Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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| The Acorn | ( 171 These treasures I always shall claim as my own, Be I beggar or count, be I toiler or king, For the costliest gems of an emperor’s throne Are the mem’ries like those of the box-elder swing. I can see it today as I cherished it then;— The hemp of the rope may be parted in twain Or the elders destroyed by the axes of men, But the same noble picture shall always remain The very same sun shines upon us today, But the same pleasant sunbeams no moments can bring Like those that I spent in the past Far-Away With the comrades of youth at the box-elder swing. —Walter Emmett. THE LECTURE COURSE . The Academy Lecture Course has become a permanent part of our institution. The people of Ogden look forward to its announcement as they do to the announcement of the regular theatrical season. The committee spend moie money each year in order to obtain the very best talent for the development of the students and the public in gen- eral. The students, for whose benefit this course was primarily insti- tuted, have taken a deeper interest this year than in the past, and as a consequence, it has been a financial as well as an intellectual success. The committee is at work arranging the course for next season. Seven numbers have already been secured. Montaville Flowers whose ability the people of Ogden already know, will be with us next year, also Opie Read who so pleasingly combined wit with so many truths in his “First One Thing and then Another.” Sylvester A. Long will give one of his “Entertaining Lectures.” Fredrick E. Hopkins of Chicago, Jacob A. Riis, a reformer and author of great ability, Russell H. Con- well, president of the Temple College, Philadelphia, and the Whitney Brothers Quartette are the numbers already procured. The committee promise an exceptionally fine course and feel assured the people will appreciate their efforts and be benefited by coming in contact with so many of the greatest men of our nation.