Show STUDE STUDENTS TS HIGH SCHOOL i THE To assist the high school students in bridginS bridging inS ing the gap be between graduation from from high school rn n T entrance l into college collego and to give him an opportunity to see and hear heal tho the advantages advantages- to tobe tobo be he- derived from attendance at the University is tho object of the annual high school day dar S The senior students of tho stales stale's high hig-h schools are arc re released from their respective institutions on this day da to bo ho tho the guests of r the University during which time limo certain intra state contests arc are held and the students are aro shown over this institution with the tho idea of giving them a basis for comparison comparison com corn parison of attendance at college with nonattendance non attend ance ano and more specifically for comparison of this institution with others which may have nave come under their notice The majority of the students come como up on this da day purely in a spirit of holiday celebration tion There Thero is no objection to this In fact Un Uni- Uni i- i students should Bel seq to it that their pleasure is in no way vay during the visit They are arc given the freedom of the campus by the President and every effort is made to assure that they will vill enjoy enjo enjoy and and and profit by their by-their visit the To To the tho furtherance of this latter object the hi high h school students should make an effort aside from tho the pleasurable activities oft the da day to acquire a Q knowledge of college life lifo at aL the University It is scarcely necessary ary to point out tile the value of a complete college training training- over that of high school only The divergence is probably greater than that of or the high school training and the grade school But the comparison of tho the advantages of attendance at tho the University and other schools ma may not noL bo be so clear Tho The University makes no claim to being the tho bes best institution of higher learning in tho the coun coun- try But BuL it is by no means of the poorest It has Ilas certain points of superiority over other in institutions in- in lions and andl certain points of inferiority To tl the majority of Utah high school graduates the tho fact that it is located near their homes will be bethe betho tho the deciding point as to Lo where they will attend There Thero is also tho the appeal of being in attendance along with companions from the same sarno high school Another point is that this University is of a rank scholastically with the tho better belter state stale universities universities of the countr country If however a student has lias the opportunity of or certain institutions of outstanding reputation the east or on the tho c coast ast it is neither to the advantage antage of the student nor the state to urge to remain in i Utah On the other hand if a mere whim prompts a student io to attend another institution wholly because it is out of tIle the state stale he should carefully consider what he likely is-likely likely to gain from such an nn action and in view rie je jeor of or the tile fact that tho the Uni e it of Utah has hasa a reputation second to none in the tho mountain Inter cf what ho he is likely to 10 lose |