Jan 26-'25 Ogden High School Notes Yes, Friday's games were very i satisfactory, thank you. All Ogden should have witnessed that game Friday night. The game with the Logan A. C. Freshmen will he played on our own flopr on Friday evening of this week. It will be a might y interesting game, too. The Aggies heat us once, but they will not do 'it again. All the sophomores of the Ogden high schools enjoyed themselves in a "Misfit" party at Central Junior on Saturday night. They had a gala time. Miss Cortez and Miss Stone acted as advisors and chaperones. TO HEAR COOKE. Students of Junior and Senior high schools will probably have an opportunity to hear Edmund Vance . Cooke at their respective school buildings on Wednesday. He will ' address the public at 3:30 o'clock at Central Junior high school. All who can should hear Mr. Cooke. It is a rare; opportunity. SPEEDING UP. The second semester opened propitiously today. The changes, necessary were accomplished with but little friction and the class- work went on with but little repe­tition. This is just as it should he. Reg- i istration for a high school .student should ordinarily he a five-minute ' or at most a 10-minute job Stu­dents should know what subjectthey have had, what they should take in their course, and simply lit themselves into the schedule with celerity and go to work. This idea Of standing around hallways for a day or two and fussing about reg­istration at the beginning of each semester is all poppycock. "Pigs is pigs" and school is school. THE HAM-AND CLUB. Tou probably haven't heard very much from us or of us as yet, but from now on you will hear from us quite often. I In explaining the above title IJ might say this: First, to those who j frequent Ross & Jack's, it is not j ! a breakfast dish; second, to those j i who are not acquainted with radio! yet, we are only human, and last, j but not least, to the radio fans of; O. H. S. and the community, we! are with you heart and soul. A more precise explanation of our name is that "Ham ' is a term used by the mass Of common-peo­ple to describe a "Radio Bug.' "And" is only an addition made by us for we are not all hams. I'll see you again Tuesday. SAFETY FIRST RULES. George Bergstrom is teaching? "Safety First" in auto mechanic. The boys were asked to formulate j rules for their guidance, ind the j instructor was surprised to receive i 86 rules. Among those handed in Keep your eyes and ears open for danger. Have the shqp fore­man look over a car that is held up by block and tackle. Never light a match under a car. Use goggles when using emery wheel, also when working under car. Do not spill gasoline on clothes, then work with torch or forge. Keep your mind upon your work and think before you act. Re­member that haste makes waste and carelessness doesn't ever pay. COACHING The University of Illinois is interesting herself in the art of training athletic coaches. It is asking the principal of the high school to name boys who may be interested in preparing for this line of work. Any hoys interested should hand their names to Mr. Merrill, so as to get literature and instructions. TO REPRESENT UTAH. Chester Hyland has been chosen to represent Utah at the voca­tional conference at Bozeman, Mont., in February, a&d will make , an address in response to the ad­dress of welcome. TO ENTER HOSPITAL. An interesting letter from Marian Eccles from Los Angeles con- ; veys the information that she is ; j to enter the Good Samaritan hos- : i pital early in February. Her ere- ' dentials have been accepted and efhe anticipates enjoying her course as she says it has been ,her ambi­tion for a long time to study nurs­ing. The Lewis Jewelry company is offering a very beautiful medal to the senior student writing the best i essay on the subject of "Abra­ham Lincoln." WORTHY TRIBUTE. It was, we believe, 165 yars ago when Robert Burns was born. It's a long time but it is very evident that Burns is? a poet of all time. So long as the English tongue is spoken his songs Will be sung, his memory revered. We have pleas­ure in publishing the following- es­say: ROBERT BURNS. j In the group of great men. kings, invaders and geniuses of the past, a peasant poet stands out contrastingly. Fanious deeds do not grace his name as the brave i deeds, and the laurels of kings J grace the- names of others. In his j work, this poet did not sing the' : praises of kings, the praises of! j deeds of valor, which pleased the j autocrats who helped those strug- ' Ogling poets to fame. This is per­haps one reason that the melody running deep in his poems, that undercurrent which fires his poems, is not marred. Praise holds not that gentle, pleasing simplicity that flows so gently and smoothly in the art of the true poet and true genius. Tie was able to show in crude words, what love that kind of heart contained for man and life. Even a wee mouse found a place in the love of the great lover. Sadly that very love was soon crushed before it fully bloomed, unnoticed, untired until it was too late. The constant dripping of water wears away the hardest stone, but constant criticism has taken noth­ing from the works of Burns. As the ugly bud. under trying ele­ments, bursts into a beautiful i flower, the works of Burns when wrought with trying criticism , breaks into the public limelight as a masterpiece. Ignorance has its I many fallings. Ignorant people see not, hear much and talk loud. ! Death is the end for many a j man's work, and the discovery of j art in another man's labor. Death ; is the end of creators, but their ! work lives on. Burns died in pov- erty, but his works lived on to make him famous. Popular men of the time carry the public in a flurry, but when they die they take their work with them; as ihe strong autumn wind sends !.he dry leaves a-scurrying, but the first snowfall blankets the earth and the wind, baffled as it effects nothing, soon dies down. Burns' Scottish descent is domi­nant in his work, giving it that Scottish dialect that makes it so fascinating. Poverty in Scotland is common with the largest por­tion of the people. But it doesn't effect the jolly fellowship and heartiness that is so common in inns, which Burns describes to per­fection. It appears that poverty brought out the best in Burns, while pleasure and society led to his downfall. HERBERT VERHEEK 1-27-25 Ogden High School Notes On Friday evening of this weel Ogden plays the University of Utah Freshies, not the A. C.'s as reported in Monday's notes. We play the A. C. Freshies a week from Friday, February 6. The Faculty Women's club is arranging a reception tor all pat­rons of the school on Saturday evening, February 7. Parents, kindly reserve the date. More than 20 new students ap­peared for registration Monday, most of them being boys. In addition there were seven trans­fers from other schools. FIRST ALTERNATE. Jake Reynolds received word from Senator Reed Smoot on Monday that he was successful in passing entrance examination to West Point with the second highest average of thse who took it and that his name was . being submitted as first alternate to Fremont Groshell Rawlings. GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP. A basketball game nas two of- ficials, a referee and an umpire, j These two officials watch the ! game closely and to the very best j of their ability decide on all points. This, to be sure, is a , difficult task, but all parties in- j terested, in accepting tlicrn as of- ! ficials, signify their confidence in ! them and also their willingness j to stand by their decisions. To "razz" an official therefore, or to "bawl him out" from the side lines, violates not oniy 1he law of good sportsmanship but also the law of common decency. We sincerely hope, therefore, that in all- of our future games, there shall he no repetition of un­sportsmanlike conduct of Friday evening last. POOR AMERICA American education hat, come in for some more caustic criticism recently. Says Nicholas Murray Butler, prtsident of Columbia, "The abil­ity eo read has Well-night disap­peared, while the ability to write manifests itself in forms of. crude- ness and vulgarity." Across the ocean Dr. H. L. Fisher, former minister of edu­cation of England, takes a fling at us in these ringing words: "In thoroughness and scholarship, America has no public high schools which can compare with numerous schools in England and Scotland." REPORTS DUE. Report cards will be given out tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, j Students are asked to go to first I semester advisors at 1 he begin- t I ning of the second period to get their cards. The cards are to be i signed by parents and returned , f to new advisors on Thursday. Tonight at 8 o'clock Kapple's fast aggregation is. to meet a classy bunch, of former stars ot Ogden O. U. R. & D. in a prac­tice game in the O. H. S. gym. ESSAY CONTEST. High school seniors are invited to write within the next 15 days the best possible essay-not to exceed 500 words-upon that most worthy and interesting ot subjects--Abraham Lincoln. The !essays are to be handea to Mrs. Newcomb. The best essay is to s be awarded a beautiful bronze I medal of Lincoln by Springfied, Illinois, Watch company, suitably I engraved. The medal is presented by the J. S. Lewis, Jewelry com­pany and may be seen now in the window of that firm. ENGLISH GRAMMAR. More than 100 students Signi­fied Monday that they feei more or less ignorant of the science ' and art of English speech by j registering in new English classes which have for their sole purpose j instruction in. English grammar. . These classes are designate! nng- lish i Classes were organized 0 Monday .during the fourth, sixth and seventh periods A new class is being organized today in the fifth period, also. EUGENICS. That the young people are in­terested in the rearing of a better race was evidenced on Monday by more than 100 registering in the subject of eugenics. classes will be taught by Willis Smith and E. S. Smith.