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Show PROF, GEO. D. CAS- I TO TALKS TO fl STUDENTS 1 Prof. Geo. D Casto of Logan con- H vinced nnd charmed n large audlcnco , composed of students and faculty members at tho South Cacho high M school In Xlyrum yesterday in an ad- dress on "Tho Alms of Education." M Tho chapel exe rices of which Profes- M Bor Csjto's tulkvrns a part, were un- ' VM dor tho dlrcctlotTor Miss VlJCftiVfit tho high school tacvHy.' """" M The high school choir opened th aocmbUy with a fitting bong after H which the Invocation was pronounce! 11 by N. W. Christiansen, an Instructor at the school. Mr. A. B. Whtte, in- atructor of mathematics nt the school jH sang very effectively two songs upon tho completion of which Professor H Casto delivered bis address. H The speaker stated that the aim of ' iM I education should bo to train tho '1 'youth of the country primarily In tho arts and sciences which will result j in their becoming better citizens, to train them In those things which 91 ulll mnke possible their gaining of a lIH better livelihood and also to equip il them with tho needful requisites for ' lH moro Intelligent servlco to the com- H munlty. H "An education which docs not H make posilble -the earning of a bet- H ter living 'nnd at the same time in- crease the power of tho Individual to M be a power In tho community Is M worthless," emphatically declared M Professor Casto. "An education should make a person a stronger ec B onomlc unit In society. An Increased M earning power should bo the reward M of the one who has spent time and M money In tho acquiring of an educa- M H Professor Casto also stated th.1t M education should train the mind, tho M hand and the heart, and thereby M make one more expert In his profe- M slon and at the same time increase M his sympathy for his follows through H giving him a broader understanding M and outlook. M "And flnally'concluded the speak- M er, "an education should equip or M prepare a person for Intelligent ser- H .rice In ono's day and generation. Ad- H ranclng civilization Is placing great- H or responsibilities on the shoulders of nil. The modern citizen Is con- H fronted with more complex problems M more eeriouB obligations and duties M to tho state and society more numer- H ouf) than tho peoplo of a moro Blight H ly primitive society were wont to H dream of. Advancing clvillratton de- H mands great, parallel advances In H education. The policy of 'carry on' 9H .demands education which will fit Its M .recipients for th life of servlco new iM JrEt bo much In demand. vjjj Throughout his 'address Piofessor gfe .Casto swayed his audience with his Kg admirable logic, persuasion and ora- $A itory. His talk was Interesting, bene- raj flclal, purposeful. It reached a high Sri water mark In South Cache High -SI Iffohnnl nnnnlfl. 9M The program was brilliantly con eluded with two excellent violin sol- ttfl os by Roy Halverson one of the scln- N plants among the student musicians '?. of the school. W |