Tues. May 13 24 Ogden High School Notes Today's thought: "No fountain is so small but j that heaven may be imaged in ! its bosom." I One object of high school edu- I cation is to make every student j feel that there is some good in him, and that it's up to him to develop it. J. Many beautiful things grow out of Mothers' day. A teacher of many years in the Ogden High received a beautiful bouquet on Sunday morning from a former student with a little note offering this: "Let me be your boy." It is s.uch tributes as this that makes school teaching the finest of pro­fessions. ORATORICAL TESTS. The following students took part in the oratorial elimination contest Monday: Eunice Ossman Service, Sidney Badcon, our pres­ident; Chester Zinn. The conquest of America, Althea Thomas, The American Indian; Don Wakefield, Coal Mines- Alyson Smith, The ' Bonus Bill; William Taylor, Vo­cational Guidance; John O'Neill, Our Debt to Freedom; Tom Craven, Immigration and Public Health; William J. Brian, Youth's Responsibility in the Evolution of Industry; Marian Wallace, Oppor­tunities in School Life for Character Building. The array of subject matter shows the diversity of interests of high school pupils. The work was all original and was exceptionally , well done. We can scarcely think of a : better training than that offered j I in entering such a contest as that given Monday. The students were highly complimented by the , judges, Supt. Ida, Fitzsimmons, Miss Reva Beck and Judge L. J. Holther. CONTEST WEDNESDAY. Chester Zinn won first place ! j in the contest and Althea Thomas I ( second place. These students will appear in the contest with Davis ; and Box Elder on Wednesday at , Central Junior at 3 o'clock. There should be students and patrons interested enough in this 1 splendid type of work to fill the f house. j John O'Neill was given third place, Sidney Badcon fourth and i Alyson Smith fifth place. These ( students have been invited to de- 1 liver their orations before the student body at the regular as- sembly on Friday. j ATHLETIC AWARDS. The athletic committee has re- ported some advisable changes in 1 the award system to the faculty, j c Their recommendations were J c adopted. In accordance with these rec-( ommendations it will be possible hereafter for a student win a major award annually. Awards to be a blanket, a sweater and a J gold fob. It is one of the great tragic 1 fears of life that every truth has to struggle to acceptance against honest but mind-blind students. Harvey demonstrated 12 years the circulation of blood before e dared to , publish the fact upoh' which the truth was based. FROM UNIVERSITIES. The Journal of . Engineering, University of Virginia, for May has a very interesting article by P. A. Beck, Jr., (Andy), on, the "Reclamation of Battered and Chipped Rail Ends." An editorial note says that Mr. Beck was as­sistant to the man who first ex­perimented with the process on the Union Pacific railroad. In another part of the magazine is a statement to the effect that Andy was recently elected treas­urer of his class. Marcus Mattson, who has been in attendance at the University of California, hag returned home for vacation and made a pleas- . ant call at the high school. PRACTICE THEORIES. The domestic science classes- as a culmination of the year's work-are serving breakfasts, lunches and dinners in the school dining room. Thus practical cooking and serving are being taught in a very effective man­ner. Aileen Agren acted as host and Maud Hadley as hostess at a delightfully luncheon Monday. Chauncey M. Depew, who has recently passed his ninetieth birth­day, says he looks back over his life and has practically no re­grets. He does not even regret that he did not invest $10,000 as he had opportunity to do" some 30 years ago in a 1-6 interst in the Bell Telephone system, although that investment would have made him $150,000,000 by now. A friend of his advised him that the telephone was but a toy and would never have any practical value. Mr. Depew says that one of the great lessons of life that he has learned is that there is practical­ly no limit to human endeavor. PHYSICAL WELFARE. The department of education of Ontario, Canada, have by recent legislative enactment been given powep to order medical or dental treatment of school . children without the prior knowledge or consent of the parents. In the United States it has been ! long the custom for school boards ' and teachers to look after the X! .nental welfare of children. Is it "h not quite as consistent for them to see that the child's physical be- ing should receive at least as R much attention as the mental? Doubtless the state will some time see to it that every child has not only dental and medical attention but that he is properly clothed r and fed. SIGN COMMISIONS. The R. O. T. C. officers receive annually their commissions au­thorized by the U. S. government signed by professor of military !ea science and tactics, the principal of high school and the president of the board of education. These commissions are appreciated by the boys as they testify of confi­ dence, patriotism, valor, fidelity and ability. Commissions were signed today as follows: Fred Gentsch, colonel; Elmer Burke, major; Harold Christensen, major; Theron Jost, captain; George Coolidge, captain; Ross Sampson, captain; Chester Zinn, captain; Robert Crosby, Captain; Llewelyn Summerill, captain; Joe Kershisnik, first lieuten­ant; Gean Greenwell, first lieutenant; Harry Elder, first lieuten­ant; Laurence Skeen, first lieutenant; William Capes, first lieutenant; Clarence Ross, first lieutenant; Clyde Stone, first lieutenant; William Stone, first lieutenant; Glen Hill, first lieutenant; Douglas Pincock, second lieutenant; Daniel Sullivan, second lieutenant; Paul McCune, second lieutenant; Landy Morris, second lieutenant; Eugene Wines, sec'ond ieutenant; George Clifton, second ieutenant; Lloyd Wold, second ieutenant; Joseph Sanberg, second lieutenant; Glen Kimes, second lieutenant; Dale Kimes, second lieutenant.