Ogden High School Notes Feb. 7 GOLD. God, give me gold; I a.sk; It not for pomp or pride, i Titl1 may yacht or auto rid, P Or riunt it to the world. 'rod, give me gold, i'.ut not for power, Except to soothe a painful hour— Of someone, something, In dire distress, Should it. be man or beast; For we serve God Hy serving those Tin- world may count The least. —Charles Doran. SMOKELESS SMOKER. A smokeless smoker—in other words a boys' athletic contest in wrestling, boxing, etc., will be flfciven by the boys of the senior class in the assembly hall on Fri¬day evening next at 7:30 o'clock. THE PRINCESS CHARMING. In a recent toast to the girls, a male speaker at assembly re¬cently said: We're not. yet immune to a girls' fascination For wo fall for her charms and fine combination, Of beauty and grace and con¬figuration; And we're often possessed of a disinclination To leave when her Dad threatens . / extermination. But when the time conies that i she nods And lip meets lip in fond osculation, oh boy! She's the bright star in your constellation. And you're ready at once to make preparation To love and obey 'till your day of cremation. So we're happy, indeed,—or lack discrimination That Adam was blessed with fine inspiration To proffer a rib for a woman's ' p., creation. FRIDAY'S GAME. On Friday night of this week Ogden plays Kaysville High school in Kaysville. Quite a large number of students will accompany the team. A FINE ASSEMBLY. Students demonstrated on Fri¬day that they appreciate a good assembly. The two musical num¬bers, a piano solo by Lorin Wheelwright, and the French horn solo by Tom Broadbent were very well rendered. The two readings by Frank Rasmussen, "The Three Outlaws." by Gilbert Parker and "Mam¬mon and the Archer," by O'Henry were listened to with rapt at¬tention by the. student body. This was one of the very best assem¬blies of the school year. FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. A number of high .school stu¬dents arc looking ahead to next year at college and are making implications for available scholprsuips in the \arious universi¬ties. The Thompson Memorial scholarship at the University of California is the most coveted Me. ASSEMBLY REPORT. President Fife presided at the regular Friday assembly. Announcements were as fol¬lows James Elder gave a sen¬ior order; Paul Skeen announced a junior class meeting; Don Corey Announced a "smokeless" smoker; Jay Glen announced a basketball i practme; Dick Miller announced Weber's game with L. D. S.; Frank Rose announced that liis business was closing; Ambrose Merrill presented a plan formu¬lated by council for maintaining o.- d' r In assemblies. Program was as follows: Lorin Wheelwright played a piano solo; Frank Rasmussen of Weber college, formerly of Moroni Olsen Players, read a play, "The Three Outlaws,” and a short story, "Mammon and the Archers"; Tom Broadbent played a French horn solo. ' The assembly was adjourned. ;. _ , —ELEANOR WEEKS. HONEST ADVERTISING. They tell us that some day all advertising may be patterned af¬ter this: I make good tooth brushes. I make the best tooth brushes that can be made. There are 20 other manufac¬turers that make just as good tooth brushes as I do. But I don't make any profit on their's. So never mind their's—Buy mine. OGDEN'S WEAK POINT. The following pertinent note is taken from Sunday's Standard- Examiner: "One of the weaknesses of the Ogden school system is the fact that Ogden hasn't a high school building large enough to take care of the senior high school students; that is, the tenth, elev¬enth and twelfth grade pupils. According to the best educational thought throughout the country the students should be together in one school building during the - last three years of their high school career. Ogden will have this year over 1500 senior high school students. To take care of these pupils during the last three years of their attendance in high school is one of the serious prob¬lems confronting the citizens of Ogden in the future. This expresses the truth of the situation exactly. Ogden's imper¬ative need at this time is either a new high school or an addi¬tion to the present building. As the new building is not feasible we recommend the addition to the present building. DEBATING TEAMS. An effort will be made this afternoon to select debating teams to represent Ogden in the annual debates conducted under the auspices of the University of Utah. Heretofore the debates have been triangular between Ogden, Davis and Box Elder. It is likely, however, that Weber County High school will be in¬cluded this year. SENSE OF DELICACY, As everyone knows—egotism, selfishness, insincerity are most undesirable traits. They are un¬desirable because they violate our sixth sense—the sense of delicacy. Not a day passes per¬haps without our being offended by the egotism, the selfishness, the insincerity, insolence, or lack of culture in some of our asso¬ciates. So, also, should we not allow a day to pass without our making a conscious effort to in¬hibit any tendency we may have to exhibit any of these vices. It is told of Matthew Arnold that in all the departments of human life he applied always the cri¬terion of delicacy. He is quoted as saying. "A finely touched na¬ture will respect in itself the sense of delicacy not less than the sense of honesty." DELICACY DESCRIBED. A modern writer has described delicacy through negation and description as follows: "Delicacy is no virtue; it is the flavor of all the virtues. "It is not goodness; it is good¬ness filtered through modesty. "It is the gentle hand of the courageous heart. "It is that quality without which the most efficient man cannot be a gentleman, and the most accomplished woman can¬not be a lady. "It cannot be explained; it- must be absorbed. It cannot be learned, it must be assimilated. "The lack of delicacy has spoiled many a man's career. Nothing is so weak in a crisis as a certain coarseness. "Most fallen American idols owe their collapse to the fact that in some crucial moment they offended the sense of deli¬cacy in the American people." These things being true, should we not do well to add another : commandment like this: Be ye not indelicate—or putting it positively—- See ye to it, that in all your fellows, that you manifest the sense of delicacy. i Every man must educate him¬self. His books and teachers are but helps; his work is his. A nifin is not educated until he has the ability to summon, in an emerg¬ency, his mental powers, in vigor¬ous exercise to effect' its proposed object.—Daniel Webster. GAME TONIGHT. Ogden High basketball team meets Weber High team in the school gymnasium tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody be there. ATHLETIC CONTEST. The wrestling and boxing, matches sponsored by the senior' class were carried out as per program scheduled on Saturday night, last in the school gym¬nasium before a large crowd of high school boys, their fathers and friends. The contests were lively ..and interesting. They evidence of much skill on the. part .ojj,. the contestants. Rudy Warner of the Weber gymnasium and Instructor Frank Oberhansley gave a demonstration of many of the wrestling holds of great wrestlers. Mr. Warner also gave the boys a fine talk on health, physical education and personal defense. Dear Mr. Merrill: Ogden lodge No. 719, B. P. O. Elks, appreciates fully your cour¬tesy in permitting the Ogden High band to play for us at the occasion of our annual celebra¬tion in honor of our past exalted rulers. The high-class music fur¬nished" by the boys was hugely enjoyed by the 225 members we had present on this occasion. With kindest regards and best wishes. FRANK W. MATTHEWS. Exalted Ruler. AT NOTRE DAME. Word comes that Charles Mur¬phy, '24. Ogden High school, is doing especially fine work at Notre Dame and will get his A. B. de¬gree this year. It is quite likely that Charles will remain longer at the university and take out a j higher degrgee. j ______ LECTURE SUBJECTS. The Ogden branch of the Amer¬ican Institute of Banking advised the school Monday that it is prj- I pared to furnish the school or , classes lectures on the following subjects: 1—What Is Wealth? 2—The Nature of Bank. 3—How Banks Help Business. 5—The Federal Reserve Sys¬tem. 6—How Banks Help Foreign Trade. 1—Banking As a Vocation and Profession. The school will avail itself of most, if not all. of these lectures. AT GAS PLANT. Tomorrow (Wednesday) the chemistry students will visit the gas plant and study the method . of manufacturing gas and coke. The school appreciates the cour¬tesy extended annually of permit- t?ng our students to visit the plant. SCHOOL WASTE. It is k estimated that irregular attendance costs- about $175,000,- 000 a year in the administration of public schools in the United States. IMPROVED SCHOOLS. A recent report on the school situation in America says: The school opportunity, i. e.. the length of school session has increased from 13 3 days per year in 1876 to 170 days in 19 2 6, or 28 per cent. The use that school children make of this opportun¬ity has more than doubled in the time specified. School children used to go to school about bz days per year, now they go 114 days. Schools are better today than they were 50 years ago. I'he course of study is richer, teachers are better prepared for their work, and the modern school plant rivals the home in beauty and comfort. INTERESTING WORDS AND PHRASES. Sardonic Smile—The Island of Sardinia, consisting chiefly of marshes and mountains, has been fr om the earliest period to the present time cursed with a nox¬ious air. The convulsions pro¬duced by its poisonous plants, give rise to the expression "sar¬donic tsmile." which is as old as Homer. Eureka—A Greek word mean¬ing "I have found it." Archimedes is said to have used this expres¬sion when he discovered a meth¬od to test the purity of gold in Hiero's crown. Eureka is the motto of the state of California. El Dorado—A Spanish word meaning literally "the gilded." It is used to note a rich country. Idiot—"Idiot" is a Greek word which meant originally a private person; one not holding office. In this primary sense it was used by the English as late as the sev¬enteenth century. Later the word came to signify one who is de¬ficient in intellect. It means now, of course, extreme deficiency of intellect. Straw Man—The term straw man has this interesting history: The English courts many years ago were patronized by unscru¬pulous witnesses. Those who made a business of false swearing wore straw in their shoes to let others know that they were open for en-gagements. The term came to mean then an irresponsible per¬son, and now may mean also a fictitious person. Dunce—Duns Scotus was a well known scholar and writer of the thirteenth century. At the close of the dark ages his writings fell out of favor, but there were some who clung to him, and who op- nosed .the study .of Latin, Greek and Hebrew. These wc-e con-temptuously called the "Dunsemen," or followers of Duos Scotus. In the course of tims the word acquired the meaning of a dull willed person, or one weak in intellect. Ogden High School Notes Feb. #9 Leaves have their time to fail And flowers to wither at the* north wind's bteatli. Ar'4 stars to ef. But alK— Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death. —Mrs. Hemans. HIGH SCHOOL MOURNS Students and teachers were inex¬pressibly shocked and pained Tuesday morning on learning that Mrs. J. E. Beeson had suddenly passed away during the night. The shock was great becausa there had been no illness, no premonition of death's coming, and it seemed so pitiful that this great .-orrow should come so suddenly upon Mr. Beeson, who had been at school the previous day, without warning of what the night should i bring forth. The faculty meeting was ad¬journed and the sad news impart¬ed to all students during the ad¬visory period. The high esteem in which Mr. Beeson is held caus¬ed a wave of sorrow and sympathy to pass over the entire student body. Moreover, the students and. teachers who were so fortunate as to know Mrs. Beeson personally, knew that one of earth's sweet, lovable women had left her mortal abode. There is the comforting thought that this good woman passed peacefully, " quickly, with¬out anguish or suffering. The hearts of all go out to Mr. Beeson in this sad hour, and we can only hope and pray that the Power which pities man will be mindful of him now.