The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
Hieh School Notes

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High School Notes.
On Wednesday morning the upper
classes were especially favored in having
an opportunity to listen to Dr. JOnn
henry Barrows, president of Oberlin col
iege. The subject of DR.. Barrows' elO-
uuent address was Samuel Adams "the
pioneer Of the revolution" After intro
ducing his talk by speaking OF the many
mstOrlcal associations of Boston and its
intimate connection with the career of
ms nero, Or, Barrows briefly sketched
Acams life. Born in Boston in 1872 of
, good Puritan stock, he graduated from
Harvard in 1913. As the subject of his
graduating thesis the young patriot con-
SlQered the question, Whether 1t Be
Hlsht TO Resist Supreme Magistrate If
Necessary for the Good Of the Common
wealth.? To this question, he gave an
emphatic Yes thus early showing the
trend of his thought. So began his long
career or resistance to oppression and of
struggles for liberty. Faneuil hall and
the Old South church rang with Adams
oratOTy as he addressed the people upon
me injustice they were suffering from
BRITISH tyranny, and their duty to resist
such measures
1t was Samuel Adams who organized
the system of intercOlOniaI correspond
ence. who demanded the removal of Brit
ism regiments CHARTERED in Boston. who
denounced In no uncertain terms the
abuses of the stamp act and OF other IN
lust measures of taxation. and who or
gained and led the Boston Tea Party.
To MIN IS due much of the credit for the
persistent efforts which held tOgether
The convention of 1116, ana made it pos
stole for the Declaration of Independence
10 be given to the world. At the close of
the war. when the adoption of the ma
t1Onal constitution was being considered,
although Adams was at first opposed 10
its adoption, yet it was finally through
his influence and consent that Massa-
chuSettS gave the weight of her decision
IN its favor. EiSke SAYS that had Adams
pursued a more polite course at this
time. he might have been WashingtOn's
vice president, and later have become
president Of the United States. As is
was, however, his fame seemed to be
obscured in his late = and for years
after his death. ana &C only recently
that students of history are according 90
him his just dues as the Header and
pioneer of the revolution
AS a man, Adams was bold in speech
and action, wise in elaboration. and of in
cOrruptible integrity. He scOrned wealth
and rank and died poor man, finding
his only reward in the thought of having
served his country in her hour Of need.
In studying any war, DR.. BarrOws con-
clUded. we need to look not only at the
battles and generals of the struggle, but
equally upon the orators, the retOrmers,
the poets and the statesmen, who by
their efforts with tongue and pen, made
possible the achievements of the sword
Judged by this standard no greater
credit is due to Washington or Jefferson
than TO Samuel Adams, the apostle of
liberty.
In the freshman room Judge Baldwin
gave an instructive talk upon True
! Citizens. Not Partisans-" He first showed
I that in this age voters should learn TO
think intelligently and Independently
upon the questions of local and national
importance While he considered that an
educational basis for suffrage would be
OF great value in such country as ours,
yet as long as this is denied US, it be-
hooVes each citizen to consider carefully
the measures to be passed and the off
| GERS to be elected, seeing that the latter
are not chosen through party favor mere
". but because OF their ability and COM
potency. Judge Baldwin then described
methods of nomination and forms of cleo
ton. In connection with these methods,
! he told Of the attempts of party leaders
and papers to induce all men 70 vote a
straight party ticket. This is not true
partisanShip, the speaker thought, for
man must be a good citizen before he can
be "a good partisan, and as such ne VIII
consider the merits of the candidates, not
the party and vote for the man who can
hest fill the office In this way only VIII
needed improvements in local and ma
tiOnal government be effected.
The senior banquet given at the Kenyon
Friday night was in every way d mosI
enjoyable affair. The table decorations,
consisting of ribbon and ferns, We're in
/ The class colOrs. green and white Dainty
hand-pailIed cards. tied with red and
black. marked the places for about fifty
members of the class. The menu cards
we're artistically gotten Up in green and
! white Following the banquet some
! bright ard interesting tOaSts were en-
! loved. The POSTMASTER, Arthur Murphy,
was introduced by the class president.
/ Nicholas Smith. and after a few well
/ chosen remarks. called upon the follow
/ ing for speeches:
/ son; The Juniors" oy Marguerite Don
nellan. Our Principal" Thomas Lat
! inner; Teachers" Ethel Connelly; Our
/ Girls Lewis Sowies; Our BOYS,
| Evelyn Mason: The Juniors Art, Niels
| Christensen; Our Future" Marion
I Jones. Some interesting remarks We're
| also given by Mr.. Eaton. the guest Of
4 honor. This first senior banquet was in
! every respect decided success, and re
/ fleets much credit upon the class officers
and those who had the arrangements in
/ charge
/ Next Friday marks the closing of the
/ first semester. A number of classes will
finish their subjects at that time and
! new courses will be taken up for the re
] mainder of the year Just how many
! Of the leo pupils who are TO finish the
eighth grade viii enter the High school
/ is as vet uncertain. but II Is hoped that 4
llarge number will decide TO enroll in the
| High school. Last week Mr.. Eaton gave
I a talk to the eighth grade pupils at the
1 Lincoln school, explaining 10 them the
/ different courses and methods Of work
! at the High school. This coming week
/ Mr. Eaton and Mr. Gillian expect TO
( speak 10 all the eighth grades that have
pupils finishing at the mid ear In ad-
dition To the Lincoln. the schools from
/ which these pupils are 10 come are the
! Wasatch. Webster. Jackson. Oquirrh and
! Washington.
/ The cadets are making excellent
| progress in theiT gun drill. The non
] commissioned officers Of the corps as as
/ signed to different companies are as fol-
/ lows. Company 4. sergeant major OF
/ battalion. Ralph Nelden: first sergeant,
Z Alpha Manning, second. Harold HeffrOn
| third. Reuben Smith; corporals. Paul
I Belcher, Howard Lee Tucker Stewart,
/ Company 3. first sergeant. Paul Nell
den: second. Curtis Clawson: third. Roy
/ Booth. corpOralS. Bernier Richardson
creighton Brown. viii Boswell, Louis
( EarnsWOrth.
Company e., first sergeant Lee Turner;
! second VIII Bateman; third. Roy VIII
1 Jams. CorpO-als. Nels Sorensen. Harold
/ stephens Harold Hobbs. Walter keyting.
/ The buglers are Ed Davidson. Max
| Adams. Gadd Callison, Harry BinSz.
chester Ames. Ralph Brown and Girard
Hale.
corps some weeks ago, lie Roy Bourne
won the medal In the second COMPETE
ton Harry BerO was successful, and is
poW wearing the medal
I An interesting debate took place IN
Mr. Travis iCfVics class on Monday morn
ing. the subject being: Resolved. That
she Removal of the Tariff IN SUGAR
Would Be Detrimental 10 che Tilted
s4afss The affirmative Mas supported
BIZ Fern Hobbs and Annie Mcintyre the
NEGATIVE hv Allie GQ1bo. In the absence