by Superintendent Hopkins. Mr. Harris, who has traveled a great deal, told us about Russia and Si¬beria, having made a trip to these places last year. We enjoyed hearing Mr. Harris, because a number of our students will no doubt go to the university next year. CONGRESS At the special meeting of congress Thursday evening, Leland H. Monson, from Weber college, spoke on the essentials of good debating. He discussed and illustrated the issues, briefs, outlines and deliveyr of prop¬er debates. Everyone enjoyed his talk and derived much benefit from it. Thanks, Mr. Monson. We surely appreciated your visit. D ec. 17, 1929 OGDEN 20 Years Ago From Our Files. Company A of the Ogden high school R. O. T. C. defeated Com¬panies B and C by the following re-spective scores: 197, 195 and 192. The teams are as follows: Com¬pany A—Corporal Spencer, Lieuten-ant Dee, Sergeant Pratt, Cadet Conroy and Captain Garr; Company B —Lieutenant Smith, Cadet Donald¬son, Cadet Sooy, Cadet Holther and Cadet Fell; Company C—Lieutenant Browning, Lieutenant Rivers, Cadet Boyd, Lieutenant Randall and Cadet Hammil. Ogden High Prepares Gift Baskets For Poor OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 16.—(Special) I—Ogden high will again contribute baskets to promote happiness in the, homes of the poor on Christmas The girls' association w'll take the ! donations, giving them to the chil- ; dren's aid society for distribution. Each advisory room of the school ! is expected to. provide one basket. HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Promotions Announced In R. O. Training Camp OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 16.—(Special) —Colonel Cunningham announces the following promotions in the rey serve officers' training corps, Ogden senior high school, effective Dec.11 Regimental Sergt. Maj. Charles Hetzel, to be second lieutenant. Corporal Carl Grace, Company A, to be second l'eutenant. Sergeant Lester Douglas, Company A, to be regimental sergeant major. Private Reuben Mason to be ser¬geant in Company A. Ogden High Forms Choral Society OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 16—(Special) —Wednesday and Thursday of this 'week a choral society was formed at Ogden high, with Musical Direct¬or Glenn Hansen at the head. Near¬ly a hundred students joined. The immediate purpose of the society is the learning and singing of Christmas carols. —— J i High School to Have Radio in Each Room OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 16.—(Spec al —The bid of the Nathaniel Baldwin, Inc., company for the installation of a radio in Ogden high has been accepted by the board of education. The work will proceed under direc¬tion of J. R. Cummings. There will «be a loud speaker in every class room as well as in the carpentry shop and auto mechanics building. The "nstallation is expected to take plake during the Christmas holi¬days. t I Students Hear Dr. Harris. I OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 14.—(Special) I Ogden high school held an assem- iblv Friday morning under sponsor¬ship of the A. D. M. club, with Pres. Edith Knold presiding;. . i The speaker of tire day was Presi¬dent Franklin S. Harris of the B. Y. U. college who discussed prob¬lems in Russia. School was dismissed at two- thirty Frida yto permit the teach¬ers tr listen to Mr. Harris' lecture at the Central junior high school at three o'clock. Ogden Dec. 18, 1929 . . High School News If thou faint in the day of ad¬versity thy strength is small.— Proverbs. ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT It's all"off now. If you haven't made your date before now you might as well call off your inten- tions to do so because the lucky girl - has already gotten a date, and now nothing remains to do but to come stag and be a curse to the married men during tag dances. But if you don't come one way, come another; the bit? idea is, come to the Holly Hop. The dance is informal, at the ehana, seventy-five cents for couples, fifty for stags, without pro¬grams to save extra expenses, at nine o'clock. This is the dance in¬formation in a nutshell. CHATTER AND CHAFF The home-coming alumnae and ex-Ogden High students can be no¬ticed all day long pacing back and forth in front of the old alma mater. Some of the fellows in militaristic , garb are certainly catching the eye of some of our young ladies. The old brown khaki uniform seems to be forsaken. ; Hugh got lockjaw the other morn¬ing just after he had deafened the entire staff by his yelling, "Battalion attention." Only after very dras¬tic methods was the colonel's very stentorian voice returned to nor¬mal. The very fine work of the high school in preparing a number of holiday feasts for needy families throughout the city has again been resumed. We hope that each stu¬dent will have something to con- 1 tribute. ''Come Dunder, work this the¬orem." This is the occupation of j Santa Claus during most of the1 i year. However, he ' has a lot of ; cute presents for all the good little i boys and girls Friday night, when ; he assumes his festive garments to 1 spread cheer at the Hop. Fine, Dad, we certainly appreciate your helping us to make the dance a j great success. '« AUNT JANE. I Dear Aunt Jane: ; Must corsages be sent to your girl 1 if you would be strictly up-to-the- minute at the Holly Hop? A num- i , ber of students believe that Ogden High dances should be entirely in¬formal and that corsages, tuxedos, formal dresses, etc., should be limit¬ed as much as possible in order to give the Ogden High student body functions as democratic a spirit as possible. I think that if the for¬mality were cut out a great deal more profit could be made, since a lot more would attend. —SHORT ON CASH. Answer: No Ogden High dance is formal in its intention. The above niceties ; are the doings of the individual. Students are right when they con- I sider that such things as corsage, etc., should be left out of the pro¬gram for dances. As simple and democratic a spirit as it is possible to attain is the byword of our dances. So if you feel that such expenses must be met, you stand corrected. A dance for the student body, is the feeling that should pre- vail, not one for the individual." Stand by your colors, if you op¬pose formality. There are others who agree with you. CONGRESS President Liapis called the regu¬lar meeting of congress to order Monday evening. Many interesting current events were given by the members and those on the waiting list. The special committee reports were given and one was accepted. Although the members did not have pins last year we hope to have ours soon, we discussed the various de¬signs and symbols appropriate for congress. The meeting then ad¬journed. HALL OF FAME We nominate to our hall of fame: Lafe Snyder. Because it is the belief of the school that Lafe must be twins. His twin, if lost, should certainly be found if possible. Be¬cause Lafe can play every instru¬ment from a wind pipe to an ear drum. Because he wears spats to keep his ankles warm. Because we never heard Pete go tweet, tweet, tweet on his piccolo. Ada Sailor. Because the Girls' association won't get all the credit for the charity dinners this year. Because her favorite saying is "Pass two, please." Because old pals are the best pals after all. Dee Bramwell. Because the wicked are eut short in their generation. Because whenever he says anything, he certainly says a mouthful, es¬pecially in a debate. Because his opinions have a big weight, some¬times. Because we never saw a j j Bramwell that wasn't a yell leader, HOME ECONOMICS The home economics department has sent out invitations to the stu¬dent body to attend a Christmas program which it is sponsoring at 2 o'clock Friday, December 20. These invitations were distributed in the advisory rooms Tuesday morning. If you have not received your invita¬tion ask your advisory teacher for ; it. A very entertaining program is to be offered. It will consist of a display of Christmas gifts, a musicale and refreshments will then be served. All come. You will surely enjoy the program. —L. S. P. S.—A rather interesting thing in this connection was the invita¬tion reading, "The Home Economics Department of the Ogden High School requests your presents at a Christmas program." Of course, this was a typographi¬cal error, chargeabla to the print¬ing department, which facetiously or otherwise changed "presence" to "presents." MOUNTAIN MEADOW Exquisite, indeed, is "Mountain Meadow." It is like a vision—like some ideal, too lovely to bs within your reach. Here is a hillside stretching far into the distance with stately trees, reaching their leafy i branches heavenward, standing as sentinels on guard. In the back¬ground, proud, rigid mountains stand, silent and awe-inspiring in the purple shadows of evening, with a few stray clouds, strung across the clear, blue sky. crowning their rugged heights. It is a glory of many harmonious hues that gives forth a peaceful welcome and draws you into speechless enchantment. Come on, students! Come and drink in the beauty of this gorg¬eous picture that awaits you. This is one of the worthwhile things of life that is within your reach. Don't miss it! "Mountain Meadow" is one of the works of R. E. Beauregard which is now displayed in Miss Green's room. VELLA PHILLIPS. A VALUABLE BOOK The high school library received a very valuable book on Tuesday. "Utah, the Land of Blossoming Valleys," by George Wharton James, with the compliments of the board of education, through Supt. W Karl Hopkins. The book is one written in the See America First" series, and is replete with information and inter-esting illustrations of the grandest and most unique state of the union We are glad to get this book and assure the superintendent that it will be widely read by high school students. A UNIQUE CONTEST Mr. Roscoe C. Glasmann. mana¬ger of Paramount theatre, has ex¬pressed a desire to initiate a platoon drill conquest at the Ogden High The plan calls for a month by month competition among the dif¬ferent platoons, the neatest, mo3t regular, best drilled unit getting at the Md of thf Jlionth a silver trophy cup, and all the members of the winning platoon a complimentary ticket to the show then being pre-sented at the theatre. This sounds very interesting to us and will cer¬tainly stimulate the boys to better efforts. We express our thanks and appreciation to Mr. Glasmann for this unique and encouraging con¬test. JOIE FRANCAIS The party given Saturday night was a great success. Bunco was played during the evening and Min¬nie (lucky girl) won the first prize. A good time was had by all, includ¬ing Naomi, a poor little lost lamb¬kin. The next meeting of Joie Francais will be a night meeting, to be j given December 30, at the home of Norma Marriott. RACHEL MEDOWAY. CONGRESS President Liapis called the regu¬lar meeting of Congress to order Monday evening. Many interesting current events were given by the members and those on the waiting list. The special committee reports were given and one was accepted. Although the members did not have pins last year, we hope to have ours soon, and we discussed the various designs and symbols appropriate for ! Congress. The meeting then ad¬journed. Dec. 17, 1929 BASKET BALL TONIGHT O. H. S. vs. East High OGDEN SALT LAKE P.M. Utah Aggies vs. Wyoming U. P.M. Weber Gym. Prices: Downstairs, 75c. Upstairs, 25c; Students, 25c,