10 THE ACORN. EDITORIAL STAFF. Editor-in Chief Grlinda Woolley Estella Holland, '05 Literary Sarah M. Williams, '06 Miscellaneous Marion A. Belnap. '05 Lizzie McQuarrie. '06 Exchange (Bryant S. Jacobs, '07 Local Wm. H. Manning, '06 Cartoonist WILFORD Shurtliff, '05 BUSINESS STAFF. Business Manager Charles Brown, '08 Advertising Manager James Wood, '06 Assistant Advertiser Charles Lyon, '05 Subscription Geo. R. Doxet?, '06 Circulation Earl Emmett, ,06 EDITORIAL. AN IMPORTANT NEED IN OUR SCHOOL. The action of the students in organizing a Student Body, is certainly a step in the right direction, for this will add new spirit to our school life; and instead of just a few leading out in progressive movements, all will be interested in them. But it is often the case that in drawing out good points, some weaker ones are brought to the surface. In this, the organization of the Student Body, is no exception. During the proceedings, last Thursday, it was very evident that but few students understand anything about parlimentary practice. We all remember the hearty laugh we had when, after a motion was made, one said emphatically, "I move we don't;" and again when one arose and "nominated that the meeting be closed." These expressions reveal an important need in our school, and that is practice in parlimentary rules of order. The cause of this weakness is that the students have never THE ACORN. 11 had any practice to speak of in the order of parlimentary laws-It is true that we have our class organizations, with their presidents, etc., and when a class meeting is called, the students generally accomplish what they meet for. But, oh! the way they go at it would make a chill come over the immortal Washington, Or any of our orderly ancestors. Even worse than this the students of the class don't like it, for it wastes too much of their time. Class ocffiers, did you ever stop to think that you would have better attendance at your meetings if the students knew they would be adjourned in time to catch the car? When they want to get home at a certain time, and a class meeting is announced, they say, "Well, I can't stay. They never do any thing because they fool so much, and I must get home." No class is exempt from this criticism by its members. It cannot be denied that the right way is the best way; and certainly to have system and order in all organizations is the right way. Then why not carry this way out in our class meetings? Its benefits are seen without any one's calling our attention to them, for there is not one among us who enjoys being laughed at by fellow students and teachers for his carelessness in these matters; and there is not one who has so much time on his hands that he feels obliged to throw away so many precious minutes is disorderly class meetings. The class meeting is the place to start this training; it is the only place we have at the present. But it may be possible that in the near future the Student Body will see to the organizing of the Olympian and Edina societies where these things can be taken up in detail. In the meantime study "Roberts' Rules of order." CHRISTMAS DAY. Christmas Day is the day on which the nativity of the Savior, Jesus Christ, is observed. It does not appear, however, that there was any uniformity in the period of observing the nativity among the early churches; some held the festival in the month of May or April, others in January. It is, nevertheless, almost certain, that the twenty-fifth of December cannot be the date of the birth of the Savior, for it is then the