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Show Thursday, February 21, 1924. THE WEBER HERALD PAGE THREE Security State Bank SAVINGS COMMERCIAL ogden utah JEWELRY AND WATCH REPAIRING We solicit this line of work during January and February and give you prompt service J. S. LEWIS & CO. Jewelers Boston Shoe Shop Fine Shoe Repairing 2352 Washington Ave. Artistic floral do. 2411 Hudson Ave. Ogden, Utah li 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 Williams Music 1 Company E 2215 Washington Avenue Ogden, Utah Phone 503 1 EVERYTHING IN MUSIC AND MUSICAL j MERCHANDISE E BANNER RECORDS 55c E Fii!i!i!iii!iiin!!!i:iiiiiii!in:i:ii!i!-iiu7 iiiiMiiMiiiniiiiiiiiMiimiiiHiiuuiiiii I MAKE THIS AN E ELECTRICAL YEAR Buy it at E The Lighthouse E 2452 Washington Ave. E Telephone 581 E E C. G. Eklund : G. E. 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Consider the dance that age-old institution of national and racial exprssion depicting in rythm the traditions and folk-lore of the human race; exalting the moods and temperment of a people, from the sensuous hula-hula of moon-lit Samoa to the harvest dance of the Scandi-navias and the dainty polka of the picturesque Tyrol to what depths it has fallen! It's primal purpose has apparant-ly disappeared beyond the horizon never to return. Our Nationalities are no longer distinguished by their quaint folk-dances and quainter costumes: amodern kingdom, Jazzmania, is fast eradicating boundary lines and destroying national expression thru the medium of the dance. The beer garden of Berlin vies with the cabaret of New York and the cellar of the Argentine to crown the reigning king, Jazz. What has become of the stately minuet, the lively but dignified cotillion, the old dreamy waltz of the "Blue Danube"? Gone the way, no doubt, of the hoop-skirt, the bustle, and the old-fashioned girl who said "goodnight" with a smile and a hands-shake! The pasing of years has brought a new order of things; a new shrine of worship. Jazz is no respecter of persons for he plucks his victims with the nonchalance of a policeman taking peanuts from a Dago stand; from the castle to the gutter, the era- die to the grave, his devotees' hasten at his signal. j And is the new order really i so different? Let's enter the, the Temple of Jazz and collect the evidence. Pay at the, gate, climb the hill and step; into the land of moaning saxj and the squeling . clarinet! ! Ndw in the language of Dr. Lind, "Note this": No. 1. The gyrating top before us resolves itself into Exhibit A, a clipped, paint-smeared flapper lost in the tight embrace of her longhaired Shiek, decked out in n-arh of p mnvie hero and Andalusian pirate. Energetic ally pounding their molars on the indispensible "Beach-nut," they gaze soulfullyintO sDace as they spin and dip in; outlandish contortions. Just what would the gum industry do without the dance hall? No. 2. Exhibit B literally heaves into view! Picture, if you can, a matron of uncertain summers and numerous progeny, perspiring freely in an enthusiastic but misguided effort to emulate the grace of an oriental houri. Funny? No. 3. And now exhibit C is the portly gentleman in, front of us. who, cursed with ; the insurmountable handicap, of a great, frontal protuber-; ance, is vainly attempting to, solve the difficulties of the lo-ht fantastic, a la Valentino. It is to laugh. And to think that we can see all this and( more besides, three nights a week for one small dime. Some museum! And what manners Shade! of Lord Chesterfield what! manners! The strutter no longer shares the "pleasure of of the dance," but also his bottle and "Camels" as well.' Beau Brummel, one-time ar-j biter of fashion despite his understanding of things so- cial. never realized the nos-sbilities for convivality tO be found in the hip pocket. , They didn't even have this very necessary attachment in' his day. Instead of "requesting the honor of a dance,"; the Jazzhound hooks the willing Jazzbaby with a catch-as catch-can hold, hauls her onto the floor and slides into a. series of grotesque movements that would turn the j cheecks of an Apache pale, with envy. How the ape-man capering in the dim light of. his cave would nave snicKer-ed, could he have but visualized his posterity! Just what is the meaning of it all where will it end? Is the modern dance to be the expression of our national temperment and thought; Is the modern dance to be a signal of approaching senility and decay, or is it just the inevitable reaction of a war-torn, nerve-shattered world? Will the clutching talon of the South Amem-an dive tear down forever the standards of decency and convention, or will the trend of this hectic life we live swing back to normalcy. Perhaps the bewildering whirligig of life will bring stability and temperance uppermost again; perhaps the marching armies of the opposition will shout down into the dust this modern Jericho perhaps! However, be it as it may, until that bright day shoves its face above the horizon we must of necessity, to be among the elect, prostrate ourselves before the reigning king, Jazz, and shout lustily with the multitude, "On with the dance." WEBER IN EMBRYO It is a well remembered fact that Weber College, in its infancy known as the Weber Stake Academy, opened January 7, 1889, in the Second Ward Meeting House. According to a diary kept by the late Professor Louis F. Moench,, whose untiring efforts fostered its early years, the history of this institution! dates back to some twenty, years earlier. From the diary: account we are unable to as- certain the exact date of the incident there related, but we are led to judge it must have! taken place in the early seventies. I With his prophetic vision,' President Young foresaw the1 giant strides education was about to make in our state, at that time a territory. This fact so impressed itself upon his mind that he called to ihs' office two men, both educational leaders. They were the late Dr. Karl G. Maeser, and Prof. Louis F. Moench. To them he confided his reasons and plans for a church school system. "Brethern" he said, "I have called you to this work knowing you will not foster the spirit of infidelity which will spring up in the wave of education which is about to engulf this Territory. He call-' ed Brother Maeser to establish a church school in Provo for the benefit of southern Utah, while Prof. Moench was to open a similar i nsti-j tution for northern Utah, in Ogden City. The B. Y. U. of Provo has, developed from the institution here planned; but Presi- dent Young did not live to complete his plans and with his death his idea of estab-, lishing a church school in Ogden City was dropped. Years passed and the pre-; diction of President Young was fulfilled. A wave of edu-j cation engulfed our commun-l ity and our leaders found the spirit of infidelity really taking hold of the young people who were drinking from its stream. A well balanced education cannot lack the element of religion, for it is the foundation of true learning. Enthused with this feeling a meeting was called, and such men as the late Apostle, Franklin D. Richards, Pres.' L. W. Shurtliff, Joseph Stanford, Bishop Robert McQuar-rie and others there discussed the situation and decided on the establisment of an institution of learning in Ogden City, where the principles of the Gospel might be freely taught and its truths become the fundamental elements on which its learning should be based. j Strange that the man u-1 nanimously chosen at this meeting to stand at the head, of this institution should be: the same who had been called to this very mission in the private office of President Young nearly twenty years before. Prof. Moench was at, this time engaged in editing "Der Stern," Which was the organ of the church in the Swiss and German Mission.' He had been engaged in this work almost three years and his efforts had met with such j success that the leaders and: people were loath to part with him, as the position required a man educated in both the German and English language. On account of the great amount of translating necessary a competent successor was hard to find and a year elapsed before he was released. At length, however, the right man was found and on December 10, 1888 Professor Moench returned to his home in Ogden City and within a month after his return the Weber Stake Academy had its formal opening. It was a wonderful body of young men and women, 98 in number, who had assembled themselves together that Monday morning in the Second Ward Assembly Hall. New desks had been installed and a blackboard about 20 feet long on easels, adorned the stand just below the choir seats. The services of but two teachers had been thought necessary. Prof. Moench and Edwin Cutler, a young graduate of the B. Y. C. at Provo. Seated on the stand at the opening exercises were A-postle Franklin D. Richards, Pres. L. W. Shurtliff, Councillors C. F. Middleton, and N. C. Flygare, Bishop Robert McQuarrie, T. J. Stephens, David McKay , and Joseph Stanford. Not one of this august body remains today, each having answered the final summons; but many of the boys and girls who witnessed the wonderful opening meeting are the influencial leaders of our city, and living witnesses of the success of the church school system in Weber County. It is a curious fact that within a week the attendance had increased from 98 to 150 members and the Board of Regents found it necessary to procure the services of another teacher, Lorenzo Waldrom accepting the position. The church school system proved adequate to the religious needs of the young, however, for the elements of Theology were thoroughly grounded in the youthful minds, leaving no room for" the weeds of infidelity to find root. High School branches were taught, and even the fine arts were studied, Mrs. Electa Brown giving lessons in all kinds of fancy work. A Polysophical Society was organinzed, which met once a week where lectures on subjects of an educational nature were given by the best speakers of the day, among which were Anthon H. Lund, Henry Rolapp, Scott Anderson, and many others. The year ended May 24, with fitting closing exercises, leaving a deep felt desire in the hearts of all to return with the fall opening. WOODROW WILSON MEMORIAL (Continued from Page 1) entry into the war, but when he saw it was unavoidable, he severed all diplomatic relations with Germany and our ambassador was called home. "No man ever faced such a titanic task as did Woodrow Wilson. His efforts to establish a League of Nations are coming more and more to acknowledged, for he pointed out a new road which the nations of the world might follow.Woodrow Wilson's body lies at this moment at Wash- ington and at this hour the! whole world is in mourning. Mr. Wilson liked to talk of nis meais ana purposes, Dut he always shrank from talking about himself.- All the world is beginning to appreciate the great work of Woodrow Wilson. Even his hostile critics are beginning to appreciate more and more his personality. He is going to stand out and his ideals are going to smite the hearts of every thinking man. SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING Little Waldo (home from a visit to his aunt) Mamma, do Christian people eat each other like heathens do? Mother-Why, Waldo, what makes you think such nonsense?Waldo Well, auntie said they were going to have Rector Jones for dinnertomorrow! ftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftft "See Us First" Watson-Tanner Clothing Co. 372 Twenty-fourth Street Arrangements Being Made for School Play The neonle of Osrrlpn lonk I forward to the Weber play as :a great event. This year we have been a trifle late getting 'started but nevertheless we shall have a school play. Harvey Taylor, whose dramatic ability is unquestionable will direct and supervise it. Three very good, high royalty plays are now being considered, however, it has not yet been decided which one will be presented. The cast will be selected entirely by try-outs. There is considerable talent in the school this year, hence we shall stage a real college play. WEBER WINS OPENER Showing the need of much practice the Weber crew beat the L. D. S. in the first game of the Junior College league. The game was hard fought, but showed that neither team was in fighting trim. The Weber squad showed some excellent material which when developed will in all proba bility equal any in the Junior College class. Weber took the. lead in the first few minutes of play, when Bruno caged two excellent long shots. They were never headed from then on, although, their lead at times was very small. Weber showed a better brand of passing than the Saints. They had two to one more shots at the basket and it was only their inability to score that made the game seem rather slow to the spectators. But this will be eliminated with a little more practice. On the defensive the Weber crew handled the opposition in an excellent manner; they played a five man defense that was hard to penetrate.Taken all in all the game was as good as could be expected from the standpoint of the players. We think that in the future the public will be treated to a brand of ball equal to any in the State. The game was well attended and the Student Association was there one hundred per cent. SCHOOL DISMISSED FOR LINCOLNS BIRTHDAY The students of Weber College were given a holiday in commemoration of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. The President of the school said that this ought not to be, but in view of the fact that all the other schools were dismissing for the day he thought it best for Weber to do the same. Pie also concluded that the students needed a breathing spell in which to catch up in their studies. I suppose this conclusion was correct, because it seems that "Slim" Hales, "Clix" Barker, Claude Helm and some others were so ambitiously inclined toward an education that they spent tlie whole day at school. Of course I am not attempting to estimate the amount of "catching up" these students did. However, they had the right atmosphere. We heard that Jerry has tried to cross a Clay Pigeon with a Plymouth Rock to see if it would lay bricks, ft ft Never ask a woman why she loves you, nor how long she will love you. The first question she cannot answsr. The second one she could answer, but doesn't want to. ft ft "Mom," said Almon bursting into the house all out of breath, "ther's going to be the devil to pay down at the grocer's. His wife has trot a baby girl and he's had a "Boy Wanted" sign in the window for a week. ft ft ft ft Stealing a hug from a pretty girl is grand larceny, ft ft ft The best of friends must park. WEBER AT LAST COMING TO HER OWN For a long time the stu dents and faculty of Weber have been trying' to gain re cognition for our school as a ! real Junior College. From time to time we have been Padding new members to our list of "converts" but it has been just lately that the j townspeople and students of other schools have really shown that they were for Weber. I Probably the most outstanding proof of this growing interest was shown by the large attendance at the game and dance last Friday j night. We all know about the game which was "some game" in spite of the score, but did you notice what a success that dance was? As the final whistle sounded, the orchestra, perched a-bove, started up some irre-sistable melody and before you had time to hesitate everyone was gliding gracefully or otherwise over the not very clean floor. However before long Pres. Tracy began to feel restless and lazy just sitting around and so he dashed madly out of the Gym but soon reappeared with two brooms and straightway he and Mr. Blay-lock fell to sweeping the floor. This almost caused a not because James Lindsay and "Abe" felt slighted so they gently but firmly confiscated the brooms and the task was finished in style. Then the dance proceeded as best it could under the the crowded condition. All were there, even Dr. Lind and shy Brother Winsor forgot themselves long enough to "trip the light fantastic" with their favorite ladies. The hall was filled with enthusiastic boosters and friends. A rather startling change! in the color, scheme was detected. Instead of Lee Hales choosing the "other blonde" as usual we noticed he changed suddenly to a partner who had black hair, of course with a pink ribbon on it. However, we can't blame the boy, that wonderful music affected lots of us. All in all, it was a wonderful dance. Everyone went a-way thoroughly satisfied and convinced that the Weber College students are real entertainers.We invite them all to come again and partake of that good old "Weber spirit." LOVE NOTES It is the ebb-tide of love that shows the mud-flats of the soul. When woman really loves a man she will forgive him everything. When a man loves a woman he will forgive nothing. ft ftft ft Chapped lips don't skid on damp rouge. The girl that takes your fancy is liable to take your roll. Love is a peculiar ailment that keeps old maids awake at night time. ft ftft ft When a man is bent on getting married he stands up straighter than ever. ft ft Loving a woman for her beauty is like eating a bird for its singing. DEBATING (Continued from Page 1) for Utah a classified property tax should be substituted for the present general property tax." The Northern Division includes Weber College, Brig-ham Young College, and Ricks College. The Southern Division consists of Dixie College, Branch Agricultural College, Snow College, arid Latter Day Saints Junior College.The tryouts for Weber were held last week and resulted in the following selection:Affirmative, Lcland Mon-son and Junius Tribe. Negative. Clarence Brown and Rulon Beus. The divisional debates will be held on March 14, at which time Weber's Affirmative team will meet Ricks at Ogden, and her negative team will meet Brigham Young at Logan. 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