AT DREXEL INSTITUTE, Mrs. Newcomb received a very interesting letter this week from Ralph Kimball, '26, who is attend¬ing Drexel institute in Philadel¬phia. Ralph is doing very well there and is enjoying his wrork immensely. TODAY'S ASSEMBLY. A request came from the Logan High school that a small group of their students be permitted to put ' on a one-act play before our stu¬dent body today. In order to do : this the assembly was changed this week from Friday to Thurs¬day. The Logan players are on their way to Provo to engage in a dra¬matic contest. TO ENTER SCHOOLS. Grant Ellis, '21, is now in Cali¬fornia ready to enter the spring quarter at Stanford university. He is entering a pre-medical course. Scott Kellogg, '26, is at Oak¬land and has asked for a transcript of his credits to go to Berkeley, as he proposes entering the University of California, spring quarter. NEWSOGRAMS. There arc two and a half mil¬lion wives in India under 10 years of age. The British parliament in 1833 refused to sanction the building of a railroad in England on the ground that it would corrupt the morals of boys by giving them easy access to the dissipations of Lon¬don. An absent minded person has been defined as one who thinks he left his watch at Home and then takes it out to see if he has time to go home and get it. It is il¬lustrated by the "absent minded professor who kissed his wife ana daughter good bye and then sat down and said, 'Now, girls, what's our lesson today?'" GIRLS' ASSOCIATION. Girls' association meeting was called in the auditorium on Wed¬nesday, March 23, with our presi¬dent; "Dorothy Coop, presiding. The : i minutes for the previous meeting were read and approved. After, the association had joined in singing their song the meeting wa turned over to Mrs. Titley, guardian of the Camp Fire organi¬zation. She gave an interesting talK on Camp Fire and what it sym¬bolizes and means to the girls. The formal ceremonial gown was demonstrated by Rose Mary Bar¬ber, and explained by Mrs. Titley. Helen Madsen gave the "calls" of the Camp Fire,, A piano solo was. given by Mary Louise Craven. A reading by Rose Mary Barber. A dance by Bettie. Seaton. A pantomime with three char¬acters, Helen Madsen, Marcel Heiner and Dorothy Minnoch. Then several Camp Fire songs were sung by the entire group. The assembly adjourned. —Wilma Bailey, Secretary. TRIANGLE DEBATE. The annual triangle debate held between the Forum of Ogden High, Box Elder and Davis High schools wili be held on Friday at 2:30 p. m. The Forum affirmative team, consisting of S. K. Hopkins and Walter Slater, will maintain that "The Volstead Act Should Be Mod¬ified So as to Permit the Manufacture and Sale of Light Wines and Beer Containing Not More Than 2:75 Per Cent Alcohol by Volume." Their opponents will be, the Box Elder negative team. The Forum negative team, Tom Broadbent and Ambrose Merrill, will de¬bate with Davis at Davis. The Da¬vis negative team will be at Box Elder. The judge for the Ogden debate Will be J. G. Jepperson of the public speaking department oi the University of Utah. The debate will be held at 2:30 o'clock in room 218. All students who are interested will be excused from the second half of the sixth period to attend the debate. WORD STUDY. Supercilious—is a rather big word, but almost everyone" uses it. It means proud, haughty, > con¬temptuous. ' i It comes from ".super," above, and "cilia," eyelid—meaning liter¬ally then, above the eyelid. It is readily seen how the raising of the eyebrows in disdain or pride should naturally give origin to the word "supercilious." NAMBY-PAMBY. Namby-Pamby*—Ambrose philips on-Cf wrote so'vhe—verse for children. The poet, Alexander Pope, made fun of the po't- ry as w-ell as the author. He called Ambrose "Namby," and Philips "Pamby." And so it has come about that anything childish silly, insipid, has come to be called "Namby-Pamby." Awful—Means of course, full of awe, dread, horror, and is correct- i ly used in "an awful explosion," "an awful wreck." I had an awful nice time or I am awful tired, are mixtures of both bad grammar and bad diction. A CHALLENGE. The junior girls of the high school gymnasium classes have challenged the senior girls to a swimming meet to be held some¬time in the near future. As the seniors want some upper and lower class distinction, the juniors are prepared to give it to them. It will be noticed that in this case the girls are as progressive as the boys, and are not afraid to meet the seniors half way. The date for the meet has not yet be/ Mjided upon, but it won't be long now. All the tearps to represent the classes have been selected, and a list will be pub¬lished, containing the girls' names and the entries they are competing in. Everyone is urged to attend, as it will not only be an exhilarating contest, but will show what the girls have been doing in their swimming classes. Some of the girls entered in the events have learned to swim since school start¬ed. Don't miss this if you enjoy swimming contests, as nothing of its kind has been attempted before and it will be somewhat of a nov¬elty to high school to have a swim¬ming meet between upper and low¬er clansmen. Watch the notes for more "information. —Donna H. Manning, Athletic Manager Girls' Association. THURSDAY EVENING, Ogden High School Notes Senator W, E. Borah of Idaho recently gave utterance to these pungent remarks concerning Mex¬ico: "God has made us neighbors, let justice make us friends. The first step toward justice is to stop making false and unfair statements about Mexico." SHRUBBERY HERE. The shrubbery to be planted on the high school grounds arrived Wednesday and will be planted today or tomorrow. This is the first step in the beautification of the high school grounds. SALT LAKE LEADS. Salt Lake perhaps leads the state in the beauty of school gfounds. During recent years the bard of 'education has made an annual appropriation for trees, shrubbery, etc., and the results are very manifest in the vast im¬provement in school surround¬ings. ORAL ENGLISH. The students in Mrs. Newcomb's English classes are divided into groups of six with a chairman at the head .of each. Every group has its "Friday," a day on which it entertains the class. This must be done writh some oral program on which the six have previously decided. This method will give the students work in co-opera¬tion, something which is neces¬sary all through life. At the same time the pupils will get. practice in oral work and will be enter¬tained. VIOLET TIME. Have you ever heard the fanci¬ful tale of the origin of the vio¬let? When God made the sky, He took a pair of scissors and cut holes in the sky for the stars. The scraps fell down to earth and became the modest violets. Purple is the color of royalty. How I adore the wee violet kings with their purple, perfumed mantles. They are innocent mon- archs who rule their subjects with tiny faces of cheer and sweet¬ness. Gentle rain is a harbinger of freshness to the violets. After a shower these minute blossoms present a mass of living purple silhouetted against a background of crisp, vital green. So if you awake of a morning to a world of pattering raindrops, cheer up, it is violet time. —Dallis McClure. COUNCIL REPORT. President Fife presided at the regular council meeting.- The roll was. called and the minutes read and approved. Mr. Rawson of the tennis court committee reported that Superin¬tendent Hopkins had vetoed the plan of building tennis courts be¬cause of insufficient funds. The report was accepted by motion. Miss Bailey of the social com¬mittee reported that the sponsors will give their banquet on April 8 and that Stellae will give a treasure-hunt on April 1. After some discussion it was moved and seconded that the report be ac¬cepted; the motion was carried. It was moved and seconded that Mr. Abplanalp be asked to pre pare an itemized account of the school's finances for the next council meeting. The motion was carried. It was moved and seconded that a committee be appointed to make arrangements for a ten¬nis tournament. The motion was carried and the committee ap¬pointed as follows: Don Corey, chairman; Clifford Fretwell and Gilbert Beck. The meeting was adjourned by motion. —Eleanor Weeks, Secy. STATE DEBATE. Ogden, Weber and Box Elder engage in the regular triangular debate on Tuesday and Wednes¬day, April 5 and 6. On Tuesday Ogden debates with Weber and Wednesday Box Elder. The team supporting the negative side of the question travels in each case. Ogden's affirmative team ccm— sists of Winnifred McConnell and James Neal. The negative Frank Rose and Phillip Finkelstein. The question to be debated is, "Resolved, That the Volstead act be so modified as to permit the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer to contain not more than 2.7 5 per cent of alcohol by volume." ZETA PHI XI PROGRAM. Friday, 11:15 o'clock: Solo— Wilma Monson; xylophone solo, Byron Knapp; readings, Edward Evans; address, M. Charles Woods. LOOKING AHEAD. As a part of education students should have suspended on the class room wall before them every school day of the year a placard of these vital statistics put out by the United States treasury department: Of 100 average men at age of 25, at 65 One is wealthy; Four are well-to-do; Five live on earnings; Fifty-four are dependent; Thirty-six are dead. TYPEWRITING AWARDS. Awards won during the month of March: L. C. Smith: Certificates— Eloise Harris, Fay Hopkin, Fern Borup. Silver pin—Charles Alli¬son, Max Stitzer, Crescent Burgi, Donald Bass. Gold pencil—Laura Walker. Underwood: Certificates — Mir¬iam Malan, Lawrence Bluth, Philip Empey, Grant Syphers, Ed¬na McGinnis, Fay Hopkin, Melba Jacobsen, Audrey Livingston, Gene Kimball, Mildred Boman, Earl Phelham. Bronze medal—Ruth Goss, Virginia Varney, Emma Harrison. Silver medal—Lucile Battice. Royal: Certificates—Fay Hop¬kin, Ruth Rampton. Gold pin— Max Stitzer. Remington: Certificates—Melba Jacobsen, Ned Burt, Afton Thomas, Ruby King, Thelma Foulger, Nora Sorensen, Norma Rus¬sell, Jack Vaughan, Dan Johnson, Grant Syphers. Silver pin—Char¬lotte Anderson, Mildred Boman. Gold pin—Vellys Woods. —Ethel W. Franke. Teacher. THE CONSTITUTION. Many agencies are now work¬ing to make sure that the youth of America shall be familiar with the fundamental principles of our government as expounded in our constitution. Of these forces per¬haps none is more effective or successful than that supreme ef¬fort established and maintained by the great newspapers of Amer¬ica. In making provision for all the students in every high school of America to write orations on the subect, to compete first with local schools, second in a great state contest, and third in a zone (consisting of several states) con¬test, the newspapers are fostering a great movement, (and because of the very unusual prizes), at vast expense. They are to be commended on their enterprise.' We believe their efforts and fi¬nancial ., outlay will be rewarded by a more :profound and deeper appreciation of our government by the youth of America. WORDS AND PHRASES. Salary—This is the time of the month when one draws his salary. Perhaps not one in a thousand knows the origin of the word. Now we shall divulge it so all shall know: During the reign of the Em¬peror Auugstus Salt (Latin, sal) was a part of the pay or wages. From this practice we derive our word "salary*" Scrupulous—The word scrupu¬lous is in most people's vocabu- lary. We speak of persons as being scrupulously clean. We speak of men without moral scruples. In whatever sense we use the word it has a significant meaning and is very definitely understood. The word, however, has a rather peculiar origin. It is a Latin word and literally means "a sharp stone." How the meaning of be¬ing precise, exact, fine, etc., came to be is not easy to understand or see. Ostracise—Originally men were ostracised from society by pop¬ular vote. Now one may be ostra¬cised without this formality. He may as, if by common consent, just be ignored. In any case it is most severe punishment. Ostracism comes from the Greek and means literally "a shell." In ancient Athens it was the prac¬tice to banish dangerous or un¬popular men by popular vote, each man recording his vote upon "a shell."