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Show ENSIGN WILLIAM BARKER TO HIGH SCHOOL BOYS Tuesday afternoon In the "gym" assembly, as-sembly, the first mass meeting of high school boys was held. Tho assembly was crowded and the meeting1 was opened by Lester Wire, president of the athletic association. as-sociation. He spoke upon the Importance of the association and also, owing to the decrease In dues, ho thought every boy should Join. Mr. McN'lcce, physical director di-rector and also coach for tho football team, spoke upon athletics In general. He stated that every boy should boost for the football team and help it alontr by Joining the association. The privileges offered to members ure, the use of lockers, lock-ers, physical training In connection with athletic teams and the "gym." Including apparatus work and calisthenics exercises. exer-cises. Principal Eaton spoke of the outlook out-look for a prosperous year In school work, as It now had throe great branches pushing push-ing It to the front, they being the cadet corps, and an athletic association for both bovs and girls. He concluded by Introducing In-troducing one of his old students from the Ogden high school. Ensign William IJarkcr of the Unltod States navy. Mr. Barker graduated from tho Ogden high school and continued on In the Stanford Stan-ford university, then receiving his appointment ap-pointment to Annapolis from Senator Thomas Koarns. He graduated from the i naval academy two years ago and Is now doing naval duUlupon the. armored cruiser cruis-er Marietta. Mr Barker spoke upon tho j groat. United States navy, dividing his talk into throe topics naval life, the navy -.is a profession, and tho past history, present development and future progress of the navy. Ho stated that the training j roroived at Annapolis Is both practical ' and theoretical, and not theoretical only, I as the majority of people think. Any 1 graduato from tho academy, upon leaving i the service, can take up almost any profession pro-fession In business life and make a great success in so doing. He added that dnr-i dnr-i ing the schooling all officers do every I branch of naval work, even to shoveling ' coal in the battleship. He, like all other Annapolis graduates. Is a strong believer in President Roosovoll's idea about a largo navy. The Amorican navy is today classed as second in the world, but, he sluuvl. It was tar from tho top. as there Is not one entirely modern battleship In tho navy. The battleship Connecticut, America's best product along this Hue, would be helpless against the new British battleships, battle-ships, because of lack of speed and bat-lories. bat-lories. He talked to the boys about Annapolis, An-napolis, and encouraged thoso Interested In tlie navy to work toward entering the academy. I'tah is well represented In both the naal and military academies, several of Its representatives being from the Salt Lake high school. |