DEMOCRACY IS THEME OF TALK U. S. Educational System Analyzed In Faculty Address OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS NOTES Constance Ford, Editor In faculty meeting this morn¬ing R. E. Widdison spoke on the "dilemma of democracy". In his talk, he put three questions: j "Are returns from our educa¬tional enterprise commensurate with the mounting cost? Do we have too many fads, and frills in our curriculum? Is there lack of leadership and educatonal statesmanship?" "Too much is said in America about the rights of the individual and not enough about his duties and responsibilities. We must have along with equality of op¬portunity in education, a system of selection, distribution and guidance," Widdison said. — Margaret Hocking. MUSIC ARRIVES Music for the songs for the I region music contest, April 29 and 30 is available at music stores. The songs are: soprano, "Carmena" and "A Birthday;" contralto, "Rain" and "Some Day, Sometime;" tenors, "The summer Wind," "Passing By" and "Where You are Near;" basses and baritones, "Bow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind." —Kathryn Ellsworth. PARENT MEETING A meeting for the parents of students in the Ogden high school a cappella choir has been called for Wednesday at eight p. m. by Chairman Constance Ford. Typing students will compete j in contests to determine the Og¬den high school typing team Wednesday and Thursday imme¬diately after school, announced A. F. Farnsworth, typing in¬structor. Social science classes were | shown talking films on bread ; manufacture.—George Jensen. WORK WITH CLAY Art students are working with clay, modeling plaques to be used as molds for plaster paris casts.—Kathryn Ellsworth. GUEST VOICES LOFTY PRAISE State Supervisor Looks Over Girls' Gym At High School OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS NOTES Constance Ford, Editor Miss Bernice Moss, state I physical education supervisor, j i visited the Ogden high school j girls' gymnasium classes Thurs¬day. Stated Miss Moss, "You have a wonderful gymnasium here, complete in every way, and it seems to me that all girls should certainly enjoy gym work."—Katheryn Ellsworth. SCHOOL PICKS ORATORS FOR DEBATE SERIES Ogden High Intends to Enter Several Contests Within Month OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS NOTES Constance Ford, Editor The Ogden high school debat- ; ing squad has been selected ac¬cording to Willis Smith, advisor. ; Members are: Gale Rose, ] Louise Dixon, Morris Gordon, j LeMoyne Settlemire, Barbara Reeve, Reed Coray, Keith Wilcox, Blair Burton, Betty Lou j Balch, Earl Tanner, Elwyn Bar- j | low, and Robert Coray. "Several debates will be held with various high schools in the next month. A debate is sched¬uled with a picked team from North Summit high school the latter part of next week," said Smith.—George Jensen. SPEECH COMPETITION Preliminary tryouts in the or¬atorical contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution will be held Feb. 16 in room 117 at which time six girls will be chosen. At the next contest, March 1, four girls from the six competing will be select¬ed. On March 8, these contest¬ants will enter the final compe¬tition with four girls from Weber high school. All girls interested should see Blanche McKey at once.—Kath¬ryn Ellsworth. NEW CLUB ELECTS At a meeting of the newly formed Engineers club, the fol¬lowing officers were elected; president, John Saunders; vice president, Sidney Noble; secre¬tary-treasurer, Frank Lewis. The purpose of this club is to develop an interest in all types of engineering.—Ernest Cook. GUESTS FROM IDAHO Miss Berniece Parish, dean of girls at Montpelier, Ida., high school, accompanied by Richard Hughes, Leslie Smith, Bill Mussbaum, Beverly Taylor and Jean¬ne Burwell, visited Ogden high , school Wednesday. They were interested in our building, year¬book, Tattler, and magazines. They continued to Jordan and Granite today.—Margaret Hock¬ing. RADIO EXPLAINED Fred Taylor and Ralph W. Hardy, representatives of a Salt Lake City radio station, spoke today in assembly. "The op¬portunities for modern youths in; the radio field are limitless," j declared Taylor. "Radio will never be displaced by television. I There is too much beauty in the spoken word, and installation of I television would be too expen- j sive." Hardy and Taylor took I the audience on a verbal trip' I through the station. "There are! opportunities in writing, in^ sound transmission, and television," Hardy said.—Stomo Ochi.J PRIZES OFFERED TICKET SELLERS Ogden High Cadets to Hold Annual Military Ball February 18 OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS NOTES Constance Ford, Editor Prizes are to be awarded to the R. O. T. C. companies which sell the most tickets to the Ca¬det hop, said Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Carl Yarrington today. Invitations have been extend¬ed to the national guard, regular army and army reserve officers throughout the state to attend the annual Ogden high school military ball, Friday, Feb. 18. "Howitzers, field pieces, and \ sabers will be part of the dec- | orating scheme," said Yarring¬ton.—George Jensen. OLD CLOTHES WEEK Old clothes week will be ob¬served by Ogden high students during the week of Feb. 14-18, starting a week from today. Many odd forms of dress will be contrived by the students. Last year, a member of the faculty said some of the boys wore girls' dresses.—Stomo Ochi. Smoking on the campus will be attacked by the Writers' guild weekly bulletin, "Tattler," in the next issue. Opinions of fac¬ulty members and leading stu¬dents will be voiced.—Stomo Ochi. TO TALK ON POETRY Prof. B. Roland Lewis from the English department of the University of Utah will be guest at the meeting of the Fine Arts i society, Feb. 9. Professor Lewis will lecture about poets and types of poetry. He is an author¬ity on Shakespeare.—Kathryn Ellsworth. DANCES APPROVED Dancing during the noon re¬cess was approved by Helena B. Case, girls's physical educa- j tion instructor. "It keeps them from harmful mischief," she de-j clared. "The noon dancing," she said, "has not had harmful effects upon any of the girls." I Gilbert Moesinger, boys' hy-! giene teacher, stated that the harm done depended upon the individual's constitution. "How¬ever, it retards digestion," he 1 said.—Stomo Ochi. MORE PICTURES The yearbook staff announces space for three more pictures of juniors in the yearbook. The first three students submitting their pictures will be given the space. Pictures for the year¬book of the R.O.T.C. officers were taken today at noon.— Kathryn Ellsworth. I Tryouts were held for a play written by Dan Bailey recently. The cast is as follows: Lottie Lund, Grant Neuteboom and Dan Bailey. The play was writ¬ten for the contest in Provo.— Gordon Cole. GUILD GATHERS VIEWS ON 'WEED' School Leaders Agree Use of Tobacco Generally Undesirable OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS NOTES Constance Ford, Editor Use of tobacco at or about Og¬den high school is criticized in the Writers' Guild bulletin today. Principal Merrill says, "It is a very injurious habit for young people." Coach Gilbert Moesing¬er declares, "In my opinion a person is better off without smoking. We should, however, be tolerant toward those who do." "If a fellow is going to smoke," states Ray Stewart, stu¬dent body president, "he should wait until he gets off the school grounds." A cross section of opinions was given by student leaders.—Stomo Ochi. YEARBOOK EFFORT A drive for sale of yearbooks will begin Feb. 15, Leonard Rob¬ins announced today. He states: "The yearbooks are going to be better this year than ever be¬fore. The cover will be on dis-play soon."—Virginia Fotis. In preparation for the Classi¬calia April 8 at the White City ballroom, the pageant manu¬scripts submitted by girls' gym classes are being judged by committees. All girls taking gym will participate in the pag-eant.—Kathryn Ellsworth. TALKS ON POETS Prof. B. Roland Lewis of the English department of the Uni¬versity of Utah lectured at the Fine Arts society meeting Wednesday on poets and poetry. Macbeth, he declared, "is be¬yond the understanding of the average high school student. In its place 'Julius Caesar' or 'As You Like It' should be taught. Even 'Romeo and Juliet' is be¬yond them. 'Macbeth' can be read only by college graduates and the more mature people." —Stomo Ochi. TYPING TESTS Preliminary tests were given Wednesday afternoon to first year typing students who are seeking positions on the typing teams to participate in contests at Brigham Young university | April 15. ; States A. F. Farnsworth, typing instructor, "Ogden high | school has not entered this com¬petition since 1930, and we ex¬pect this year to have really ef¬ficient teams that will bring home honors to Ogden."—Kath¬ryn Ellsworth. TICKETS ON SALE Tickets for the annual Cadet hop are on sale by the officers of the battalion. Major W. Ham¬mond will personally give $5 to the officer who sells the most tickets.—Arnold Roe.