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Show 6 ACORN We wish Brother Barker every success in his work. With such a leader we feel that Weber is at the beginning of a most prosperous year. We heartily welcome him to our school and extend to him the hand of fellowship. We have one great thing in common, the privilege of working to uphold the standards of the Weber Academy. The Student Body is in sympathy with all of Brother Barker's movements, and this means that success will crown his efforts in this year's work. Weber is fortunate, indeed, to have such a leader. Our Faculty The school year opened with many changes in the faculty. We welcome the new instructors and wish them success in this year's work. Our new English teacher, David J. Wilson, has already won a place in the hearts of the students. He is full of life, energy, and originality. We are proud to have him in our school. H. A. Dixon is now instructor of German and History. He has delighted the students with his pleasing manner, and he has proved especially entertaining in the musical line. We enjoy his and Brother Manning's singing immensely. William Manning and Eli Holten have also been added to our corps of instructors. They are proving themselves more than capable of holding their positions. We are glad to have them with us. Lydia H. Tanner, as head of the Domestic Science Department, and Anne E. Barker, as teacher in the Domestic Arts Department, have also been added to the faculty. They have already made friends with the girls and will undoubtedly turn out a number of good housewives. We are glad to see the old faces back again, and we miss those who have left us. We wish them success wherever they are. Weber is still interested in their welfare. Our Faculty is strong, and with the Student Body working as it is, success will surely crown the efforts of all. LITERARY A Tin Lizzie Elopement Dick Rodgers had an automobile. It afforded the school boys much pleasure because of its queer appearance and the noise it made as it dragged along the streets. The boys said Rodger's car "balked," and they were continually playing some new prank on him. At one time, when his car suddenly stopped on a busy street in town, he jumped out to see what was wrong, and found a large white card tied to the back of it, with the words, "Rodger's new patent machine, the Ark, 3000 B. C," printed in large black letters. Rodger's felt that any car was justified in stopping if it had such a thing as that to impose on its dignity. Dick also had a sweetheart, and pretty Mollie Bee didn't mind the funny little one-seated affair in the least, as long as Dick was by her side. But Mollie's father, big Mr. J. G. Lee, minded considerably. He hated the little machine; he hated the seeming indifference as to its looks on the part of Dick; he hated William Rodgers, the father of Dick, because he absolutely refused to stop his Overland Special at the R depot as the train took water only a few miles farther on, and with all of these injustices heaped upon him, he felt that he could justly hate Dick Rodgers. One rainy morning Dick called at the Lee home with every intention of asking the Hon. J. G. Lee for the hand of his daughter. As the noisy little car drew up to the Lee home, Dick jumped out in high spirits and rushed headlong into the Hon. J. G. himself. "Look out here, young man," Lee said, indignantly. "I've got to make it to the R depot." And glancing at his watched, "By George, I've missed that train! It's up to you to get me to the watering place of the |