Page 4 THE O. H. S. TIGER, DECEMBER 13, 1922 THE O. H. S. TIGER Published semi-monthly by and for the students of the Ogden High School. Price Ten Cents Per Issue. THE STAFF Leon Keller Editor in Chief Jeanne Chez Associate Ed. Wm. Hutchings 1st Asst. Ed. Virginia Green 2nd Asst. Ed. Eleanor Agee...„ Society Ed. Alyson Smith.... .Athletic Ed. Theron Jost 1st Asst. Ath. Ed. Norma Hodgson.. Exchange Ed. Elizabeth Snedden....Ist Asst. Ex. Ed. Philip Ring Reporter Mac Boyd Reporter Miriam Cane Reporter Marcus Child Staff Artist Arleen Burke ....Staff Stenographer Ruth Lyon 1st Asst. Steno. Adeline Eels 2nd Asst. Steno. BUSINESS STAFF Milton Kreines Business Mgr. Fred Gentsch 1st Asst. Bus. Mgr. Tom Boyd 2nd Asst. Bks. Mgr. Mac Nab Boyd Circulation Mgr. Mrs. Florence Newcomb ....Faculty Advisor CHRISTMAS SPIRIT What is the spirit of Christmas? Is it the north wind whistling down the chimney, or the cheery grate fire that enlightens the evening? Is it the falling snow, the frosty air? Or might it not be the faith of th^ child in St. Nicholas, or the efforts of the poor to give their little ones a Christ¬mas? Is is the prayers of a mother for her wandering son? Is it the custom of giving good cheer, of sending to one's friends, souvenirs of the season? Is it the busy house¬wife preparing her spread; the laugh¬ing voices of children; the patter of feet as a bundle is put out of sight? Is it the mistletoe and holly? Yes, it is all this—and much more. The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of Christ—the spirit of the Savior who said, "Suffer little children to come unto me." It is the spirit of all-prevading good, and peace, and contentment, and it brings the world a little nearer that state of "love thy neighbor as thyself," for it is the spirit of Light. —O-H-S— CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Well, we're safely over Thanksgiv¬ing with no casualties reported and are suspended in that secretive state between that holiday and Christmas. We glow with satisfaction when we remember what we did to that turkey, and we chuckle to think we intend to do to the Christmas pudding. We assume airs of bored disinterest when our folks surreptitiously com¬pare certain measurements in their mind with our real flesh dimensions. We nonchalantly remark that these new fashioned safety locks would be a fine thing fbr an automobile if we had one. We leave certain obvious advertisements in conspicuous places. Christmas certainly is the high time of the year. This day and age is one of every convenience, but it lacks one thing, a good way of conveying our desires in an unobstructive manner. If we could only devise some way of get ting what we wanted. Another crying need is that of new ways of express¬ing delight, surprise, or gratitude. "Just what I wanted" is a good re¬mark that has served its turn. A per¬son with marked originality could retire in ease if he could do some¬thing along these lines. There is one custom which meets with unanimous favor, but, sad to state, is going out of use. What does mistletoe bring to your mind? Right! As long as endowments and collec-tions are in style, I propose a fund for the preservation and continuance of hanging mistletoe. Think of all the things that have been written about Christmas spirit, and save me the trouble of writing about them. I wish to wish you a very merry Christmas and safe survi¬val of the first semester examinations. —O-H-S— Mrs. Coolidge: What question seems to bother you?" J. Corey: "It isn't the question, it's the answer." Phil Ring: (in officers school) Oh, I have an 'idea." Entire class: "Be good to it, kid, it's in a strange place." MY TRIP ABROAD By Sam Freedman Editor's note: Sam Freedman writes this interesting story of the International Jamboree, held in Lon¬don in August, 1920. He was one of the 360 Boy Scouts who were sent to Europe to represent the United States of America at the great con¬tests at which there were thirty-four nations represented. The story is written from his own diary of the trip to England, France, Belgium and the battlefields of northern France, and will be published in the Tiger in installments. —O-H-S— No event in the history of the Boy Scout movement, has attracted great¬er attention than the International Jamboree held in London in August, 1920. Fourteen thousand Boy Scouts from all over the world met in Lon¬don to participate in the event. The United States responding to the in¬vitation of the Boy Scout Associa¬tion, by sending 301 scouts and fifty- nine officers in charge, who were se¬lected by competetive examination from every state in the Union, in¬cluding even a representative from far-off Hawaii. It was my good fortune to be one of the five boys selected from San Francisco. On June 28th, the San Francisco boys entrained for New York, where the American delegation assembled at Fort Hamilton, in Brooklyn. Here we were fully equip¬ped for the trip and formed into eight companies. The eighth com¬pany being formed of representatives from California, wild and wooly Tex¬as, Culver Indiana, Kentucky, and the famous "Pine Tree Patrol" of Miami, Florida. Our three days stay in New York were very busy ones, and we were fully occupied by intensive drilling. The second night at Fort Hamilton, we were all taken to Coney Island where we all had the only genuine hot dogs in the world and a ripping glorious time. On the afternoon of July 5th our work was ended and after a grand exhibition in Central Park, and a parade down Fifth Av¬enue, we were taken to a great ban¬quet at the Pennsylvania Hotel, this being the eve of our departure. The next day we rose earlier than usual, just as the first streaks of dawn were stealing over the harbor, and in the distance we could make out the statue of Liberty. This was to be an eventful day. After "chow" with joyful anticipation, we prepared to leave the good old U. S. A. We boarded a small river steamer at the Fort Hamilton wharf, which carried us to Hoboken, New Jersey, and there we embarked on the United States Army Transport "Pocahon¬tas," Captain William J. Rague, com¬manding. The Pocahontas, which during the war made nine trips and transported over twenty thousand troops overseas, was placed at the disposal of the Boy Scouts by the United States Government. The Pocahontas was docked next to the "Leviathan" so we had a good view of the famous ship which is the largest afloat. On board the Poca¬hontas we began to realize that we were leaving our country, this brought a touch of sadness to the scene of parting. Amid the cheers of the great throng on the dock and the strains of the "Star Spangled Banner" the Pochontas left her pier, and the great voyage had begun. We were assigned to "bunks" in the various compartments on the ship. These bunks were very dif¬ferent from the staterooms that we had expected, and for a while we wondered how we could sleep in such things, but we soon grew ac¬customed to sleeping on the trans¬port. The bunks were simply steel frames about six feet long and four feet wide, with a strip of canvas to serve both as springs and mattress, there were three of these in a row, that is, one over the other, the oc¬cupant of the third story being the lucky one in this case, as he had a rack, whereon he could put books and things, and in case of danger he was nearest the life preservers and the port-holes. The first few days on ship-board naturally were unhappy days for some, as quite a few of the boys were sea-sick and spent most of their time watching and feeding the fish. I was * * * one of the few lucky ones who were not compelled to do this and I spent my time watching these unfortunates, to see that none of them jumped overboard. Everything finally turned out right and those who wished the ship would sink were glad it didn't. Life on shipboard was pretty busy, the monotony of the trip being relieved by scrubbing decks and K. P. Those who were not thus engaged whiled away the time drilling. The French classes conducted every afternoon by two dainty little Parisian maids were surprisingly well attended. We learned at these classes how to order "Bif-tek, pom me de terre fritte" and other little phrases which would come in handy. Most of the fellows took this seriously. Evenings on shipboard were equally as interest¬ing; community singing, story telling, and movies being the chief features of entertainment, and supported by the Denver Band of fifty pieces, and a little jazz band all our own nothing was lacking. Boxing also formed a great source of entertainment, and when I boxed a fellow from Tennes¬see, all the fellows from the southern states rooted for my opponent and sang Dixie Land and other southern songs. When it came to competetive entertainment between companies every one took part, the company that succeeded in producing the most laughter winning a pan of doughnuts or a huge cake. About the second day out at sea, the ship's cat jumped overboard, and some of the sailors told me it would surely, drown as this particular cat had never learned the art of swim¬ming. We received a call of distress, by wireless from a tramp ship many miles away for help for a very sick person, our doctor prescribed a remedy, which from last reports had helped greatly. Some very interesting things we saw while on the briny deep were: flying fish, whales, and schools of porpoises, and a very curious thing was the sighting of a full rigged sailing vessel, something unusual and a very pretty sight with its great white sails. This ship passed very close to our stern so that we could see the men on board, and we gave the customary salute by raising and lowering our flag, which they re¬turned. To be Continued You Can Be Sure CH when you order a Dundee suit that it is right in style, fabric and tailoring. We have never had a more complete line of woolens in every weave, shade or coloring. Made to Order Suits, $22.50 • O'Coats, $25.00 Strictly Union Made Dundee Tailors 2431 Hudson Ave. By the Alhambra Theatre Clarence (Cad) Child, Mgr. 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