Show rage Fouj THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR Activities Give School More Appeal SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES School activities hre carried on for the purpose of making school a more place fOr the boy® and as a means of building char-acte- r among the students Were it not activities school would be a much duller place and perhaps fewer would attend it In every school there are clubs for all the students to join and receive the benefit and pleasure that comes from them Our gym baseball football basketball and other games ere full of interest And where can you build character better? Where ran sportsmanship cooperation and unselfishness be better developed than In our games? Then too there are Assemblies where one can appear before his classmates and develop his talents There are school dances where One comes in social contact with others There are dramatic clubs and others where development and experience can be gamed All these add interest and recreation to our school life In sports competition is Introduced Here we have an opportunity to learn cooperation Team work is stressed and above all Ievalty is developed the ability to take defeat without whimpering is fostered Every school should have its activities but they should not bo overdone “All play and no work makes Jack a dull boy” We need enough activities for recreation but not so much as to undermine our school work Happy is the school that has the balance just DOROTHY NEWTON right Age 14 Mona for well-cooke- d ' Cedar THE OCEAN Oh the rolling rolling waters of the ocean Tumbling raving splashing Jt stirs up such a grand commotion With its roaring and its Inching Jt’s just like one great mighty hand Reaching through the brine To lure you far away from land And civilization fine BERNICE MILLS Age 14 Tooele Better three hours too soon than In mute too late — Shakespeare Our Young artists like the poets and the writers didn't react ery well to the subject this week Vet Waiter Broman who is always on the job sent a Wake up artists! Walter won 100 points' splendid drawing on the subject Shirley Syrett of Cedar City won T5 points and Beverlee Hills Price won 50 points 1 said “Jean that would be a good doll if it didn’t look so much like a Jap” Hus week's subject was not as popular as it should have been with all the fine material you have to draw fiom School activities used to mean only football and basketball but now you have glee clubs dramatic clubs stamp clubs camera clubs and orchestra in addition to all your athletics Our poets and writers must Contributors ' not have used their thinking caps as many complained they could thnk of nothing on this subject By the way just when the subject7 Is hird is the real time to work The shirkers don't try and everything you send in will have a better chance of — being published as me compeunon is so much lass A word to the wise is sufficient BEFOKE THE GAME There Is work to be done before the game But your thoughts will wander just the same It's even hard to think 6f two times two When the thought of a touchdown is bothering you The clock never ticked no slowly before Nor did you so long to rush out of the door As the hour before it is time to JTOMMY — Three Cheers! City A GOOD GUESS One day I drew a little Japanese doll on the blackboard and left it while I ate my dinner My brother saw it and - OUR POETRY CORNER a Six Hints to 1 You may write or draw on anything you wish 2 Material on the subject i?wsunced on Page 2 will be given preference 3 Drawings must be on bristol board and in India Ink 4 Stories must not deal with anything terrible or Dream stories frightening and stories dealing with the reto a our in child due club form or paper will be avoided as far as possible 6 All work must be origi nal Where facts are obtained books they from reference must be rewritten in your own language Drawings must not be copied 6 Write In Ink on one side of the’paper Make your work neat Haphazard work will not be considered One Should Keep Ready For Sports The most important preparation for school activites is a healthy mind and body and we should learn to keep In good condition in order to get the most out of school Of course one should have a thorough physical examination and follow his physician’s advice about taking part in sports but each one can do a great deal himself toward keeping in good health It is very important to have the necessary amount of sleep with plenty of fresh air Improper food at this time may mean stomach trouble all your life so we must be very careful to eat the things that are good for us especially fruits and vegetables milk cereals and Never try to read or do close work with your eyes in poor light A proper amount of exercise is essential and our schools have worked out plans whereby everyone may have exercise of some kind The teachers show us proper posture how to keep limber and how to breathe correctly They mix this instruction with a lot of fun such as ball games and social dancing Let us all start today to keep ourselves lit for schopl activities SHIRLEY SYRETT 12 Interesting girls and 18 1934 cheer And shout for the school dear j ou hold so MARILLA BARLOW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES School activities are best of all Whether gym or basketball Although I like my written work In swimming pool I like to luik Another most delightful sport Is found out on the tennis court And also there's the baseball field Good health in plenty it does yield iV aiiv mnrV JAld °JJ gj Wwsao sw!vgs) Prevent the least desire to shirk So that is why the wise one sees Hie school’s need of activities DOROTHY NEWTON ' Age 14 Mona tm BE ACTIVE Boy! School has stalled! Run for the gate! Sneak In the doorwayl ‘‘No I’m not late” Join in the laughter Help make the fun Study your lessons: Works just begun Be the school’s leader JEAN” BELLI STON Age 8 Nephi ' Do your best! Join in the sport Encourage the rest! KATHERINE JANE STUMM Age 15 Salt Lake City SCHOOL ACTIVITIES If I were a queen in a palace Or a princess with jewels and lace I don’t think the world would be brighter Than right here in this little place For our schoolhouse is gi owing much larger a gym and a shop sewing and cooking With rooms for A place for our By our efforts well soon reach the ivy On our stage we’ll perform for the public With pageant dramatics and song Operettas tap dancing and school plays For this time how our hearts have yearned long! our new building is Yes since grow- ing And the workmen we hear each glad day We rejoice that ’twill hoon be com- pleted Then school life will be happy and gayl FERN GARDNER Age 14 Salem By Norman Price |