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Show APRIL 22, 1824 Tuesday Ogden High School Notes THOUGHT FOR TODAY "It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what is best to do." The only reason anyone ever had J for saying that "well begun is half done" grows out of man's procrastination-his unwillingness to begin. Roosevelt wasn't half so impulsive as we have been led to believe. He was simply the sort of fellow that if he had a task to do (and he always had the task) he jumped into the thing, without dilly-dallying or procrastinating. We'll A'enture the guess that j when he went to the old swimming pool with the boys he was i the first undressed, the first in the I water. j That on cold winter mornings; when getting up was such a task, j that he was out and dressed be- j fore he had time to think of the j unpleasantness of the task. That at the evening fireside, j when just resting seemed so pleas- ant, that he had his nose in his j algebra or history book and the j lesson half learned-while the oth- j er fellows were dreading the begin- j ning. This was the sort of thing i j that gave Roosevelt his education i and his character. PRESERVING FORESTS. And while we are talking about i Roosevelt let us quote one extract ! from him on the subject of the I week, "Forest Preservation." i What has thus . happened in northern China, what has happened in central Asia, in Palestine, in north Africa, in parts of the Mediterranean countries of Europe, will surely happen in our country if we do not exercise that wise forethought which should be one of the chief marks of any people calling itself civilized. Nothing should be permitted to j stand in the way of the preservation of the forests, and it is criminal to permit individuals to purchase a little gain for themselves through the destruction of th3 forests when this destruction is fatal, to the well-being of the whole i country in the future.-Theodore Roosevelt. HONORS AWARDED, At senior class meeting Monday, Class President Alyson Smith was chosen to represent the class as orator at commencement. Pedigo Voll was selected as class reader. It is not unlikely that Althea Thomas, who was a, c!o;?e second1 for this latter honor, will also be asked to read. ; Mr. Hinchcliff is selecting mi) - ! numbers for baccalaureate Suiid: and for commencement. He it will be an easy matter this fear I to select all music number? "from j the class, as it happen jo be n very versatile class in tb' art of j music. TO PREACH SERMON j The c;ass decidedilso by a mn- j jority vote to tsk '"ho Rev. J. W. Hislop giv . Baccalaureate address this year on Sunday evening, May 25. Commencement exercises will be held Wednesday evening, May 23. A committee from the faculty decided Monday to hang the art pictures in the library room for the remainder of this year and to put them out in hallway next year after the new lighting system is installed. Complimentary tickets were given out: Monday to the members of the graduating class by the junior prom committee. The prom is to be given Friday night in the Berthana BETTER YEAR BOOK. The manager and editor of the! 1924 annual announce that the j book this year will be larger and I better tha.n ever, and will be; bound in leather covers. The book I will be off the press May 20. The business manager also an- j nounces that those who have not heretofore subscribed for the annual may do so now at the special price of $3.00. After May 1 the price will advance to $3.50 per copy. On and after May 20 any-j one wishing the book will be obliged to pay fall cost price, $4.00 per copy. A dollar deposited now will enable one to secure his copy a; the lowest figure. ORATORS WANTED. Those desiring to 'enter the annual Box Elder-Davis-Ogden oratorical contest are asked to give their names and the title of their addres i to Miss Watkins this week. Miss Watkins also announces that she is prepared to help the students now in the delivery of their orations. Students are nearly worn out with anxiety and fatigue, awaiting the announcement of the Hearst rifle shooting contest. Jess Krueger of the Chicago American reported last week that so many schools had entered the contest and sent in their targets on the last day that it Avas a regular "landslide." This suggested to one student .that our targets had been lost in the landslide and he asked the sergeant if we should be obliged to shoot again. LAST DAY TO DECIDE. Term reports were given out this morning. This suggests that we are now in the "last lap" of the school year and before we hardly j realize it 1923-1924 will be a thing ; of the past. Teachers are now definitely deciding their plans for 1924-1925. Today is the last day for signing of contracts with the Ogden board of education. I |
