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Show THE DIXIE OWI 16 The Spirit of Youth The Aggie Club H . E. C. Report The officers of this school year are about to turn over their positions to We have worked their successors. for what we thought was the best interests of the school but have felt handicapped in our inexperience. We feel that what has been accomplished has been accomplished by the hearty cooperation of the students, that they have given us their loyal support, and we know they will stand The Agriculture club of the Dixie Normal College was organized by David Gourley in 1913. It was organized for the purpose of furthering the work of agriculture, and for the presentation of the scientific aspects of agriculture before the people of this region. Since that time it has This year been steadily growing. on account of the Flu, we were un able to begin the club until the. second semester. Since then. we have been making up for Our clubs has been held lost time. every Wednesday night. They have most assuredly been worth anyones while, for the lectures have been given by those who had studied their subjects, and who gave them from a practical point of view. Both Agriculture and Animal Husbandry have been treated by the lecturers. On April 4th seventeen members of the club took a trip to Zions canyon and the Big Plains, for the purpose of studying conditions there which would be of interest to the club. They had a most interesting trip, returning Sunday night. On Saturday night, April 12, the winding up scene of the Aggie and H. E. Clubs took place when the boys and girls went up to the race track There and toasted marshmallows. was a jolly crowd, and oh the fun we had! Twos and Threes, Farmer in the Dell, and Jerusalem, all were entered into with such enthusiasm that no one could resist, and the shouts which came floating down to town reminded the people of the early days of Utah when the Indians were at large. The party was a whooping success. The last club meeting was held Wednesday night, April 16. The H. E. C. and Aggies held a conjoint session, and a very fine program was given. The club is now closed for the year. It is hoped that all the boys will come back next year, and that each will do his best to keep the club as progressive as it has been this year. Dolph Lund. Home Economics! Merely mentioning those words bring a response from the girls of the D. N. C. When it comes to lively enthusiasm and willingness to work they are unequaled. This is the spirit that has made our club this year a great success. Yes, we know that the way to a mans heart is through his stomach and have acted accordingly. Cooking and serving have been only a part of our Our interests have work however. reached far in the field of home economics. Busy fingers have fashioned work of art as we listened to splendid lectures given by well informed leaders from both town and school. Joliy times have been mingled with our lectures. Cooperating with the Aggies in our programs and monthly socials has made our work much more interesting. The bon-flr- e party on the hill will not soon be back of next years officers. We are all now about ready to go home for the summer, each to his separate work, but we shall not forget old Dixie. Well remember the troubles weve had; we may even laugh at them; well remember with pleasure the good times we have had, and the good things that have been taught us; the wholesome influence of our friends, the teachers and students who have been with us in our trials., As we leave school this year we are to meet new and increasingly difficult problems. Can we meet them with a spirit of youth? Longfellow says in his Morturi Salutamus: How beautiful is youth! how bright it gleams its allusions, aspirations, With dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend Aladdins Lamp and Fortunatus Purse, That holds the treasures of the ! universe! possibilities are in its hands, danger daunts it, and no foe withstands, In its sublime audacity of faith, Be thou removed! it to the mountain saith, And with ambitious feet, secure and All No proud, Ascend the ladder leaning on the cloud! Let us return to school next year with this spirit, all noble things are attainable. Have we forgotten our Roman History? Have we forgotten what Horatius did when, after defending his country he was left with the bridge cut between him and his friends, and among his enemies. His countrymen expected him to surrender but he turned and with his harness on his back swam the rush- - Iir.v-eve- r, ing torrent to victory. Some of us may think that we cannot come to The bridge beschool next year. tween home and school may be cut. Perhaps a river of work or debt flows between us and the city of our desire. Are we going to allow ourselves to be n. We went one evening to the hill, We walked up with the boys, And every time the whistle blew We made a different choice. We wandered far up to the D, And built a roaring flame; Then each chap toasted oer the coals Marshmallows for his dame. With merry laugh and jolly games. We whiled the hours away. Till the midnight hour sounded And we had to cease our play. A. G. Debating Our debating and public speaking this year have not been as lively as they should have been. For this we are extremely sorry. We fully realize that such work is the life of the school and should be kept going as long as school is going. We may be asked, who is to blams? No one can take the blame for this, all rests with our enforced vacation. Try as we would we have been unable to keep up with our lessons and keep Since our outside work going too. school started the last time we have (Joniiinied on pmre 17 captured on the shores of ignorance, or will we swim back to increased life and victory to grow up with our school companions? Glenn E. Snow. |