TEAMS REMAIN INSIDE LEAGUE Nov 24 O. H. S. Draws Up Ath­letic Pact With East and West Highs 1V1 ore interesting competition in athletics will be afforded follow- I ers of interscholastic sports in Salt Lake and Ogden as Uie re­sult of! an agreement made today between the East and West High schools of Salt Lake an i ihe Og­den High school. No definite action was taken at the meeting last Saturday, which was called to form a new league. The three teams mentioned agreed to meet annually in ath­letic competition inside the State association. This move will bring back the i competition that made the three schools famous in past years. Under this plan each team will ! play each of the other teams i twice during the fall, ones on the home lot and once away. Thus Ogden High would play East and West at Lorin Farr park and then make two invasions of Salt Lake. In basketball the same rule will apply. The scheduling of games with the teams will be made during the week. "The teams decided that they 1 would remain as members of the j state organization," said Princi­pal A. M. Merrill of the Ogden High school today. "Under the new arrangement, however, we believe that better competition will be afforded the followers of the various branches of athletics, and this will also mean much more for the players and students. "The agreement which was drawn up today and which will be signed by the school authori­ties of the three schools means ; much to athletics in Ihe future. : It means a revival of old times for sports between the three lead- ; ing schools of the state. "Ogden officials, students and players a.re elated over this ac- i tion. It means success financial- j ly as well as athletically." MAY 'OUTLAW' FOUR SCHOOLS Dec 1 - 24 State Association Calls Special Meeting of Committee Four schools of the Utah High School Athletic association may oe "outlawed" from thstate organ­ization at the special meeting of the executive committee at Salt Lake late today. The schools in question are Ogden, East, West and Provo. These institutions have been dis­pleased with the piannei in which the state organization has been operated and have drawn up spe­cial schedules for the year in bas­ketball, together with games with­in their own divisions. The East-West schools last week refused to book games with the L. D. S. as long as James Moss re­mained as president of the state organization and an instructor at that school. The executive committee today may bar the four schools from competing with other schools of the organization. If this step is taken, it is expected that other schools will register a complaint, which in due time will bring the matter to a climax. In case Ogden, East, West and Provo are barred, there is some possibility of three other schools joining them in a new state organ­ization which would include only the major high schools of the btate. Dec 2 - 24 Ogden High School Notes Report cards for the second term will be sent out tomorrow, j Students are to take the reports home, have them signed by par- i ents and returned to the advisory teacher on Thursday. THEATRE PARTIES On Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock all high school students are to have an opportunity to see and hear. Charles Cranford Gorst, the famous birdman, at th& Alhambra theatre. Mr. Gorst is in Utah as one of the entertainers in the Lyceum course of the Uni­versity of Utah, and it was only by chance that Ogden had the opportunity of securing Mr. Gorst for an afternoon engagement. Mr. Goss of the Orpheum the­atre is making special concessions to all students tq witness "The Sea Hawk" this afternoon and to­morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Ogden City teachers were guests of Mr. Skinner of the Co­lonial theatre during Thanksgiv­ing recess to witness an excep­tional picture, "Richard, the Lion Hearted." This courtesy was very much appreciated. CLUB WORK AT THE SCHOOL There are many clubs and or­ganizations connected with the Ogden High school and these a.re doing some very fine work. The idea is that a group of students who find themselves particularly interested in any line of work, shall organize for the purpose of outside and more serious study than the class room affords. This gives students opportunity to de­velop initiative, to study intensive- ! ly, to function as officers and J leaders, and s very helpful in many ways. Such organizations are encouraged by the faculty, who are not at all averse to every student joining some organization j a in line of his interests, for the sake of the training and devel- i opment these organizations give. Each club selects two interested faculty members to act as spon­sors and edvisors. SUCCESSFUL PARTY j The first real dancing party of 51 the year was given last Wednesday night at the Berthana. The party ' was sponsored by the Junior class S and was voted a genuine success. , Principal and Mrs. Merrill, Vice Principal Gertrude Coolidge and escort, Miss Helen Cortez and es­cort, Misses Etta Nelson and Grace Atkinson chaperoned the j party. l Only three weeks before the Christmas Classicum is to be out, and the staff appeals to all students to hand in their very best contributions this week, so that 1 this issue shall reflect highest L possible credit upon the school. PRIZE WINNERS 1 Word was received at high L school today that six of the eight " local prizes offered by the Utah Power & Light company in the ' home lighting contest were award­ed to high school students. Of ; the other two prizes one went to Central Junior and the other, to the School for the Blind. The ! ; names of winners are not divulged ' j as yet, as the essays must be ,for- r i warded today to Salt Lake to j compete for the district prizes. I; The grading of the papers was j I done by special committees of . the power company and their markings and papers were then i submitted to a committee con- ' j sisting of Principal Merrill, Rev. John Edward Carver and Frank Francis for final adjudication. ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY The assembly will be held at ;! 12:45 o'clock Friday of this week j and will be under the auspices of th j H. C. club. The club will endeavor to furnish a spicy, pep­pery program-one that will sat­isfy everybody. AN OUNCE WISE AND A POUND FOOLISH At this season of the year there is a rush in business. Students sometimes find it possible to get 1 a job for a week or so just be­fore Christmas, and some of them are disposed to stay out of school to grab the job with the idea that they can "make it up." Instead of being able to "make it up" : they get hopelessly behind, lose j interest and either fail entirely or lower their standing. Our ad­vice is "stay with the school; do not leave it for a day; you can­not afford to do it. For you now, school is the most serious ! business in the world. Don't be an ounce wise and a pound fool- i ish." NEW FORUM MEMBERS After 28 ballots the other night the following members were elect- ! ed to membership in the club: Hal Armstrong, John Griffin and George Glen. At a meeting Monday night ar­rangements were made for a second try-out for membership, there being two vacancies. The try-out will be held in two weeks, the contest subject being, "Re­solved That the Ogden High School Should Have a -Mandatory Student Fee of Five Dollars." MILITARY DEPARTMENT The following appointments and promotions are hereby announced in the Reserve Officers' Training corps, Ogden Senior High school, effective this date: To be second lieutenants: First Sergeants Jerome Whitton, Dayrel Smith, Clarence Manning; Chester Hyland; Sergeants War­ren Cross, William Brown. To be sergeant in present com­pany: Private Raymond Read. To be corporals in present company: Privates Clifford Wild, Albert Groesbeke, Clarence Saw­yer, Morris Allen. This was announced December 1 by Carl J. Dockler, cavalry captain, D. O. L. P. M. S. and T. Company E (South Washington) won the guidon for the month of November with an average ol 99.93 per cent. This means that there was but one absence of one boy recorded against the entire company for the entire month. OLGA PETROVA At assembly on Wednesday las 1 students were very much interest ' ed in Dr. Carver's narration o . I stories of men who have rise; -Ml above poverty and adverse condi .li tions to positions of prominenc 1 , r Perhaps humanity has no mor absorbing theme than this: "How one may rise from lower to ever higher and higher stations in life." Two weeks ago Ogden people saw at the Orpheum, Olga Petrova, at once one of the most delightful, charming, admirable personalities that graces not only the American stage, but American life. Only a few Ogden people were fortunate enough to come into closer contact with this wonderful woman. In Salt Lake, however, the school people and club people took advantage of the opportunity to have Madam Petrova meet with the student bodies and clubs to give wider ex­pression to her wisdom, charm and personality. In consequence, j hundreds of people felt a dis- tinct uplift by a more intimate ! contact with this fine type of heroism and optimism. Now comes the December American with the romantic story of the unwanted child in a Polish home-the ugly duckling whose early life was so unhappy and miserable as to lead .to an attempt at suicide at the age of seven-whose "teens" and early twenties were marked by ob­scurity, poverty, failure, and yet also by a grim determination and ambition which launched Olga at last on a career of success and prominence that has rarely, if ever, been surpassed. Let every one, student, teacher, parent, citizen, who sometimes be­comes discouraged with his lot, and who does not, read this won­derful story of hope, work, hero­ism and achievement. It is the life history of such i people as Olga Petrova that has j made America what is is, that j gives ' hope, courage, significance to human life everywhere. HAMLET IN HIGH SCHOOL What, he reprimands me, For a theme I did not write I assured him, 'twas my best Intention to hand it in to him Yesterday: Told him I had Thought deeply on the subject, But, egad, that did not Hold him; and in a speech, Of wordy length, he let loose upon me Such a torrent of eloquent advice, As I have not heard before, Saying that no mark Would be forecoming if it were not In at least today. "Trust me one more day," I pleaded, "One day' -uore of penitent grace, To atone n,y thoughtless folly And erase that failing mark." Yes, I shall write it Tonight. I have dallied, now, too long. But, alas, I had forgotten that tonight, The fair Ophelia, for her brother, Gives a party. Doubtless, my instructor, If he heard, Would garrulously contend That a theme is more important Than a party, though, I trust, If he were in my place, He. too, would forget his Extenuated advice, and Cast studies to the winds, ! With the thought That, somehow, he could let things Slip just one more day. Yet, he is right, when he says : I must write this theme tonight., j But, somehow, the party's en- j trancing, . And to see Ophelia is more than ! delight. MARGARET STIMSON. Dec 4 - 24 Ogden High School Notes Mr. Beeson was indisposed Wednesday and was unable to report a.t ; school. His class work was con- j , ducted by advanced pupils. The Alpha Omega club had an interesting meeting Wednesday afternoon after which refresh- j ments were served. They remem- I bered also the hard working cast ; m room' 305 with dishes of ice ' cream. i The students and teachers of Ogden high welcome Mr. Irvine to the School directorate. We ask fori j ourselves only that Mr. Irvine ex- j tend to high school the same good j will and encouragement that hi3 j i predecessor, Mr. Levedahl, gave us. : j Ogden congratulates herself on her. j safe, sound, progressive school j board members. At basketball games Wednesday' night the Junors; beat the sopho­mores and the faculty beat the se­niors. PERTINENT QUESTION. In the December number of the .' Journal of National Education association, Dr. W. C. Bagiey asks the j questibn: "Is it just 1o tax a state j in proportion to its wealth for the education of all the children .of the nation?" By as clear and clean cut argUr ment as one can find anywhere Dr. Bagley answers the question in the affirmative. In the article he calls attention to these startling facts: The five richest states had an average annual income in 1919 of 3,356 per child; the five poorest states only 960. The five richest states spent 350.37 in 1920 for the education of each child; the five poorest only 10.75. The average yearly income of the United States is 65,000,000,000; expenditures in 1922 for public elementary and secondary education were 1,580,671,296. A person without education has one chance in 161,290 of achieving distinction. A person with a, high school education has one chance in 1,606