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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 Class Debating When the first came last, and the last came first. Who won from the Seniors? Juniors. How did that happen? We couldn't tell you. But the greatest surprise came when the Freshmen put one over on the Juniors. Remarkable! Never before in the history of the school has anything of the kind happened. The surprise and admiration of the other classes were so great that all they could do in the midst of their wonder was to say, "Hurrah for the Freshmen." If they can place their numerals on the cup, their first year at school, what will they do the fourth? The series of interclass debates took place in the following order: First-Benjamin Henderson, Mable Ririe and David Fletcher of the class of '13. Lorenzo Richards, Vera Tracy and Glenard Gould of the class of '14. Second-Vilate Froror, Ray Lofgreen and Marie Denkers of the class of '16. Cora Kasius, Milton Marble and Jennie Campbell of the class of '15. Third-Lorenzo Richards, Vera Tracy and Gleanrd Gould vs. Ray Lofgreen, Volate Froror and Marie Denkers. The question debated was: "Resolved, That the controversy between the United States and Great Britain relative to Panama canal tolls should be arbitrated by the Hague Tribunal." All the debators handled the subject well and unusual interest was taken in the interclass debates. A great deal of splendid material and talent was brought to light which helped the committee in making a careful selection for our school teams. After the inter-class debates were over the debators who were to represent the school commenced to work for the big contest with High School which came off a few weeks later. If ever Weber deserved to win anything it was this debate. School Debating The year 1912-1913 has been a record-breaking one for Weber along the line of debating, in so much that the team now stands but one step from the state championship. The final debate with a southern school will be held at Salt Lake City in the near future. On the night of April 25 the two Weber debating teams met the two from the Ogden High School and were successful in winning one of the two debates. Since the two schools tied for the honors of the division it was necessary to call another debate to decide the winner. This was held on the night of May 3 and resulted in a victory for Weber by a decision of 3-0. Weber was represented in this contest by Cora Kasios, Benjamin Henderson and Lorenzo Richards, and was now in line to enter the semi-finals for the state championship. Accordingly the four divisions of the state were made into two, the northern being represented by the Latter-Day Saints High School and Weber Academy. On the evening of May 10 the representative team from the Weber Academy, consisting this time of but two members ; Henderson and Richards traveled to Salt Lake City, where they met and defeated the strong team from the L. D. S. This debate was not so interesting as the others were, on account of there being- no clash of opinion. It finally resolved itself into the issue of which team was begging the question. The Weberites were successful in showing the judges that they were right. A decision of 2 to 1 was rendered in favor of Weber. The success which has been attained is largely due to the excel- lent training given by Coach Peter Kasius, one of our loyal Alumni members |
