Show riWct-kl- y Pul NE A ly Itali Agricultural President Coin-g- nll Ptnx I or fhe fourth HV SCHOOL MONDAY MAKES THIS 1' OSS 1 OLE Uni-yorai- ty and of education a deHe contends that in all own our mocracy such as at knowledge should be placed the disposal of every individual of know-'ed?- e end that the power should be used for the benefit of The common level of intelligence must and all be raised must progress togeth- er three fundamental purposes in educa-tcndevelopment which must be kept in mind in shaping educational policies First it is the There are princ'ples or purpose of education serve the experiences i i t to con knowl- On Summer Reading ' '' ' s t J b ing Of Enjoyment RUNS AND HOT DOGS FEA- TUBE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT ( : Even-- I'resilt rd unan inodslv lv the students It i ndly consistent to hre (he insular week end vac- ticn (lion attend school Tuesday and cOvt Wednesday for tee Fouith arranremcrts rvpcpnt spend the nation ml holiday at home snt tolin'lt?re3 )'h‘ '"s ’if600 ?f ‘h® ?1rls “5 cholr ° last L?y- - b' m IJPP out of tbe mmd speaker He made reference to Chas Dudley Warner’s Camping Out and Bei A iv? the rL vw iu:ntr Boy ff little moment from the stand-ro'- nt The of value received student’s mind is usually on the fun that was had yesterday or on that wh’ch is to be had to morrow Four day? however appear to be a long vacation in a school of six weeks duration Under present conditions no extra school day s lost Everything is made ut no unnecessary breaks occur in the work Everything is being done as scheduled will Of how much value Thursday Friday and Saturday be after four day? of intense d:sc ration? We will not discuss that ouestion Suffice is to say that the four day vacation was obtained Vacations are of foremost importance in school life tell the alumnus and visitor the roems where great men studied Henry David Thoreau an eccentric who shun-- j ned society and looked like a Scandinavian German is one of them He got closer to nature any man in America by living in the woods like a squir- ten miles from Concord J Fenmmore Cooper who could not write correct English draw a good character ncr make plot has revealed and preserv-- j ed primitive America which is fast passing away Despite his faults as a writer his words will live forever Professor Pederson also mentioned John Buries with his locusts and wild honey who lacks the eccentricity of Warner but is no less realistic and entertaining in his writings “Reading the works of such writers will leave you images and thoughts that will carry you through anything that you may meet in life” said the speaker Professor C R Johnson sang a patriotic selection The Glee Club sang with effect Last Night and the choir rendered as the closing number A Day In June SOUTH-ER- N EXPERIMENT STATIONS I Dr Frank S Harris director' of the Experiment Station re-- 1 turned from a week’s trip of in- erection of the experiment last MMithem Utah " btw- - ' ““ sec-duri- commencement - Mlss and sang this classical selection as a round It went round and round until Prof Johnson’s sec- tion was rounded out to an inaudible whisper The rear tion however ended strong due to the exceptional solo work of Miss Cooper and Pearl Sevy strongly supported by Clarence Aldous’ heavy bass £ DR HARRIS VISITS cvenin§ The cwd caused was dlvlded lnt0 ‘hree sft‘ons re-mr- in and the past that have been found to be of use With our tendencies constantly growing toward the practical we must rot lose s’pht of the fact that anyway Everythin'”’ should be cultural subjects are of inestimasacrificed for them? This is ble value in making for a com- largely the sentiment of the stuplete life This knowledge which dent of today is being conserved should be so This Fourth of July should organized as to make it readily mean more to us all than an rccessible to all most of us have ever celebrated Secondly it is the business of The soul of our Nation is being cducat'on to widen the Its potential basic bound- awakened aries of knowledge This phase rmninting force is asserting itlived so of educational development is self and we who have are progressing rapidly long in its peaceful domains have we that feel to Thirdly education must aid being made to do other than the masses of the people in ap Tmething elsehand We must her plying scientific principles and rat from and method to their work in the furht for her idealsbe herpreserve sacred needs l if foce 'anous industries This partic “ar branch cf education which a a termed Tlris Fourth extension work is re- fContinuH on Page Four) thoughtful one edge of I al Thornton Editor and Manager V Professor N Alvin Pederson was the speaker at a very inter- - ‘Sweetly sings the donkey on the way to grass esting Student Body meeting! held Thursday in the chapel Ilis Every morning early greets subJect Summer Reading wasj you as you pass” madc vital by frequent refer- McachamUomrt ly Peter A C Pedersen ami adopt-- fnce t0 author? "ho have lest1 This was the opening chorus the conception J Everycno came to school last Monday so that the y could go home tomorrow night for a four days’ vacation School on June 26 instead of July third wa the would have been forced to in I oran The value of educational policies would recitations most One cf the noteworthy Tuesday’s lx on school have negative ’Any Aley’s fcis concerning Dr n two holidays is cf betwet day democratic broad dsas is hrs affairs 101 7 IlOOKS The (ducational shaping of K 2!) Four Days Vacation Prof Pedersen Talks Girls Present Lectures first national lecturer to visit our summer school was Dr of Maine Aiey president and president for 1917 ofthe National Educational AsThis noted educator sociation appeared in the college chapel at 10:30 Wednesday morning While Dr A ley did not make of oratany remarkable display ory the convincing manner in which he discussed modern tendencies and problems in education furnished ample evidence cf con his exceptional knowledge of earning the administration ItIDW J l ng Miss Georgina Davidson gave current events of our Summer n School session with many jahatie climaxes siich as Lo and behold verily verily I say un-rto you and it came to pass etc gj-gave the current history of the chosen people of the A C Summer School in their w'ander--a under the leadership of the jng-invincible Peter Agricultural College College Pedersen on em-tha- el j e j j s j Hill Miss Gladys Smith sang two soprano solos with pleasing effect The crowd sang “A C U “Down On the Our A C U Swanee River” and “Annie Laurie” Six fair singers sang what was announced as a double quartet They were enbut thusiastically applauded were too modest to respond with an encore The sticks that most everyone was supplied with but didn’t know why wrere now placed in pcticn Buttered buns and hot dogs were speared and conveyed cavern with If white cliffs on either side to be however the dogs failed hot enough they were toasted in the blaze or coals of the campfire A scene worthy of being recorded by flashlight was the toasting of the dogs The energy supplied by the dos and buns was later dis-b-y sipated by lively games m which every one participated to the great |