Feb. 13, 1928 OHS NEWS Stan Spencer ‘28 THE SUN OF LIFE I watched, and through my brain coursed all my woes; I wept, and through my tears I saw the sun ftiat rose in fire and chased my S. cares away. I laughed, and through my heart I felt a song That rose and fell and made my thoughts grow light. —LOUISE BLAKE. HAND FOUGHT GAMES Perhaps a harder, more interesting game has never been fought in Ogden than that between Ogden and Box Elder on Friday last. Bom the first whistle until the last it was one tremendous thrill. On Be part of students it was pandemonium. The schools tried to out-yell each other. The first and third quarters were Ogden's. The second and fourth, Box Elder's. AT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Ogden has 17 students at the Agricultural college. A report of records of these students for fee first semester has been received. Hose who were regularly recommended to the school are doing By acceptable work. The records of Zona Power, Therma Scople and Constance Shaw are exceptionally good. 10 SING FOR KIWANIS The boys' glee club will be the guests of the Kiwanis club Thursday at luncheon. The boys will sing the following numbers: "A Toast" Ames; "We Meet Again Tonight," arranged; "The Volga Boatman"; "The Stormy Evening," Chadwick; "He Found It," Stevens; Southern Memories," plantation melodies; "Vive L'Amour," college song. IT HELPED HIM Godfrey Morgan, '25, who has in the University of California since graduation, writes an interesting letter to Sergeant Holloway. He says, among other things: “I admit that for a few months I was not keen about drill, but now I only wish I had taken four years instead of three, for I realize that R. O. T. C. training is one of the best preparations for any kind of life that a young fellow can have.” STELLAE Stellae met at the home of Warren Wattis last Thursday evening the old year was closed with a bang. By that we mean that we Be square with the world finan¬cially, socially and what else have ll. We congratulate our outgoing;' peers on the way they hav guided the club and kept us in gooc fending. During the meeting the officers were chosen to lead to lead through the next semester. The are: President, Tom Broadbent; vice president, Ira Nye; secretary, Stella Crisman. A detailed report was given on the Stellae assembly which will be insented in the near future, and ps completed. Watch us in m future for our assembly, almost forgot that after the jess was over we turned to Bnain business of the evening. Johnny Carver and Warren Wattis fed us on the most delicious things which two boys could prepare and that isn't irony. Any- Bit was a very beneficial meet- lud we hope to have more of AUNT JANE'S CORNER Dear Aunt Jane: Will you please tell me why Miss Chesney doesn’t write a Latin book of her own? Both the class and I think that she could and should. Is it only encouragement she needs? THOUGHTFUL Dear Thoughtful: Perhaps Miss Chesney has written one of her own under an assumed name or perhaps she pre¬fers to work with the students themselves rather than spend her time writing a book. If I were you I would ask Miss Chesney herself. AUNT JANE. THE CYNIC Life, then love and dissolution, Jealousy, hate and deep confusion, Life's eternal revolution, So it seems to me. Life and love and carefree gladness, Blues and cares and lonely sadness, Loving you was sheerest madness, Your love was not for me. And so tonight deep in my heart, I feel love's poisoned, pointed dart And realize with a painful start, True love there cannot be. Love is just a world of fake, There's nothing in it but give and take, But friendship covers the whole mistake, Life's newest lesson to me. So here's a toast to love's evasion, Here's a curse to love's persuasion, Love is but fool's adoration, So God deliver me. —T. B. O. H. S. OPERA The music department is making preparations to stage the best opera in the history of the school. To do this the following positions must be filled: Business manager, assistant business manager, prop¬erties manager, stage manager, art manager and someone in charge of costumes. Anyone wishing to try for these positions will hand his name to Mr. Peterson or Gordon Larson. Decisions will be made on Friday. The opera selected is "The Two Vagabonds." Feb. 14, 1928 OHS NEWS Stan Spencer ‘28 Truth, honesty, temperance, charity, self control, have to be learned. Learning to tell the truth is as hard as learning mathematics or learning to fly. Virtue has to be sought and it will not be learned unless it is desired.—Collier's. AVIATION Many Ogden High school stu¬dents are interested in the aviation contest sponsored by the Ogden Aero club. The contest is not be¬ing made a part of school work, but circulars of information con¬cerning the contest have been made accessible to all students. AVIATION TALK Some day this week, probably tomorrow, a talk on the subject of aviation will be delivered before the high school student body. It is not unlikely that Utah's famous "Dawn to Dusk" flier may be se¬cured for this talk. A ROGUE'S GALLERY An elderly man of ultraconvivial habits, but withal learned and bookish, was haled before the bar of justice in a country town. "Ye're charged with bein' drunk and disorderly," snapped the mag¬istrate. "Have ye anything to say why sentence should not be pro¬nounced" "Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn," began the prisoner in a flight of oratory. "I am not so debased as Poe, so profligate as Byron, so un¬grateful as Keats, so intemperate as Burns, so timid as Tennyson, so vulgar as Shakespeare, so— "That'll do, that'll do," interrupt¬ed the magistrate. "Ninety days. And, officer, take down that list of names he mentioned and round 'em up. I think they're as bad as he is." AT WESTMINSTER Report from Westminster col¬lege shows that two of our stu¬dents, Scott Kellogg and Florence Cartwright, are doing very acceptible work there. "RED" AND "KEN" Ellis "Red" Wade and Kenneth Vanderhoof, both former Ogden High athletes, are contributing' liberally to Utah Aggie athletics. This year the Aggie basket ball team is suffering the disadvantage of a late start, due to the football trip to Hawaii. Aside from this, Coach Romney is confronted hy the problem of picking the right com¬bination. After having looked the candidates over, he is calling on Wade to occupy a regular position at guard. "Red" has played two years of basket ball and football for the Aggies, and succeeded in winning a letter in track by taking first place in the cross-country run. Aside from this, he is a marksman of the highest order. Vanderhoof, playing his first year of varsity ball, substitutes at guard on both the football and basket ball teams. CALL FOR PICTURES As the time draws near for the publication of the yearly Classicum, much concern is being felt con¬cerning the pictures of students. It is necessary that all pictures be in the hands of the editor by the first of March. Due to this fact, no pictures for the year book will be taken later than the twenty- ninth .of February. Don't forget that there are just a few days left and help the staff make the year book the best in the history of the school. GAMMA KAPPA A party! That is the latest re¬port from Gamma Kappa. One of the club's traditions is a Valentine party, this year to be staged the eighteenth of February in the form of a treasure-hunt, winding up as an informal dinner party. Of course, it will be a success. After this declicious bit of news was presented before the club members at the weekly meeting, Thursday, and after the pleasure of the members was heard and voted on, the chair was turned over to Viola Teuscher, chairman for this week's program. Emma Tan-ner read for us a clever piece en¬titled, "Mustard Plasters." Ruth Zuppann gave us an interesting talk on Chinatown. This concluded the L program and the meeting adjourn-ed.—Lou Ceil McFarlane, Club Reporter. REGRETS A boy, light-hearted and content, road from class to class; And teachers wrath, on me, do vent; They call me lazy, fool and ass. And yet dream in years to come, When I leave this massive school, I'll yearn to hear the busy hum, And call myself a fool. For had I not my studies shirked, My golden moments wasted; Had I not in idleness lurked, The dregs I'd not have tasted. FATA MORGANA Fata Morgana. The name alone suggests to our western minds the weird and uncanny, It is a phe¬nomenon well known to the natives of the coasts of Sicily and Calabria. The striking mirage is too often seen in the strait of Messina. The images of men, houses, towers, pa¬laces, columns and trees can be seen from the coast, sometimes in the water, on its surface or some¬times looming in the air. The name has a feminine tone, and like a woman she loves to see her image mirrored so frequently each has its inverted twin. Often she indulges in prismic. effects and mirage is heaped upon mirage. To us occidentals these mirages have about them some of the glam¬orous, unreal quality of our dreams. Perhaps that is nature's idea, just to mystify a prosaic world. Nature is an enchantress and she loves to display her powers.—Margaret Schmaltz. AUNT JANE'S CORNER Dear Aunt Jane: Please tell me if it is necessary for a fellow to take to the cadet hop the girl who took him to the Accolade. Dear Bill: If a girl nas complimented you by taking you to the Accolade, then it would be courteous to return the compliment by taking her to the hop, since it is the next nice dance. In all matters of ettiquet we measure by the rule of kindliness and courtesy. Since high school boys and girls do not usually go regularly with the same boy or girl, you will probably both want another date for the Prom. —Aunt Jane. CARPE DIEM Carpe Diem had its usual peppy meeting at 3:15 o'clock Wednesday. Ora Smith brought our bows, and we intend to start practicing arch¬ery in the Coliseum as soon as possible. Plans were made for sell¬ing polar pies at the game of Fri¬day night. After the game we were invited up to Dorothy Foulger's to celebrate, and we had a wonder¬ful time. —Virginia Morton. Reporter. Feb. 23, 1928 OHS NEWS Stan Spencer ‘28 SING ROBIN Sing, little Robin when the skies are blue, Sing, for the world has need of you, Sing when the skies are overcast; Sing when the rain is falling fast. Sing, happy heart, when the sun is warm; Sing, in the winter's coldest storm; Sing little songs, O heart so true, Sing, for the world ha<s need of you. —Helen Webb. HISTORY OF OGDEN HIGH The site of the present Ogden Senior High school was donated by Fred Kiesel. Construction of the building was started in 1909. Les¬lie S. Hodgson was the architect. In the fall of that year school was held in the building, but the top floor was unfinished when school began, and' carpenters were ham¬mering away upstairs while stu¬dents were studying below, and neither the teacher nor the students had seats or chairs. It was not fin¬ished until November 1 of the same year. The enrollment for the first year was 450 students, in three grades, the tenth, eleventh and the twelfth. At that time schools of the city were based on a six, three, three system. The first six grades were grade schools, the seventh, eighth and ninth were in the junior higS schools, and the tenth, eleventh and twelfth in the senior high. John M. Mills was the superin¬tendent of schools when the Ogden High was built, and he was su¬perintendent until 1916. Although a man was elected for the position m 1916, before he took it he re¬signed under pressure. On the last of August, 1916, William Siders of Pocatello was elected and held the position of superintendent for one week. Then he resigned, because the school board of Pocatello would not release him. Then there was no superintendent until March, 1917. Henry Johnson was elected and held the office from April, 1917, until 1919. W. Karl Hop¬kins was then elected and has held ! the office ever since. J. O. Cross was the first prin¬cipal of the Ogden High in the new building. He was principal from 1909 until 1912; Henry Peterson was principal from 1912 until 1914; J. E. Beeson was principal from 1914 until 1920, and A. M. Merrill has been principal since 1920. There are now 2020 students in the junior and senior high schools in Ogden. There are between 8 00 and 900 in the Ogden senior High school. Where the administration in the schools should be six, three, three; it is six, four, two. This is held not fair to the sophomores, who should be under the admin¬istration of the senior high, but have to attend the junior highs. The Ogden school system will not be efficient until a building is erected that will accommodate the under the administration of a sen¬ior high school. —Mabel Sundquist. CONGRESS Next week Congress will give its weighty opinion on "Who Will Be Our Next President?" Each mem¬ber will champion her favorite. Who will win? The program will be a combined current event dis¬cussion and debate. Wait till next week for the decision. The Liter¬ary Digest ought to have a reporter on hand to take down the senators' ideas. —Margaret Schmalz, Reporter. BANK LECTURE William A. Budge of the Com¬mercial Security bank, represent¬ing the local chapter of the Ameri¬can Institute, of Banking, delivered an opportune and appreciated talk recently on the opic, "The Nature of a Bank," to William Abplanalp's class in modern banking. The lec¬ture was forcibly impressed by the display of banking papers and writ¬ten illustrations. Mr. Budge's wide and varied experience in the field of banking helped the students to get a much better and clearer con¬ception of the organization and service rendered by banks to the public. THE PATRONS' INTEREST There are a few people who still insist that Ogden should have a brand new high school either at the head of Twenty-fifth street or at some other imposing site. The idea is O. K. An imposing high school on a high commanding piece of ground is a distinction and worth while advertising feature; but there is one strong argument against it. The first requirement of a high school building or any public building for that matter is accessibility. It must be so locat¬ed as to best serve the convenience, comfort and economy of all its patrons. A high school building on the outer edge or in a remote corner of the city means a tre¬mendous daily expenditure of all its patrons, as only a limited few can live within a reasonable walk¬ing distance of it. GEOGRAPHY FIRST The first thing to consider, then, is to have the building as nearly i central as possible, so as to be as equally accessible to all as possible. The present site of the high school is as nearly central to all the peo¬ple of Ogden as can be possibly found. This is clearly shown by a map in Architect Hodgson's of¬fice. On this map Mr. Hodgson has located the exact residence of every student in the city schools and this shows that the present lo¬cation is ideal so far as accessibil¬ity is concerned. A GOOD UNIT Furthermore, the present build¬ing is a good structure and can well- serve as one unit of the high school for many generations to come. In view of these facts and, more¬over, in view of the financial em¬barrassment of the school board, we recommend that the board pro¬ceed at once to add an assembly hall, a gymnasium, a cafeteria and some classrooms to the present structure so that the senior high school shall be able to accommo¬date in the very near future all senior high school students. Those in favor say "Aye." Opposed "Nay." The "ayes" have it. FRANK PINGREE During the year 1919-1920, O. H. S. was piloted by one of the most versatile fellows we have had in school. Frank Pingree, the third student body president, not only excelled in athletics but was a prominent member of O. H. S. clubs and a major in the R. O. T. C. Frank came to O. H. S. fresh from St. John's military academy and, due to his popularity and knowledge, won the highest rank in the R. O. T. C., which at that time was major. He entered the field of athletics and won his letter in football, bas¬ket ball and track. He won first place in the state high jump. Besides these activities he was president of one of the best clubs and was a member of the others. He graduated with a splendid rec¬ord in scholastics and extra curri¬culum work. Today he is a Very successful advertising manager of the Walker-haw Mineral company in the ea