20 The Acorn work and see that it does differently. That is your privilege and you should either submit good naturedly to what is done or get up and express your opinion. Too many of us sit leisurely by, grumbling to ourselves or our seat mates. You can depend upon it that those who are always finding fault never do anything. The Student Body needs the hearty support of each student if it is to become what we would have it, the best, liveliest, strongest, most united organization in the state. The Basket-ball boys should always feel that the Student Body is behind them in all their undertakings. If you are a student, be one. Take part in everthing of an educational nature that comes along and you will find school much more pleasant and much more beneficial than you do now. Do not go listlessly along taking the world just as it comes, making no effort to enjoy it or have it come your way. Make school, life; for who does not admire the energetic, enthusiastic student who has a will and is not afraid to express it, providing he uses good common sense? The Acorn sends greetings to all its readers and wishes them "A Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year." Christmas is the time to rejoice over the successful completion of the past year, to sum up and see how much better we are for having lived during the year 1907, to enjoy ourselves in recalling and renewing old, friendships, and to have a general jolly good time. After having taken this inventory of ourselves, we must then commence business anew; and having had one more year's experience, we should be able to make the next year just that much more successful. The good things we have done this year, let us continue on a higher scale; those things we have done that we are not proud of, let us make resolutions to cease, and put forth that energy in a better direction. But these so called New year's resolutions are for our own benefit; and should be made secretly and firmly within ourselves, not heralded to all our friends. With students, this is an excellent time of year to look back upon our four months of school and see wherein we have made any mistakes or failures; we then have two weeks to think about these and decide upon a course of action. When we come back, it should be with renewed life and a better knowledge of how to conduct ourselves. If each year all of us would do these things, Christmas and The New Year would indeed be merry and happy. "Great gifts can be given by little hands, since of all gifts love is still the best." Ever since the three wise men The Acorn 21 and the shepherds brought their offerings to the Christ child, it has been the custom to give presents at Christmas time. For centuries after the birth of our Savior, the people sent inexpensive remembrances, but during the last few hundred years, the habit of buying expensive useless presents has made Christmas a burden instead of a pleasure. Months before, people are worrying and planning how to get a number of presents with little money. We should try this year to give presents to those who need them, thinking only of the happiness of others and not of our own pleasure. It is not the value of the gift but the knowledge that we have been remembered, that makes us happy. If we send any tokens let them be cards, books or some useful presents School was dismissed Friday afternoon December 6th on account of the death of our janitor Mr John Van Drimlin, and most of the students attended the funeral. Mr. Van Drimlin with his wife and six children lately immigrated to Utah as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and settled in our midst. He has been associated with our school little more than a year, during which time he has served us faithfully. The faculty and students join in extending to those who are bereft of husband and father, their sincere sympathy. May our Heavenly Father "who made and loveth all" shower down on them His choicest blessings.