| Show SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 12 193i THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR n i Read Story of American Poet BOOKS PASSPORTS TO FAR LANDS i £ 1 i Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson was bom ii) Boston May 25 1803 within a “kite’s string’s distance" from the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin He received his education at the Boston Latin' school and at Harvard college At the commencement exercises he gave an original poem and received second prize for an English composition but he was considered only a "fair" stu-- ‘ dent He was very quiet and unobtrusive and was very well liked After Emerson left college he engaged in teaching He was never harsh or severe with his students and never punished them except with words He exercised complete 'corn mand over the boys At one time Emerson was engaged as a clergyman but there were certain things connected with the admin istration of the communlon-th- at he could not entirely agree with so he resigned and abandoned the clergy altogether His sermons were remembered for their simplicity and wisdom When Emerson was about 30 years old he went to Europe where he met 1 1 0 ' PagrePlTe Essayists Tell Many Values of Our Best Books So many children this week chose to write about the value of good books that the judges found it almost impossible to select the best of these However one waa contributions but because the finally selected ' others were all so splendid the dift in ference the point awards was minimized and 75 points given for all that Were not published Those Who re ceive those 75 points are Bemell Winn Smlthfield Woodrow Mahe Mona Reva Shepard Mona Anna uI Garfield I) &! ' i Mona Clarissa Williams Murray Wilma Sorenson Salt Lake Walter Broman Salt Lake Geraldine Rasmussen Hunter 3 ypM- BOOKS now helpful books are to us! If we ditj not have any books at all we would not be able to get the education! we do Books should be taken care of A! good bogk is one of our best friendg and it mould be treated like a friend It keeps us company when we are lonely It cheers us up when we are sad It brings us knowledge from all parts of the world Surely we should be good to such a friend! If we tea or soil a book or abuse it In shy way we are cruel to something that hag tried its best to be of rise to us Books take us to all parts of oufl own country and show us what pew 'pie are doing They travel with ug to other lands and show us the won dors of the earth They take us back into the past ages and let us see events that happened hundreds of yiars ago We can see how the world has developed and change) Wordsworth Carlyle and other famous men Mrs Carlyle said of him that he came as one from a cloud with his love and simplicity and made the day like one enchanted for them NaEmerson’a first great essay ture” was published anonymously It a was kind of prose poem but it was difficult to understand and few suspected it to be his This essay opened from the very beginning Books help some people more than! others Some just glance over words and never think about what they mean or really say Others reed and get the fill! value of the books th'l' should be used are richer mentally and are happier than those who do not know what Is storedsup for them! in Jhese treasure houses y DOROTHY E NEWTON 13 Mona That books are passports to far lands and the magic key to many strange doors has long been felt by our readers Our book review column never lacks contribution and' we know well that all who read The Tribune Junior are lovers of books and art The Tribune Junior artists combined art and this love of books in the drawings submitted this week First place was won by Knight Keith Edgar Montague Salt Lake second place by Knight Crusade Clarissa Williams Murray third place by Page Norma Crawford Salt Lake-an- d honorable mention by Knight Wilma Sorenson Salt Lake The above photograph is the official National Book Week Poster a new era in writing in this country wag said by those who knew him that it was impossible to be around him much and not partake of his wonderful spirit of love and benevolence and even “babes in arms returned his angelic smile" Yet his life was spent apart from other men He often spiced his philosophy with shrewd Yankee sense His purse was always It 4 empty Emerson’s philosophy is Idealism applied to practical lde When he expressed things be was often carried in “lofty rhapsodies to the verge of mysticism" He is a mystic and a man of sense combined His influence is that of an inspirer His theory of life was composed of individHis style is ualism and a 4 self-relian- quaint authoritative but never ob- scure He writes poetry that is orlglnal and genuine Lowell says “His diction is like homespun cloth of gold” Burroughs says of him “He stands among other poets like a pine tree amid a forest of oak and maple He is great in one direction— up: no dancing leaves but rapt needles never abandonment never a tossing and Careeting never an avalanche of motion the same in sun and snow scattering his cones and with night and obscurity amid his branches FARNES KENNER Age 13 ’ Salt Lake r 4 4 ' 4 RHYME Keith Edgar Montague— Artists like him are few We like his drawing yes we do! I ' We hope be will not stop Until he’s on the very top And that he won’t let his art flop Please accept this rhyme from me A medalist I hope he’ll be With places first— all three This is the best that I can do— Wish a hearty success to you And hope that it all comes true! - CLARISSA jvy" - t ' t Murray ' Last year English railways carried Vi- 1152000000 passengers and there was -- only one accident in which three sengers lost their lives ' pas- New Book Found For Boys Girls a This Enigma? What am IT DAN ELD A YOUNG Mona Answer— Book "The King’s Mule" by Dwight L Akers k the Junior Literary Guild's November selection for its 9 10 and members Here fresUng and unusual story o t a mule who cherished a desire for adventure and of the three brothers who decided to accompany him and search for it They find the adventure and encounter a number of amusing animals Intent on as boat races and a mole's museum The book combines reel and imaginary ad- ventures in a satisfying manner and the pictures by L G Illingworth noted English illustrator add much to the book’s charm "The King’s Mule" k published by Minton Batch liaie Can You Solve My first is In bee but not In tree My second is in lock but not in key My third is in one and also in two My fourth is in sock but not iij shoe Vert pocket wireless sets enabling the owners to converse with friends hundreds of miles away will become available within the next two yeart according to a French expert THE FROG herons ducks and fish TRAVIS ANDERSEN ' Central Idaho “ Caroline Dale Snedekers the ai thor of “The Forgotten Daughter the Junior Literary Guild’s November selection for older girls 12 to 1(£ Italy in the days when Rome was the center of the ancient world is the setting for a new book by the widely loved author of “The Beckoning Road" and “The Town of the Fea less" two previous junior guild set lections Chloe whose father was SI wealthy Roman and whose mother) belonged to a proud Greek family from the island of Lesbos is raised as a slave girl in the mountains of Samnlum in southern Italy— eppan tan ently forgotten by her high-borther There is a mystery in the story and romance too but more than that the book Is a glowing picture of Greek poetry and tradition shrug gling against Roman materialism Id the days when Rome itself was in volved in its agrarian troubles “The Forgotten Daughter" Is illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop and published by Doubleday Doran & Co n night In winter the frog hibernates in mud about ponds burrowing deep enough to escape from freezing The female frog lays her eggs a Jelly-lik- e mass at the bottom and along the edge of ponds during May and' June These develop first into tadpoles and then into frogs The frog’s enemies are snakes ’ WILLIAMS 13 ’ r ’ The frog is found only along brook sides ponds and irrigation ditches He spends his life in and around water His skin is slippery to help him escape from his enemies His skin is green and yeljow but he can change it to suit his surroundings The frog has long hind legs which enable him to be powerful jumper His toes are webbed with hardened places at the joints These 'give the frog a strong hold when be is pushing for a jump He has beautiful prominent eyes and a third eyelid The third eyelid His noscloses from the bottom up tril is small and dosed when he is below water The jaws are homy and he has teeth for biting food He eats insects worms and molluscs His song is pleasant and he sings mostly at Book on Italy Guild Selection such-thing- ) & Co s I I Answer to This Week Crossword Puxxle |
