Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30

WEBER STAKE ACADEMY.

Ogden.-Last Friday week, Hon. Jos.
Stanford. county commissioner, and
secretary Of the academy board, ad.
dressed the school al devotional on the
Power OF knowledge. N drew many
valuable lessons from the life OF our
Savior, and impressed upon all who
heard him, the value of original thought
as against so much book knowledge.
President Paul OF the Latter-day
Saints university occupied the time at
devotional Tuesday morning. He spoke
upon the Importance Of music and its
influence upon the soul. and en-
phaslzed the necessity OF developing
that art as well as kindred subjects
early In life.
The B. Y. University basket ball team
defeated our boys last Friday week
at Lester Park pavilion. While de-
feat, at BEST Is anything but pleasur.
able. yet we would have accepted It
with a great deal better grace had the
decisions Of the Provo referee not IA
Vored, In some instances, the visiting
team, The game was not as clean and
interesting as the one We had with the
college of Logan.
EphraIm Manning, one OF our grad
yates Of last year, called at the school
last Wednesday to say good bye for
season. He goes to Idaho Falls, or
thereabouts, TO accept a position as
principal teacher in district school.
Elder Josiah Fcrrin, member Of the
High Council paid the school short
visit on Thursday. lie presented the
library with a valuable copy, In two
volumes, of a work on Animated Ma
ture, It is a valuable reference work
on mammalia, birds, reptiles, mollusca,
and insects.
Miss Maud May Babcock will lecture
before the students and patrons OF the
academy next Monday evening ut Sis.
ier subject will be, THE Place Of
Dialect In Literature" This Is the
second lecture of the calendar and
promises to be one OF the most inter-
esting.
The Church school committee APP
pointed to select site for summer
school were here In force last Tuesday.
Principal Mckay piloted them through
the canyon on TO Huntsville, where
were all very favorably impressed with
several Of the "nooks and crannIes" Of
the canyon.
The faculty will give a reception "
the students on Tuesday evening, Feb.
2, when good social time will be had.
Ice cream and cake viii be served and
an interesting program will be carried
out.
Our school Is to have an academy
paper. Wednesday morning during
the theology hour, the students held Il
mass meeting when the following stu
dents were elected to the positions
named; Angus Il. Berlin, business man
ager; Clyde Lindsay first assistant
business manager: Luman Shurtliff,
second assistant business manager;
Chas c. Brown. circulator, VIM. Man
ming. assistant circuatOr; Jos. Stlmp.
son, edltor-ln-chief; Lizzie Mckay, first
assistant editorin chief OTlinda VOL
ley, second assistant edltor-in chief;
Catherine Keller, editor miscellany,
Jas. Wood, exchange editor Delphia
Hetzler. assistant exchange editor;
Walter Emmett, local editor; Glen
Thompson, athletic editor; May Higgln-
botham, assistant athletic editor; lizzie
Pearce, alumni editor In the meeting
the voting was spirited, and the stu
dents manifested a lively desire TO
make the paper a success IN every way
With next Monday the second sem
ester begins with the following cburs-
es to offer the students who enter on
that date; Theology, arithmetic.
photography, typewriting grammar
and classics, algebra, physical. geogra-
ply. elocution, domestic arts, psychol-
ogy and Latin.