nov 17 - 24 Ogden High School Notes AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK Nov. 17-23, 1924. Monday, November 17, Consti­tution day- Ballots, not bullets. -n Master the English language. Visit the schools today. The American constitution is „ the most wonderful work struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man. j 1 -WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. e PREAMBLE "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more „ perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, pro- vide for the common defense, pro­mote the general welfare, and se- 1 sure the blessings of liberty to ? ourselves and our posterity, do j ordain and establish this consti­tution for the United States of America." As a preliminary for the ob­servation of Constitution day (today), all students were asked tor memorize the preamble to the ; constitution. Other days of this week are designated as follows: Tuesday,;1 Patriotism day; Dednesday, School and Teacher day; Thursday, Illiteracy day; Friday, Physical Education day; Saturday, Community day; Sunday, For God and Country day. PARENTS INVITED During the second (advisory) period, all classes this week will, spend some time in considering the subjects designated for each'J particular day. National authorities ask that parents make a spe-w cial effort to visit the schools this" week. "Visit the Schools Today" j is the slogan for the week. The students made a very fine contribution of jams and jellies to the disabled soldiers on Fri­day. Only one day was spent m advertising and some "forgot" on Friday but many remembered. The "Home Lighting" essays i were completed today and hand- j ed over to the judging commit­tee. - ! IN LIGHTER MOOD As Mr. Smith was performing, , an experiment in chemistry the l other morning he said: "Now, if anything should go wrong with j this experiment, we would all be i, blown sky high. Come a little, j closer, students, so you may fol-4 j low me." . A high school girl attended a party the other evening against her father's wishes, as he is much opposed to dancing. When she appeared at breakfast next morining he greeted her with- "Good morning, daughter of Satan." To which the girl quietly replied: "Good morning, father." Mr. Wangsgard-''Harry, whi great change took place during the world war?" Harry-"Dad bought ma a ne washboard." e n Students have not become ac diets yet to the crossword puf zle, but they are interested in thl completion of limericks such as- As a housewife Avas baking som pies, She dreamed of her hubby's sur prise a When he came home at night 1 And took a big bite GIRLS' MEETING j A number of girls' meetings will be held during the year. The first one Is scheduled for Wed­nesday morning, this week, at Central Junior, 8:30 to 9:15 o'clock. I AH girls are requested to be present. Mrs. Edward Bichsel will address the girls. . Mrs. Newcomb has on display m her room a very interesting document, an exact facsimile of the original Declaration of Inde­pendence, with the signature of the signers. The penmanship rather remarkable-quite as legi­ble as print and probably in the hand of John Hancock, inferred from comparison of signature with the document itself. THE FLAG CODE Teachers were fiven "The Flag Code" adopted at the National Flag conference, Washington, D. C., June 14-15, 1923, and also May 15, 1924, today, in connec­tion with Education week and will give the subject due consid­eration in all advisory periods to­morrow as a part of Patriotic day exercises. MOTHERS' TEA SUCCESS The mothers' tea given by the i Girls' association on Friday was a huge success. Evpressions of pleasure and delight were heard on every hand, for the oppor­tunity it gave teachers and moth­ers to meet; for the fine program; j for the beautiful decorations; for the dainty refreshments, and, most of all, for the lovely, splendid girls who planned and carried put the arrangements. More than two hundred guests were entertained during the after­noon. They were met in the halls by the sponsors in uniform and escorted to the assembly or to the rooms they wished to visit. A well planned program under the direction of Fannie Greenband was given during the assembly period and continued through the serving of the tea. Owing to the division of the cafeteria into class rooms there was no room available for the en­tertainment of the guests, out the decoration committee headed by Maurine Peck and Kathryn Wallace with their usual ingenui- j ty transformed the stage in the i assembly room into a Japanese tea garden, and here the guests were served throughout the after- i noon following the assembly. Miss Janet Farnsworth, Blanche Scowcroft, Louise Richardson and Mary Constance Alexander were in , charge of refreshments and serv- ' ing. Mrs. Franke, Miss Dobbs, j Miss Chesney and Miss Merrill poured. It would be impossible to name all whose enthusiasm and support ' , i made the afternoon pleasant and 1 profitable, but special mention must be made of Emma Beuhler, ! president of' the association, and Marjorie Allen, general chairman : for the tea. The Girls' association wishes to ' j' thank the John Scowcroft & Sons company for the delicious coffee, :1 which they so generously furnish- I ed and made for the tea. COLLIER'S PROGRAM 10.-Junior High Schools. 1 Readin' and, writin' and 'rith- i metic, the "common essentials" of i education, can for the most part now be asquired by the end of the sixth grade. By converting the next year to an experimental year to study each child as an individual problem, every young­ster can be given an opportunity, before the school lets go of him, to try his hand at something he likes and that he can learn to do well. The junior high school princi­ple-of special training - for the years of early adolescence-is sound. A school that stresses life interests, rather than college en­trance requirements, is of particu­lar value at this period of de­velopment. Every youngster can do something, if he likes it and L will keep at it, well .enough to succeed. For a school to "set him on his feet" by finding out V i what that something is, and giv- ; ing him a chance to acquire eon- a fidence and satisfaction through v doing it, is fine work. In coun- try districts as in cities, the junior high school, which is the logical i place for this try-out ;tvork, la s practicable. It la no more die ficult to have a "union" junior high than a senior high, such as t may be found in any state. 5 nov. 19 - '24 Ogden High School Notes Education week, November 17- 23. Wednesday, Teacher and School day. THE JOY OF TEACHING If an Agassiz found pleasure in digging among fossils in order to interpret prehistoric life; if Thoreau delighted in the study of bugs and beetles; if John Burroughs found joy in birds and bees; if Burbank was enraptured with his work of transforming a worthless cactus into an edible fruit, then by what term shall we designate the joy of the teacher, who works not with mere fossils, or btigs or beetles, nor with birds, bees or cacti, but with the child wno is at once the most complex, the most plastic, the most responsive, the most wonderful of all God's creation ? CONFIDENCE IN SCHOOLS The other side of the above thought is the tremendous re­sponsibility teachers assume in taking charge of the home's most precious possessions. Manifestly parents are interested above all things else in their boys and girls, and when they send them to school, or permit them to attend school they are saying literally, "We have confidence in the schools; we have faith in the teachers; the school is our great­est public institution; its is our ally, our helper, our friend; we support it with our means; we give it our moral support; we re­pose in it, and it alone, our ut­most faith and confidence." MUSIC RECITAL On Tuesday evening, next, No­vember 25, the music department of the high school, under the di­rection of Reed Gammell will give the first musical program of the year. The program will be varied and of high order. No admission charges-no collections. Belated jars of jam and jelly continue to find their way to the high school; they are looking for disabled soldiers. Not being able to find them, they will find their way to homes where they will be welcomed just 'fore Christmas. Chemistry students were much interested Tuesday in a demon­stration conducted by the instruc­tor of the manufacturing of chlorine gas, used with such dead­ly effect by the Germans during the war. . No students were killed. Astromomer W. H. Wright, at Lick Observatory, Calif., has dem­onstrated that the supposed moun­tains of snow on Mars are due to clouds, haze or other atmospheric phenomena. The atmosphere sur­rounding the planet, heretofore regarded as thin, is now proven to be dense. COUNCIL REPORT November 18. Meeting was called to order by the president. Roll was called, and the minutes- read and ap­proved. The motion was made and car­ried that the 15 appropriation for prizes in the contest for new yells shall be divided as follows: First prize, 7.50; second prize, 5.00; third prize, 2.50. ; : The judges in this contest will consist of the yell masters, mem­bers of the yell committee ap­pointed by the council, the council advisors, Mrs. Coolidge and Mr. Beeson, and the student body president. ! The question of appropriations j for staff ph6tographers was brought up by Mr. Reynolds, who j hoved that 5 be appropriated for each photographer, to cover his expenses. Motion carried . The constitution of the Stellae club was read by Erica Byrne, president of the order, who re­quested that the club be admit­ted to school activities. Motion made and carried that the Stellae club be admitted to school ac­tivities. The meetings of the council in the future shall be held on Tuesdays at 3 o'clock. Tuesday was Patriotism day and was observed throughout the j high school. In one class the students were asked to tell in a few sentences-10 minutes' time- their idea of patriotism. From the papers handed in, the follow­ing were selected at random. They show, we think, that youngsters are doing some pretty good think­ing, and have considerable ability in expressing their ideas. PATRIOTISM Patriotism means loyalty and allegiance to the country that we live in, showing itself in standing up for our flag, our ideas, and performing the privileges given to us by our government ana, above all, obeying the laws of pur country. -GORDON AGEE. Patriotism means more than j subscribing to loans and drives in times of war or peace. It means that one will sacrifice anything to uphold the honor and integrity of his country. It means the up­holding of the right in the face of all odds, of bearing any tor­ture or torment, of facing any shame or disgrace for the sake of right. Right means Chris­tianity and Christianity means the believing and doing of right. To show real patriotism it is j necessary to support one's home, i state and nation to the utmost of his courage and ability. It means "Service above self." -TALLMADGE BOYD. My idea of patriotism is, not of the man who hurrahs loudly at a public patriotic speech or who is always careful to take his hat off to the flag. Although these manifestations are all right, but is of the "the thinking, acting, i intelligent citizen. The man who is willing to go to war and fight for his country is of course patriotic, but patriot­ism involves even more than this. To be patriotic we must love our country and obey its laws, no matter whether we agree with them or not. We must not only have intelligence but knowledge, to act for the good of all. -HELEN TOLLEFSON. THE NEWER PATRIOTISM Patriotism can be either good or bad. It is more important to be conscious of humanity and of one's obligations to all mankind than it is to be for "my country right or wrong." ' "Above all nations is humahity." If one is a true world-citizen, hej automatically becomes an Ameri­can citizen, but too much patriot­ism disregards internationalism. I think the present agitation for preparedness for our country, without doing anything to pro­mote the peace and welfare of the j world, might lead to mad patriotism, even though it is meant well, j Our constitution is so made that j when we obey it, we obey the ; laws of the world at large; but when we become over-patriotic we j unconscientiously disregard our j constitution. It would not be a ! bad thing if Americans would en- ! deavor to , live by their constitu- ! tion. It would not be a bad thing if Americans would endeavor to-! live by their constitution and not ; die for it. -WILMA RUBENSTEIN. THE FORUM At the meeting of the forum on Monday, final arrangements were made for filling three of the five vacancies in a try-out nextMonday evening. Faculty judges will assist the members of the forum by making a, careful rating of each candidate on the basis of debating ability. GAMMA KAPPA ! On Saturday evening the mem­bers of Gamma Kappa had an unusually good time at a lively t club party held at the new home of one of its c members, Miss Thelma Jones, 2309 Van Buren ave­nue. Bunco and dancing to the s music of a . six-piece orchestra 3 were the two main diversions of the evening. Refreshments were c served later in the evening and 3 the boys disregarded the traditions of the club and washed the dishes. 3 A DEBATE I The-members of- the Diaet, Mrs. " Newcomb's seventh period English class, were' entertained by an in- teresting debate Monday. The subject was: "Resolved, That the ! United States .Should Maintain a Larger and More Efficient Navy."