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Show oo UNIVERSITY CLUB IS WORDS OF PRAISE FOR JOHNSON j Sixteen leading members of the University club met for dinner last night at the Hermitage hotel under I the presidency of John Culley to do honor to one ot their members, Henry G Johnson, superintendent of the Ogden Og-den City schools, to hid him farewell and godspeed on his departure for San Diego where he will take up the du tie? of superintendent of city schools on July 15. Inspired by the happy genius and witty leadership of Mr Culley, elo queut speeches were made by the Hon. K R Heywood. Rev. Christian R. Carver, Car-ver, Rev. Godfrey Matthews. District Attorney S. P. Dobbs, and Dr. Rcin-: Rcin-: hold Kanzler "The statement has been made, prob I . . . . , r.w t.... ...... aDiy originating in oau lbki- -ii. that 'As we journey through life let us hurry through Ogden.' " said Mr. Culley, who commented on the fact that a marvelously constructive piece of educational work had been done for the benefit of Ogden school children by Mr. Johnson In the short space of his two ; e.irs residence in the city. Praised by Heywood "Our school superintendent has manifested clear vision of great tasks to be done and has brought to these tasks a t;itt of magnetism that has caused them to be done. Where others oth-ers ha e failed, he has proved that he enuld get the people behind him and, 'ooking his difficult!) in the face and attacking them with the spirit of a man, he has achieved great things for us. said A. R. Heywood in the course 6f a fine address "That Henry C. Jonson is an educator educa-tor has been known ever since he t iiipht in a little red school house. He has gone a long way in our midst .ind set the pace for his successor," said Attorney S. V. Iobbs, who cm-phaaized cm-phaaized the point made by each of the speakers that the only kind of man worthy to hold BUCD an oiflce is the man who. first, last and all the time, manifests a heart for the work of an educator coupled with the training and skill that makes him a success in the position. A Boy's Experience Rev Christian R Carver, speaking from the experience broueht him by the presence of one of his own sons in high school, said that he had not always seen eye to eye with the superintendent, super-intendent, but he had always believed thai hlfl aim was to make for Ozden the best possible educational system that could be procured with the material ma-terial at hand. "When my boy started I high school the place was anything ' but a place for' study. Since Mr. Johnson John-son came, the whole complexion of I the school has changed and the ideal of a high school as a place where young people learn the habits of study has been realized. I am sorry Mr. John- son leaves at, what I think, the beginning begin-ning of his constructive work and I hope that his successor will wear a ; mantle of similar pattern to his own and that at San Diego the superintendent superin-tendent may achieve further renown las a builder of a great school sys- i tem." Rev Matthews Speaks "I believe In Mr. Johnson's ideals as an educator," said the Rev. Godfrey Matthews, "and I am more sorry than ! I can tell that he is leaving a great task. To me he Is an educator by rea- j son of one outstanding fact he looks at school equipment, school teacher?, nnrl nil th inlnllitMtlill t ...1.a1 system from the standpoint of the child. He is anxious that the citizens of tomorrow shall have the best educational edu-cational facilities tml.i'. . For that he has worked in Osden, and he has succeeded suc-ceeded in a measure far greater than most would have prophesied as pos sible." Dr. Kanzler's Address Dr Kanzler spoke of the splendid work that had been done in the school system by the inauguration of a department de-partment of physical welfare under tho care of physicians and a nurse, through whose efforts the general health of the school children was being be-ing safeguarded. "Mr. Johnson insplr id ua to do this, and. though many criticized the method, all are now J praising the results." Superintendent's Reply "In a way," said .Mr. Johnson. "I am sorry that I am leaving Ogden just now I believe, as do some previous speakers, that we have just begun 8 great educational work in Ogdcn. We have the finest crowd of school children chil-dren anywhere in the United States. For them 1 have worked and for them only, because I believe that it is the 'tremendous task of the educator to attempt at-tempt to provide for the present that system which the future will proclaim I to have been wise. I go to San Diego from Ogden with regret. I leave many friendships hero that will last, I hope, I through time. I am proud of my membership in the Universitv club here and grateful for all that has been said tonight. I hope that the future ' administration of the city school sys-; sys-; tem will bo more greatly successful than mine has been. Were I begin nine arain in Ogden, I would do many things differently, but I would not alter al-ter my aim nor lower my ideal. I desire de-sire educational system, efficient, wise 'and fitted with thr best equipment to make the American citizen of tomorrow tomor-row better fitted to live out the high ' Ideals lor which our civilization stands I hope that my successor, wherever he may have been born, will j be an administrator, the best that Ogden Og-den can procure, the best Rhe has ever had, for the children's sake." Mr John Culley closed the meeting with a few words of hearty appreciation apprecia-tion of Mr. Johnson and assured him ! of the good wishes of his fellow members mem-bers in the University club. |
