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Show Looking ahead Teachers are already looking ahead to the time when the senior class is to be graduated. A committee consisting of Evelyn Dobbs, J. E. Beeson, Gertrude Coolidge, Etta Nelson and E. S. Smith was appointed today to make arrangements for appropriate exercises ".attendant upon graduation. In checking over cards today a student was found who would I have sufficient credits for graduation-an "E" student, too, but i who would fail to meet the re- quirement as respects American history. The student is being advised to meet this requirement so that there shall be no question about graduation. w This suggests that we repeat again that it is not advisable for a student to spend five years in high school when he can conveniently meet all requirements in four years. It means a loss of time, for surplus high school credits are not, accepted at college. All senior students should bear these facts in mind and ascertain now whether they are taking the subjects that will meet graduation requirements. colleges strict Students have been repeatedly advised also that "G" is the recommending grade to college, and that students of "M" grade or lower cannot hope to be received at college. Colleges everywhere are becoming more strict regard- ing entrance requirements. An ! evidence of this was manifested ' 1 by President Thomas' letter as j published yesterday; another evi- j dence was manifested recently I when a graduate was denied admission to a western university because some of the grades were low. - fire prevention "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," that's the reason we are having fire' prevention week. There were 1500 fires in America Monday. There will probably be 1500 today and 1500 tomorrow. At least that's I what we averaged every day last ! year. And most of these were preventable. The average loss through fire amounted to more than five dollars per capita last , year. Of fire losses reported there was destruction of property amounting to 508,000,000 and this only for fires reported. Read the figures again-508,000,000. Fires are preventable; they originate usually in one of these six things; Careless smokers. Defective chimneys. Overheated boilers and stoves. Improper electric wiring. Sparks on inflammable roofs. In a word, most of our fires come from sheer neglect-"care- ! lessness." - tremendouswaste Fire losses last year aggregat- i ed far more than all the "income taxes" that we hard so much : about. Perhaps we can best conceive I the significance of this tremendous waste by a concrete illustration: "I pay fifty cents an hour I to the man digging my drainage j ditches. Three hundred and twenty-five thousand men like him j labor ten hours a day six days a ; week one whole year to make j up that fire damage." Again: "That amount would j build more than a thousand high j schools just like the one we are ! hankering for and cannot get." Ogden seconds will play Box Elder seconds on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Student" body tickets ,will be good. Ten cents only for those without tickets for this game. J There seems to be a demand on the part of teachersfor a class in art under Mr. Stewart. It is quite probable that an afternoon class will be ax-ranged for those who are interested. council election At council meeting Tuesday the following officers were elected: First assistant editor, Classicum, James Ure; first assistant editor, year book, Jean Warner; business i manager, Classicum, Ward Armstrong; first assistant manager Classicum, Gerald Walwerk; first assistant manager, year book, Harper Culley. Other members of the staff will be selected either by election of staff officers or by competitive writing. Booklets have been received giving plana for the prize essay j contest conducted by the American Chemical society for the year 1924-25. It is "to be remembered that William Rulon Lee won the first prize in this con- tesa last year, and that 'Miriam Cain Won a second prize. We should do as well again. The following appointments were made in the R. O. T. C. this morning: Harry Richardson, band, second lieutenant; Fred Fretwell, band, second lieutenant. I Paul Roest, an alumnus of the high school, ,was a visitor at school today. I A practice game between Ogden and Weber will be played on Thursday afternoon along with the game between Box Elder seconds and Ogden seconds. minimum essentials A meeting of high school English teachers has been called for the consideration of the "minimum essentials" in English. "Minimum Essentials," that's the word. Would that every teacher would be sure to teach the "minimum essentials" of his subject. The business men of New York City recently reported that they find the high school boy applicants for positions lacking in certain fundamentals. Among these they listed: . Lack of thrift. Lack ability to concentrate. Lack courtesy and proper humility. Lack inclination or desire to start at the bottom. Lack honor (they fail to live up to their obligations). Lack seriousness. (They et into mischief.) Lack purpose. (They do not realize that they are employed to work.) Lack good judgment. (They consider themselves too good for their positions.) If these business men are cor- i rect in their diagnosis, then it should be easy for ethical code formers and teachers to determine the "minimum essentials" in character training. health hints from professor happy Sleep with your window open and your mouth shut. Health and wealth; don't be a spendthrift. When hungry between meals, eat a glass of water. Long nights of sleep mean long years of health. Never call a taxi; call a cow. Don't sit down in the valley aid look up at the hills. Run up on the hills and look down in the valley. Make your shoes fit your feet, not your feet fit your shoes. Just because you take your i bath in private, don't think the j public can't tell whether you've had one. Wash the neck of your milk bottle, also your own. Stand up straight. There's a lot more ahead of you than ! on the ground. more fire prevention talk "Gasoline, kerosene, carbide, kindred blessings and kindred hazards, cause more than twenty times the fire damage in a year than all the fireworks and Christmas trees combined." Five thousand smokers are lighting cigars, pipes and cigarets every second of every minute of every day in these United States. If one in a million is careless enough to throw out his pipe ashes, cigar or cigaret stubs where they set woodwork, or paper or grass to smoldering, then one indifferent, probably amiable fool starts eighteen fires every hour. Some heedless smoker is igniting half a million dollars worth of inflammable material each week right now, doing damage of nearly i 50 a minute. If you and I clean up our rubbish, attend to dangerous chimneys, put out our matches and tobacco stubs and do the sensible thing for just one week, then at the end of that week our country will be just ten million dollars i richer. 4 Safety first is a good rule not only in transportation but in the saving of our wealth through the avoidance of wasteful, destructive fires. A CODE OF MORALS FOR USE IN THE SCHOOLS OF AMERICA A fine piece of public service is being rendered by "Collier's" in inviting suggestions for a code of j morals suitable for use in the schools throughout the United States. As a contribution towards j this discussion, The American ! City suggests the form of pledge j printed blow; this to be made I available in placard form for the walls of the school and the home, and to be supplemented by readings on the 21 points in a textbook to be compiled from the greatest recorded thoughts of all time, by a group of outstanding leaders o fthe religious, civic and educational life of America. That I may live an unright, useful and happy life, I will endeavor, to the best of my ability: To serve God and humanity with my heart and mind and strength; To honor my parents, and to be a credit to them at all times; To be a good citizen of my town, my state, my nation, and of the world; To seek for others, and not merely for myself, a happier and more abundant life; To be kind, courteous and unselfish; To be sympathetic with those who suffer ,and more tolerant of the faults of others than of my own; To be clean, strong and alert in mind and in body; To be honest, truthful and ! dependable; To be ambitious, but not envious; '10. To he cheerful and hopeful, in thought and demeanor; To be self-reliant and courageous, but not vain or foolhardy; To control my tongue, my temper, and my appetites; To play fair in all the games and relationships of life; To help, by word and deed, the cause of peace and good-will among the nations of the world; 1.5. To discover and uphold spiritual truth; To learn to know and enjoy the beauties of nature, of art and literature, and of human comradeship; To forego comfort and pleasure, when that shall be necessary, but not to be embittered; To fit myself for a congenial occupation whereby I may produce more that is of value to mankind than I consume; To use by time profitably, and my intelligence constructive- TcTseek frequent opportunities, through reading, contemplation or worship, to renew and increase my zeal for the finer things of life; To leave the world a better place for my having lived in it. The following sponsors have been elected for current year and will be presented to the companies Monday or Tuesday: Regiment and First Battalion- Blanche Nelson, Lieut. Col. Ross Sampson. Second battalion - Martha Wright, Major Clyde Stone. A company-LaVon Rees, Capt. Paul McCune. B company-Virginia Malan, Capt. Laudy Norris. C company-Helen Storey, Capt. Gordon Agee. D company-Connie iShaw, Capt. Talmadge Boyd. E company-Virginia Brown, Capt. Lloyd Wold. F company - Mary Louise Hanks, Capt. George Clifton. Band - Vinette Lee, Lieut. Franklin Richards. DEBATE ON KLAN At the meeting of the Diaet, Monday, an interesting debate was given. The question was: "Resolved, That the Ku Klux Klan should be condemned by all right- thinking Americans." The debaters were John Cragun, Audra Barker, affirmative, and Gordon Agee and Helen Grace, negative. judges decided in the affirmative. Chief Graves and Mayor Kirkendall visited the high school Wednesday with the city fire department. Qhji__ciai4id. for a fire drill and tlie building cleared in 9 5 seconds. Teaching to music is getting to be popular at the high school. A great deal of typewriting is done to the music of the Grafon- ola. Now the oral expression department is using the piano in connection with voice culture. MINIMUM ESSENTIALS AGAIN We spoke some time ago of the carelessness of the ordinary westerner regarding the use of his vernacular. The teachers are devoting much attention to this subject now working especially for clear enunciation and correct pronunciation. On one blackboard today was a list of every-day words which are commonly miscalled. From the list we select just a few: Are you sure that you pronounce these words correctly? You, new, tune, address, toward, forehead, because, get, often, ;was. In the room where these words were listed, the students were making speeches-self-prepared addresses, argumentative in form -setting forth the necessity for a new high school. From the discussion between the addresses it was clearly manifested that these students are getting very definite ideas concerning the fundamental principles of forensics, the different types of address, etc. What could be more valuable than to learn to think straight, to talk convincingly and to establish sound opinions based upon reason and judgment? I Teaching, too, has its minimum essentials. As one visits various classes he is inclined to form an estimate of what constitutes effective teaching. There are three virtues, it seems to us, that are paramount. These are: Genuine love for students. Genuine interest in the subject being taught. Vitality. Where one finds these he always finds good teaching. Where any one is absent the teaching is bound to be indifferent and ineffective. B |
