THE TEACHER Teachers are the guardians of hjgjuge of all ages. They ih'tJi.Kdfl that grow into the tomorrow's civilization, O" the Jlghters of torches »; Wd the world from dark- lo light. They are the bear- - of Idtals and the trail blaz- ,rt. ' All about theia they see jjjtolding life reaching upward."— HEALTH EDUCATION r>f th- seven objectives of edu¬cation u outlined hy the National Education Association. health re- Icr/.'j. and rightly! we think, first li». the Ogden High school we Mfcrt-wf (five this subject the Importance It deserves. We re- »>r«« for health education the hour n the day from 8:30 to MO. We belleVe, too, that we • ftt reMlt* The outdoor exercise whet- weather permits, and vig- Ctpus exercise within in inclement weather, for fifteen or twenty nilntit* daily gives physical tone > thr (.ody that enables the stu- u< nt to dn a good day's work Without tiring. It gives one : the Mftjqi of well-being and vigor Hal helps to imik'' mental work pleasant and effective. "3PN only draw-back that' we tevt fllfcovered is that sometimes jflKfiwiotate health rules by HSSirs at night, and con- MQU'ntly an unwillingness to get VSjMft-itntly early in the morn- Bg to We a light breakfast and gat to school on time. We' ar<- not sure but that late hours at night and tardy rising i ip' tftt morning should be added fll the sewn deadly sins. Franklin’s homely aphorism "Btydjr lo bed and early to rise makee on< healthy, wealthy and [Win" is still one of the best health rules ever propogated and hoald be followed hy the student ti prflrker who hopes to achieve, any sort of success. WORDS AND PHRASES Buffoon means one who puffs FjUt hJs cheeks and makes a rid¬iculous explosion by causing them auddenly to collapse. As this was a at and In g irick with clowns and AttMyV'i it was applied to all down* imd low jesters. It is tak- from the Italian "buffare"—to puff out the cheeks for the pur- jjpM of makine an explosion. To- By buffoon is applied to any 0ml?al person who has a quick wit.—Charles Thorstensen. shown with a warbonnet, or war- 2TeCeagle feathers, i: In the nKflku the Redman was un- hang*d by White men's ways, f feather 111 the brave's head- jJJJd Council (ov Borne great ln wai>fare- Hence I la -Wprwsion. "a feather in his «p. —Carma Hunsaker. RUMINATING If one of our modern college Old time Grecian lad and tell him -that R' ateen ruminating on a If JWW-jlWltt for a long time, ho would Certainly look at her In utter astonishment. He would thgk that she was a; unaUc or a hew spcetes of ani- n»al. part cow and part human, he Hen days ruminating ; Hnl fgr a cow to Chew her ; ft. Today, although this mean- 1 U»r ta aometlnics given the word, ganenUly construed as mean- »* to orlng up something again «.* 'or "ll'n,al considera- Ponder or reflect. It can l*MUJf be seen tlint these two WjWM have their relationship aJK?imor' rccoiU ''"finition (this QMtJon Is not found in Web- plctionary) is to gossip. This Moaning, i ifiink, nns been ap- WWflpocau.il' It Is closely related, ily difference being that one ijLCfi xvr I'1 the mind and m-r by the tongue, and also l MM>t(has that onomatopoetie Mut rfi0**'''- Thus we have 1 tim different meanings for Rn<? word.—Helen Wilcox. CHOOSING A VOCATION One who knows what he wants and what . lie needs; one who is not easily persuaded; one who cannot « be deflected from his course, may capitalize these quali¬ties to make of himself a suc¬cessful purchasing agent, a public officer, or a good business man.. One who enjoys literature, pub¬lic speaking, oratory may become by practice and effort an editor, a preacher, a lawyer or a politician, according to his tastes or liking. One who enjoys mathematics, science, architecture may become . a successful engineer, a draftsman. a chemist or laboratory specialist. There are some traits in youth I that need to be guarded against. For instance one may be interested in mechanics when young, and yet lose all interest when adult¬hood is reached. All young people like athletic exercises but general¬ly this liking vanishes with ma¬turity. One may be fond of ad¬venture, a hunter of thrills as a boy, but yet as a man be a lover of peace, of safety, of security, of the quiet inadverturous home life. Ogden High Mar. 23 GLORY. A blaze of glory, A flame of light, A flashing star, Then ... night. A laurel wreath, A crown of gold, A purple robe Then ...... flight. Nay!— A meteor's rise, An eagle's course, A pinnacle; Then . . . light. —Melba Bowman. HOME ECONOMICS. First they outbid the R. O. T. C. on the dining room, then they won the prize for the prettiest booth at the Classicalia, and they did not go in debt. Who are they and how do they do it? They are the Home Economic girls; and they did it because they are the , most energetic and best club in school, and their advisors are Miss Corlis, Miss Smurthwaite and Miss Petterson. You haven't heard much of them in the past, but they are coming forward, not slowly but surely. COUNCIL REPORT. President Fife presided at the regular meating of council. The roll was called and the minutes read and approved. Joe Halford reported for the tennis court committee and the report was accepted by motion. Gilbert Beck, chairman of the club committee, presented the following resolution: Resolved, That: 1. No student shall be pledged or initiated or voted upon by a club until after the first six weeks of the fall term of the school year. 2. No student is eligible to be pledged who has been elected to two clubs. 3. No seniors shall be taken into clubs in the spring semester of the school year. 4. Club officers must be carrying and passing in at least three solid subjects. It was moved and seconded that the report be accepted and the resolution adopted. The mo¬tion was carried. It was moved and seconded that ushers be appointed to act at the next assembly. It was amended that they act at all assemblies. The motion, as amended, was carried. Eleanor Weeks, Secy. ORIGIN OF SURNAMES. More than a thousand years ago when rude and primitive con¬ditions prevailed in Europe many persons did not have surnames as we have now. Surnames became common in northern Europe- about the twelfth century. From Occupations—Some took their names from occupations: As Smith, Carpenter, Baker, Taylor, Weaver, Webster, Chapman (means merchant); Glover, Brewer, Fletcher (arrow maker); Miller, Shepherd, Wright, Mason. From Personal Characteristics— Others were named from personal characteristics, as Long, Bright, Sharp, little, Short, Crook-shanks, etc. From Localities—Others got theim names from the localities in WhM they lived, from natural objects or animals, as Hill, Wood, Forest ,Grove, Crabbe, Bird, Fox. Bull, Hogge, Buzhardt, Stone, Steele, Flint, etc. From Colors—Others again de¬rived their names from colors: Greene. Browne, Grey, White, Black, Blue, etc. From Fathers—The second gen¬eration derived their names from their fathers, by adding "son" to the name, as in English, Johnson, Williamson, Josephson, Anderson, Peterson, etc. "Son" in other languages is — Norman-French, "Fitz"; Gaelic, "Mac"; Irish, "O"; German, "sohn"; Russian, "vitch" —giving us such names as Fitzsimmons, MacDonald, O'Connor, Mendelssohn, etc." And so we have in Russian this very interesting name—Sagharschipuzivanrovakodoskvitch, which means simply the son of Mr. Sagharschipuzvanrovakodosk. OF SCHOOLS. Schools serve for learning, for ornament, for ability. They serve for learning in that they are the places where the youth is com¬pelled to go that he may become wise. Since the school buildings are usually good looking build¬ings, they serve for ornament. And as for the last, the buildings, it is here that the youth acquireth his education and ability to fight life's battles. It is in the school that the youth acquireth control. He learneth to control his youth¬ful ambition and refraineth from shooting the spitball ana, tnereDy' escapeth bringing discomfiture upon himself and upon his class¬mates; discomfiture upon himself, for if the teacher catcheth him she doth render him a box on the hearing organ, and discomfiture to his classmates in that they are spared that sting which at- tendeth the impact with the spit- ball. As for the box on the ear, Huxley well saith that Mother Na¬ture will administer that to the youth who refuseth to acquire an artificial education by which he may anticipate Nature. A youth, in America, is com¬pelled to attend the school so that he may acquire knowledge, but the wise youth goeth without compulsion. It is the fool's part to resist; the wise youth's part to better his lot. He that in later life doeth the great things is he that in his school days was dili¬gent and anxious to learn. The schools are good for the brain; ! they are also good for the hands in that the whack from the ruler ; tougheneth the hands and inaketh them strong. If a youth resisteth the school, it is necessary to compel him to it. and for this purpose the board of education doth appoint truant officers. The truant officer but doeth his duty when he forceth the wayward youth to come to school, and he also bettereth him¬self and the student; the student is benefitted in that he doth acquire more knowledge and the truant officer is benefitted in that he receiveth pay and keep- eth his position. To some,-school is a prison; to others, a delight. The school in an especial manner seemeth a . prison in the springtime when warm breezes blow, when birds and other wild creatures flaunt their freedom in the face of the imprisoned youth, when the whole • outdoors is as a magnet that draweth the youth away from the school and maketh him "play hookey," in which case the truant officer doth officiate. Then, too, if a youth getteth not his lessons, the teacher doth give the "F," or fail, and doth require him to take the same worjc over. But if a youth is diligent and getteth his lessons well, the teacher doth praise him and give him the "A"; therefore a youth should take a delight in his school and thereby escape the "F" and the truant officer. —Grant Syphers. LETTER TO BOB. D«re Bob—You no, Bob, that a fool never changes his mond and the wise man changes his mind often and the oftener the better. I gess that the fool has no mind to change and the wise man has a little more than he has got. Wei, as I was saying— I am never a fool and I shure am not a verry wise man but Mrs. Nucum sed that I shure was an obstinate critter (whatever that I is) and when I esked her what that .word meant she told me look it up and I can't find eny- body by that name enywher even tho I looked for a hole peried. Then I esked someone what that word meant and they told me that 1 ! it was sum relashun to a donkey i and so I quit lookin'. And do you blame me verry much, Bob? The Other day insted of having drill we*. Went up to the gim and lissened to a Batehovvin concert and heard the band play and say do you no that Ogden has got about the kenest band in the hole United States becuz Mr. Lamm-er sed so and I gess that would be proof enuff for enybodv what has got eny sence becuz didn't High play in Soussas band and I gess that the band ought to be better than most of the bands. You no Bob that there guy Soussa is sup¬posed to be a verry grate ban! leeder and if High wras in his band he ought to be able to tell when a band is good. I think the kweens shure are. tight with their pilctures becuz when I esked eny of them for one they just say no they are all promesed and I don't believe it. I meen by the kweens all the mades and everything in the hole affare. And to keep piece in the family I don't encyst but just act plite and say—that's all right I have a pikture of you in my heart enyway. Your frend—C. OGDEN H CHEERFULNESS. Learn to laugh. A good laugh is better than medicine. Learn how to tell a story. A well-told story is as welcomc as a sunbeam ; in a sick room. Learn to keep your own troubles to yourself. The world is too busy to care for your ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croaking. If you cannot see any good in the world keep the bad to yourself. Learn to hide your pains and aches un¬der pleasant smiles. No one cares to hear whether you have earach neadache or rheumatism. . Dori't cry. Tears do well enough Place in Learn to meet your friends with a smile. A good humored man or woman is always welcome, but the dyspepsie or hypochondriac is not wanted anywhere, and is a nui-sance as well. Above all, give pleasure. Lose 110 chance of giving pleasure. You will pass through the world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that you can do, or any kindness that you can show to any human being, you had better do it now; do not defer or neglect it, for you wil! not pass this way again. —Courtesy of Chicago, Milwau¬kee" & St. Paul Railway. THE ART OF LIVING. "The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care." —Goethe. BAND CANNOT PLAY. A letter from the conductor of tho band of East High school. Salt Lake, said: "We are sorry we canot keep our appointment with you on Friday." This is the second time this year East has made an engagement to play at Ogden High—and then cancelled the engagement. Not any too courteous, we think.