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Show R )t. HAS IT PAID. H nf TboBo who nttondod tbo colobrn-PJ colobrn-PJ "mtlou givou last Saturday iu honor of H tbo founding of tbo Drnuoh Normul H must bavo boon forcibly impressed H with tbo beneficial results ncoruiug to Soutboru Utnh from tbo establish- H mout of tbnt school. Tbo spirit of goodfollowship nppnrontly existing &' among tbo Btudonts; tbo ntmosphore H; of intellectuality that mndo itsolf felt H nt tho afternoon Borvioos; tbo air of H refinement that prevailed during tbo H evening party, till spoko volumnos for B tbo school as n factor iu tho intellect- B uul development of tbis Boation of M country. r Tbo transformation wrought in a s social way iu Cedar elnco tho found B lug of tbo Bohool is striking. No H more tho dashing bronco-buster In H vulgar display of olinklug spurs, B( higb-boolcd boots and gorgoous silk H ncokerohiofs posos as an ideal in tbo H oyoB of tbo girls. His plnoo is taken A by tbo young man of common souso B and sorious attitudo towards lifo. H Tbo tri-wookly "boo-dowiiB" which 1 form tbo principal pastlmo of most. m of our country towns bavo boou H crowded out in Oodar, ospooially in H tho wlntor timo, by lectures, concerts, H rooitals, debates, studout societies, H private parties without a suggestion H of rowdyism, and dances whoro drink- H ing, smoking and swearing, stamping of foot und swinging of partners until A, exhausted nro frowned down upon HBMgiDVoa by tho olomont least in touch K""J""3lhhop iufluonoo,, Tho young HB ' ' fobplo nro gottlng practical lufonnu- RTq tion along many lines and pouotruting Ht more and moro into tbo Jlold of i'' classic lito:aturo. Many of thorn nro B making rapid strides in tho study of H music. Thoso who listonod to the H Normal orohostra on Foundors' Day fl and at tbo rocont school oonoort mutt have felt a thrill of prido at tho ox- P colleuco of its woik and yot its B organization at tho beginning of tho school year was out of practically raw matorlal, with no othor capital to 1 bank on than a dosiro to leurn, an H atmosphero of progress and tho in- spiration of a good tonchor. If tbo young pooplo koop on advancing in this lino us rapidly as thoy bavo dono B during tho lust thrco or four yours B Houthorn Utah will soon bavo a B musical atmospboro to ho proud of. f What may bo said w.'th regard to H tho social transformation wrought in H Cedar through tho prosonoo of tho J echool must apply also in greater or Joss dogrou to surrounding sottlo- BM monts. Tho mujorlty of tho Branch J Normal students aro from othor PH placoB, und they, coming to school j 'nud roturning again with broadorand B J bettor views of lifo, cannot fall to m I sorvo as leavening influences in H ! 'changing tho social status of tho H ' surrounding towns. And it may not w - bo amiss to suggost horo that not tho V loaet good resulting from thoir attend B nnco at tho Brunoh Normal is thoir H . intermarry iug with tho young pooplo Hn ot ther places. This has booomo n H common thing, und will doubtless do B much towards uniting tho interests B of tbeso southern sottlomouts und B breaking down narrow sootioual pro- B judioo. H Now as to tho matorlal bouoilts H rosultlng from tho establishment of Q this sobool. Iu his talk on Founders' H Day, Prln. Docker mado tho stuto- H mont that boforo tho founding of tho H" Hnuioh Normul, only ouo teaoher in H tho six countios ot Southoru Utah H hold n stato ooitifloato, whilo at H present 25 por ooutaro Normal gradu- H utcsand 15 por cont moro huvo attend V od the sobool. Think what that moons H tousl Not only do wo got moro H eUlciout sorvioo on tho tonohing foroo H1 of tbo public schools, but wo are H furnishing omploymont for muuy of H our owu boys aud girls akoopiug and H great deal of mouoy at homo tbnt was H formorly carried out of tho country H by imported toaohors. Wo aro also H oxportlug overy year an increasing H number of toaohors, who bring- tbo H bulk of thoir oaruings back with them L nnd thus help very materially to BBJ bbbbhbb1v augmonti tbo sum of money in local oiiculntlou. It is bard to estimate tbo good which has resulted aud will result from thn founding of the Brunch Normal. Morally und intellectually its students aro etordlly advancing, and its iufluonco for good is making itBelf folt far boyoud tbo limit of tho studont body. Parents, if your boys and girls aro mado of tho right material to begin with, you can muko no bottor investment than to sond them horo. Thoy will bo thrown into in-to tho socioty of tho host aud most ambitious olomont among tho young pooplo, nud with mon and women of oloun livos and high ideals, whoso teachings und oxnmplo cannot full to bo an inspiration for bottor things. |
