Show Addi additions tiona school notes note S who will win attendance pennant perhaps no name has become so illustrious lust rious in american history as that of lincoln the patrons of the schools of park city actually named one of their schools for the most respected american abraham lincoln now that school has become distinguished in a this same park city by winning the parent teachers attendance pennant there are two other schools in this contest also named for illustrious americans presidents of the united states state these statesmen would perhaps have been as great as lincoln had they been given the same opportunities now will these two schools named for men who have such outstanding records sit elt supinely and meekly by find and let the lincoln keep that pennant the remainder of the year certainly not next wednesday january that pennant will undoubtedly change its place of abode it if it take a journey either to the jefferson or the washington it will certainly find its final home at the beautiful new high school that school named for any illustrious statesman but within it are found boys and girls who someday will be as famous as washington jefferson or even lincoln these intelligent tell igent and energetic young folks intend to place that pennant in the hall on the main floor of the high school along with other trophies everyone come out to see bee them win 1400 0 0 P T A will elect officers election of officers of the parent teachers organization will follow the demonstration given by the physical education students it is is the beginning of a new year on n the calendar and Is an timo excellent time tor for beginning it a new year in this association everyone interested in lon should be present to select such officers as can best serve the public in education 0 grgat great men and women all through history have testified to the inspiration that has come to them from books there Is much more to be learned than books r every agry le teacher acher wishes to preserve a reasonable ii ba b balence dpn c e between the childs ox ex with things and people and his read reading hig this balance carl can best be kept and the love of reading cultivated when the child chila is surrounded by inviting boals and given staple ample time to read them in his own way certainly it ignot ex cr renting too much to have in every school a library worth fit at lea least t half the salary that the would teacher leacher would receive in one year it multiplies the teachers power many told fold and gives opportunity lor for self I 1 directed learning ot of immeasurable value 44 0 1 second semester begins 1 enthusiastically I 1 the general morale and interest of all students in individual and in classes I 1 displayed by the students this year has been steadily improving instead of declining enthusiasm and interest in school work has been definitely growing because of the beginning ot of the new semester the students should not lose interest but should work ean harder for this must be an even more successful year tor for them than heretofore not only must everyone work harder and strive tor for better ideals but never should he slack tor for so much as a minute because if he does he be will not only lose the respect and interest of his teachers but his classmates as well A good finish counts as 85 much as a good start and tor for success one must have both because one without the other means failure fW ilare students do not lose your pep during this finishing semester but resolve to be better brighter more intelligent students than you have ever been 0 I 1 am music servant and master am I 1 servant of those dead and master of those living through me the spirit immortal speaks the message that makes the world weep and laugh and wonder and M worship I 1 tell the story of love the story of hate the story that saves and the story that curses I 1 am the incense upon which prayers float to heaven I 1 am the smoke which palls over the field of battle when men lie dying with me on their lips I 1 am close to the marriage altar and when the graves open I 1 stand nearby I 1 call the wanderer home I 1 rescue souls from the depths I 1 open the lips ot of the lovers and through me the dead whisper to the living one I 1 serve as I 1 serve all and the king I 1 make my slave as easily as I 1 subject his slave I 1 speak through the birds of the air the insects of the field the crash of waters on the rock ribbed shores the sighing of wind in the trees and I 1 iam am even heard by the soul that knows me to in the clatter of wheels on city streets I 1 know no brother yet all men are my brothers I 1 am the father of the best that Is in them and they are fathers of the best that Is in me I 1 am of them and they are of me for I 1 am the instrument ment of god are you making the best of your opportunity port unity I 1 AM MUSIC by courtesy of belwyn inc office ot of superintendent the council of state superintendents and state commissioners of the national education association which held its last meeting at washington D C on the eleventh and twelfth of december 1928 produced figures to show that education can today be considered an outstanding big business of the country lewis A Ral kalbach bach acting united states Coni commissioner missioner of EdiA education cation called attention to the extensive study being made by the bureau of the so called land grant colleges authorized by congress he said this study would be completed by june 30 1930 and will have occupied three years he also stated that the budget tor for the next fiscal year provides lo fo ra study by the bureau ol of the entire field of secondary education the council discussed a uniform mode of preparing state records and reports on educational matters there Is a wide diversity of preparing records and reports and in the use of educational terms in land the various states in order that the bureau of education may compile information irom these records and reports at a minimum cost and time it is necessary that comprehensive and uniform methods be determined upon for the use of those who make up the state reports it was recommended that a committee be selected from the statisticians of the various state departments of education to study this question and make recommendation men dation educators have high hopes that this c council will be expanded under the head of a department of education it could become one of the most effective and constructive forces in the educational business of this country each state will thus contribute to the solution of the problems in every other state and also advise the secretary of the proposed department part ment of the character and extent of research and investigation as public education in the various state progresses 0 0 O representatives of thirty one national temperance organizations of the united states recently met at washington D C and formed a national legislative conference of organizations supporting the eighteenth amendment the character or activities of each of the thirty one mem jer units will not be changed by the io 0 operative organization the purpose of his conference Is to make more effective he die work of each unit it will have power m 0 o publish programs of national legislation agreed upon to consider and re governmental policies favor ible to prohibition and to protect those T m opposition to consider and recommend I 1 methods for educational work in niB port ot of the eighteenth amendment to consider and declarations nto prohibition in pir party platforms and hf nemi nomination nation of 0 candidates I 1 A joint interest will fugn bo be taken falcon in binl the largest possible vote registration and the casting of ballots etto efto foad ta will be made to enroll all of it those favorable to the cause ot of temperance 49 0 O 40 ai 0 1 I 1 miss jean cox state supervisor of 0 homo economics visited the home econ department friday ot of last week she also held a conference with mr alston this resulted in the calling of the leaders ol of the club ot of the city and the principals ot of the various schools al these leaders decided to direct a course in nutrition in the city this course will be supervised by IL miss cox and it will be given at various centers these will be announced later details 11 ot of this course will be announced later through this column results of tests in mechanics of 0 english the results in the tests in the mechanics ot of english were highly satisfactory in averaging the grades received in the four divisions of mechanics there were not a dozen students who went below the standard set for each grade several students scored perfect in various phases of english but no one scored perfect in everything those who scored perfect in capitalization are freshmen laura cossy sophomores john buck one ona cottam teresa petit velda lindsay land nyda myda wallace juniors gladys pletcher fietcher grace paxton verle verie walker marguerite okeefe seniors lorraine stevens mildred frances watson was the only student in school who scored perfect in punctuation no one scored perfect in sentence structure marguerite okeefe OKe ete betty sheen and verle walker all juniors scored perfect in grammer all students who scored perfect made a grade of A plus students who reached college grade were given an A the juniors were high on As twelve of them receiving A in all phases of mechanics these students are elizabeth boyle dorothy holtman francis garns glen mcclellan marguerite okeefe OKe ete dorothy don alice halverson grace paxton betty sheen verle walker sarah sessions Session sr and maxine madlne the sophomores were second high eight receiving As those on this honored roll are marjorie Marj orle dark clark one ona cottman lola johnson lillian marchant lee adamson phyllls phyllis hoover velda lindsay nyda wallace the fie shies had four on this roll of As in all tour four phases of english the efficient la in this class are bernice burbidge laura cossy lavon gleason only one senior is the honor roll lorraine Lorr alne stevens nearly half the students made an average of A or A minus in percent gaes on total As the seniors lead in capitalization and grammer 53 per cent and 67 per cent respectively receiving As in this division of mechanics the juniors lead in punctuation and sentence structure 61 per cent and 43 per cent respectively of the juniors received As in these phases of mechanics in capitalization the classes rank in percentages cen as follows in A As r juniors 41 per cent sophomores 39 per cent and freshmen 37 per cent in punctuation sophomores 41 per cent seniors 40 per cent and freshmen 21 per cent in sentence structure seniors 27 per cent sophomores 24 per cent freshmen 22 per cent grammer juniors 55 per cent sophomores 46 per cent freshmen 44 per cent 40 0 A 0 freshmen grandmas grandeas Grand mas are excellent entertainers the freshmen entertained the it high agh I 1 school friday with the play grandma gay slips into high it is a very clever play and the acting ability of the fresh lea made it even better minnie wright I 1 wes especially good as a modern old lady grandma gay lola st jeor as 1 another grandmother ray kidd kadder er th the 1 suitor for the hand of grandma G gay charlotte ch a arlotte matheson the selfish young I 1 wife with ployd floyd martin as her husband I 1 and ellen mawhinney Maw tUnney as the maid all added interest and humor yo the ulay play li mr smith and miss the fresh i I M 5 K men advisors cle deserve serve much credit for or directing the play the students who took part lri in the play are arc also to tie be praised tor for their exceedingly good work all the upperclassmen agreed that it it w was as ark an excellent entertainment 1 0 0 A set of furniture has 6 been purchase from mrs jackson tor for tho the stage the freshmen tided it for the first time lat frid friday ta in grandma gay slips into high the set looked especially well with the present trimmings on that beautiful stage it was also needed bad baa ly borrowing has so many disadvantages an and d Is so inconvenient that everyone who has anything to do with dramatics dramatic Is happy about the purchase |