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Show I NEW PRINCIPAL OF OGiEM I Jerome 0. Cross, who has been i principal of the Ogden High school i for tho past four ears, has tele- . graphed bis resignation to Superin- i tendent X M. Mills, stating that he had accepted the. principalshlp of the : High, school at Pasadena, Cal. The Ogden school board, ha ing anticipated an-ticipated the change, met in special session and, afteT accepting the res- Rj.'QT ignatlon of Mr. Cross with regret, I hat f voted unanimously to, appoint Henry foij Peterson, superintendent of the Box J ; Elder county schools, to fill the posi- wm tion Professor Peterson was notified 3jM f by telephone and accepted the offer H ' , immediately. Hi i Jlr Cross has been in southern fi?ld r California for some time, passing a .""? f portion of his vncatlon at Long Beach jl f and It was expected bv members of H the Ogden board of education that H r the position he sought at Pasadena H I would be extended to him as soon as H ' the directors .held their final meet- H (j Ing. The former incumbent, LoRoy RS k D. Ely, was ousted from the princl- iwf 1 palship recently. SS $ Henry Peterson, who takes the fjj5 I, place of Mr. Cross in the local schools sifl is widely known In Utah and has an gm l enviable- record as an educator of ad- jH ; J vanced Ideas and learning. He is 44 3j ' years of age and was born In Hunts- M . ville. He received his early educa- HJj tton in Utah and later attended the lg University of California, University of ;fl;: Chicago "and Harvard college. At 5 I ; Chicago he received the degree of Ww bachelor of arts and at Harvard, J j whero he attended for two years, ho II i i obtained his degree of master of arts. Mil Ho has advanced rapidly to the Pj 1 front rank of Utah educators and, m j I ainco his appointment to the superln- 1 . J tendency of the Box Elder county 52 $ schools, ho is said to have raised the fli 5 1 standard in that district lo a high X 1 1 atate of efficiency. 5- i A statomont from Frank C. Hawks, I A a graduate of the Universitv of Ne- & ;. braBba, and tho head of the chemistry il I ,aad pbyHlcs department of the Ogden 1 J s school and who also met Mr. Pct- m i iraon at the Utah Agricultural college fl J during the past summer and took ffl t work under him, Is as follows- S fe s "Henry Peterson, who is to be the '33 ! accessor of J. 0. Cross, the formor m p . principal of the High school, Is in my '(1 fa P5nlon, a man well suited for the Igl g position. m ' " Petor60n naB had experience fel M n the educational field for a good Jtft I n,any years. He is one of tho best 3y I educators of the stale, as ho has t3 I ; : shown by his work In Box Elder IJfl If. county. He has brought about a lOli ' chnge for tho hotter there br ln- 1 A ! 3 "tltuting into his school system, some K of le moat progressive educational &h B ldeas of todaj-. 3 1 v Ml wIsh to rcPC3- U0-1 T thi,lk tho ta M board of education has found a man I m 1 well qualified to rill Mr. Cross place. -J Tlle fl"owlng telegraphic corres- '5 V Pondence passed between Mr. Cross J and Superintendent Mills: 1 . "Pasadena, Cal., Aug, 21, 1912. a. W a 'SuWlntendent John M. Mills. Og- V & den. Utah: I herewith tendor my 1 designation as principal. The un- f W drying courtesy of the board ol edu- cation, vour many kindnesses, the communities' intelligent interest make the step a hard one. I take it onlv because of a great professional opportunity. Accept my beBt wishes for the future success of Ogden High school. ,... (Signed) "J. O. CROSS." "Mr. J, O. Cross, Pasadena, Cal., Dear Mr. Cross: Your telegram, con- eying resignation, is received. We had been prepared for this news and regret to release you, but In view of your prospects, the board unanlmous-iv unanlmous-iv accepted vour resignation, extending extend-ing to you 'the best wishes of the board of education and superintendent superintend-ent of schools in your new position. Vour request might not have been accepted except that we fortunately wore able to secure Superintendent Henry Peterson The hoard appreciates appre-ciates verv much your efforts of the past four years. "With best wishes. Yours very truly, (Signed) J. M. MILLS, "Superintendent." nn- |