ROMANCE Along about 1830, a young man named Marcus Whitman completed the long journey to Oregon and he looked over the situation. After staying a few months and taking some furs, he hit the trial for the east again. In New York, he went to a girl he had been in love with in school, and asked her to go over those 2000 tortuous miles with him as his wife. What a decision to make. She had been raised in the home of a fairly well-to-do family, and was used to all the comforts of home. And now, Whitman was asking her to marry him, when marrying him meant going out to the newest fron¬tier, to a country inhabited by In¬dians and trappers, to a rude cabin with scarcely any comforts, to lonely life far from home and her friends. She loved him, yes, bun for a city bred girl to go west. Bu she answered, "yes." They were married, and a fe weeks later they set out for theif home on the Pacific. Mile afte mile of dreary dusty plains, followed by tortuous mountain paths tha could not be called roads. And then finally, coming out Oy the forest into the clearing when Walla Walla now stands, seeing foi, the first time her home, a clearing with a few rude trappers' huts. Watching the new cabin slowly nearing completion. Moving the few rude utensils in, and facing that first" cold, dreary winter in a seemingly unfriendly land. , But still her heart sang, and she was glad. Courage? Certainly, for who can know the heartbreaks of the first years; who now can know the dangers of that journey; who can realize the isolation of Wash-ington at that time? It took courage to be the first white wife to cross the mountains, to be the only one west of the Rock-ies. Courage. We wonder if the mod¬ern girl, with all her cool self assur¬ance and education, would have enough of that courage to do such a thing.—W. B. OVER THE TELEPHONE "Ogden High school. You enjoyed our radio program on Tuesday? One of the voices you heard was Ches¬ter Christensen who sings the role of Captain Dick of the Nancy Lee. Yes, sir, Chester will be presented on our future raaio programs. Good afternoon." "Ogden High school. Yes, madam. Ruth La Vin Cragun and Henrietta Curtwright are cast as Dorinda Harcourt and Florinda Harcourt, twin bridesmaids. You will enjoy the musical scores sung by these girls Thank you madam." "Ogden High school. Yes, madam. You recall Fred Nixon's marvelous portrayal of Cappy Ricks in Ogden High's play. Fred has an excellent character role in 'Joan of the Nancy Lee. He is Monsieur Francois, a Parisian dancing master, captured crew of desPerate pirates. What would pirates do with a danc¬ing master? You can solve this mys¬tery by attending the opera at Washington Junior High on March 15. The price of admission is 25c; student body tickets will be honor¬ed at the matinees. No, madam, it was not convenient for us to reserve seats. I am sure you will enjoy Fred's perfromance. Good afternoon."—L R. F. ME, TOO, BRUTUS Glancing over the school notes it seems to me that nine out of ten of the Notes' contributors aspire to the position of columnist, yet why do they all seem to think there is nothing to write about other than the "scandal" in the affairs of their friends and associates? Has our good friend Mr. Winchell made such a profound impression upon the students of O.H.S. that they think a column consists only of gossip? I hope not. We are living at a time that is I so abounding with important events that it surpasses all previous ages of man's history—yet people still spend the time and trouble neces¬sary to record the few unimportant events concerning the comparative¬ly few people they know intimately enough to write about. Personally, I agree with Puck.—Faith, Hope, and what have you. FIRST VOTE TAKEN On Tuesday the students made their first decision as to which of the many lovely ladies aspiring to become queen of the Classicalia would remain in the running for that honor. Eight girls were chosen by a gen¬eral student body election to com¬pete until another vote is taken. No matter who is chosen, a lovable queen will rule the Classicalia on March 29. FAMOUS PHRASES Mr. Merrill: Your attention for a minute please. A. G. I sure fixed him didn't I? H. B. Why of course, don't you see? C. L. O.K. Toots. F. L. Do you think she loves me any more? M. C. Oh, isn't he cute? C. W. My Ford broke down and I walked. W. K. I guess I just know too much about this stuff. K. A. And does she go for me in a big way.—Son of Kong. 8. OPERA CAUSING MUCH ACTIVITY AT OGDEN HIGH Scenery, Costume, Music Divisions Busy With Preparations OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Emily Merrill, Editor; Blaine Larsen, Associate Editor. There is a hum of activity in the air these days. Through the halls there is a thrill of breatless ex-pectancy. Up in the gym we often hear hammers and saws at work. We see students running back and forth with paint-besmeared smocks on and brushes in their hands. Down in the sewing room we find Miss Corless dashing about with a tape measure, calling out skirt lengths. Among the girls there you hear talk about bridesmaids, pirates, and ballets. There is much dis-cussion about organdie, celanese voile and velvet. In the music room there are lib¬rettos stacked neatly on the piano. Barbara Smith and Chester Christenson come in and begin to sing beautiful ballads from them. You may wonder what connec¬tion there is in these things. If you haven't already guessed, any student will tell you that these are preparations for our opera, "Joan of the Nancy Lee." On the evening of March 15 you will be able to see the finished product in South Wash¬ington Junior High.—Alice Starr. VISITORS Supt. Calvin Smith of Granite district, with fifteen of his art teachers, visited Ogden schools Monday. They spent some time at Ogden High and had luncheon here at noon. This was prepared and served in a highly satisfactory man¬ner by the girls of the domestic science department under direction of Miss Neeley.