"N I i L. U I Ail WrWiAn' VOLUME VI DIXIE COLLEGE, SAINT GEORGE, UTAH, FEBRUARY IMPORTANT PROJECT OF THE COLLEGE SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED ON COLLEGE OPERA A GRAND SUCCESS The third annual Leadership program sponsored by the Dixie another College has gone down in completed partment triumph Saturday night, Jan- as a memorable one. Thehistory interuary 22, with the final perfor- est in this work beproject The speaks its usefulness. mance of the The atThis pro- tendance exceeded all Chocolate Soldier. expectaduction is pronounced by most tions. Eight stakes of Zion musi- were critics as the represented in the various cal project ever attempted here. meetings and many enthusiastic Robin Hood has been named farmers, dairymen, poultrymen, as its only rival. Other operas and orchardists were given might have proven superior in scientific instruction and stimuone or more particulars, but this lation in their problems pertainproduction was well balanced in ing to our own locality. every detail. The chorus was The ladies meetings were well trained, and their numbers equally well attended and the were presented with rigid at- same satisfaction in their work tack, pleasing balance and accur- is expressed as in that by the ate pitch; the orchestra accom- men. The big contributions to paniment was vivid, well sus- our future projects in poultry tained and artistic, the French and agriculture were given by horn effect being particularly Mr. Turpin and, Dr. John A. beautiful; the principals all did Widtsoe. Miss Odell of the U. superior acting and singing, the A. C. gave a demonstrated lecfeature here being the splendid ture on the making of soft hats, balance in dramatic ability; the and a lecture on clothing in relacostuming was undoubtedly the tion to health. Mrs. Burroughs, best ever seen on a local stage ; also of the U. A. C, lectured on and the dancing, always of a the arrangement of the kitchen. high order, was unique and part- These lectures were supplemented by Mr. Harrison, Miss Bryner, icularly fitted to the setting. The action of the opera was Miss Musser, and Mrs. Hunt of built around the love affair of a the college faculty who treated pretty Bulgarian miss and a sex education, story telling, the Swiss lieutenant, who was mis- Sea Gull Girls work, and nutritaken for a Servian spy, and who tion. was consequently much sought Extracts of the various lecafter by the Bulgarian officers. tures may be found elsewhere The clever escape of the Swiss, in this issue. and the accompanying thrills of the Bulgarian girl kept the audiANOTHER OPERA ence always in active suspense. Of course, there was the other COMING fellow, who in this case was the Mr. McAllister announces that conceited Bulgarian major, Ho in turn was wanted by another the music department is beginBulgarian miss. Naturally the ning another opera The Maid of father and the mother of the Niagara to be presented somewere concerned about time in the spring quarter. This her future welfare ; and the Cap- is a romantic opera, with Indian n tain of the Bulgarians was very setting, by Chas. Wakefield and with local talent promdutiful in seeking out the spy. The story is based on Bernard ises to be a splendid production. Shaws play, Arms and the Elder Joseph A. McArthur Man, and is a bitter satire on has been invited to speak in Aswar. The Dixie College music opera-bouff- 1, 1927 From the earliest beginning of Dixie College her quota has depended on the thoughful public spirited citizens who have given freely of time and money to benefit and develop the country, the community, and the citizens of today and the future. The endowments of this kind are too numerous to mention here, but each and every donor to this school implants in the hearts of hundreds of young people who have been and will be e, best-finish- ed Cad-ma- tomorrow (Wednesday.) sustained sembly forward with look We pleasure by Alfred Morris, the Swiss, and Uola Flaycock, the Bulgarian to hearing him. miss. The work of Mrs. HayMr. Paxman accompanied the cock is particularly appreciated, team to Parowan Friday, Jan. 28 not only because of her beautiful voice and splendid action, but to act as referee for the game there. also because of the great sacrifice she made to be here to pre- as a part of the lyceum course pare for and to take the part. there. The work of Mr. Morris never The entire music department fails to rea forth deserves credit for the producbring hearty sponse from any audience. tion. Mr. McAllister, as directThese two were strongly sup- or, had general charge of the He trained the ported by the rest of the cast. production. The beautiful voice of Elvis chorus and assisted with the y Terry was at its best ; his acting dramatic enterpretation. in w'as also good. all who participated Ruth Allen, who maue her first the opera are responsible to him appearance a St. George audience, for their vocal training. Miss Pleased all who saw the opera. Thurston had the major responShe and Mrs. Haycock, together sibility in connection with the with Alta Holt, who has a rich singing, parts of the principals. and alto voice, did outstanding work She worked with them night artistic ln the trios. an to order in put Alta also received day much praise for her native act- touch to their .work. She was ing ability. E. Glen Smith, as a also directly responsible for all met fond father, performed accorc7.-1!1- accompaniment work. She reto his usual standard. with the orchestra in special It was necessary to put on the hearsals and used her pupils to the accompanying Pera six times in St. George in assist in had charge Mr. Bleak order to satisfy all those who chorus. Mr. "'anted to see it. Many saw the of the orchestra work; Bessie ; Production two or more times. Smith directed the dialog was responsible for Cne hundred fifty leadership Thurston the dancing; Mr. Morris conV;Mtors were guests of the colstructed special scenery ; and lege on the night of the final perassisted formance. The opera was also Miss Bryner and others and makeup. Put on at Cedar City two nights in prompting The leads were well Piac-ticall- be-f&- 5e g 5 BROADER FIELDS OPEN DIXIE BASKETBALL TO DIXIE COLLEGE THROUGH ENSEASON OPENS DOWMENTS de- ed NUMBER his-nam- e benefitted thereby. Only recently the possibility of an agricultural experiment farm was made real to the school through a gift by Mr. and Mrs. FORMER DIXIE STAR SCORES The Dixie College basket ball It is satisfying to the Dixie College to know that she is pro- team played its first league ducing men who are fitted to be- game Sat. night Jan. 29, at St. come leaders in the world. The spirit of Dixie is the spirt of leadership. Ashworth Thompson of La Verkin, attended this college and here under the instruction of Arthur Paxman took up the study of basket ball. His next coach was Chester Whitehead. It was under Mr. Whitehead that he went to the tournament in Chicago. He was soon after offered a position on the Montana State team which he accepted. He is now carrying a full college course and earning $75 a month. The Dixie College is proud of him and joins in best wishes for his continued success. George, when she met the Snow College team of Ephraim. It was a hard fought game, both teams played good ball. The Snow team however out played the Dixie five by a score of 17 to 39. Snow has an excellent ball team this year, and from the way things stand now, she holds a very good chance of being one of the two teams chosen from this division, to represent us in the state tournament at Ogden. Score of Game DIXIE Extracts from different papers concerning the recent games played between Montana and the Utah Aggies, Utah Utes and the Washington State teams are as follows : The Huskies got off in front and appeared to be sailing along comfortably until near the first period. Then with the score 13-- 8 in favor of the purple and gold the combination of Thompson and Ward found the range and things happened mighty fast. The score at the first period was Then the Bob Cats flashed again and they were never headed, they played more together than in the first period and the light complexioned Thompson boy was all over the floor, he couldnt be stopped and his five forged into the lead. a Ashworth Thompson, blonde youth cut loose and showed that he was even better than the Oregon Star, Swede Wesser-grein shooting three field goals in quick succession, which brought the score at the end of 5 in the first period up to Montana. favor of 19-1- the school. LYCEUM NUMBER ENJOYED Few attractions that have been presented on the Dixie College Lyceum course have met with such universal satisfaction as the concert presented the evening of Jan. 18th by Vera Poppe, cellist, and Hubert Carlin, pianist. The large audience, which consisted of students and patrons, was captivated by the mastery that Miss Poppe revealed on her chosen instrument, the cello, and also by her delightful and pleasing personality. The choice of selections seemed to be just right, including as it did some of the great masterpieces and also some of the familiar played with only the touch that a master can give them. The group of selections of which Miss Poppe was the composer, were the favorites of the evening. MISSIONARY IS ENJOYING LABORS 19-1- 5. n, Joseph T. Atkin. This is a splendid offering to our school, and gives opportunity for experiment with soil, fruits, etc., to determine what will give best results in our climate and soil.. The purpose of this gift was to promote and encourage agriculture and agricultural education. We have another recent donor in Erastus J. Milne. Mr. Milne who has always been interested in the athletic department has contributed to the school a lot the value thereof will go to the plysical education department of Total 39 Even thou Dixie did lose her first game she still has a very good chance of at least winning second place in this division. The schedule for her preceding games are as follows : Feb. 4 Dixie vs. B.A.C. at Cedar City ; Feb. 5 Dixie vs. Snow at Eph-laiand Feb. 19 Dixie vs. B. A. C. at St. George. m A communication from Miss Minnie Hafen, who is fulfilling a mission for the church in Nebraska, states she is enjoying her labors very much. She extends her appreciation to the staff for the Dixie News. She says her studies in literature and in theology, while here at the school, prove very helpful in the work she is doing there. Minnie says she enjoyed the school but is enjoying her work as a missionary more. Theone Jones and Minnie Cyril Bastian, former student, Crawford were married in the Ashworth Thompson a has been visiting several days at St. George temple Jan. 31. TheSophomore forward on Rom- school. one is a member of the college neys combination gave the spec- cession and Utah was content to quartette. Minnie is also a tators a touch of high life with former Dixie student. therehis shooting and came out of the remain on the short end after. game with 15 points to his Our college basket ball teams Ward and Thompson bewildcredit. ered the Utes with their clever leaves Friday to meet the cagers ColThompson, former Dixie and floor work and deadly accuracy of the Snow team. Our support lege student, came to life and loudest cheers go with them. - in hitting the hoop. tallied three goals in rapid suc- The southern division basket tournament is well under way. Up to date our high school team has played three games, and if the present record is maintained the Dixie Flyers will again represent the division at the State Tournament. Games thus far played follow: Jan. 7, Parowan defeated at Hurricane. Jan. 8, Parowan defeated at Dixie. Jan. 14, Cedar victorious at Parowan and Beaver defeated at Dixie. Jan. 15, Beaver defeated at Hurricane. Jan. 21, Hurricane victorious at Cedar. January 28, Dixie won at Parowan. The games yet to be played are: Feb. 5, Cedar at Hurri cane and Beaver at Parowan. Feb. 18, Dixie at Cedar and Hurricane at Beaver. Feb. 22, Dixie at Beaver. February 25, Parowan at Cedar. Feb. 26, Hurricane at Dixie. March 4, Beaver at Cedar and Hurricane at Parowan. March 11, Cedar at Dixie. ball INTERSCHOLASTIC DEBATING UNDER WAY Tryouts were recently held for positions on the Judd Medal and the Triangle debating teams. The following were chosen to represent Dixie in the Judd Medal fight: Roland Stucki and Clark Frei affirmative; Christine Bastain and Maurice J. Miles negative. The question for this debate is: Resolved that this house condemn the present tendency to encroach upon the right of free speech. For the Triangle debate the following were chosen: Donald Tobler and Madge Morrill affirmative; Mervin Rebel and Elvis B. Terry negative. They will squabble over the question: Resolved that the United States d Cancel her War Debts Acquired between April 1917 and November 1920. The Judd Medalers will meet both of Snow Colleges negative and affirmative teams here in a practice debate Feb. 11 and on Feb. 18 both of Dixies teams go to Cedar for the finals. The Trianglers go to Snow College with both teams Feb. 25 and if successful there they go on to Salt Lake City the next day for the Junior College League finals. Dixie feels as if she has an able group of debaters this year and looks forward to a succesful debating season. Inter-Allie- Elder Joseph McArthur, has returned from the Western States mission where he spent thirty-t- mopths as a missionary of the church. We welcome him Joe is remembered as back. a student and basket ball shoot-ewo r. Merrill Stucki, captain of the basket ball team, has for several days. Mer-rwould not let this stand in the way of his playing in the game Saturday night. college been ill il Lafayette Staheli, a former Dixie student, has returned home after attending school at the B. Y. U. during the fall quarter.