Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
CELEBRATION AT
R|CKS ACADEMY
Washington's Birthday Observed
At Rexburg by Educational
Exhibition.
WEBSTER JOHNSTON GIFT.
Substantial Idaho Citizens Contribute
Means for Establishing Library
For the Academy.
Especial Correspondence1 !

Especial correspondence
~ E%BURG, Feb 24-The Kicks
H academy celebrated Washing
L tons birthday by big exhIbi-
ton. The matter had been wide
ly advertised over the entire education
al district from Marysville on the north
to Pocatello on the south and a special
excursion was run bringing I'm Il record
attendance on that day The train from
the south brought In 500 people from
Blackfoot. Bingham and Rigby stakes
alone.
At the academy work was on exhibi-
ton In every department The class
rooms were decorated in class colors
and had a great quantity of themes.
maps. and outlines on display. The
sewing room contained some fine work
In plain sewing and fancy work The
girls In cooking exhibited their skIll In
serving lunch, about 500 people being
served. Perhaps the most interesting
exhibit was made by the manual train
Ing students. There was some excel
lent work In hardwood mission furni-
ture besides samples of joints. etc.
At the morning program the sopho
more class entertained the visitors by
the interesting four-act drama. ''On the
Little Big Horn" In the afternoon and
evening the academy choir. under d
rection of Prof. Engar, rendered the
beautiful operetta THE Belle of Barn
stapooe.' These performances were
both carefully prepared and presented
with unusual skill for amateurs. Those
taking leading roles in the operetta
were Miss Belle George. Miss Maud
Turman, Elmer Rigby. Angus Green.
and James R. Young, Jr. The latter
made a decided hit as Bill salt. for
his original Characterization of an ''old
L. ,f
st. Anthony Saturday night and later
at Rlgby and Blackfoot. A game OF
basketball was played in the afternoon
between the Shelley Athletic club and
the Kicks academy resulting in
score of 81 to 10 in favor OF the Kicks
academy.
GIFTS TO ACADEMY.
In the afternoon Principal Daily
made formal announcement of a 1000
gift to the academy library. $500 from
J. w. Webster of Rcxburg and $500
from Peter G.. Johnston of Blackfoot
This gift was accepted a short time
ago by the board but not made public
till this week The announcement met
with enthusiastic applause.
Mr.. Johnston who was present, was
called on for speech In responding
he stated that 1t gave him great pleas
ure in connection with Mr. Webster To
contribute to this cause He considered
that apart from friendship man could
give no better gift than a good book
He had Just returned from a trip In
the east but had witnessed nothing that
had given him such satisfaction as this
day with the academy. Both of these
gentlemen are members of the Idaho
legislature.
Principal Dalby announced that the
library would be named the Webster
Johnston library. The principal fur
ther announced that next year
course In agriculture would be estab-
lshed In the academy. These announce
ments met with an enthusiastic recep-
ton.
The entire day was a great success.
Over 1000 people attended the cxer-
cises II was the greatest attendance
ever held in the building.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT
A young man named William Walker
met with painful accident on Sat
urday. He had been having a tooth. cx-
tracted and wal dizzy with the treat
ment AS he V about to enter the
pool hall he slipped and fell through
the window. The neavy plate glass
was shattered and the boy was badly
cut about his head. Gashes, in his
forehead were cut to the bone. Men
standing near picked him UP and car
rled him to a physicians office and
50 stitches were required 10 sew up
the wounds. He is now recovering.
The district school gave an excellent
Washington program Monday night
There were number Of drills. chor-
uses, songs and rccItations. Principal
I.angton and his teachers are doing
excellent work with the school chill
drcn
The McCalley Entertainers viii be ut
the academy Monday night. The pro-
gram will consist of readings from
Whitcomb Riley. piano and violin re-
cital.
Mrs. S. w. Clements died yesterday
suddenly. She has been Sick for some
months with dropsy and asthma and
has been staying with her daughter
about four miles from Rexburg. Yes
terday two of her sons-in-law attempt
ed to bring her to town for treatment.
They placed her comfortably In
covered sleigh and she said she felt
fine They looked after her ut times
and thought her asleep but on arrival
In town they were shocked to find that
she had died on the way. The deceased
Is so years OF age and has several mar
ried children living hereabouts