OCR Text |
Show TELLS O.H.S. TO HOLD TO IDEALS Morris Delivers Address At Baccalaureate Exercises Baccalaureate services of Ogden High school, held on Sunday morn¬ing in the Orpheum theatre, main¬tained the high standards set in the past. The address by Nephi L. Morris was thoughtful and mas¬terful, depicting the wealth, great¬ness, dangers and ideals of Ameri¬ca and made all present fell that it is a high honor to be an Amer¬ican, but that it involves great re¬sponsibilities. Mr. Morris de¬scribed the dangers that beset America as an incomparably rich nation. He closed with a graphic portrayal of American ideals and an impassioned plea for the youth of today to maintain those ideals. The basis of the address was the selection from Goldsmith's "Desert¬ed Village":. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Scanning the names of the grad¬uates, Mr. Morris remarked they indicated desent from almost every nation and composed a typical American audience. Also pleasing to the audience were the several musical selec¬tions, revealing real artistry. Al¬together, it was regarded as a suc¬cessful program, one long to be re¬membered by all who attended. Graduates were to hold a draw¬ing today for tickets to the commencement exercises, so that par¬ents and friends may be assured seats in an equitable manner. This gathering is set for 8 p. m. Wed¬nesday in the Orpheum. After¬ward there will be a reception to the graduates in the Hotel Bigelow ballroom, to which parents are invited. OGDEN THE RIDE. The purr of the motor The long road ahead The song of the lark The graves of the dead The blue of the hills The breeze of the meadow The odor of blossoms The sweep of the willow The green of the pastures The blue of the sky The ripple of brooks The eagle's shrill cry The tinkle of cowbells The bleating of lambs The noise of the streets The clash of the trams Each moment a world Lies newly revealed And a heart is made brighter By beauties unsealed. —Alice Hyde. WILL SPEAK IN LEHl. Supt. W. Karl Hopkins will go to Lehi tomorrow to speak at commencement exercises of Lehi High school. Mr. Hopkins was principal of that high school sev¬eral years, and later superintend¬ent of the district. BEREAVEMENTS. Miss Grace Atkinson, office clerk, is out of school today on account of the death of her grandmother, her father's mother, who died at Bountiful, Utah, of ailments incident to old age. Mr. Widdison received word Wednesday of the death of his sister-in-law in Idaho and will not be at school tomorrow. Other high school teachers will take care of Mr. Widdison's classes. pany D won second place and B third place. AT FACULTY. David Peterson gave an excel¬lent talk at faculty meeting Wednesday on "Right Attitude To¬ward Conduct." lie emphasized the fact that conduct is the out¬growth of attitude, and that con¬sequently all possible attention should be devoted to the securing of right attitudes. The trend of his thought seemed to be much toward Huxley's idea as expressed by Dr. Barker last week that the purpose of education is "to train the mind and the will to do the thing that ought to be done at the time that it should be done, whether one likes it or not." The talk Was much appreciated by the teachers. LITER ARY EXCELLENCE. We have just read the last number of the 1926-27 Classicum It is a publication of high merit, both from the standpoint of lit¬erature and from moral standard. It is wholesome and clean throughout. Like the other edi¬tions of the year it maintains high standard of school morale. We recommend that all our pat¬rons take occasion to read care¬fully this closing issue. We are proud of our work and we want our friends to know it. THAT REMINDS US. Speaking of literary work re¬minds us that many choice pieces —poems, essays, stories the prod¬uct of the active brains of high school students have appeared in these columns during the year. Have you read them carefully? Have you enjoyed them. By the way, did you read that excellent poem that headed Wednesday night's "notes?" Better hunt up the paper and read it again. It was a real gem. SENDS THANKS. From the office of the presi¬dent, Weber college, comes a let¬ter to Mr. Merrill: "We wish to take this opportun¬ity to thank you for the very fine concert the Ogden High school band gave us on the eve¬ning of May 3. The boys are to be highly complimented for their fine music. Please extend our ap¬preciation to Mr. Lammers." The Ogden High school has in room 202 an exhibition of LeConte Stewart's paintings, which no one should miss. It is one of the best exhibits that has been held at this school and all who like fine art should see it. Mr. Stewart's main subject is landscape, but each one is treated in a different way and each has its own atmos¬phere. This exhibit will be in room 202 until May 23 from 1 to 5 o'clock. PARENTS' DAY. All high school parents and patrons are invited to be present at program and exercises tomor¬row afternoon from % until 5 o'clock. Indeed, they will be wel¬come at earlier hours in case they desire to visit regular class work. At 2:30 o'clock an inter¬esting program will be given in the assembly. This will consist of music, a one-act. play by the dramatic art department, and a fashion review by domestic art department, exhibiting the dresses made recently in the department. After the program parents are invited to visit the various class rooms to meet teachers, examine the exhibits and to be served refreshments by the girls of the domestic science department in the dining room—in the north¬east corner of the building, base¬ment floor. We trust that all our patrons, both fathers and mothers, will honor us by their presence. SEE THE PICTURES. Whatever else parents may not do we hope all will take occasion to visit room 202 and see the wonderful collection of pictures exhibited there. These are all the work of our instructor, Mr. LeConte Stewart. WILD FLOWERS. The botany classes will have their customary exhibit of wild flowers ready for parents day. This will consist of about 75 species of the spring flowers that are now in blossom. The common and scientific names of these flowers will be given. All per¬sons interested are invited to see this exhibit. Room 306A on third floor. BACCALAUREATE. On Sunday we -hope to have the Orpheum theatre well filled by parents to enjoy the musical program and also the address by Hon. N. L. Morris. Mr. Morris is a clear, logical thinker and a i .very convincing speaker. He will give us both instruction and in¬spiration. No reserved seats—ex¬cept those in the center of the hall which are reserved for the graduates. AWARD DAY. At 11:15 o'clock tomorrow a program will be given in the assembly hall, the chief item of which will be the giving of awards to athletes and winners of con¬tests 'in scholastic work. Miss Avon Poulter and Am¬brose P. Merrill, Jr., will be given awards of the National Chemical association for first and second essays in their contest. Cecil Fife will receive award as student body president, and Dorothy Coop will receive award as president of Girls' association. Winnifred MacConnell and Vernal Johnson will receive awards as editors of the school paper. Miss MacConnell will also receive an extra bar in debating. Frank Rose and Emerson Thatcher will receive "O" awards as managers of the school papers. Mr. Rose receives bars in debating and oratory and Mr. Thatcher a bar in oral reading. Philip Finkelstein receives an "O" in oratory and a bar in debating. James Neil an "O" in extemporaneous speaking and a bar in debating. Wilma Bailey receives an "O" in reading. Athletic awards are as follows: Standard-Examiner, a gold watch to best all-round athlete, to Gil¬bert Moesinger. Second year awards to Francis Hearn and Gil¬bert Moesinger in basketball and Lyn Gibbs, track. First awards in basketball to Robert Living¬ston, Russell Robinson, Blaine McMurrin. Elton Knapp and in track to Tom Barker and Gilbert Moesinger. RECEIVE WATCHES. Miss Gladys Anderson and Ar¬nold Wright were the fortunate ones in the Smalley clock run¬ning contest and will each receive a watch with the compliments of the firm. These will be presented at Friday's assembly. JUDGMENT POINTS. The R. O. T. C. boys especially, and perhaps the public at large will be interested in knowing the points on which the drill was marked on Tuesday. We have before us a score sheet which reads as follows: 1—Platoons right front into line. 2—Platoons on right into line. 3—Platoons right. 4—Platoons right turn. 5—Take interval, 6—Open ranks. 7—On right into line (com¬pany). 8—Right front into line. 9—Close on leading platoon. 3 0—Extend on rear platoon. 11—Extend on platoon. 12—Movements in the manual. 13—Position and action of of¬ficers. The marks were based on 100 per cent system and the gradings i,n all cases were high. Instead of adding results, the judges sim¬ply counted the points short of 100 in the 13 movements. The low mark of course winning. Com¬pany C was 10 short only. Com- OGDEN H TO A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING Oh, I know not far off is the day When the weight of years has laid to waste This, the place of learning, In which we taste Of things we'll need in a future day, When the young voices will no longer say, "These are the times in which we "heed to brace This old school fro mfalling in .the trace." I know a new school we need, in many a way, But with the board of education planning, And their plans the rest of us a- scanning, And the spark of enthusiasm keep a-fanning, The building of an institute of learning In twenty years we'll be discerning Into which O. H. S. folk will be turning. —Joh nEnrietta. INSPECTION TOMORROW The citizens of Ogden are in¬vited to be at Tabernacle park to¬morrow (Tuesday) morning at 9 o'clock sharp to witness the review of the R. O. T. C. battalion by the government officials. The inspec¬tion is an annual event to deter¬mine whether the instruction given by the U. S. government has taken root in the hearts, minds, bodies of the boys who have been thus fa¬vored. For the past three years the cadets have given such good ac¬count of themselves as to merit for their school the little "Honor School." We covet the holding of that ti¬tle and we feel that the work will be so presented tomorrow morn¬ing as to merit the holding of the honor. Parents and patrons are always pleased with the inspection exer¬cises and will be present in large numbers tomorrow to encourage and compliment the boys. HIGH HONORS Ogden won distinctive honors at all the contests in which she en¬tered at the University of Utah on Friday last. As reported last week the art de¬partment sent only four posters in competition. These apparently were plenty, however, as we won first place, also second place, pull- ing down prizes of forty and twenty-five dollars respectively. T'-.eS' _ were won by Agnes Russell and Russell Bjorklund. James Neil won first place in extemporaneous speaking. Emerson Thatcher won second place in oral reading. Our debating teams tied for first honors with Murray high school Our athletes made a very credit¬able showing and would doubtless have won the meet had it not been for the unfortunate crippling of Francis Hearn at Logan last week. Had not a foolish rule prohibited our entering Ross Cox, who is a bona fide student carrying four majors of work, we "should have led the state by a handsome mar¬gin. But all things considered, we made a wonderful showing and we presume must be satisfied. BUSY HALF-DAY Over 700 students from, the Jun¬ior High school, who will be at Senior High next year, spent a very strenuous morning at the high school on Friday last. Some think the initiation exercises were a lit¬tle severe, but they were abun¬dantly worthwhile, as they were ex¬tensive enough to help very mate¬rially in the proper placement of students next fall. In the first place the students were asked to make a preliminary registration of subjects they are to pursue next year. After this they were permitted to exhibit their mental alertness and fitness for work by playing for thirty minutes with a Tuman test. Then they were invited to the assemtrly hall, where they were pleasantly entertained for an hour by a mu¬sical and literary program. |