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Show Feb. Yld ( at I'a: 10 Letters to the Editor : :i)ITni:iAL What is the social problem at V. Iliph? Why do only ot our liiph school students support our dances'.' Why are so mans ot the students anti social? These ate only a lew of the problems til social hie at our school. Ilou can we solve them? We have an activity about two weeks for the hiph of the school, but only Id one-thii- i ation of a large munker of vit tiles and. grates received thioughoiit one's life- a combination wlmh has been carefully prepared and matured experience. It is a subject for admiration and emour;gemeiit students attend. Approximately 1( ol liers. Good character is to a pleat extent the oiitcoiTTeof good actions; yet, pood actions are also the outgrowth of aj eighty per cent of the school's spent for a'tid budpet ofis tile pood character. dances people Many Sophomores gather The now somewhat natural tendency of this peneration that attend these dances are not is to complain that there are certain necessary chanpes to he from our studentbody. Why dont our students come out to the made, hut its all ripht to let the other fellow make them. Its dances? all ripht to let someone else shoulder all of the responsibility1 One of the reasons is that the and work. Due to this lackadaisical habit, many of us are liv-- 1 pills just don't pet asked! Most class this year irp far below the character standards that we are capable of of the boys would like to date, is The Sophomore enthusiasm and of one whom A energy cravinp for the approval of those amonp achievinp. but they just dont have the couthe indications all from and e work and live, added to a fear of criticism, has thwarted; rage to ask the pirls. The pirls, fine some see will school tilings our poals and ambitions. on the other hand, are afraid to grattiis class before A good iliarai r is a 1 i i j , ev-ei- one-thir- force to plan party. Sophs Sound Off Continuance in such practices will brinp to lipht throuph fool hasnt learned, nor will learn when to respect a fool. bitter experience that a One of our most cherished scriptures states, Knock and had a it shall be opened, ask and ye shall receive. This has lorp and sipnificant influence on all our lives. However, we no longcT believe it. Our scripture seems locker wont open at our to have clumped to, If the d fiist haphazard try. KICK it in; and why ask when its just a easy to take. If you feel this is a little absurd or an of the truth, take a tour throuph the lower hallof the education buildinp and let your eye linper on the lockers and newly repaired walls that have seen the fulfillment of this new interpretation of the scriptures. Oh! you say, "That was done before we came. A typical unthinkinp answer. When you put your books away next time, pause, listen, judpe for yourself. The second part of the scripture says, Why ask when its just as easy to take." And the takinp means almost Numerous items have been reported taken at this sihool. Does it shock you to know that at least SbO.OO has fallen prey to this second interpretation? Other items such, as school books, pocket books, hose, pym clothes, hall passes, etc. have pone the way of the world. exap-peratio- any-thin- n p. Hut. you say, look how bad it is in other schools. This second unthinkinp answer beps us to reply, Oh! As l( i.p as were not as bad as some of the rest, were all ripht. I doubt if Pres. McKay would apree. It doesnt quite seem like the ideals of the church. I remember somethinp like: Work United we stand, Honesty is the best policy, Im- the betterment of all. and A penny saved (new lockers, new walls, etc.) is a penny earned. Of course, these are old fashioned and I suppose no lonper applicable to a nadern peneration. My point in sayinp this? Here it is. It is my firm convicit udes affect our associates around us, and tion that our-atmir attitudes are holdinp up production on a new campus for DA.II. School. Far fetched? Perhaps, but whom do you know who wouid lie willinp to put several million dollars into a reject that has a pood chance of receivinp little or no res-ot ? When (mi- attitudes hae clumped and are in full d with the Church, then we may truly say, Knock and it shall be opened, k and v shall receive. Then and only then Mi all PM .11. School see a beautiful dream, a new campus, fulfilled. The Art of Cramming have lound many students asking themselves tins basic question. "To fail, oi not dying to retain these thiityto fail. seven chapters he never quite The end of the tei m and the lound time to read. semester hae bioupht a sudden It seems a crammers work is of and never done. As soon as lie finreiewinp, studying snipe one test, he must pull out testinp. The students favorite i? is no lonper wasttnp past-timbooks and cram for the next time but instead is one. He is often found cramming foi more than one test at a ctamminy Just what R cramming? It R This procedure lias led to the art of stuffing knowledge much trouble for some students into your head just long enouk when, after taking the test, they to help you pass a test. "The they couldnt remember one knowledge R then quickly thing they needed to know. They until time for another may aRo find that they have cram session. put American History answers on Cramming is not one of tiio-- e a Bioingv test. onco in a life time vents, but instead appears approximately every six weeks during the lug!, school year. You can always tell a "ciam-iop" because ot these ehacaeter-Rties- : bloodshot eyes, black lings under the eye-- - .swollen cyclic-- , a taint mumbling of jumblcci-uwords, and a tendency to ta'l TD asleep during class. The "cram- the c. week.-- - - - I mCat Lets Change were not aware, mainly because it happened after school hours, I .was uniortnuate enough to haw ventured into the lower hall ol the Education Building to get my books. When I first entered the building I noticed the lights were out in the main hall. But I tiguied that maybe one of the janitois wanted to catch up on some shut- Mr, Lynn Ienson - Getting off to a good start, tiu sophomores elected their ottieers .1 During the recent blackout of the buildings on the BYE campus, of which many students a.-- n past, the pace set at the beginning of the year has not lagged. They are planning many activities for the future The one closest at hand is a party at TJimp Haven. Tin n1 all ac-ai- tor-gotte- duate k tins in is at the beginning of the year. Rand Packer was elected president. Sue Ann Elliott, Repina officers are working out the deRedd, Doug Young and David tails at present. Whetten were chosen to help him Indeed the Sophomore Class R in their respective duties. an up and coming organization land wo are bound to heai moo Immediately following the ('lec- from them in the future. tion, parties and money-makinprojects were begun. The sophomores went on an hay ride and then returned to eat and thaw out at one of the oi fleers homes. It was a successful paity, but they soon pot down i0 to work to earn money and preMan Ellen Si, Editor Helen pare for their dance and assemXt ; Editor silly. Janiie Ce Another said. "I believe it is bly. They earned money selling Feature Editor-- , Ann Sine good, but I think it refers to home made candy in the hails Client Ann Wu .PC Society Editoi noon hour. the during dating steadily. Paul Van VV.'ig Sports Editin' A Provo High student comPat SO Copy Editor Dance for the Christmas Plans think it should be set . Editors ments, Cell. Busies-t Peteise. at the Sophomore year because and Assembly were begun and Syh ester. .Jaime Clue that is when all the fun starts. committees and chairmen were Man The held Reporters assembly, appointed. One way to solve a few of Beverly Burrup, Claudia Cole-on "Two 19, December presented P, pun Crockett Paul lien!1 tiie.se problems is to change sevPam Hoo ei I.ei Kme dance the and Different Worlds, eral of our dances to other types Jim Kirkm m Allan Him on December 21, Claudia Col. presented E 'hanu'e Editor of activities ones that dont reMiss Tuiley Addie Jean Fume'' Ariisor Holidays. "Happy or skill talent. quire courage, Gina Grow Mad Fool v( well-know- they in 19G4. Blackout Confuses t e from -- to-peth- er P.erent prefer at the only pirls choice dance of the year, because they are afraid the boys will refuse. If the boys are not preferred they feel badly, but as soon as they pet asked they start complaininp about the pirls that asked them. Sometimes they refuse without a real reason. With so few of the students coming out to dances the attendance is decreased even further by the churchs new policy: no dating until age sixteen. There are many different opinions on this new policy. One adult said, T am behind tilt' policy all the way. I think it is way past due, A student said, I think its and Mr. Hilton proved valuable advisors in helping the sopho-- j mores with their undertakings. Though the main event Dr which tlie sophomores wore eye. When I proceeded down the steps to the lower hall I noticed that these lights were also oft and that it was darker than a coal mino at midnight. Right then and them I should have turned hack, but like a mad fool in suit of higher learning, I con-hi- s tinned on. As I reached the bottom of the stairs and took a lew stops ward I heard a death defying scream, and I figured that I must i have stepped on some poor enth gtader and sent him to an early death. Making a hasty retreat in the direction oi my locker I ian dilectlv into a mass oi arm- - and pm-ishe- s foi-tim- sev-iin- Ilidley, Marie Kelly, loan Nicholes, i)avid Keck, Janet Iet eison, Kent reterson, Alary Helen Grimmett, and Kill Miller e press their views about observe!-- . Bill The Subject by Jed Christensen was roving through the halls oi B.Y. High as a roving I suddenly came upon an interesting question. "Do observers bother you when in the elass-lontAs I n until she found out that were smarter than she wa- Movuig my exact Reck "As sei v e. and botht r me t! along here, I im sentiment- - tmm D, long a- - they in- -: dont teach, they situation?' Another quesa bit. tion which might be interesting, Mai ie Kelly told mo that ,1 "Do you think observers ate tak-eon the sex ie ii e pendadvantage of? Well, back to bothet her. Is she ju- -t hemm the original question. to like boys?) I I might add that the answers are eompietr ly uneensored. I hav- ent touched them up. The first answer I got was Rom Kent Peterson. They do bother him if inak nut il female, then he heenme-th- e (ob-seiver- si , ob-e- rv - er. ob-eiv- do odd tilings did I . . ei Iid-le- y ' -- me Dips tliim advance their education then si, much the hettei. ID made the that it they khfvv somethin:: of what the ehs- - un- - studying, it might he bette, toi them as wad a- - for u- -. gal. Janet Peterson, k ei- one- - ueii a- - -- t1 p m -- out in class, an-'! ling hke they wen- a- - a inoi that eias-- . yawning, and .ii -ly the ones mat lee t t , t an-cr. and a y ei y ' -- i -- i Dne n. Diligent answn I get, bowev ei was from Bid i ie said that ii then oo-- bur put Othei types of are disliked are: The j i Jo,a n X ichoR ate those U as, d low do ( al di-t- u i ba nee. ,1 ' "U , di ,es 't f we at y mi', e th nal though; dont R t he, l.ei teaehei- - oo. ! do ' i. i I'd ;r. it abort said they didnt boti.ei her at all ed t n -ubjei t . . -- . 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