The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-14
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This is a happy day for tho students
Of the city schools who have finished
their work in the grades. for they will
he usncred Into the high school work
with all the pomp and glory that at
taches TO graduation day.
The graduation, or promotion. of to-
day carries with IT a greater signifl-
cance. perhaps, than the graduation
of any other class from the eighth
grade OF the city. in the history Of the
GchoolS, The students of this grade
are not known any moro as eighth
grade" students, and they are neccs-
sarily farther advanced In theIr school
work than any other class that has
graduated from the grades 10 the
high school
At the beginning OF the school year
the eighth grades of all the schools
OF the city were consolidated and
brought under special Instruction at
the old high school building, Profes-
sor Adams being placed In charge of
that department, and the consolidated
eighth grades became known as the
sub-high' school.
Superintendent Mills, and the board
Of education, together with the educa.
tors in the schools, are gratiGied over
the splendid results OF the new move.
ment and they have no hesitancy in
saying that IL was one OF the best
movements made In the school work
for many years. II is said that the
students of the eighth grade have
been given better and more advanced
instruction in the sub-high school de-
partmcnt than II would be possible to
give them at the different schools
Of the city, under the old order Of
things. and that marked proficiency
in advance OF former graduates from
the eighth grade is noticeable in the
students OF today.
The graduation exercises were be
gun this afternoon at o'clock at the
High school building, and the follow
ing program Is being rendered
Overture -. High School Orchestra
Recitation ........... Jane Jones
Grace Kenyon.
Chorus ......... Drifting Along"
Sub-High School
Address OF Welcome to High School,
Claude Corey on Behalf of the Stu
dents;
Principal ]. o. Cross on Behalf of
the Faculty.
Reply .........,... Albert Greenwell
Sub-High School
Vocal Solo .... "If ] Were a Rose"
Florence Browning.
Address TO the Students ..,.
s... Supt John VI Mills
Music ,..... High School Orchestra
The educators state that IL is well
that the city has a new and comnlod-
ious high school building, for. we're
1t not so, much difficulty would be
encountered at this time 10 house the
students. There are already some
thing over 500 students enrolled in
the high school. there are t12 stu
dents that arc today being promoted
from tn, sub-hiGh 10 the high school.
and II is estimated that majority
of them viii become enrolled in the
high school
In yesterdays examinations In Eng
lish. the students were called TO the
black board and required to write n
brief essay ON subject 10 be chosen
by themselves while at the board. and
to be written without further prepara-
ilpu ut lllAh as W IL
ten by Miss Ruth Johnson, was of so
much merit that it was handed to The
Standard for publication, The subject
chosen by the young lady WAS THE
Exodus.
In the month OF January, in the
year 1910. the time to examine the
great student body Of the sub.high
school. in that little kingdom called
Ogden, approached. The eXamina
tions We're given by the honored
body of teachers who, after Iona
and bitter strife had tried heartily
10 think OF some mighty question
which would dumbfound the pupils
Some OF their desires were foiled
whilst in other cases they quite sue
ceeded The ruler Of this house OF
education, Mr. Adams, right heartily
did try TO encourage and console the
VanQuished In some cases he failed
whilst again he was triumphant And
those who were the conquerors over
the bitter foe teXaminations) werc
puffed up nightly. Those who were
conquered faded away as does the
beautiful flower when winter doth ap
proach. Those in the A classes
thought heartily Of themselves. espec
tally those In that great room called