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Show 4-7-24 Monday Ogden High Today's slogan: "All we have willed or hoped or dreamed of good shall exist; not its semblance but itself."-Browninp's Abt Vogler Juvenile Judge John Sneddon gave an interesting talk on Robert Burns at Friday's assembly. He incorporated in his talk the recital) of many of Burns' poems. Mr. Sneddon's talk was most in- j teresting, perhaps, to the seniors; who are now studying Burn?" j poetry and Carlyle's essay on Burns. No Scotchman perhaps can be j found anywhere in the world but; that is a lover of Bobby Burns. He is the idol poet of Scotland. ' , But Burns is far more than aj poet of Scotland; he is one of the world's great poets. His songs find an echo in the hearts of all men . everywhere. More, perhaps, than any other man, save perhaps Walt Whitman. He is the poet of democracy. Is. there a high school I student in America who cannot re- j cite from memory, "A Man's a Man ; for A' That ?" There shouldn't be. j "Of all human ambitions an open ' mind eagerly expectant of new clis- ; coveries and ready to remold con- ; victions in the light of added knowledge and dispelled ignora nces j and misapprehensions, is the noblest, the rarest and the most difficult to achieve."-Dr. Robinson. PREDICTS CHANGES. Dr. E. P. Cubberley of Stanford! university predicts the following changes in American education j j Within the nfext few years; Instead of the present plan of six years'; elementary, six years' high school and four years of college as at; present, the grouping will be by fours. Kindergarten, ages 4 to 8, elementary; ages 8 to 12, junior high; ages, 12 to 16, senior high, and college ages 16 to ?0. including thirteenth and fourteenth grades to. be done in home high schools. Professional schools, real university work, beyond ihe age of 20. The high schools of the future, j j Dr. Cubberley says will be in a; j larger and much truer sensa than j now "the people's colleges," and i the work will be much more prac- ! tical and will correlate much more ' ' i closely than now with life and with i j life's purposes PRINCIPAL GEORGE A. EATON. George A. Eaton began his educational work in Ogden more than , 25 years ago as principal of the;, Ogden high school None cf the', ! older or middle-aged people of Ogden can ever forget the impetus that Mr. Eaton gave education here. , It was interesting to note at the j convention of high school prin- j cipals of the intermountain region j in Salt Lake on Friday and Saturday last the high esteem in which j Mr. Eaton is held by, the teachers, j not only of Utah but of Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado arid Nevada. I His life-long work has left its im- ! press and his counsel and advice! are widely sought. MANY. MISFITS? W. R. Siders, superintendent of i schools of Pocatello, a careful student of education, estimates that 25 per cent, of the students in high I school today should not be in high j school, as they are, misfits, and j had better be in productive indus- 1 tries. We wonder i'f he is right? ! It is suggested that Ogden high school pupils make an inventory of! I themselves to determine- whether ! ! they are "making good" in high school. In a general way we might say that it is doubtful whether one : can be said, to be "making good" ! unless he is getting satisfactory' grades in at least three-fourths of j the subjects he is taking. A HINT TO PARENTS. "If we paid no more attention I I to our plants than we have to our j children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds."-Luther ; Burbank. If the term report shows good ( grades perhaps the parent need not necessarily visit the school; if it j doesn't he should certainly make a , call. i The R. O. T. C. will give an exhibition drill on Thursday morning before the thousand Rotarians who will gather here. We can safely, predict a favorable showig, as we - believe that no school has a better j unit. f; RIFLE SWEATERS. ! We do not feel that the board 1 of education is establishing a dan- j gerous precedent in offering sweaters to the rifle team boys j should they win the Hearst trophy, j t j It. Is not likely that Ave shall ever ! do it again, ie., win three times in ! succession, and moreover this will be one of the finest pieces of work ever accomplished by any group of high school boys. Every man, woman and child will commend , j the painstaking care and the un- ' deniable sacrifice the boys have made in their training to attain 1 the wonderful skill they possess, j and it will be a pleasure to honor' them and to see them honored. j |
