OCR Text |
Show FOUNDERS' DAY IS CELEBRATED Dr.. George Thomas Is Chief Speaker at Pay so High Event. PAYSON. Hundreds of parents and students from Payson and vicinity vi-cinity took part in the annual Founders .day celebration at the Payson high school Friday. The event has grown to be one of the outstanding days in the community. At the program in the forenoon the principal address was given by Dr. George Thomas, president of the ' University of Utah, who gave4 personal per-sonal experiences in his contact with young people in an' educational education-al way. Others speaking were Mayor May-or Don Nebeker, Principal James Clove, President T. F. Tolhurat and Superintendent Melvin Wilson. Selections Se-lections were given by the mixed chorus, male chorus and girls glee club, vocal solos, Dean Wigttman ' and Willie Spainhowe'r and saxo-phone saxo-phone solo by Sherman Loveless. Luncheon was served to all at nocn , and a band and orchestra recita.' was given in the assembly room. Oratorical Coritost i The feature' of the afternoon program pro-gram was the annual oratorical contest for" the ' Tolhurst medal3 Eleven contestants entered, th( j speakers and subjects be'ing a1; fo lows: Irving Schaerrer, "Hindeiv ances That Help"; Grant Harris; ' "Why Stoop to Conquer?"; LynJ , Hurst, "What Books Do for Us"; j Henry Ewell, "Strength lit Being ' Clean"; Elsie Wickers, "Why aii Education?"; Echo Hayne"3, "Sidelights "Side-lights in the History of Payson"; Fawn Cowan, "Self Control"; Jennie Jen-nie Jones, "Value of Obstacles"; i Kathryn Wilson, "Give Yourself a Chance"; Dorothy Menlovd, "Nce of a State Training School for th Fe'eble Minded"; Helence Recce. "Does Anything Ail Youth?" The judges, Dr. Thomas, Rev. J. O. Arthur and George Chase awarded the decision to Lynn Hurst an? I Echo Haynes. A basketball gem a between Eure'ka and Payson nnd I the Founders' day ball in the junior high gymnasium concluded the fes . tivities. |