On March 4 the D. A. R. will present a medal for the best oration on any phrase of the subject, "Patriotism." This contest is for girls only. No notes of any form may be used. The oration will last no more than ten minutes. About the same time the S. A. R. will hold an oratorical contest for the boys. The rules are practical¬ly the same. You will hear more about this later. HAM AND The rain could not dampen the spirit of the Ham And auction held last Thursday. The auction pro-ceeded after a little debating and Mr. Allison turned out to be the lucky winner, or rather the one with the overflowing opulence. In accordance with that rain and fa¬vor rule, Mr. Allison also gave an interesting talk on the early life of that radio pioneer, Marconi. After some peppy code practice the meeting was adjourned. —H. H. H. SOMETHING NEW A mixed chorus consisting of 150 voices will sing for the assembly next Friday. Songs of the Civil war will be sung for the approval of the student body. Opera books are on their way. On your toes, singers. Tryouts are fast approaching. GIRDS RENOVATE At 3:20 o'clock Friday, a group of girls, armed with the best weapons of their sex, invaded room 112 to evict all that could be evict¬ed, not to their taste, and to add to its attractiveness. There were great soapy attacks on tables, cup¬boards, paint, etc. Scrubbing brushes vied in vigor with hammers. Now there are cur¬tains at all windows and doors of cupboards to cover the latters' rath¬er unsightly but essential contents. The result is as pleasing as in room 113 with the exception of the presence of a great ugly piece of furniture, which is leaving us soon for more suitable quarters. Who were the girls so interested in their surroundings? The H. E. C. nat¬urally. Those responsible for the good work are Winnifred Laurie, vice president; Edith Cross, Gladyys Ballinger, Ethel Johnson, Cora Rosevear, Helen Poulter, Marian Poulter, and Helen Borup, secretary. MAGAZINES The shelves of our beautiful library are lined with the choicest volumes of the ages. But not alone do they hold this place of honor for with them are numerous maga¬zines, magazines of all color and kinds. We have The Magazine World, American magazine, Current History, Industrial Arts, Forum, Scientific American, Outlook, Pop¬ular Science, World's Work, Na¬ture, Forests and Forestry, Con¬gressional Digest, National Geogra¬phical and Science News Letter. To attract the young women of this honorable institution we have Vogue, McCall's, Journal of Home Economics, and Good Housekeep¬ing. Many students find this an ex¬cellent place to spend their study periods. A letter signed by Principal A. M. Merrill has been read in all classes to give students an un¬derstanding of the policy of the school regarding ' entertainment. The letter reads: "With our many clubs, socials, parties, games and other extra¬curricular activities, we seem to have little time left for school work. Every day we get com¬plaints from patrons that 'the fun department of the high school is usurping too much time and atten¬tion. There is much reason for these complaints and wfc are in¬clined to feel that curtailment is necessary. "A distinct improvement was made several years ago when we separated our athletic games from our dancing parties. We have no inclination whatever to go back to the system of 'dances after games.' "We offer a series of high-class dancing parties under most favor¬able conditions, and feel that we should be entirely satisfied with the arrangement. If the arrangement is not satisfactory, how would it be to eliminate dancing as a school activity? 'Under no circumstances can he high school afford to give dances after basketball games." February 6, 1929. In skating over thin ice our safe¬ty is our speed.—Emerson. CADET HOP Cadets! February 21 is the day. Eight-thirty, p. m., is the time. Berthana hall is the place. But who are you going with? Make your dates immediately or you will get left. They are going fast—use your handsome faces and pleasing personalities. COMMITTEES ON HOP The committees for the Cadet hop have been chosen, and they are well under way to make this annual affair a big success. The commit¬tees are as follows: Reception—Colonel Lloyd Keller, general chairman; Captain Keith Corry, chairman; Major Gordon Van Buren, Major Lorna Crockett, Captain Elliot Sampson, Captain Dorothy Wallace. Decoration — Lieutenant Colonel Richard Ballard, chairman; Lieu¬tenant Colonel Louise Jay, Lieuten¬ant Charles Dunn, Captain Huber Earle, Captain Jeanette Morell. Publicity—Lieutenant Jack Norback, chairman; Captain Hessel Stowe, Captain Mildred Purdy, Cap¬tain Oswell Jackson, Captain Louise Emmett. Refreshments — Major Tillman Johnson, chairman; Major Virginia Rose; Captain John Carver; Cap¬tain Elizabeth Nye. Programs—Sponsors in charge. TIGER TALK There seems to be a habit hang¬ing on the Tigers this year. It is that of scoring almost the same numbers of points in each half of every game. In Bear River City, Ogden scored 14 points in the first half and ended the game with 28. In the Weber game the first half totaled 13 and the last half brought the score to 26. At Davis, 18 points were made in two quarters and 36 in four, and Box Elder saw 15 counts roll up at half time and 31 by the final shot. The game this week as you know is our second test with Bear River. That we are going to play on the famous O. H. S. floor is not a ru¬mor; it's a fact. That "Slim" Hales has the mumps is not a fact; it's a rumor. That Bear River is a tough team is not a rumor; it's a fact. Be there! CONGRES Whoopee! Congress is going plenty strong for both the state and the West High debates. We had a heated argument on wheth¬er or not modern advertising should be condemned. It was an informal discussion, so we did not definite¬ly decide the fate of advertising. Members of both sides got some excellent material and pointers, so it seems that the school debating team is bound to have some girls on it. We're giving Forum a fair chance to show us what they're made of, but their Waterloo is cer¬tainly in sight, the way they're creeping along. —Ruth Kraines. RIFLE TEAM After much weeding, Sergeant Holloway announces the members of this year's rifle team. Those on the team for the second year are: Dunn, Iannone, Keller, King, Lundy, Manning and Neilson. Harold Lundy was unanimously chosen captain of this year's team. He follows in the footsteps of his brother, who was captain last year. Around this nucleus of sec¬ond year men are added the fol¬lowing new members: Bell, Cazier, Danigear, Holmes, Johnson, Judd, Mason and Moore. As usual "Sarg" has developed a very efficient group of riflemen who seem able and determined to uphold the honor that has always been heaped upon our rifle team. The rifle team works as hard and as consistently as any other branch of activity at Ogden High and should receive more attention. West High's rifle range is an example of this needed support. Let's get be¬hind our rifle team. —H. H. H. QUESTIONNAIRE Parents of students in high school clubs, your questionnaire should be reaching you in the next few days. Please follow instructions and return immediately. We are anxious to make a report on the resuits obtained. CLUB HEARS TEACHER At a meeting of the Palette and Chisel club, Monday, February 4, Mrs. McKey gave a short talk on "What Literature Will Do for Us." The chief point stressed was character development through emotional response. As illustration of the fact that at times one poem will be a means of expression for many people the speaker read poems from John Masefield, Rupert Brooke, and one of her own composition. PHI LAMBA TAU Perhaps you have heard about synthetic sin and synthetic gin, but I'd like to wager that few of you have heard about synthetic jelly. However, if you are interested just ask a Phi Lamba Tau who went to 1 our banqet at Keeley's and I'm sure that they will enlighten you. If you have been wondering how we keep our pep up just come to some of our meetings. At our meeting Tuesday night, Elsie's in¬terpretation of Mrs. Remington Jones furnished us with enough laughs to last all during the com¬ing week. So if you see one of the red skirt gang laughing up her sleeve just bear with us and blame Elsie. —Helen Hupke. FORUM The meeting was called to order in room 206 at 7:30 o'clock. After some discussion it was de¬cided that the question for the ju¬nior high debate be: "Resolved, That the Philippine Islands Be Given Their Independence." The debate will be held on the first Tuesday in March. The main business of the eve¬ning was a debate on the question: "Resolved, That Modern Advertis¬ing Be Condemned." The affirma¬tive was upheld by Keith Corry and Henry Aiken, the negative by Bill Reeder and George Fowles. No decision was given. Forum then ad¬journed. AUNT JANE Dear Aunt Jane: Please tell us if non-cadets will be admitted at the Cadet hop? Thank you. —Two Anxious Juniors. Dear Anxious Juniors: Surelv, all students and parents will be admitted to the hop. You're welcome. —Aunt Jane. Tigers Expect Close Game With Leo Walker's Machine Victory Would Give Ogden Undisputed Possession of First Place; Hales Will Start at Center; Read and Harbertson May Get in Game; Weber Plays Box Elder Five on Brigham Court. DIXON KAPPLE'S Ogden High "Orange Streaks" furnish the opposition Friday night for Bear River in the head¬line court battle of the week in the Ogden division. The Tigers will entertain the Leo Walker athletes on their home court. In a recent game played at Bear River the Tigers were victorious, 28 to 22, but only after a spirited contest with the Bears. A triumph Friday for the Tigers over the Bears will give the Ogden five the undisputed lead in the race for the 1929 division flag. A setback would place the locals in a deadlock for second place with the Bears and would give Davis first place. RULE FAVORITES. The Tigers should rule heavy favorites on their home court, but the members of the squad should not take the Bear River quint lightly. They have a capable aggregation of court players, and a team that may come through with a triumph over the Tigers. The Kapplemen played splendid , ball last week to win over the fast Box Elder machine, 31 to 21, and now stand out as one of the best teams of the league. Plenty of competition is ahead of the Tigers, however. They must play Bear River, Weber, Davis and Box Elder before the close of the season. Coach Kapple will start "Slim" Hales at center with Stone and Chambers on the guard line. Rex Greaves will be pitted in one of the forward posts. Kapple is undecided over the running mate for Greaves. There is a possibility that he may use Harbertson and Read in the Bear River game. Bear River has two exceptional players in Cropley and Harris. These men undoubtedly will keep their team in the running. Coach Leo Walker has perfected some new plays for the Ogdenites and is counting on a victory. Coach Dick Thorne will take his Weber High athletes to Brigham City Friday night for a league battle with Box Elder. The Bees won over Weber, 2 to 27, early in the season and will be a hot favorite to repeat on their home court. Thorne contemplates some changes in his lineup for this conteset but was undecided today as to just what the changes should be. Weber has shown ability twice during the season and in the other games the players have failed to function properly. The Warriors have four remain¬ing games on their division sched¬ule and they hope to win all of these contests. Richardson and Chandler have been playing snappy ball for Weber. McEntyre is also a star of the first water. Fishburn and Steffen are color¬ful performers for the Bees. NAME OFFICIALS. Officials for the two games were announced today by W. Karl Hop¬kins. Al Warden and Don Barney will be in charge of the Ogden- Bear River game and Malcolm Watson and E. Cullimore will su¬pervise the Box Elder-Weber con¬test.