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Show CHRISTMAS PROGRAM : AT WEBER ACADEMY i IS PLEASING 3 i Christmas program was the first order of the day in Weber academy. Il was opened with a magnificent chorus "Peace to thy spirit," from urdl'e opera, by Trofessor Italian-tynd's Italian-tynd's trained choir of 150 voices. I Mr James Rackham, a former stu- dcnl and member of the Weber or- Chefilra, who has evidently :ince specialized spe-cialized on the violin, rendered Scltz' ' touching melody entitled "First Concerto." Con-certo." He was enthusiastically encored en-cored and gave as a second number, 'Vhaconno" by Diirnnd. I'rofessor Moroni Olsen gave, with 1'lne feeling and exquisite ;irl, Paul Dunbar's Idyl, "As Belinda Sings " As an encore he gave, "Her Lips Were So Near." Mr. Olsen and Mr Pardoe appear tonight In the academy lecture por-gram por-gram series, and nothing he could niider would have created more strongly the "more" taste In his audience audi-ence Miss Melha Read next sang "Felice," "Fe-lice," a waltz-song by Lamlls The audience had by this time settled down to the seductiveness of the hour, and Insisted on more. The ) Binger next rendered TWO M;irion ;o cites." '3 It the stranger would see the acad-h acad-h emy at Its best, he should be pres-r. pres-r. ent at an I m prompt concert of song, d recitation, and musical Instrument a A diversion was created by a male t Quartette composed of David Farrel, n David Goddard, Leonldas Ferrln. and i .Toll ii Bowen. The audience was ready i to laugh but the first song proved i p.'.thetlc It was "Just as the Sun a Went Dow n " For an encore they i ang "San My Leg Off Short' which convulsed the audience The boys being recalled, went to the piano on the rostrum struck a key-note and made a profound bow! Rider D (.) McKay was then pre-I pre-I aented to deliver the Christmas sermon ser-mon After a touching story of how a beautiful babe, born to a mother who could not welcome It, changed homes and gladdened the heart of i another woman to whom this greal est of all blessings had been denied, ; the speaker noted that Christmas, while it stands as the birthday of the Christ, was nevertheless a borrowed bor-rowed holiday borrowed from two pagan sources He first traced the idea of the "Yule-tide" to the myths and folk-lore of the Scandinavian nations. na-tions. Here the Idea of feasting and i phvskal good chper was predominant predomi-nant a feature universally character Izlng the celebration of Christmas Cood cheer also characterized the other source of Christmas that of the feast of Janus observed by the Romans. rhese two aspects represent the purely carnal or human appeal to our natures, and they are often so strong that they completely overshadow over-shadow the moral and spiritual significance sig-nificance of the day ''But, said the speaker, "borrowed holiday that it is, it may yet be made the true holiday of our Savior, provided pro-vided we keep the Christ-ideal uppermost upper-most as we celebrate the day " Elder McKay then proposed this thought as the kernel of this ser mon "Life's greatest achievement lies in the art of self-mastery and the using of the power so acquired to make others better and happier. " This thought he first Illustrated ; from the life of the Master himself: , the self-mastery In the way ( hrial met the three temptations ami espe-Ciallj espe-Ciallj in the calm way In which hr faced the ignominies that culminated I In the cruclflcatlon . and His whole life and ministry was pointed out as an example of how He used his power pow-er to make others better and happier. hap-pier. He then illustrated the same thought by a number of effective In- cldents In the lives of men of to- day. no |