it has been the aim of the present staff to fih this edition with as many photographs as possible — pictures that in future years will bring to mind recollections of school life at the weber with this end in view we called for volunteer photographers and now print the results of their work on the following page we specialized in this department realizing that pictures are the life of any souvenir publication and will be of interest long after the reading material has lost its charm at last the gymnasium problem has taken definite proportions unfortunately however the committee has requested that nothing be published concerning the plans this much we may say that there is organized an energetic committee of thirty-five mutual workers with president d o mckay as chairman the idea of a gymnasium is by no means new here is a quota tion from the first souvenir acorn ever published the girls are looking forward with pleasure to the domestic science department and the boys to the manual training but both will be benefited by the modern gymnasium to be fitted out that was more than five years ago the long hoped for domestic science and manual training de mrtments have been realized but not until the present has our gymnasium been we the present staff now surrender our precious charge — the acorn we lay it down with a sigh of relief yet we look upon it with pride and feel a maternal interest and anxiety for its future wel fare we submit the charge to next year's staff with the request that they guide it through another year of success to a higher state of perfection and place our school paper on a plane where we may all be proud of it with a feeling of hope we retire and say we wish you success with all our hearts lecture hmtrse another successful year has gone and the academy has again shown itself capable of giving the ogden public the best that the coun try affords no other thing has done more good for the school than the lecture course the citizens of ogden have made such splendid lecture courses possible inasmuch as they have supported them during this season with such a man as senator bob taylor with a heart of melody and a tongue of gold as the first number success could not but come lecture course 1909-10 united states senator bob taylor united states senator robert m la follette whitney brothers male quartette lee francis ly barger the new zealanders laurant the magician ¦ edward p elliott dr thos e green leland t powers lecture course 1910-11 united states senator bob taylor john b ratto impersonator kellog-haines singing party mixed sextette judge george d alden orator and lecturer william l hibbard music critic chicago trib une lee francis lybarger orator and lecturer mme freida lan gendorff queen of song messo soprano of royal opera in berlin vienna and of metropolitan opera company of new york adrian m n'ewens monologist departing senior to teacher i have come to thank you for teacher oh don't mention the trifle — ex prisoner at the bar said the portly pompous and florid magistrate you are charged with stealing a pig a very serious offense in this district there has been a great deal of pig-stealing and i shall make an example of you or none of us will be safe london daily news