the story deals with the wrecking of the schooner hesperus the daring bravery of the skipper who had taken his daughter aboard to keep him company the approaching storm with all its cold and fury which results in final disaster to the ship and death to the skipper through exposure and cold at day break on the bleak sea beach a fisherman discovers the form of the daughter lashed close to a drifting mast the salt sea was frozen on her breast and salt tears in her eyes the cantata closes with these suggestive lines such was the wreck of the hesperus in the midnight and the snow christ save us all from a death like this on the reef of norman's woe mr lawrence greenwell will sing the part of the skipper and miss elsie shorten that of the daughter this beautiful work will make a most pleasing and instructive part of the commencement program the periodical musicales given during the past season have grown to be very popular the school choir and orchestra have taken part in each recital as well as the best local and salt lake talent as soloists so popular have these musicals become that a general demand is being made for them for next year prof ballantyne informs us that they no doubt will be permanent in the school they have not only been entertaining but highly instructive and educational in their na ture for many of the works of the great masters have been presented wisdom is in knowing what to do next skill is in knowing how to do it and virtue in doing it — jordan within the past year the students and the patrons of the school have listened with surprise and appreciation to some very artistic selections rendered by the band and orchestra prof nichols has de voted a great deal of time in trying to make these organizations rank with the best in the city the orchestra has a membership of sixteen while the band has twenty four they have regular practices each week and the members are very diligent and inter ested in the musical uplifting of the school their selections have been of the classical order as well as the popular they have pro gressed wonderfully and have the reputation that has been worked hard for the orchestra has played two selections for each recital which has been given this year having new pieces for each musical they have also played very successfully at all of the dances and are now hard at work preparing the instrumental part of the cantata the^acorn *' through the efforts of the band members the band as a whole is a very successful organization they have played before very ap preciative audiences at the lectures the band concert which was given at an early date was very well arranged and delightfully ren dered a special feature was the rendition of a song by mr law rence greenwell accompanied by the band mr greenwell has a rich bass voice and it harmonized beautifully with the band at any spe cial occasion the band was on the spot with their instruments ready for service especially was this shone when governor spry arrived at the academy and when the lecturers were to appear the band is an organized body of workers having a president vice-president secre tary and treasurer they have their regular meetings and a certain number of laws much credit is due prof nichols who is leader of the band and orchestra his special practices and conscientious work w-ith each member has brought the quick results we have now in our possession a beautiful kimball grand piano which we won in a prize contest last year through the help of the students and faculty every one in the school is now receiving the benefits of the labor it is rumored that a conservatory of music will be established in the academy next year and that the talent for the monthly musicales will be drawn from the different departments of the conservatory to assist the choir and orchestra prof ballantyne when approached upon the subject preferred not to give anything out authoritatively at present let us hope it will mature for it would further tend to popularize the academy as one of the leading high schools of the state q — when is it positively dangerous to go to church a — when the organist is drowning the choir and a cannon the pulpit is firing away at the congregation