The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-19
High School Notes


result of which was a fine lot of mullins
High School Notes.
The programmes given Wednesday
morning were OF special interest In the
senior room the exercises were opened by
a vocal solo. ''DOst Thou Know That
Sweet Land2T eXpreSSiVely sung by Mrs.
Stanley Price, accompanied by Miss Al
lie Miller. In response TO an encore she
gave another pleasing number. Pro-
fessOr SHELTON. accompanied by Miss
Thorn, then played in his usual delight
full manner a violin solo, He too, re-
SpOnded to an enthusiastic encore. In
place of a talk. Dr. Paden read an in
teresting and eXCellently prepared paper
upon Youths Dreams. He first de-
fined youth as the period of longings and
desires. the age of hopes and aspirations.
The youth. with all life before him. is
full Of brightest dreams for the future.
He spurns the limitations of reason and
revels in fancy. This, too, is the period
Of quick affections and easy admira-
tons. The youth must have some one
or something to which he may look up,
and uncOnsciOusly the heart often fol-
lows the eyes. But two often the phil
OsOphers and cynics look only upon the
dark side Of the picture. They sneer at
youths bright hopes and mock the
"sickly dreamers and builders of air
castles. Others. like Eugene Field. look
upon these hopes with the sympathy and
Dr. Paden. however. emphasized as his
belief that the desires and purposes of
youth are the best promises for the
achievements of future life. Life is
stamped with the ideals of youth IN
proof of which statement ne quoted most
effectively from Phillips Brooks and other
great thinkers. As examples of men who
have planned much Of their life's pro-
greSs during their school days DR.
Paden mentioned Goethe. Milton. Luther.
SfpVangOn Since
youth is the time in which hopes are
born and ideals formed. Dr. Paden
urged that it be also the time for earnest
effort toward the realization of these
ideals. Let the youth beware of timidity,
let him have courage TO work out his
plans, to fight for his beliefs. In con-
clusion DR.. Paden urged the young not
to accept other peoples conceptions or
the impossible, but to aim at the highest
and the best. Youths dreams are the
first programme even given of life's pos
sibilitieS." DR.. Paden's helpful thought,
apt quotations and pleasing style, made
this paper one of special interest to the
students.
In the freshman assembly room the
pupils enjoyed the same music, preceded
by d paper on Ralph Connor'S Black
Rock" by Mrs. Vollmer. Mrs Nollmer
first briefly sketched the life of the
author and then outlined the plot of the
story. contrasting particularly the evil
motives embodied in Slaven, and the
cOunteracting influence of Mrs. Mavor
The setting of the story among the Ca
madam mountains was also wildly de-
scribed. a brief but thoughtful analysis
of the characters was given, and extracts
from the book were read, illustrating
their various qualities, as well as other
selections of particular dramatic interest
In closing Mrs Nollmer emphasized the
influence which this book and the other
writings of Ralph Common have had upon
their many readers Mrs Nollmer
reading of the various extracts from the
book was clear and expressive, and added
to the interest OF her paper.
Since the purchase of the university
buildings and grounds by the board OF
education this past week, the High school
feels that il has now a permanent home
The board is carefully considering plans
for the remodeling of the buildings with
a view to making them in all respects
convenient and well adapted to the needs
of the school. Some of the improvements
suggested are large assembly room 10
cover most of the third floor. altera-
lions in the stairways and the fitting up
of the Union school for science build
ing.
On Friday Miss Clarahan's freshmen
classes in English engaged in contest
in writing rules pertaining TO common
errors in grammar. In the first period
class Zoyda Boutwell, wrote fifty rules in
the allotted time, IN the second PERIOD
Eta Frick wrote forty-nlne, IN the
fourth DerlOQ NlOAd DulANiA anu - a
Johnson each had fifty-three, and in the
fifth period Godd Allison wrote forty
five. Next week Viola BurreH and Eva
Johnson will finish the contest
Each week the pupils Of the art depart
ment have new work Of special merit
Designs for book covers have formed
/ part of the work this week, and many of
them show considerable artistic skill
owing Sheckell has covers in water
colors designed for "Grays Elegy" and
{ LOnCfeHOw's poem of The Bridge.
( The ccloring in the last, moonlight
scene with the light falling upon the river
! beneath. is particularly good George
Parratt has an original design for The
/ Choir Invisible" and Frank Moore some
/ excellent covers in pen and ink. and a
conventional design OF chrySanthemums
] in water cOlOrs. In oil Lillian Connolly
l has a good study of pink roses and
4 Aetna Smith one of vegetables, squash
and onions.
The contest in oral factoring begun in
/ Miss Yardley's algebra class last week.
: was continued on Wednesday and Friday
1 Of this week At the last recitation the
result WIS tie between Gertrude Clay
ton and Ruby Malin-
Miss Dukes senior classes, which have
/ finished the study Of ''Ha mlet. are now
I Ia king up "Macaulay's Essay on Mil
ton 80 The American literature class,
which has been studying Longfellow, will
! take Lowell as the next author in this
/ course Miss Dukes junior class is now
reading Millions "L'Allegro" and III
/ PenserOso.
/ Miss Goddard has recently placed in her
room an interesting collection of exterior
and interior views of English cathedrals-
! These pictures will be helpful to the pu-
\ pills who are studying 'MarmiOn,' in IL
/ Illustrating some of the references in the
poem to old churches ana abbeys.
On Monday the cadets were greatly
/ pleased TO receive their rifles and they
are now being instructed in the manual
/ of arms. The armory in the basement is
not vet completed, but by next week it
/ Will be equipped with gun racks and lock-
! Miss MOffetts and Miss CIarahan' s
/ freshman classes will begin the study of
/ the "Iliad" next week.
| On Monday morning Mr.. Travis civics
/ classes had an interesting debate on the
I subject. Resolved That anarchists
] should be excluded from this country"
/ The seniors held a meeting Thursday
/ night. but as there was no business OF i'm
/ pOrtance 10 be transacted they adjourned
/ till next week. On next Tuesday the
/ juniors are to hold meeting Of special
/ importance.
J The two girls teams of the High school
/ have withdrawn from the Basket Ball
/ league and hereafter viii play only in
/ class games. The game planned for on
/ Thursday with the l. D. s team was
| called off as no satisfactory ARA nee-
Winslow Smith of the class of 1900 Is
/ spending a short time visiting in the "a Il
/ on mis- way 10 his mission In Germany.
William Case who was a member Of
I last years senior class. but went to cali
/ fornia. has returned and entered school
I this week with the intention OF gradu-
ating this year.