teachers
as chaperoneS make the trip UP the
Hudson. Saturday Miss Clawson and
her cousin, Elder Ross Beattie, on
invitation of Cadet Howard Bennton,
were present at the baseball game be-
tween the Annapolis "Middies' and
West Point cadets. Miss Clawson Will
leave New York for her home in Salt
Lake, ABOUT June ~.
Thursday evening, Mrs. Fred Kerker
OF so West One Hundred Twenty
second street, gave dance and buff
fet supper to the Misses Rea Nibley,
Mae Scowcroft, Telitha Browning
Louise and Claudia Holt, her winter
boarders, and Messrs. ,Conlilin. Euline.
Almarel MIR. and Mrs. j.. w. Kohn,
Harold Golf. Preston Richards and
nd VIC Misc
Clawson together with other friends,
whom they have met here. The party
was given as a farewell to her Utah
friends previous to their departure for
home and was a delightful termina-
ton of their residence in New York
for winter.
Miss Rea Nibley left for Salt Lake
Friday evening and will meet her sis
tern-law. Mrs. Joseph Nihley, in
Chicago, who joins her on the way
home, where she will visit for the
social factor in the colony and her
going and coming in this little COM
munity is always an event. No great
er favorte has ever bene among us
than she, and the hope is strong that
she will find her way back here some
time in early September.
SllSS Hl+tlulfet I1oil HAS Dttli al ItliHp
pupil of Nine. Severn for some time
and has worked well at her studies
Miss Browning has taken u special
course at Barnard college all winter
and has finished to her satisfaction
and that OF her teachers. These young
ladies will all be greatly missed from
the circle and the wish is general that
they return next fall.
Mrs. Percy sadler who has been with
her sister Mrs. Prosser,. for several
weeks. left for her home in Salt Lake
last Monday. Mrs. Sadler and Mr.. and
Mrs Prosser and little daughter. Win
nfred, made a lengthy trip to Delaware
and Washington, d. c.. visiting all the
places on route OF interest to travellers
Mr.. and Mrs. llaston entertained for
their friends also at dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Greenwich who