"There are two elements that go to the composition of friendship, each so sovereign that I can detect no superiority in either, no reason why either should be first named. One is truth. A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. (Before him I may think aloud.) Sincerity is the luxury allowed, diadems and authority, only to the highest rank; that being permitted to speak truth, as having none above it to court or conform unto. . . The other element of friendship is tenderness. We are holden to men by every sort of tie, by blood, by pride, by fear, by hope, by lucre, by lust, by hate, by admiration, by every circumstance and badge and trifle,-but we can scarce believe that so much character can subsist in another as to draw us by love. . . When a man becomes dear to me I have touched the goal of fortune." -Emerson. Reception WEBER COLLEGE, nestling inconspicuously beneath proud Mr. Ogden, noticed the Autumnal changes about her, and was glad. The busy summer months were over, and the students would be turning their thoughts again toward education-education and Weber. She had prepared countless young men and women for the world, and nothing she loved better than shaping their warm, undeveloped forms in perfect symmetry of life, to later harden in all beauty of design. And so it was with love in her heart for old friends and with portals extended wide in welcome to newcomers, that Weber opened for registration on September fourteenth and fifteenth. Students not only from local districts entered the doors those two days, but there were representatives from northern and southern Utah, Idaho, California, Arizona, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, the Philippines; and in response to President Tracy's invitation, four students from Hawaii. Never before in the history of the school had the enrollment extended to cover such a large region. These students with those from nearby localities received their registration numbers as they first entered, and after a seemingly long period of waiting and a close scrutiny of entry numbers by Miss Browning, were finally admitted into the registration room. Each one picked up a schedule and examined for perhaps the hundredth time the classes and their respective instructors. This perusal resulted in no more certainty of mind than had the others, but the students, concluding it was useless to ponder, paid their tuition to Miss Shaw, checked their classes with Mrs. Hall, and walked out. The sophomores lingered in the halls, renewing old acquaintances, relating past events, and offering illuminating stories about members of the faculty to dubious students; the freshmen, however, with unusually long faces, hastily reconnoitered the building and left. They really did look despondent, and a sophomore, noticing it, remarked that it was doubtful if they would return for instruction. He who made that statement had evidently forgotten about the tuition that had been paid, for on the following Monday, with faces no less gloomy, appeared the freshmen. Each one came up the steps, and entered the small, barren lobby. Upon opening the door leading into Weber's main hall, they noticed something that thousands before had noticed, that the door possessed a terrifying strong spring. Woe unto him that failed to enter quickly. But the freshmen were alert, and passing their first college obstacle with no bodily harm, walked down the hall. Upon both walls were portraits of past presidents, men of various facial types, yet portraying the mutual characteristic of determination. After pausing to inspect the name plates on the frames, the students went to their classrooms for instruction. The morning period was soon over, and the newcomers were somewhat, but not totally reassured. They had met most of the faculty and found the teachers congenial. Dr. Lind, that holy terror of school gossip was not so unamiable and unpleasant as was rumored, and Professor Blaylock-he had a sense of humor. With this enheartening knowledge, they filed into the devotional room. The windows, facing west and south, were covered by dark plush curtains that served as a barrier to the clamor and bustle of the secular public, making the room a place of reverent seclusion, while the artificial light, diffused by the beam of the vaulted ceiling, cast a soft yellow haze over the room. Upon the sides of the walls, illuminated by shaded lamps, were oil paintings done in various hues. A thick grey carpet that covered the floor added a completive touch to the room's refinement. The students sensed this tone, and responded by quietly slipping into their seats. When no sounds were to be heard, Louise Emmett seated herself at the grand piano, and then came the opening chords of Chopin's "Prelude." There was truly a heart touching spirit of devotion throughout the assembly, and when the selection was finished, the students were in a sincere state of mind to commune with God. Professor Blaylock offered the invocation, thanking the Heavenly Father for the union of faculty and students once more in the institution. President Tracy gave a short speech of welcome, saying that the day was the happiest one for him in the eight years he had been president of Weber College, and that he expected great returns from th coming year's work. Then with the natural leadership that is his, he expressed his earnest desire to see everyone acquainted. To help execute this he called the roll of high schools, having the students rise as the name of the school they represented was called. Although the majority were from the local high schools, there were represented thirty-two institutions in various parts of the country: from Utah: Ogden High, Weber High, Sacred Heart, Box Elder, Bear River, North Cache, North Summit, Morgan, Davis, Bingham, Uintah, Westminster,