HOSPITALITY SHOWN Ogden homes were open to all visitors Friday night and worthily displayed hospitality to the five hundred school guests who were in Ogden for the music festival. For a while it was feared there would not be enough places for the boys and girls, but the Ogdenites proved themselves to be gracious. To ask parents to house over a half-thousand boys and girls is quite an undertaking, but they dis¬played their capability in shoulder¬ing this responsibility. Parents, we compliment you. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS "When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead!"—John Greenleaf Whittier. "Frailty, thy name is woman!" —William Shakespeare. "Trust thyself — every heart vi¬brates to that iron string."—Emer¬son. "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for men—that is genius."—Emerson 5. FOUR SELEGTED TO STRIVE FOR S.A.R. HONORS Oratorical Joust Will Take Place At School Thursday OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Emily Merrill, Editor; Blaine Larsen. Associate Editor. On Thursday at nine-forty-five the annual Sons of the American Revolution contest will be held. The judges will be Attorney S. P. Dobbs, Robert C. Nye and Eugene K. Trous¬dale. An S. A. R. medallion will be presented to the winner. The first elimination in the an¬nual S. A. R. contest was held Mon¬day in Room 305. From a list of ten condidates, four fellows were chosen to compete in the final con¬test. Bob Buswell, Wayne Bundy, Joe Limburg, and Blaine Larson are the contestants who reached the finals Preparations for the Lewis ora¬torical contest have begun, the first elimination taking place last Tues-day. From the interest shown, it would seem that public speaking and de¬bating are taking their place in the lives of the student body. MUSIC UNIT BUSY This is an all-important week for the music department! After weeks of work on numbers and general arrangements, the Ogden High band, orchestra, boys' and girls' glee clubs and mixed choruses, and vocal and instrumental soloists leave this week-end for Provo, where will be held the state music festival, April 18, 19 and 20. We feel our talented musical groups under the capable direction of Mr. Glenn L. Hanson are to be highly complimented on their suc¬cesses of the year—the Christmas cantata, the opera, numbers each week in assembly, music supplies for various civic events, and now the opportunity to compete with the best musical talent in the state! Mr. Hanson and his charges have done as much or more than any other organization in this school to put Ogden High "on the map." From one of the most noted musi¬cal men in the state came the re¬mark that our orchestra ranks as one of the outstanding scholastic orchestras in the state. This alone should make us feel proud of our music department! FIRST EVENTS During the day of Thursday in¬strumental and vocal students from all parts of the state will be partici-pating in the state music festival. We mean by this soloists, duets, trios, etc. The grand ensembles will begin Tuesday evening. Our own orchestra will appear Thursday eve¬ning. PURPOSE OF FESTIVAL As explained many, many times, the music festival last week was not a contest. The slogan was: "Not to win a prize or defeat an opponent, but to pace each other on the road to excellence." Music critics, men of vast experi¬ence and ability, were present to of¬fer criticisms and suggestions to each group performing. We present herewith the criticism of Prof. Freber on the Ogden High school or¬chestra: Overture—Expression marks well observed before molto vivaci. Built up to excellent ff before 'B.' Wood¬wind was used very effectively in overture. The quality and balance of the string section was particular¬ly noticable for its excellence. The bowing was well together. The strings played with much refine¬ment (particularly the first violins) and, where called for, considerable brilliance. The general attack and release of the orchestra stood out in the playing. The concert master deserves mention for good work. The orchestra was at all times under perfect response to the conductor. I would like to compliment all of the players individually, but as this is impractical, will have to extend them my compliments as a unit. Certainly if they continue building up and improving their technic as they have in the past, they will make an outstanding group among the high school orchestras in this state. "Valse des Fleurs"—Orchestra is to be complimented on instrumenta¬tion and balance. In the beginning the accompaniment is slightly too heavy and rigid. Quality of strings very good. Lacks some contrast in shading. The accompaniment gen¬erally heavy. Should be toned down, especially in more delicate passages. Should make more effective swells and dimmuendoes. Quality of strings very nice. Excellent brass section. Intonation of string excellent. Good to see an orchestra with bassoon in it. Reached a good climax on the end. "Der Freischutz Overture"—A very effective opening. Unfortunately, solo instrument is missing in A. Ac¬companiment could be a little more subdued. Beautiful clarinet tone after C. Solo beautifully rendered. Horns not always perfectly in tune. String passages before D not well together as regards intonation. PP notes could be softer. 6. GIRLS' CLUB TO TAKE PART IN PROVO EVENTS Addition Made To Festival Entries of Ogden High School OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Emily Merrill, Editor; Blaine Lar- sen, Associate Editor. Ogden High school will be well represented at the state festival in Provo Friday and Saturday. Plans have been made to send the band, the orchestra and the boys' glee club. On Friday night, the girls' glee club acquitted itself so credit¬ably that it was decided the girls' club should also go. Said Superin-tendent Bateman of Logan, "It would be a shame not to send that girls' glee club." In all abqut 200 Ogden High school pupils will par¬ticipate. THE SAD PART OF IT The sad part of the musical fes¬tival in Ogden. the only sad part that we know of, was the fact so few people of this city availed them¬selves of the opportunity of hearing the very fine musical presentations, the vocal Friday evening at the tabernacle, and the instrumental- band and orchestra, all day Satur¬day at Weber college. The taber¬nacle was fairly well filled, as was also Weber college auditorium, but noticeably not by Ogden people. We regret this very much as our own people in Ogden should know and enjoy the fine work that is being done in the high schools of north¬ern Utah. NEEDED AN AUDITORIUM Ogden sorely needs a large aud¬itorium where an event such as the music festival of Friday and Sat-urday might be held with the dig¬nity and accommodation demanded of a city Ogden's size. Many com-munities in this state with a pop¬ulation of five to 15,000 have much better auditoriums than can be ob-tained in Ogden. Aside from the theatres, we have no place where we can take care of more than 700 or 800 people. Why cannot we have a city audi¬torium? Salt Lake has her taber¬nacle, Denver her city autditorium, —Ogden has nothing.