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Show WEBEB ACADEMY TO BE idewii COLLEGE After nearly a year of consideration of the proposition, tho ogneral board of education of the Mormon church and the Webor acadomy board havo reached a decision to give the local church school tho status of a junior college, by the addition of two roars of college study to its curriculum. This announcement was made yesterday yester-day at a student body assembly. The present classes -will all be continued con-tinued and the. two college years will include a teachers' training course, bringing the school up to tho status of other Mormon church colleges. Tho college courses to be added will include psychology, economics, history, his-tory, mathematics, public spoaklng, English, French, German, Spanish and Latin. At tho assembly yesterday, a portion por-tion of the time was passed in tho conducting of extemporaneous speaking speak-ing and declamation contests and, in commenting on tho victory of tho academy debating team in tho state high school contests, in this connection, connec-tion, Principal James L, Barker paid a fine tribute to Professor David Wilson, giving this instructor credit, as degating coach, for tho victory of tho Weber four. In all, tho debaters, Leland "Evans, Ben Young, Ernest Wilkinson and Franklin Richards, defeated de-feated the teams from tho Boxeldor, Kaysvlllo, Park City, Manti and Ne-phi Ne-phi high schools and the Brigham Young college, with the votes of 24 out of 25 judges that officiated at tho different debates. That Professor Wilson, who is to leavo the academy faculty this year, to take up the study of law at tho University of California, Califor-nia, was well chosen as the school debating coach, Principal Barker told the students, had been proven by his personal record as a debater. In 1912, he was a member of the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university team that defeated de-feated the University of Utah and in 1914, a member of the B Y U team that defeated tho University of south- TBPmjjmimin 11- . , ern California and the University of Nevada. Through his interets In the students of the academy, both In and out of the classroom, Professor Wilson has greatly endeared himself to them and his departure from the school will be a matter of regreL The oxtemporancous speaking contest con-test at the assembly was for the John S. LewiB gold medal and this waB won by Ernest Wilkinson, with Ben Young as second choice. The judges wore Attorneys Riley Skecn, Reinhart Gideon and S. T. Dobbs and tho general gen-eral subject discussed waB "Phases of the Monroe Doctrine and Propared-noss." Propared-noss." Tho program of speeches was as follows: "The Monroe Doctrine is in accordance accord-ance with international law" Ben Young. "The Monroe Doctrine has boen beneficial whenever npplied" Ernest Wilkinson. "Pan-Americanism does not supercede super-cede the Monroe Doctrine." Franklin Richards. "Tho United States Is adequately prepared against any first class power." pow-er." Andrew Kasius. For tho declamation contest, medals med-als were put up by Principal James L. Barker and Professor T. Earl Par-doo. Par-doo. Tho judges were Attorney Samuel Sam-uel Powell, Mrs. T. Earl Pardoe and Mrs. Georgia Johnson and their decision de-cision resulted in a tie for three of the contestants, Douglass Lelshman, GladyB Peterson and Odella Warner. To clear this predicament, the donors of the medals decided to purchase a third tho decision of the judges then stood as announced. The declamation program was as follows: "Scene From Henry the Eighth" (Wolsoy and Cromwell) Douglas Loishman "Quarrel Scone From Taming of tho Shrew" (Katherino and Petru- chio) Adella Warner "Death Scene" (Macbeth) Gladys Peterson "The Passing of Arthur" Irene Scoville "Quarrol Scene" (Julius Caesar) . . Mamie Crittendon "Antony Oration" (Julius (Jaesar) . Ezra Chandler oo |
