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Ivy Planting at the School

Address to Class of 1904 – Miss Keyes, ’03
Response – Miss Haas
Address and Graduates – Mr. Emmons

Wednesday was Alumni Day. A breakfast at 10:00 a.m., a business meeting at 3:00 p.m., and in the evening, a reception given to members of the school and former students at the residence of Hon. J. U. Galloway. Officers of the society are Marguerite Watson, President, Harry Wulff, Vice President, Karl L. Keyes, Secretary-Treasurer, LeRoy Burley, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer.

Thursday evening commencement exercises were held in the Opera House before a large audience.

Program Invocation – Rev. H. G. Taylor
Piano Solo, Overture, Zampa – Miss Frances Davis
Oration – “The Power of Truth” – Wilfred Mills Adamson
Oration – “Music – The Language of the Soul” – Harold – Miss Frances Davis
Piano Solo – “Arabesque” Meyer Helmund – Miss Grace Jenny
Oration – “The Future of the Snake River Valley” – Wm. Wilson Goble
Oration – “Social Settlement Work” – Jutta Ruth Keyes
Piano Duet – “Hocozeizieg, Op 19”, Hoffman – Misses Falls and Jenny
Oration – “Review of a Century’s Progress” – John James McClements
Piano Solo – “L’Ingenuite, Valse Caprise Op. 31 No. 3” – Harriet Taylor
Oration – “Success by Way of College” – Arthur Wendell Phillips
Quartet – “Charity”, Rossin – Misses Jones, Haas, Davis & Taylor
Address and Presentation of Diplomas – Rev. R. W. Rogers
Benediction – Rev. C. B. Evans

They came, they saw, and they were conquered. Never in the history of the Southern Athletics League has one school won both of the cups and the relay banner, but this year the eager Academy boys have taken all. July 22-24, 1903.

From the College of Idaho in their annual field events day, pretty ladies from Caldwell and the college girls and other Caldwell boosters came despite the stormy weather. The Academy boys not…

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…only took prizes, but they broke records. Mr. Goble of the Academy took the first prize in six events, while Mr. Monday rode the five-mile bicycle race in 15 minutes and also won the first prize in three other events.

Baseball – Russ Kilbourne, Nampa, showed that smallness of stature was no barrier.

The evening of the 12th, the athletes were entertained at the Academy Hall where the prizes were given. The Field Day cup was given to Mr. Goble of the Academy, the baseball cup to Adamson of the Academy, and the relay banner sent by Miss Stuart of Portland was also won by the Academy team. Ribbons were presented, games played, and refreshments served. At 12:00, the visitors departed.

The school year of the Weiser Academy closed Thursday evening at the Opera House with a strong note of encouragement. Over $1400 of the $2800 had been raised to pay off the Metcalf mortgage. The announcement brought rousing cheers from the audience. “The citizens of Weiser rejoice at the brighter outlook for the school as they are very proud of all their institutions of learning. Weiser is gradually becoming an educational center in this part of the country, and the people are wide awake to the need of strengthening its institutions that they may be helpful to the young people of the region.”

By June 24, 1903, the amount subscribed had reached $1700.

Good news was received by the Weiser Academy on June 24th in the form of a copy of the Hartford, Conn, Courant of June 18th, which states that the will of Mrs. Mary W. Beardsley of Bridgeport, Conn., was offered for probate. One of the bequests was for $5000 to the Weiser Academy. The friends of the school are elated, as that bequest ensures the financial standing and stability of the institution of which Weiser is so proud.

A capable lady principal has been hired by the trustees of the Weiser Academy, a Miss Alice J. Sanford, graduate of Wellesley College and nine years of teaching experience, who is an accurate scholar, dignified, and attractive in appearance.

Mr. B. Davenport, the new principal of Weiser Academy, arrived from New York Monday, accompanied by his daughter, aunt, and uncle, Mr. W.B. Davenport. The coming year for the Weiser Academy promises to be the brightest in the history of the institution.

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Attendance from Weiser and the country is even larger than ever before, and from letters and inquiries, the out-of-county attendance will be unusually large.

The Weiser Academy will open on September 22, 1903, offering special advantages in music, college preparation, and the gymnasium. It now has three buildings up on the hill (present golf course).

The academy also had a record attendance on the first day, the biggest ever, and several academy students had to seek living quarters in the city.

Students of the Weiser Academy held a moonlight picnic on the hills north of the academy on Friday evening, and a mighty fine time was had singing the old romantic songs before a sagebrush campfire while the wieners sizzled and the marshmallows softened and, in some cases, blackened.

Following the Athenian Literary Society of the Academy meeting, they all came over to the Mariam Lee Hall where a novel form of entertainment had been planned by members of the faculty. Silhouettes of friends and members of the academy were arranged on the wall, and the students had much fun trying to guess who was who.

At the annual meeting of the Congregational Churches of Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho at Huntington, the members passed a resolution of appreciation to the Weiser merchants who so speedily pledged the money to pay off the mortgage of the Weiser Academy buildings and property.

Another financial snag brought the announcement that owing to the lack of funds, the Weiser Academy was closed on Monday by the order of the trustees for the remainder of the term. Opening the school depends on certain contingencies. The money subscribed by the citizens of Weiser to pay off the Metcalf mortgage is still in the hands of the committee and will not be paid over until certain arrangements are settled. Any subscriber may get his money back.

The Weiser Academy has reopened on a better financial basis. There are 18 students from the city and about that many outside the city waiting for the opening. Dr. D.R. McDonald is volunteering his services until the close of the term without pay, as are Miss MaryAnna Jones and Miss Thompson, C.G. Dohman, and Flournoy Galloway. The Congregational Church has donated $1,500 to the academy to pay off back indebtedness.

Miss Beulah Haas returned from Walla Walla where she has been attend…

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…ing Whitman College and entered the Weiser Academy which has been opened.

Any resident of Weiser who desires the services of a student of the Weiser Academy in return for lodging and board is requested to make the fact known to Professor Thompson at once.

The senior class of the Weiser Academy entertained the senior class at the High School at Miriam Lee Hall Saturday evening, which was spent singing, games, and refreshments.

Les played baseball in the spring. The Academy and the Alfalfa Savages picked nine from Poverty Flat west of town, crossed bats, and the Academy went down in defeat, 6-9.

Academy lineup was Frank Kickhorn, Ben Kilborn, “Dope” Smith, Will Gladheart; Bert Kimball, George Bennett, George Goble, and a Mr. Thomas.

Team of the Savages from the Flat were George Ferret, Dale Fifer, Bert Townley, Tim Hemensay, Charley Townley, George Benson, a Mr. Colson, Harry Townley, and a Mr. Thomas.

Teachers and students of the Weiser Academy had a picnic at the smelter on Weiser River yesterday. No record of the smelter being used at this writing.

Weiser Academy held its annual graduation exercises Thursday evening in the Opera House, which was crowded to capacity. Highest in the class were Lwellyn Keyes and Carroll Howe Foster of Weiser. Mr. Keyes’ oration was “Industrial Revolution in the United States,” and Mr. Foster’s subject was “Marcus Whitman.” The commencement address was given by Stephen B.L. Penrose of Whitman College, who talked on “Education,” using the class motto “It Pays To Put God and Country First.”

Other graduates at the Weiser Academy this week were Miss Julia Falk of Patterson, Idaho; the Misses Zella Williams, Beulah Haas, and Grace Jenny of Weiser. [Miss Falk won the Whitman College Scholarship.] The Academy closed the remainder of 1904,

A notice has been published in the Weiser Signal on the 17th day of June. 1905, at one p.m., in the city of Weiser, County of Washington…

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From Fern Coble Trull’s book “From Grubbing Hoe To Model T”

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