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Show BITS OF WISDOM. The child attains his cultural op-portunities, not so much through the disciplinary work of a formal class, as through the association S d contact with an inspiring irher. One of the fundamental defects of elementary instruction is trying to teach all subjects by the same class room process-Dr. H. S. Pritchett. Our greatest need is still to get more of the civic and less of the personal motive into the hearts of i he generation.-Supt. Wm. McAndrew. Great is the function of the common school and blessed is he who improves it.-Dr. Wm. T. Harris. A preliminary to any fundamental educational reform must be the humanizing of knowledge so as to make it really a vital thing in life.-James Harvey Robinson. COLLIER'S MORAL CODE. Early in September, Collier's Weekly, deeply interested in the welfare of the public schools, set itself the task of formulating a moral code for the schools, and invited everyone to help in the project. Many good suggestions have already been ofrered. Perhaps none yet offered are better than the.se which were contributed by William Green, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America: lie true to your convictions, remembering always that it is bet- ter to be with a minority and right than with a majority and wrong. Give faithful and honest service whenever and wherever employed. In return therefore seek and secure for yourself and others a standard of living commensurate li with American citizenship and j' American ideals i( Be reverent and religious. Worship God according to the die- " tates of your conscience. In do- 11ing so, however, concede to all - others the exercise of this same j right which you claim for your- I - T H. C. HANKS. On Tuesday at 12:45 o'clock the; students were called to special as- i sembly to hear H. C. Hanks. It i proved the most interesting and : impressive assembly ever held at1 the hitch school. Mr. Hanks is humorous, kindly optimistic; he has a pleasing voice, and delivers hia message in a most convincing manner. He has a sound, wholesome philosophy of life, and students are not likely to ever forget his figure as he stood there entirely blind and without hands or forearms, nor will they forget the ringing message that he delivered-"Be glad of life, be appreciative and reverent in God's great universe, and aim high; make the most possible out of the material God has given you." Talk sometimes consists of mere platitudes, but here was a man talking out of the richness and depth of his great life, built upon the foundation of trust, pluck and grim determination; the lesson was obvious; if this man, living in a world of darkness without even the use of hands cannot only enjoy life, but can make the lives of thousands richer and better by his example and by his philosophy- i then It is absolute folly for any- i one to become depressed or dis-! s couraged. Life is rich and full for everyone who has heart, head and course. s It is earnestly hoped that the t tabernacle will be filled tonight, t)iat all might learn the great lessons of courage, fortitude and faith . In life. J One of the very amusing and n perhaps instructive anecdotes told by Mr. Hanks was that of the tousled head urchin, who in re- ponse to the oft repeated ques- tlon of his Sunday school teach- j-" tr, "What sort of boys go to heav- n7" answered nonchalantly, 24 "Dead ones." The humor of this th Ilea not wholly upon the surface, bat teases the mind with various se fa'- " hidden meanings tht can readuy be read into it. Emerson said "Hitch your wagon to a star," which of course is Jjppd philosophy, but not any better than .Mr. Hanks' "Aim. high" reinforced by the extremely ludicrous Illustration introduced with it. I guess this is what one might call "sugar-coated" instruction. THE CYNIC'S DICTIONARY. Often great principles are drive.i j al home by simple, comic, ludicrous, )n epigramatic, statements as per ex- ample, these from the cynic's die- . al tionary: is Altruism-Mowing your neigh- ; le bor's lawn. .j Alimony-The grass widow's pension. Actor--One who pays more at- 1 tention to the billboard than the J board bill. j Biography-Posterity's revenge. " Bargain-The spendthrift's ex- cuse. Banquet-A 50-cent dinner that s you pay two and a half for. i IT" Conscience-The internal whis- r. per that says: Don't do it; you c might get caught. e . Extravagance - The way the s other fellow spends his money. d 3 Gossip-The counterfeit coin of : v conservation. n Knocking-Doing unto others as' others are doing unto you. Life insurance--Providing - for , the widows and orphans-of th.e officers and directors. t( 1 Marriage-The end of a love story, etc., ad finitum. q COUNCIL REPORT. At council meeting Tuesday, in- ' vestigation disclosed the fact that only two clubs, the Forum and Gamma Kappa, have registered for the current year. A committee consisting of Helen Vogel, Forbes 1)1 Campbell and Harper Culley was c appointed to see to the registration in of the remaining school organiza- tions. h In the past, West High school tb has not been favorably impressed ar with the hospitality of the Ogden ve high school. In order to remedy at this situation the council appointed a committee composed of Presi- ioi dent Tallmadge Boyd (by special po request of the council), William mi Taylor and Sydney Norton. This ; wi committee will make arrangements sa: for an entertainment to be given po West high after the game on October 23. cm lThe senior girls will entertain J the senior boys at a dancing par- ty in the K. of P. hall on Satur- day night of this week. it The marking system of the n high school has been changed from E (excellent, G (good), M e (medium), to A, B, C, D„ to con- n form to a rather general custom rj throughout the country. No dif- n ficulty need be experienced in 1 making the change as A, B and i C will have the same relative i values respectively as E, G and a M. Approximately, A stands for 95, B for 85 and C for 75; D ,for E 65, unsatisfactory. Plus and 1 3 minus signs will be used to indicate above or below these: A plus, 96 to 100; A minus, 90 to ' 94, etc. J One student remarked today, 1 "Yes, they change the marking 5 system, but they always keep the "F's" (failures). . r All high school teachers are t bona fide members of the U. E. 11 A., having paid their dues Wednesday. a n STRANGEST EVER There is &heard some little c grumbling from students about e the halls on account of school being closed on Friday, October 24, to permit teachers to go to v the state teachers' convention. There is some talk of students re- . senting the action by holding i 81 school withbut the teachers. tc Mr. Gammell annnounces that the Guild chorus will sing at j . the U. E. A. convention either Thursday or Friday evening of te next week. 1 ' .y The second football team was irive-i meet the second team from crous, the East High this afternoon at ;r ex- 3:30 o'clock at Lorin Farr park. 3 die- Tomorrow the second big league game between Ogden and teigh- Murray at Lorin Farr park. Everybody be there! dow's Teachers report that the school e at- attendance is particularly good i the right now. Students are on the job and are doing good work, nge. TO FINISH COURSE It is recommended that former that students of high school who were unable to complete their courses vhis- now enroll in night school and se- you cure enough additional credit to entitle them to graduation from the high school. Several former stu- 7 dents are now doing it, and it 11 would be a splendid thing for l many others o do. A high school s as i diploma is nit to be despised. fr Again, it would not be a bad e idea for graduates now working . f to come up and do some extension 6 work and receive college credit. One wouldn't be lonesome up here on Monday and Thursday nights in as there are about 350 now en- that rolled- THE GLORY OF TEACHING ttPe The glory and the responsi- kg bility of teaching, especially high was school and college teaching, lies :ion in this: Young people come to- iza- gethr to be instructed; they have no preconceived notions; tool they aim not so much to defend sed an opinion or a belief as to in- ien vestigate, study, gather facts 3dy about things so that they might ted form logical, fundamental opin- ;si- ions. For this reason it is im- ;ial portant that instructors be open- am minded, broad, generous-students his with students-rather than parti- nts sans, or propagators of civic, en political or social doctrine. c- In the early history of our country it was decided that no religious cult should be fostered r 'in the schools. It is only in recent times that people have come to recognize that dangers lurk in a disposition of tendency of teachers to inoculate students with doctrines of history, S science, economics, government, eto., that might be biased or partisan. EXAMPLES CITED For instance, it is now as- I serted that all our histories in J i the past have been conceived j and published in a narrow patri- otic spirit that tended to make children lovers of their own coun- in try, and in a measure haters of r- other countries, r- That our science texts and teaching have been the propagation of uncertain, not wholly e proved statements of science, d That our economic text books have been written under the _ domination of certain interests n and have tended to build up in _ youth partisan views of economic n theory. i That our text books in civics g and government have been of 1 such nature as to popularize the- - ories that some authorities have regarded as most stable and sound, yet not wholly proven. Now the broad question is everywhere raised with respect to every subject: Is this the truth? Is it universal truth or it is partisan truth? Are all questions to be studied in the light of one's own country or in relation to the world at large? We have come, it seems, to a new era in our national life, and teaching has come to be a far more responsible profession than ' ever before. It must call, more and more, for the wisest, the most capable, the broadest minded, most tolerant people the age ca.n furnish. Traditionalism everywhere is questioned. FREQUENT CHANGES New ideas, new attitudes, new viewpoints are arising with re- spect to almost every subject that t the human mind chooses to cop- r aider, and many parents are quite j as concerned today with reference to the historic, scientific, social, civic, economic theories taught their children as they were for- p merly concerned about religious t tenets that were taught. f s Since the schools are for all a the children of all the people, we c; must see to it that dogmatism, ir bigotry, narrowness, unsound theories, prejudices, racial animosities and many other things are barred from all text books and all teaching. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTO Oct 17 - 24 . Miss Margaret Davis, instructor .. of Bear River high school, Box EIder county, passed the day with the history classes of Ogden high school today. _ Ogden seconds played East Side a seconds a very interesting game Thursday afternoon. The teams were pretty evenly matched, al- though the final score was 12 to e 0, favor of East, s Today at 3 o'clock the Ogden football team was to clash with Murray in the second big league game of the season. Although Murray has a very good team, and des- 1 pite the fact that Ogden's center, 3 Darvyl Peterson, and Left Tackle Clarence (Mutt) Clark will not participate in the game on account ! of dislocated shoulders, Ogden :s 1 scheduled to win. It is conceded, however, that it ' will be no walk-away, but an in- - teresting hotly contested game. ON YEAR BOOK. At a meeting of staff officials 1 and advisory committee of the Classicum and Year Book Thursday afternoon, plans were outlined for these publications and work of preparation is now to begin m earnest. It was decided that the art work ' of both publications, shall be un- 1 der the supervision of Mr. Stewart j and the art department; that an -3 earnest effort will be made to have ! a complete or nearly complete dummy form of the year book t completed before any considera- t tion will be given to the matter of bids for printing. It was decided also that the maximum cost of the ( year book shall not exceed 1,600 s as funds will not be available for i a more expensive book; moreover, i it is believed that a very credit- i able book can be put out for that 1 amount. i A budget committee appointed by the school council, wiy prepare in the very near future a budget ; for the year's activities. Miss Florence Newcomb was elected Thursday as chairman of faculty advisory committee on publica- i tions. The committee consists of , Frances Dillon, Florence Newcomb, Claude Coray, Leonard Robins and LeConte Stewart. SOCIAL PROGRAM. The council has almost com- . pleted the social program for the year. The senior class has been accorded the privilege of conducting the Christmas dance to be given at the Berthana on the evening of December 19. Manager Jake Reynolds has announced the following advertising rates for the Year Book: Full page 40, one-half page 25, quarter page 15, one-eighth page 10, patronage list 5. Miss Hazel Mills of the office force has been called to the office of the board of education for two weeks to assist in checking census returns. But six students were reported as absent from drill Thursday; morning. The R. O. T. C. cadets are making the best attendance record in the history of the school and withal are making a remarkable showing in every phase of their work. The officers have naught but praise for the fine spirit, work and morale of the unit. NEW EQUIPMENT. The Utah Power and Light company is installing new burners on the gas fixtures of the domestic science department. These will add very materially to the efficiency of the work of that department. |