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A collection of yearbooks from Weber Academy which comprise the years 1905 to 1918. Included in the yearbook are photographs of students, class officers, faculty, Board of Education, athletics, and departments within the academy. It also contains sections on the clubs and organizations within the Academy, literary pages, student poetry, and advertisements from local businesses |
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Show ANDREW W. KASIUS, President The Thinker's Club "When God turns a thinker loose," said Emerson, "Let the world beware." Incompatible as thought may he to the orthodox pursuits of a high school, there were a handful of students who braved the dangers of the untrodden path and ventured into the entanglements of intellectual disputation. These self-appointed cerebrumites met each week for their mental shower hath. And my, how they would per- spire! No, gentle reader, not because of any physical vehemence or any "sawing of the air," but as a direct result of the terrific presence of the blood upon the sensitive gray matter located near the most delicate cortical centers. If my theology serves me right, this center is called the medulla by the worthy head of the English department. Desiring a president who "reflects" rather than studies, the club chose Andrew Kasius as its leader. . . Then out of respect to "vaunting youth" the vice presidency was awarded to Russell Petty . . and in deference to "authority" the clerical work was delegated to Earnest Wilkinson. . . Meetings were held whenever the debating coach was not busy postponing finance board meetings. Nothing by way of discussion was considered, save Truth. Unfortunately, however, the club was favored only twice by the presence of Kimball Young, and thus were rarely able to arrive at any approximation of what may be considered as Truth, either in an absolute or a pragmatic sense. The foregoing incongruities are presented to reflect the real spirit of the club and not as a statement of its purposes or aims. Why be burdened by the definite and the explicit. Life is essentially illogical. |