Show vernal academies hoist white flag there was a track and field meet advertised for the of march march but by some sleight of hand trick the affair turned out to be a fake the duchesne high school according to agreement and as written in contract form and properly signed by each school was ready to compete every means of advertisement ws vau resorted to in order to make the event a success A great deal of expense moreover was incurred in this particular effort in order that the meet be well attended but what did it amount to by a mere whim our sister schools the willcox and uintah academies r cancelled the affair we admire the fact that willcox notified us early in the season of its intentions not to participate I 1 in any field or track athletics but with our other sister school the sin is unpardonable not a word was said until the eleventh hour it was not until a few days before the meet were we notified that we could not come because some of our students have discontinued school we wonder whether the representatives senta tives 0 the uintah academy I 1 did not consider that fact before they attached their names ito to the contract was not the same probability existing when I 1 the azre agreement ement was made has not the duchesne high school the same conditions to deal with and when we take into consideration the fact that the uintah academy has a larger enrollment than the duchesne high school the excuse offered becomes comes worthless the duchesne high school would have gone to the contest to which it had attached its signa signature tuie if it had but two students it rather would have done that than to break its word and b hoist the white flag we have 4 nothing to say as to whether 1 a min man should sign a contractor contract ar not what we are I 1 fighting for is that institutions should not their agreements and make of them nothing but scraps of paper I 1 the graduating class in the high school is working hard on i its program for commencement the valedictorian is miss edna lewis the honor came to miss lewis upon the basis of scholarship after the credits committee i t made a survey of the records of all graduates it was found that miss lewis during her four years course made an average of ninety three per cent bentin in all her studies 1 this is the first time that scholarship has been made the basis for choosing tha valedictorian in the graduating dass class oi of the high school the fact that miss lewis was waa the valedictorian when she was promoted from the eighth gr grade A makes her record more envious sylvia coming be ready by special request the opera oper sylvia under the auspices of the music department of ath ohp high school will be given again agaibi next thursday may ath every evening the chorus is drilling with all the vim it can muster to make the performance a grand success there is every reason why the public should turn out the student body first of all needs the money the singers need encouragement and the rest of the chorus want to be applauded plau ded it is as we must confess an awful thing to sing unless people are present chate your effort the fa farm rm lid lads s as well weil as the maidens will teach you how to handle your hay bay and sini too while you are doing it the lady I 1 sylvia and the farmers daughter also will bo be there at your service ready to enz en bertain you most recent laugh producers the attendant ladies of the court and the favorite prince of Tobby tum or the man ot of consequence choose your I 1 title will likewise be on the J job obi I 1 to tell you all what wll will happen is impossible you must come I 1 and see for yourself |