in the state that is more beautiful than the University of Utah campus when lighted up at night. We feel that this entertainment of dancing and refreshments will be enjoyed immensely by visiting high school students and patrons. "This rather unique part of the high school day festivities is planned especially for the high school students and visitors, so in order that the event may prove as successful as we think it should it will require some advertising on the part of principals. There will be no charge imposed upon the visitors. "An evening spent with the students of the University of Utah in this open-air frolic will be one of the outstanding features of the entire day. Thanking you again for your continued co-operation, I am Yours very truly. J. M. ADAMSON, In Charge High School Day. LIFE AND WORK. Work makes life providing there isn't too much of it. Life isn't hardly 'worth while to one who has nothing but hard phys¬ical work. This is expressed in "continual work to the limit of one's physical endurance is de¬moralizing to culture; it dulls the intellect, stupifies the mind, and destroys one's self respect." THE PROUDEST UNIT. Perhaps the happiest, proudest unit of this morning's great parade was the unit which made up the fine drum corps of the Madison school. This is a rather unique musical organization that has assiduously trained during the entire school year, and naturally is very proud of the success it has achieved. The boys were the recipients (and justly) of the I heartiest applause all along the I line of march. SECRETS. The brooklet, hemmed with leaf¬ing trees, Wound through its meadows green; A low, blue line of mountains showed The dusky pines between. One cold, tall peak above them all Sharp into sunlight shot; The torn white fringes of the clouds Upon the tall peak caught. Is this a half-remembered dream? Or seen through ages old? The secret which the hills have kept, The brooklet never told. This secret of the springtime, Its beauties and its joys, Do those mountains still remem-ber The agents it employs? —Kathryn Blake. Owing to Boys' week entertain¬ment at the Elks' club, the meet¬ing was adjourned without dis¬cussion of the topics; not how¬ler, before Mrs. Fife has gra¬ciously served the boys with an excellent lunch. Discussion on the topics is held over until next meeting. NATIONAL CONTEST. The placement of speakers in tonight's contest, to be held in the Assembly hall in Salt Lake, was made in Los Angeles this week. Eight numbers were placed in an urn. Dr. Rufus B. Von Kleinsmid, president of the University of Southern California, then drew the numbers from the urn, the drawings being as in the column speaking order. Against the speaking order the i groups were arranged as in dis¬tricts following: 49-7; 50-6; 51-1; 52-5; 53-3; 54-2; 55-4. As our district is number 49—Mr. Finkel¬stein is the seventh speaker. LETTER RECEIVED. A letter to high school prin¬cipals from the University of Utah reads: "The high school day committee and the representatives of the associated students of the Uni¬versity of Utah have planned a rather unusual entertainment for the visiting high school students for Friday. May 13, beginning at 8:15 p. m., on the university campus. This evening entertain¬ment will be in the form of a big open-air dance and carnival, held in front of the John R. Park building. "There is scarcely any place Ogden High INFLUENCE OF WOMEN. O,'what is it that brings men to their own? Exaultmg them to heights of maj¬esty— That puts them on the level of grandee, To live and reign as though upon a throne? And why is it that men must still atone For deeds of blood, so foul in cruelty? What lowers men to fell autocracy And makes of them mere beasts still undergrown O yes, it is the influence of the women, Upon the deeds of men throughout, the earth, That makes and breaks the doing i of the devil. No matter how the fates in time determine, Whether they be ill or of true worth, The influence of the women makes the level. —Lorin Wheelwright. MOTHER'S DAY. Sunday was officially "Mother's day." From reports received to¬day it seems that the day was ob¬served by practically all high .school students. Hundreds ol mothers were remembered with flowers, with candy and other ap¬propriate tokens. This is fitting and proper. More fitting and more proper, however, is remembering the "sweetest woman in the world" every day. EVENTFUL DAYS. Only three weeks of school re¬main but these are to be very busy ones for both pupils and teachers. School wrork must go on and tasks must be finished. There are yet special days such as "U" day, award day, inspection day, parents' day. commencement day and so many other things as to make one's head almost swim. We can only hope that naught will be neg¬lected, but that all will be accom¬plished with honor and success. DR. PETERSON COMING. Some day this week President E. G. Peterson will honor the high school with a personal visit. He will be accompanied by the A. C. glee club, so we may look for a special assembly and a feast of ora¬tory and music. ORATORICAL CONTEST. East side, by general acclaim of judges won the Utah oratorical contest. Not only the judges but th3 audience conceded the supe¬riority of the wonderfully sweet, appealing address of Miss Dorothy Carlson. Her composition was a literary masterpiece and when de¬livered in her sweet resonant voict it won all hearers. Miss Carlson receives transportation as a gift from the Salt Lake chamber of commerce to LOs Angeles and re-turn. We shall not be surprised, either, if Miss Carlson wins out next Friday over all competitors at Los Angeles, receiving the $500 cash prize and the trip to Wash¬ington and Europe. Ogden High wishes her that success. Philip Finkelstein made an ex¬cellent showing for Ogden and we concur with the wise judge who gave him second place. Others of the judges, however, did not fullconcur, for by their judbment he tied with two other contestants for third place. As we did not get first place we are little concerned about any other place, though, of course, second place would have been very acceptable. Anyway, it was a fine contest and we are pleased to have en¬tered and to make the good show¬ing that we did. THE PARADE. Four thousand boys in gala attire with red caps, white caps, pur¬ple caps, black caps, red, white and blue caps, with flying banners and ' neatly printed placards advertis¬ing the ideals and work of the schools, made an excellent showing ( in Friday's parade. Led by the . American legion drum corps and with two excellent drum corps and the R. O. T. C. band interspersed - in the line, there was sufficient mu?ic to keep all stepping lightfy and in unison. It was a glorious sight and was hugely enjoyed by thousands of Ogden citizens lined up along several blocks. It was a gala day and a very impressive one. Citizens, when they realize that this was much less than one-half of the actual school population, must appreciate the fact that the proper training and educating of this vast army is real¬ly Ogden's greatest work. There is nothing to compare with it. Some one facetiously remarked that, there should have been one more banner bearing these words: "Teddy, there's no race suicide in Ogden!" CREDIT TO ART SUPERVISOR. Perhaps many people are en¬titled to credit for the success of the parade, but we are content to single out one individual, Miss Wil¬son', art supervisor of the public schools, who was responsible for the beautiful colorful effect of caps and banners, etc. To Miss Wilson, we say, goes the supreme credit for that beautiful exhibition. CARELESSNESS. That youth is adventurous, thoughtless, careless, goes without saying. No amount of warning nor admonition will make some people uicughtful or careful. That Fran¬cis Hearn was not killed outright when struck with the javelin on Friday last was a mere matter of chance. He just happened to see the hurtling weapon in time to throw up his legs, thus preventing it from entering his vital organs. It was bad enough as it is, but it might easily have been fatal. We wonder if it will have any effect upen the boys who hurl the javelin, the discus, the hammer and oth¬er dangerous missiles. These are instruments of athletic prowess that have come down to us through the ages, but nevertheless, they are dangerous implements and mv'st be used with painstaking care. Here is another instance where carelessness is criminal. GORDON'S PEDAGOGY. Happiness is like salvation—a state of grace that makes you en¬joy the good things you've got and keep reaching out for better ones. A good man never talks about a real grievance against an old em¬ployer to a new one; a poor man always pours out an imaginary grievance to anyone who will lis¬ten. Hire city men and country men; men who wear grandpa's Sunday suit; theadbare men and men dressed in those special four-nine¬ty-eight bargains; but don't hire dirty men. Time and soap will ' cure dirty boys, but a full-grown man who shrinks from the use of water externally is as hard to cure as cne who avoids its use internal¬ly. It's a mighty curious thing that you can tell a man his morals are bad and he needs to get religion, and he'll still remain your friend; but that if you tell him his linen is dirty and he needs to take a bath, you've made a mortal enemy. EVENING. The last rays of the setting sun cast a soft, rosy glow over the wav¬ing wheat fields. A gentle breeze - whispered to the scattered pines-- pine that were the last signs of 1 the majestic forests that once held s sway over the land. Then dark- ; ness came, as the Assyrian. The door of a small cottage slammed; there was the creaking of saddle- leather; the soft voice of the rider t speaking to his mount; and then * the dying, ever dying plop-plop- plop-plop of a trotting horse. A great round moon pushed up be¬hind black mountains; the wind ' still whispered to the pines. Sil¬houetted against the sky, the horse ami rider appeared for a moment, then dropped from sight. Far off a coyote began his clamor, but soon relapsed into silence, as though h were~-afraid of his own voice. The door opened and slammed again, the light went out, and—it Was night. —Emerson Thatcher. TUESDAY EVENING, M May 10 Ogden High A SONNET TO NATURE. O Infinite Nature whose voice is heard, In the trickling, tinkling laughter of the stream, In the murmuring pines and tfte song of the bird, In the rustling gowns of the opal's sheen— After Light has kissed the lan¬guid lips of Night— In the coy nod of the blue bell shy, In the tearful eyes of the violet white, And the wandering clouds in the deep blue sky. My mind has turned to Nature, where but there? For she reveals her baffling mys¬teries. If earth-born troubles can receive maternal care, She heals them all through com¬mon sympathies. From sources far removed from man's control, She alone can cool the. fever of my soul. CRESCENT BURGI. A NEW ESTIMATE. It seems probable that the board of education will have to increase its budget this year in order to supply coal for the school buildings—which must now be heated nine months instead of six as in other years. AWARD DAY. Friday, May 20, has been desig¬nated as Award day. A special program will be arranged. INSPECTION DAY. Tuesday, May 17, has been se¬lected as the day on which the R. O. T. C. will receive inspec¬tion from government officials. The inspection will probably take place as last year in Tabernacle park during the afternoon. LOYALTY DAY. Friday last was boys "Loyalty day." School was closed for the day to give every boy Opportun¬ity to express through public pa¬rade his loyalty to his home, his school, his country. Boys seemed to be in especially good health that day as only three boys -were absent from the R. O. T. C. unit. The attendance of non-R. O. T. C. boys was better than usual. TO HEAR DR. BARKER. On Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock high school students are to be given the opportunity of hearing Dr. Charles E. Barker again. No speaker who has ever appeared at the high school has made so profound nor so lasting an impression as Dr. Barker. Paul Harris, the founder of Ro¬tary, said the other day: "If Ro¬tary had done no other thing than to have discovered Dr. Barker and sent him out to talk to the people, the organization would have justi¬fied its existence." Paul Harris is right. THANKS, MR. SMALLEY. The high school appreciates the generosity of Mr. Smalley in of¬fering watches to the high school students upon whose names the hands of the clock shall stop next Sunday. It is a clever stunt- one in which generosity exceeds greatly advertising value. HIGH SCHOOL POSTERS. The high school is sending four posters only to the University of Utah this year in competition with other high schools of the state. The five sent are of un¬usually high order. They are: The Last of Its Kind.—Gladys Aldous. Hunt With the Camera.—Agnes Russell. Shoot In Season. — Russell Bjorklund. Friends of the Forest—Harold Ward. The theme of all posters this year is, "Utah's Wild Life."