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Show Friday, January Page ftfim Has everything been done? Brother Bassett says 'No!' mssmiMutss3 5 ' ni' a:!I Wl in A few weeks ago the halls were festooned with post- ers. And from to many lips came the question, What is the Pharaoh? There seemed to be a great air of expectation, and the blood of BY High was recharged. The premiere was set, and people were told to watch for the Pharaoh. The producers and actors of Great and Abominable Ltd. were going about with proud grins on .if. '' Z , C their faces. Then one day in the bulletin came, Dont watch for Pharaoh. That was all it said, but the effect was devastating. Students no longer had the fire of excitement in them. There was nothing to look forward to. Dont let it be forgot that once there was . . . . PH 0 TO BY PHIL TH Whats in a name? Everything! Two university students walked by the flapole. What school is this? asked one. I think its some kind of a school for professors kids, said the other. The sign over the BY High Educational Building bears BY Academy, which was once right, but the legend, which is no longer. The lettering over the Mens Gym reads Womens The elementary school is called the Gym. Training School. And strangely enough, contrary to Constitution and statute, some people insist on calling the whole thing the Lab School. Our name is Brigham Young High School. So plausibly, a visitor to our campus could get the idea he was visiting the "Training School, the Academy, or some other equally erroneous name. Other buildings are not even identified, i.e., College Ilall. All of this can be changed. We just need to change should rename several of the the names of the gyms.-W- for example, changing Arts, Education, and building names. As a finishing touch, we might have the stone "BY Academy arch carefully dislodged, shellacked and hung in the main hall. A BY High School arch should definitely be replaced in the same position. It would present a minimum of trouble to the physical plant. These changes, we fee!, would be a groat help and relief to evervone, especiallv for those wanting to know what buildings; "Training 1 Rebellion on home front Few students regard the school as a home, and yet, it is here that they spend almost half of their waking hours. It is also like a home: anything that students do to mar the buildings, it must be paid for by their parents through tithing. Rebellion of this type does not hurt the school as much as the parents. Since this is the case, it seems strange that teachers have to be on hall duty during noon to pre- vent students from tearing the school apart. Students usually regard themselves as adults, but their actions speak loudly against them. BY High is among the minority of schools in the state that require hall duty of the teachers. No mater what teachers say, this problem will not be solved until students decide for themselves that the time has come for students to display some of the maturity that they pride themselves in having. D M AB3 BROTHER ARTHUR BASSETT . . . finds writing courses, articles very challenging. Portrait of a patriot this" it Zabriskie had the feeling ever Have you been done, has that everything and that there is nothing for you to do. Brother Arthur Bassett, member of the BY High Seminary when he faculty, had this feeling was young. But he grew up to find out that there were somethings that hadn't been done. ONE SUCH THING was writing about the history of the Church be-- , in a world setting from the as ginning to the present. And, Brother Bassett puts it, write about the whole man of each of the Presidents of the Church. He is currently writing about the lives of the Presidents of the Church from John Taylor to the present. These are to be published By Noel editorials that 28, 1944 Brigadier 2 . . . Lincoln: Greatest American Brent Ashworth "With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on, to finish the work we are in . . . to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." These are the words of the man who has been termed, The greatest American and the emancipator," Abraham Lincoln. "Abe," as his friends and foes would later call him, was born in a backwoods log cabin in Hardin County, Ky. The U.S. celebrates his birthday on Feb. 12. He grew up on newly broken pioneer homes as the family moved forward, always on the edge of the frontier. His father, Thomas Lincoln, was a migratory carpenter and farmer who was nearly always poverty stricken. His mother was Nancy Hanks, a shadowy figure in history, who died in 1818, not long after the family had moved to the wilds of Spencer Countv, By Ind. In formal schooling, Lincoln had almost none. All that he knew, he got from the few books which he was able to get. What did he read? He owned only three books as a boy: the Bible. Aesops Fables." and a The Pro Pilgrim's gress. As one historian put it, Abraham Lincoln enrolled in night school, before an open fire, with an open Bible and the few other books of which he was able to get a hold of. On one occasion, Lincoln said, "My best friend is the one who will get me a book I have not read. His education was indeed very successful, since he was able to make the great Bible qualities of honesty and righteousness part of his daily life. He said it himself, I do the best that I can, the very best I book-entitle- know how, and mean to keep on These doing so until the end. words seemed to form Lincoln's attitude all through his life, for in everything he did, he did his best. But, as history has shown us, he can not be termed a natural success. In 1831, he failed in business. In 1832, he was defeated for the legislature. Then he tried to get an appointment to the United States Land Office out was rejected. IN 1833, he failed in business again, and spent the next seventeen years paying off his own debts and those of his worthless partner. In 1834, he was finally elected to the legislature. In 1835, his sweetheart, Ann Rutledge, died. He later married a woman who was a constant burden to him throughout his life. In 1835, Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown. In 1838, he was defeated for Speaker. In 1840, he was defeated for Elector. In 1843. he was defeated for Congress again. In 1855. he was defeated for the United States Senate. In 1856, he was defeated for the In 1853, he was defeated for the Senate again; he also lost the great I808 debate with Stephen A. Douglas. But, in 1860, he met with one of the only victories of his life (and his last) when he was elected President of the United States. The events of the Civil War are many and but without Lincoln, most historians agree that the United States would not have existed in our times. Here was a patriot. Here was the life we should study and praise as Americans. This was the Greatest American. y. well-know- n; Gals prefer Wilkins Alan Wilkins was named the Preferred Man at the recent Preference Ball with Larry Denham as first attendant and Barry Olson second attendant. Contentants were Mel Martin, Lon Keith, Alan Wilkins, Larry Denham, and Barry Olson. in a supplement to be used with the Church History manuals to be used in the Seminary system throughout the Church. He has used as a guideline the Church History Class he taught last year to help in the compilation and writing of these histories (He would like to especially thank and give credit to that class for much of the manual's content.) Brother Bassett, using suggestions of other seminary teachers and his own experiences, completed a New Testament teaching outline which is now being used in the Seminary system. This also was done with the help of a class he taught two years. HE HAS ALSO written a few articles for The Instructor" during the past few years. Brother Bassett feels that since most interesting scriptures are written in biographical form, the history of the church should follow a similar pattern. He feels that people should not think that being a Prophet of the Lord is an easy job, but that it requires much faith, work, and resistance to temptation. If you ever think that all in the world has been done, think of doing something in an area with a new outlook. Brother Basset thas successbullv! Tyrolean talent hosted Thursday Tyrolean table tennis champion, an organ and accordion builder, and a graduate actor, will make up the Tyrolian Assembly next Thursday at 9 a m. The Eberl Trio will play some Austrian music. The trio consists of Jacob Andre Eberl. who is a well known radio. TV and recording star; Franz Mosl, accordionist. Guitarist, yodeler. singer, and player 1; Knopforgel (button-orgaand Franz Josef Pircher (from Tratzberbsiedlung, Jenbach. Tyrol, Austria) who is an accomplished Zither player, lie abo plays the Raffele. guitar, and is a champion yodeler. Mr. 1ircluT is also a table tennis champion and plays soccer. The group is a BY assembly coming through he National Assemblies organization. A n High-pai- d the Brigadier paper published the Brigham High School Studentv Body. University Ave., Provo. Utah. A the authority of under Aoum, 500 NSPAFirst Class winner 1961 Second place winner Utah Journa.isrilEducaUon Assn. ing Contest 1965 200 School enrollment ( Dawn Thurston Editor-in-Chi- Associate Editor News Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Business Manager Bus. Asst. Mgr Chief Photographer Exchange-Distributio- n Larry Chn-ten- Noel Brent sr .ahnskie Ashwnrtn .Rn Kris Ueerts Barrv r Phil Thomas Editors Linda Christensen Grug DuPron Nanev Cannon. Kim Reporters Hanson, Mickey Ibarra. Ktc'e Hal .. ... Adviser .. .. -- |