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Show In the near future Ogden High school will probably have an ama¬teur station sponsored by the Ham-And. At first only code will be used but if our desires are approached a microphone will be installed and put into motion next fall.—Jack Norbeck, Secy, pro tem. AUNT JANE'S CORNER Dear Aunt Jane: I like a certain girl very much, but she, it seems, is tired of my company. What shall I do to make her want it again? Thank you.—K. Dear K: If I were you I think I would just be polite to her. Don't avoid her, but don't force your company on her. Let her see that she isn't the only girl in school for you (even if she is) and if she likes you she Till "come around" after a little while. If she doesn't—well, what do you care? You are young yet. You are very welcome.—Aunt Jane. Feb. 8, 1928 OHS NEWS Stan Spencer ‘28 The end of life is character The end of work is worth; To teach the true life of the soul Is the noblest work of earth. CHARACTER EDUCATION The subject of character educa¬tion is receiving much attention throughout the United States. Schools everywhere are realizing that attitudes toward fellow beings, and habits of conduct are infinite¬ly more important than just funds of information afforded by books and teachers. Vice Principal Irwin is in receipt of a course of study in character education, as prepared by the Nebraska state department of education, that contains many helpful suggestions. It is a subject to which the attention of parents, teachers, students must be increasingly directed. OF LITTLE AVAIL If preaching made character, we should be all right, for assuredly we hear enough preaching. At home, at school, at church, every¬where—it is preach, preach, preach. Character is deep-seated. It is ingrained into the nervous organ¬ism of the individual. It is mani¬fested in one's habitual responses to life's situations. It is the "doer" of the word, not the "hearer," It is the good scout, who does not a good deed every day—but whose every deed is a good deed. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Benjamin Franklin took stock of himself. He looked into his own life and noted his weaknesses. He then formed resolutions of the virtues which he wished to establish, and sent to work to practice daily those virtues. He was a wise old Ben. The world needs more Ben¬jamin Franklins. NOT SO GOOD The University of Utah sends annually to each school the relative Handing of the freshmen group furnished by all the high schools of the state. There are 11 schools admf more than 10 pupils. The fchest rating of these 11 schools 1,33; the lowest. 46; Ogden was $12. We regard this as rather uirllisfactory. STUDENT BODY COUNCIL Regular council was held on February 7, with President Hales mdfling. The roll was called and minutes were read and ap- Ived. Miss Fowler reported that the committe had made an investi- fcm and that there were no de- Sent club members (with one ttion), that students belonging ore than two clubs had been led, and that the Ham-And Was eligible for a vote in coun- BOn motion of Mr. Cain, the HkA's accepted. Ess Smith made a. report of the Accolade, which was accept. Action of Mr. Skeen. Permission was granted to Gamma Kappa to have a party, provid¬ing it does not interfere with any other school function. After some discussion it was moved and seconded that the Ten¬nis ball be indefinitely postponed. The motion was carried, and council adjourned. Dorothy Foulger, Secretary. AUNT JANE'S CORNER Dear Aunt Jane: I have heard that only the of¬ficers of the O. H. S. R. O. T. C. may attend the cadet hop at East and West High schools in Salt Lake, and that those who do not take drill and those who are not of¬ficers are not admitted. Is this true? A Civilian. Dear Civilian: Anyone who desires may attend these dances. The officers of the Ogden High school, however, are given complimentary tickets. Aunt Jane. WEBER WINS Yes, Weber won from us Tues¬day night, but we still have a chance in the division. Dave Wangsgard says that there is a great chance for a five-cornered tie to develop, so that a round robIn series may have to be played. This is easy to see when we conteider the standings of the teams in the division. If Weber loses another game their percentage will 1 lie 500. If Ogden wins another, jour percentage will be .500. If Davis and Box Elder each lose a teame their percentages will be .500, so you see we have a good chance yet. We have our first chance to bring about this five-cornered tie when we face the Brigham Bees in the Weber gym on Friday. The winning of this game will help ug get another chance at the pennant, and then watch us go. AIL the team needs fs YOUR support, and they can "clean" any team near here. Let's give them this support at the Weber gym Friday night at 7:30. Student body tickets will admit you. WEATHER AND TARDINESS I wonder if the weather has any¬thing, to do with tardiness in Ogden high. If you have noticed the weather lately you have seen a series of changes from one extreme to the other, from snow to spring sunshine. If you notice some stu- I dents you notice that, like the weather, they're changeable, too. (I saw a student start the journey i,to class at the rate of about 60 [per. About a hundred feet from the room she slowed down to about one per, then sped up to about 40 1 per, but saw a friend and stopped to talk. Again she put on a burst (of speed,-changed her mind, start- ed in the other direction, changed [ her mind again, started roomward, ! ran the remaining 50 feet and ar¬rived—two minutes late. JUST A TEACHER "Wise people are seldom heard," so the saying goes. It seems this applies to a certain teacher who instructs the unruly pupils in one of our rooms. She has the task of turning shapeless masses of raw material (believe me, some of it's pretty raw) into efficient stenog¬raphers, and goes about it in a very efficient manner; in fact, "ef¬ficient" is her by-word. She is a firm believer in companionative teaching and has proved its value. If ever, a student is in trouble he has just to lend her his confidences and lo and behold, the trouble disappears. She gives you the best instructions available in the art shortening the alphabet and if you co-operate with her you will progress rapidly; but, if on the other hand, you are not in earnest about your work you will find her wasting not a moment on you. She keeps the work entwined with a witty remark here and there and consequently the time does not drag. She has many friends among the teachers and 'students and one grudge. The grudge is our favorite music teach¬er, Ralph Peterson, and if you listened for one period to the ungod¬ly noises that come down the ventilator from his famous chorus you would not blame her in the least. The whole class had to step outside one day when George Wakefield tried to reach high C. All in all she is a very interesting and likeable person and I know she will be glad to meet you if you will drop down to room 103 one of these days. Oh, yes, of course, her name is Elizabeth Stephenson. C. W. PALETTE AND CHISEL Regular meeting was called to order last Monday by Vice President Henry Jordan. Our president, Ruth Yorgason, being at the president's meeting. The motion "that smocks be worn to distinguish Palette and Chisel from the other high school clubs" was rescinded. The ques¬tion on club pins was reconsidered (after much heated argument) and it was decided that pins be worn in lieu of smocks. Five boys were voted into Pal¬ette and Chisel. They were Roger Kingsford, Tom Adams, Harold Logan, Pat Aaron and Don Denkers. Next week four girls will be given membership and all inert members will be automatically dropped from the roll. Our bob party? Certainly it was a success. To the tune of jingle bells the equine quartet gayly sprinted, carrying the party far into the canyon. At 11 o'clock we drew back to the old home town and answered the "call of appe¬tites." After two hours of dancing and other recreation, the first hour of the new day was passed to the wind and likewise we soon passed into slumber. JACK NORBACK. GIRLS' MEETING The Girls' association meeting ; Wednesday morning was a regular ' meeting, but was an extraordinari¬ly interesting one. A report was given of the girls' "Accolade," showing a profit of $100. It takes the girls to put things over big. After being favored with a piano solo by Liddy Teuscher and a reading from Teresa Jones, Mrs. Irwin introduced our speaker, Dr. Ridge, who gave us an enthusiastic talk on "The Medical Profession for Women." She encouraged the girls interested to study the profession of medicine and pointed out the many opportunities awaiting them if they did choose this as their profession. She also said that the great aim in life should be to serve humanity and one of the best ways to render service is in the field of surgery. It was an enjoyable speech and a great deal of appreciation was shown. As a closing number, Blanch Heed gave a violin solo. Our happy meetings certainly start the day out right. MILDRED BOWMAN, Sec’y of G.A. Feb. 2, 1928 OHS NEWS Stan Spencer ‘28 PLACEMENT BUREAU Ogden High school has capable graduates from the commercial department who are seeking posi¬tions. These graduates are profi¬cient in bookkeeping, office ma¬chines, type-writing, stenography, etc., and if properly placed will render efficient service. In order to facilitate placement, the com¬mercial teachers, under the direc¬tion of William Abplanalp, are establishing a placement bureau, and are prepared to recommend stu-dents in accordance with the needs or requirements of the position. Anyone desiring help may confer with Mr. Abplanalp or with Prin¬cipal Merrill. NO LIMIT Psychologists have given in re¬cent years no more important news than that they have discovered that there is really no age limit to the ability to learn, and formerly it was held that man attains both physical and mental maturity at about the age of twenty-one, and that no important change could be made thereafter. Now it is found that this is far from true as re¬gards mental life and that tests show that adults can learn very rapidly up to the age of fifty and probably later. This is as it should be. Stagnation means death. If one may not continue growing mentally and spiritually while life lasts, then it would indeed be a sad world. INTERNATIONAL CONTEST The international oratorical con¬test sponsored by the newspapers of America, in which Dorothy Carlson of Salt Lake was the win¬ner last year, securing a trip to Europe, will be held again this year. The Utah area, sponsored last year by the Los Angeles Times, will be sponsored this year by the Salt Lake Tribune. Principal A. M, Merrill has been named again as chairman of the district represented by Ogden, Logan, Cache county, Box Elder county and Davis county. SCHOOL AND SPORTS Now that we have lost our sec¬ond league game in basket ball, it seems an appropriate time to consider the place and function of sports in school life. Games are for recreation, enjoy¬ment and health building. The present plan calls for eleven men in football and five in basketball to represent each school; these groups are intensively trained with the one objective in view of winning games from other schools. In sane moments most everyone is frank in admitting that too much stress is placed on winning; that the training offered the few should be given to the many and that the recreation, enjoyment, health building objectives should be given the many instead of the few. But we do not have these sane moments often. Maybe it is the defeat that makes us sober. When I we get trounced we are likely to think of the high ideals of sport and recreation for all. When we win the thrill keeps us in the mood of holding fast to the lower ideal of seeing what school in the district, What school in the state, can put out the, strongest team. And there is no denying that people general are enthused over the spirited contests waged. We content ourselves by saying that the thrills and exercise of hip, hip hurrahing from the side lines makes up for the loss occasioned by non-participation in the games by the students themselves. Anyway, the idea of "play for all" as a school activity, is in the subconscious mind of everyone in¬terested in youth and will some \day rise to consciousness and will e practiced in schools generally. Feb. 3, 1928 OHS NEWS Stan Spencer ‘28 The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving; to reach the port of haven we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at an¬chor. —Oliver Wendell Holmes. TODAY'S ASSEMBLY Today's assembly was to be giv¬en by the music department and the oral expression department, promising an entertaining and en¬joyable meeting. R. O. T. C. INSPECTION Word has reached Captain Dockler from Major Waddell that he will be here on Thursday, May 3, for the annual inspection of the R. O. T. C. unit. CADET HOP Ogden's great annual cadet hop will be held in the Berthana on Friday evening, February 17. The boys are in readiness to give the big feature—the exhibition drill— and the band is prepared also to offer some very fine music. As heretofore, parents of the cadets will be the honored guests of the occasion. CAFETERIA SUCCESSFUL From all reports, the cafeteria under the direction of Mrs. Jolley is giving most satisfactory service. It is a very great convenoence—practically a necessity —and it is very gratifying to know that it is being efficiently man¬aged and giving satisfactory service. TYPEWRITING AWARDS Awards Won during the month of January, 1928: L. C. Smith: Bronze pin—Elmer Newey, Edna McGinnis. Royal: Advanced certificate of proficiency—Mildred Boman. Remington: Certificate— Audrey Clark, Clyde Buehler, James de Silva, Lyzene Payne, Ruth Brown. Silver pin—Nora Whittier, Jack Vaughan, Louie Skagg's, Harry Porter. Gold pin—Mildred Boman, Fay Hopkins. Underwood: Certificate — Lou Cragun, Irene Chugg, Melba Pfisterer, Mildred Williams, Mildred Wilson. Bronze medal—Charlotte Anderson, Barbara Morris, Helen Walters, Janie Martin, Blanche Halverson, Norman Russell, Harry Porter. Silver medal—Grant Syphers, Donna Ramsden. —Ethel W. Franke, Typewriting Teacher. NAME LEFT OUT The name of Miss Louise Agee, who is making an exceptionally good record at the University of Utah, was inadvertently omitted from the report in Tuesday's news. We apologize. Friday 10! Friday 10! A dance? A ball? A party? Or what have you—a "tennis ball." Yes, that is it. We knew all the time. Come, come, girls, don't be bashful, it's leap year, you know, and as the saying goes, opportunity knocks but once. Pray heed and follow the example of many a profited woman. Use your maidenly wit, exercise your feminine traits and secure a date for "the tennis ball." Save up your nickels for five days and come to the ball. We will as¬sure you one grand time for there will be an orchestra and all the other essentials which will add lo¬cal color and atmosphere. Again I say, "Come one, come all, to the tennis ball." In the O. H. S. ballroom (commonly called the gym) Admission is the nominal sum of 25 cents per couple. —H. H AUNT JANE'S CORNER Dear Aunt Jane: I have heard that only cadets and Ogden High school students can go to the cadet hop. Is that true ? No, A. Z., that is not true. The 'hop" is given by the R. O. T. C of the O. H. S., but anyone may attend the dance, the only requisites ' being that he have a ticket and I that he is a gentleman, or that she is a real lady, as the case might be. I'm sure that you will enjoy this dance, because it is one of the best of the year. —Aunt Jane. AT UNIVERSITY Spencer Walker and Emerson Thatcher, '27, have parts in the freshman play at the University of Utah. Mabel Reynolds, '26, is on the Chronicle staff. Arthur Rolapp, '24, is business manager of the Chronicle, and Wal¬lace Goates, a former high school student, is on the reportorial staff. CONTESTS. The high school received on Thursday outlines and guides for "U" day contests as follows: Pos¬ters, home economics, music and chemistry. HIGHWAY CURFEW BERNE—The curfew tolls more than the knell of parting day in this Swiss canton. It rings at 11 o'clock in summer and 9 in winter to warn motorists that the house¬holders want to sleep and that heavy trucks, vehicles carrying more than eight passengers and motorcycles should scurry for their garages and remain until 4 a. m. |