Show Temp Templar lar Topics By William Villiam Anderson and LaRene King The Senior Ball is scheduled for December Robert Bessey Bessey Bessey Bes- Bes sey is chairman of this affair Eugene Scow and Carolyn Hoffer Hoffer Hoffer Ho- Ho complete this committee The dance is semi formal and will be carried out to the theme White Christmas The music musi will be furnished by ay the 1 and an ad admission admission admission ad- ad mission fee of will be assessed each couple Manti Below the State Average The Manti 1 High School students students students stu stu- dents were 13 per cent lower than han the State average on the Achievements T r Tests e est s t s given to them hem last year The state av average average average av- av was per cent while the he school average was per percent percent percent cent and the national average was vas 50 per cent I am very happy lappy to say though that we I topped the state average 17 per percent percent percent I cent in English even though we fell ell 9 p per pr per r cent short hort of the national average average- The school average in English was 41 per percent percent percent cent the state average was 24 per cent and the national average average aver yer- age was 50 per cent In natural al science the students were one per cent higher than the na- na ional average but fell 10 per percent percent percent cent below the state average The school average was 51 per percent percent percent cent the state average was 61 and the national average was 50 per cent In mathematics the he students fell both below the national and state averages The school chool average was 48 per cent the he state average was 55 per percent percent percent cent and the national average was vas 50 per cent Also in social studies the students students students stu stu- dents were short of the state and national averages The school chool average was 46 per cent the he state average was 50 per percent percent percent cent and the national average was vas 50 per cent From these figures it is easy to o deduct that something is wrong in the program of Manti lanti High School or Manti lanti elementary elementary elemen- elemen tary ary that should be corrected There is not one of those subjects subjects sub- sub in which the Manti l students students stu- stu dents lents dents top both the nation and the he state averages Think it over It might not be a serious serious serous ser ser- ious ous problem but it would surely improve the students and he the the school if a solution could be reached cached Faculty Tips Soph Sophomores mores The Manti faculty headed by Coach Braithwaite defeated the Sophomores by the score of 59 50 last Friday The game showed good basketball as the faculty racked up 39 points in inthe inthe the he first half Although th the faculty acuity had a sizeable margin at the rest period the sophomores sophomores mores nores soon began to cut into the he lead after the second half started Just as it looked like the he sophomores would overcome the faculty the final buzzer came to the rescue of the faculty ty and they with a 59 50 victory Lose to Juab The Manti lost their second game of the season last Saturday when they were edged by the Juab Wasps from Nephi by the score of 43 42 in a real thriller The game was so close that not more than points four-points separated the two teams all through the game Juab won the game in the last five seconds seconds sec sec- OI ds when they sank two foul- foul pitches Gary Madsen 1 spearheaded the Templar's attack by giving a good floor and scoring scoring scoring I ing 19 points Robert Anderson Ander Ander- son gave him a big assist b by cle clearing ring the boards and adding addinga a big 15 points Worthington and Matthews 1 were the big guns for the Wasps with 18 and 11 points respectively n A |