The Sophomore Parties CLOTHED in a cloak of profound respectability the Sophomores waited sedately through the first three months of school for a party. Then the Freshmen, with their deflated purses, made a wager with the Sophomores, the losers to entertain the winners. The Sophomores proved good losers, and a most delightful party issued in honor of the winning class. Not satisfied, the Sophomore officers then designed a Sophomore revelry, and a few days later the plans materialized in the form of a Bunco party. Apparently this mild indulgence served only as an incitement, and during the course of several days a dancing party was arranged. This, a yuletide social, was held at the home of Mrs. David Eccles. In March the Sophomores presented the Freshmen with a second entertainment as the result of another contest wager. Dancing was the main feature, although Mrs. Tanner's delicious sandwiches were by no means neglected. The Freshmen Parties THE wily Freshmen proved too much for the Sophomores in contests and, as a result, not only won a considerable sum for their treasury, but the privilege of being entertained at two delightful parties. However, the Freshmen were not content with being mere guests, so they planned a very exclusive party of their own preceeding the Christmas holidays. Having won ten dollars in the Armistice day contest, they planned the affair elaborately. A real Santa, a huge Christmas tree, and refreshments galore were the basic factors of the party, which was held in the new amusement hall of the third ward. Class members became more intimately acquainted during this social, and under the direction of Mr. Van Buren enjoyed an evening of most unusual and interesting entertainment. One of the outstanding features was a game called "Over the Rolling Waves," in which each would-be sailor obtained a vivid conception of the watery deep. The Freshmen class also sponsored two "after-game" dancing parties, each of which was a compliment to class initiative. The ACORN 1927 Mount Ogden Hike THE peak, symbolic of courage and achievement, rose defiant before the determined eyes of the Weber College 1926-27 hikers assembled far below. The peak was the ultimate goal, and, to prowess and integrity of those college students who lightheartedly, yet earnestly began the traditional climb, it was a challenge. But at last the summit!-a tribute, indeed, to the self- reliance and optimistic perseverence of its fifty-odd conquerors. Before the much wearied, but all-recompensed students, a panoramic view lay in overpowering majesty, an inspiration to toil. And with both the raising of Old Glory and the Purple and White, the echoed refrain of the school hymn, the eloquent address given by the student body president, Elmer Nielson, and the reading of the message sent by President Aaron W. Tracy, noble and unselfish desires were born to conquer adversity, to attain life's summit through perseverence and self-reliance, even as the corporeal summit of Mt. Ogden had ben attained. Such was the fourth annual pilgrimage to old Mt. Observatory.