Summer School Diary, part 1C - 1912

[two black and white photographs one a scene of the lake and second a man and two women with baggage]

I have since been wondering how some of them stood all this on an empty stomach -- some of us took time by the forelock. -- or rather the the basket's by the handles and ate. Mr McKeown was so impressed that he forgot his sack of oranges for a time but when he did remember them his humiliation was greater than ever.

The trip around the lake afforded us many and varied pleasures. In many places we were allowed to land, buy pictures, gather wild flowers, and busy ourselves for a few moments in the deep forest.

About four o'clock we landed again at the tavern and began to spread the fragments for a picnic lunch.

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[image black and white photograph of group of women sitting outside eating and two women looking on]

It was like the famous biblical meal; after all had been fed, still there remained baskets and baskets yet uneaten which our gentleman friend tried to sell at auction along with the sack of oranges.

Our return trip was almost as jolly as the starting for it had been a most restful ex-cursion

Deputy Bleasdale thinks it also proved that ladies can care for themselves and that the schools of Nevada are in safe hands since of the fifty-five teachers who went there were only two gentlemen and they each could look after one lady only, but they did get back with the orange sack.

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[image black and white photograph view of the lake and small boats moored and two large white buildings in front of fir trees]

July, 15 Miss Sperry's Departure

That the six weeks of the summer session have been six happy profitable weeks to the teachers everyone who knows anything at all will agree. But even in our joy, we have been called upon to mourn the necessary departure of a few fellow teachers who could not be with us the full six weeks. And it was indeed with a feeling of genuine grief that we saw Miss Sperry, teacher of the Demonstration School sever her connections with us. The grief was more keenly felt, too, because of an intangible inexpressible feeling that she was not taking us entirely into her confidence as to the real reason of her early departure, and we wondered what power it was that was pulling her to Denver Town. All that day (July 15.)

she did strange, unaccountable things, even to locking Mrs. Gulling in Room No. 24, Stewart Hall, with no more apparent reason than to be depriving her victim of lunch. Just before train time she let Miss Grace Day go off to town, knowing full well that her ticket was in the safe, and that Miss Day was the only one who knew the combination. Finally, by the use of the telephone, and an assistant or two, Miss Abbie Day was able to get her to the depot, and just as the train drew up, all the girls from Manzanita Hall appeared, and Miss Sperry was helped on the train amid Summer Session yells, and then some passenger had the nerve to insist that she was a divorcee, sent rejoicing on her way by a band of sisters still in "durance vile."

July, 16. Assemblies of the Fourth Week

On Monday morning the students assembled in the Gymnasium at the usual hour. The period on that day was spent in physical culture exercises and a writing lesson.

On Tuesday morning, the sixteenth, Supt J E Bray delivered a lecture on "Economy," which was greatly appreciated by all.

The assembly period on Wednesday was given to Miss Maria Sanford who delivered a most interesting lecture on

"Reading."

On the morning of the eighteenth, Deputy Superintendent Able spoke on the subject of "Applications." I am sure all of us gained some helpful suggestions from this talk, and from now on, no more scented paper of rainbow hues will be used for the writing of teachers applications.

On Friday morning the assembly was entertained by Mr. Morris, a member of the Summer School, who sang several choice selections. Mr Able again addressed the audience, speaking of the awful flood at the towns of Mazuma and Seven Troughs, two towns of his district.

July 17 On July 17th, Miss Maria Sanford of Minneapolis visited Reno, and was induced by her former pupil, Miss Day, to lecture before the Summer School. She lectured three times -- in the morning, afternoon and evening. The talks were literary in character dealing with the art of reading and its relating subject, the study of literature. They formed a continuous series, giving a complete and satisfying exposition of a great and pleasing art. The subject of the first lecture was "Reading." Miss Sanford brought forward the significance of good reading, and both the basic principles and the mechanism underlying expression. The