Arthur Froerer and Byron Crittendon the affirmative, Edward Woods and Allan Hampton resented the negative judges gave the de- e negative. The following is a type of the Composition work that is being developed in English classes ajt the high school. Isn't it pretty A WARM FRIEND ; Have you fever been friendly with a radiator? That mute iron giant that sits year in and year out under a lofty window or re- poses bashfully in some dark corner. But do you not some¬times curse the boast when its affectionate ieart turns cold and its many organs become clammy bergB? And, again, have you never craved to embrace it, to caress it, or actually to pat its! ! chocka? There is no doubt in my mind, j however, that I am not alone in my irrational sentiments, for this dumb burner possesses a mag- netlc power that the human body cannot resist. However, I'll admit, that at times, I loathe this friend, de¬spise and detest its characteristics. For suddenly, without reason, treason enters its heart and my noble companion defies the most skilled janitor by playing indis¬posed for the time being. Then 1 to complete one's abhorrence, j 1 he immortal Idiot chooses that! frlRld morning in January when even the "esteemed" teakettle re- fuses to function. Nevertheless, ignoring this j weakness, 1 am ever ready to; claim the radiator as a warm- j hearted friend. i —RUTH FISHER. SEES NEED OF MORE SCHOOLS Improvements On Ogden's Buildings Total 906,000 Ogden's educational needs were interestingly told at the weekly - meeting of the Ogden Rotary club today by Dr. Edward I. Rich, a member of the board of education. He urged tho con¬solidation of the city and county schools, told of the need of a new senior high school, the need of a new grade school building on I the east bench and tlio need of (i new junior high school struc- . ture. , "We should have a new high school as good, as either of the two splendid high schools in Salt Lake," said Dr. Rich. "Consoli¬dation of the city and county schools would result perhaps in a structure of this nature:'' Schools of the country, he said, s re fulfilling that part of the constitution which says that all men are created equal. "Today there is no excuse for children not getting a good edu¬cation," said Dr. Rich. , IN SEVEN YEARS. In his address he told of school conditions in Ogden in 1017 and Improvements which have been made since that time to better facilities and conditions for the students. "In 1917 the Five Points school had a stove in every room, a brick floor, and other conditions which were unsanitary" said Dr. Rich. "We have expended 20,000 there in improvements without adding any new rooms. "The school now has a modern heating plant, first class class rooms and a good ventilating sys¬tem. A total of 146,000 has been expended in improvements at .Mound Fort school, which now has a capacity of 1,200 students. The building is well equipped with a splendid gymna.sium. "The Dee school ,was con¬structed at an expense of 17,000 and 15,600 was necessary to make absolutely necessary repairs. "Only minor repairs have been necessary at Lorin Farr. In 1917 the Madison housed 500 students, the building being old. The board spent 64,000 in improvements at that school, which now handles i'60 students. HIGH FIGURES. "Improvements to flocrs and stairways and other repairs cost 14,000 at the Quincy ,school. Sev¬eral years ago the Central Junior High school was known as the Gordon academy. A total of 295,000 was spent at a time when building was high to give the city a first class junior high school. "The South Washington was an old building with sections added from time to time until the archi¬tects said it would fali to pieces. Two new wings have been added at a cost of 235,000, which makes the school comfortable in every detail. "In 1917 the West Ogden school was a two-room frame shanty. It ( now has four nice spacious rooms and space for the erection of four new rooms. "Thus 906,000 has been ex¬pended on school building im¬provements." "Where does the money go? Practically 4-6 of all school ex¬penditures are for the payment of teachers' salaries. One-sixth goes for operating expenses and one-sixth for the interest on the j bonds and sinking fund. "The per capita cost last year in the Ogden High school was 91.27 as compared with 140.15 in the East-West high schools. The per capita cost in all of the city schools in Ogden last year was 60.48 as compared with 86.00 in Salt Lake and 76 for the state." ' A comparison of salaries of teachers in Ogden schools with those of Salt Lake showed that the Ogden instructors have the edge. Since 1917, teachers' salaries have been increased 50 per cent, Dr. Rich said. Before that period teachers were leaving the system. A comparison of high school students in 1917 as compared with today showed that 743 were en¬rolled then while more than 2000 are attending now. HAS LARGE DEBT "The bonded indebtedness of Ogden schools is 968,000 and our limit is three per cent of the tax valuation within the city, or 1,164,935; thus 194,000 is still available," said Dr. Rich. "A total of 63,000 will also be available next June for the sinking fund." He said the budget for the 1924-25 year is 693,000. STILWELL RETURNS Ray Olson, commander of Her¬man Baker post No. 9 of the American legion, urged the Rotary club members to support the cam¬paign for the American Red Cross. 4 President J. E. Carver also urged the members to get behind the movement. O. J. Stilwell, who has been ill for several weeks, was given a welcome by the club members. Nov 20 -24 Ogden High School Notes Education week, November 17- 23. Thursday, Illiteracy day. Slogan for the week: "Visit the Schools Today." Quite a number of parents vis¬ited the school Wednesday. A large number will probably be in today, and we look for a "raft" of them 011 Friday. They are very welcome. ITEMS ABOUT ILLITERACY Six per cent of the population of our country over 10 years of age have had no schooling what-i. ever. In 1920 there were 4931,905s persons over 10 years of age who could not wite. The American ideal—equal edu¬cational opportunities for all. The first issue of the Quarter¬ly will be out on Wednesday, November 26. FIRST PARTY On Wednesday ev ening, next, the first real party of the year will be given at the Berthana. The party will " be given under the direction of the junior class. The regular meeting of the H. C. club was being held this af¬ternoon in room No. 211. 1 At assembly tomorrow there ' will be an address on some edu- l cational topic by some promi- t nent citizen, probably Judge J. A. Howell. A good musical program e is being arranged, y ARMSTRONGS GET THE PRIZE The high school prize for _ model patrons goes to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Armstrong. These good people heeded the "Visit the school today" slogan and came together and met every teacher of their two boys in high school. Their visit is much appreciated and we cite it here as an ex- ample of the very thing that all parents should do. EVERY ONE A TEACHER x Whoever rwe are, wherever we J are," we are influencing and af¬fecting the lives of those about us; in this stnse we are teach- ' ers for good or ill. This thought 5 is wonderfully brought out in 1 the drama, "The Third Floor j Back," by Jerome K. Jerome. ; It pictures a boarding house lit- ' erally filled with malcontents, a satyr, a coward, a bully, a shrew, a huzzy, a rogue, a cad, a cat, a snob, a slut, a cheat—when a new boarder—a wanderer, a stranger, a passer-by—comes to occupy a roam in the third floor back, and by the force o'f his personality, his optimism, his fac¬ulty of seeing and admiring the good in others, he succeeds in transforming every one of these persons into real genuine likable Jcharacters. The process by which this is accomplished is very sim¬ple, and can be used by every me. Yes, truly, we are teachers —all. A LADY TEACHER HAS REACHED A DECISION There is at least one lady teacher at the high school who has concluded that under no cir¬cumstances will she commit mat¬rimony. We are not suro that she is the author of the following, but anyway she says it's a fair j exposition of the animal's char¬acteristics and that she'll have none of him. Listen, she says: Men are what women marry. They have two hands, two feet and sometimes two wives, but never more than one collar or one idea at a time. Making a husband out of a man is one of the highest plastic arts known to civilization. It requires sense, faith, hope and charity—especially charity. If you flatter a man, you scare ! him to death, and if you don't j you bore him to death. If you permit him to make love to you. he gets tired in the end; and if ; you don't permit him to make j i love to you, he gets tired of you in the very beginning. i If you wear gay colors and j ; rouge and a startling hat, he hesi- j tates to take you out; and, if j you wear a little brown toque and a tailor-made suit, he takes I you out and stares all evening at women in gay colors, rouge and ; startling hats. 1 If you are of the "clinging vine" type, he doubts whether you have a brain, and if you are a modern woman, advanced and i independent, he doubts whether you have a heart. If you are j silly, he longs for a bright mate, 1 ; 1 and if you are brilliant he longs j for a stupid one. If you are popular with other men, he is jealous, and if you are not, he resitates to marry a wall¬flower. Oh-—Darn me, anyhow. —ANN ANYMOUS. MY COMPANION IN JOYS We have all read of people's ideas of a comforter, but have , you ever wondered .what or who their companion in joys was? 1 have, and have discovered that mine is an extremely odd and perhaps silly individual. It is my i bed. No matter what my petty hap¬piness .may be, I rush to my bed to confide in it through surely physical exertion. If my joy is calm and pensive, I sit passively on the edge of the square, white bed spread, stroking the snowy coverlet, and murmuring soft j nothings to the thin air. If I am : uncontrollably happy, I indulge j in a gloating shriek or two and bounce madly upon the bed, until ! the creaking springs remind me ! that my avordupois is not so fairy-like as it used to be. You may argue that this is purely savage, and tffSt as a member of the civilized race I should not express my emotions in such a madcap manner. True, all too true, but search deep into your memory. Is there not a II person, place, or object to which you relate .all your joys? 'Oh! I believe there is! —MARIAN URE. nov 21 - 24 Ogden High School Notes FOOTBALL TEAM TO PRACTICE HERE. The following telegram was re- 1 ceived at high school this morn- in g: "The football team of the University of Nevada will be in Ogden Monday morning on its way jj to Idaho and wishes to work out on your field if allowable. Please ' wire if permissible. B. Keating, j manager." Permission, of course, was grant- ed and "surely; glad to have you" '- was wired back. Claude Snooks will give a bari¬tone solo at the industrial school on Sunday. Cards, are out today inviting par¬ents and friends to the musical to be given in j:he high school next Tuesday evening. A LITTLE PREACHMENT ABOUT SIN. Ordinarily the subject of sin is one that is discussed in church. It is not often mentioned in school. Yet there is a "sin" we are not sure but that is the only sin in the world—that is ever present in school life. This sin is "not to do , one's best." The student is indulg- i ing in this sin whenever he is just "getting by" with his daily lesson ; assignment. The foundation of all education is growth from within— I growth through exercise, growth through effort. Education means ! growth. It means ability to do a j little better today than we did yes- . terday. We do a little better -today because of the knowledge, the wis-dom, the power that came to us in doing well the work of yesterday. A student violates the law of j his own being whenever he ' as- ! sumes that he is doing his daily : task for the teacher and does just j enough to satisfy the teacher—just j enough to "get by." One of the first things that every teacher should teach, and that every student should learn is that learning is a process that pertains wholly solely to the learner; the school is established, not to teach the facts of history, sciences, literature, art or whatnot, but to fur¬nish opportunity to use the facts as tools, implements to promote growth, development. The joy of learning consists wholly in being J able to do a little better today than j we did yesterday. The joy of ac- ! complishment is the joy that at- j laches to the exultation, the pride, j the satisfatcion that one finds in I his daily work. NAUGHTY KNOT. A naughty knot formed on my worn shoe lace. It was one of those little tight knots, a naughty knot. The knot, being a little tight knot, was a hard knot to untie and a corker when it came to eating up time. I was in a hurry, for the alarm had failed to do its part. It made me angry, to think the alarm clock and the knot would-unite and cause i .such a painful delay. Then, the cold crispness of the morning air died not encourage my fingers in the tedious task of untieing the I ornery knot; though my fingers: would not function my tongde was I very able.