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Show today it is the word 'bewilderment." 'bewilder-ment." Less emphasis should be placed upon the slogan "Learn by Doing" and a little more upon ' Learn by Thinking." Think-ing." THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO December 17, 1936 First Grade News We are putting cardboards on our house. It isn't hardly done. Bert O'Leary We have a house and it's just about done. We have a fish pond and it is done. Richard Jefferson We brought some material to make presents for our mothers and fathers. We are sewing for cur baby. Shirleen Gillins We are making a peep show. It will be about Christmas. Maurine Davidson Third Grade We get to go to the music room every three mornings and dance with the fourth grade. We have lots of fun. Sometimes our class dances alone. We went to the music room this morning. morn-ing. The fourth grade danced with us. Rae Bond Let's Go Back By Phyllis Wiittaker The following are excerpts from the files of the Beaver County News and its predecessors. pre-decessors. FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO December 15, 1916 DID WE WIN? The state Board of Health of Utah is holding a "Clean Town" contest. Agents have been sent far and wide to visit towns and communities in search for the ideal "Spotless Town," and the decision of the judges will be announced Monday. Did you know Milford had been visited? Sure thing. Only one little unimportant detail may keep Milford from winning the prize, she neglected to clean up. Happy Cholo Shortly after noon yesterday, Marshall Baxter nabbed a noi-sey noi-sey and drunken cholo and found him quarters in the city hotel. The fellow was so happy that he insisted on giving a free concert to the other "guests" oi the bastile. FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO December 17, 1926 Editorial I think young people today are generally unhappy. They seem to be on pleasure bent; they -seem to be socially and sometimes morally plunging when in reality they are trying to rid themselves of being bored. They are groping for something real, true, tangible and challenging life. Just now they are muddling through. If there is a term that characterizes char-acterizes the state of education |