Carpe Diem, the name meaning ! "Enjoy t he ' present day." The girls came to the conclus- j ion that the boys had cont'd of: i he majority of clubs at school, j so they immediately got busy and organized a club of their own. j They are determined to make this 1 club to over the top and want the j support of all the girls, especial- j ly those who are interested in sports. ; So come on ye girls! Show: what you are made of and make! Curpe Diem ring through the halls1 of the Ogden High school. WHY ADVERTISE SCHOOLS? Should anyone ask why this daily column, we may say, "That the people may know; recog­nize the school as a puolic in­stitution and we are solicitous that the. people may know of the work, plans, ideals, hopes, ol this lax-supported plant. is grad­ ually becoming apparent every­where that the people should be given full and explicit informa­tion about their public institu­tions. In the words of Mr. Fred Charles in one of our metropoli­tan newspapers, "Effective school publicity does not consist of an occasional frenzied splurge or campaign to get a bond israe put over, but a day by day presen­tation of the schools as they real­ly are. "The American people believe : in, and will support to the limit, their public schools, but their support is predicated upon their i understanding. They wil; vote vour bond issues and your tax . ievies when they are convinced! that the welfare of their children ; i is at stake. - They will not for- ! i ever vote their money for gingerbread ornaments on school i houses, or for purposes which, j they cannot understand.; THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Dec 9 - 24 Ogden High School Notes The football banquet is set for a v, eek from tonight, 7 o'clock, at high school. Indications are that the Orpheum will be pretty well filled tomorrow night at the school Play, it should be, as this an­nual play is much better than many of the road shows at which much higher prices are charged. We invite people to come to our play, but we do not insist or entreat. ye simply offer them j the worth of their money. EAST-WEST BARRED j At a meeting of executive board I of control, U. A. A., Monday nignt, (the East, and West high schools jor Salt Lake were barred from the state association. This was i ; not all; the board decreed also jtnat any school that plays with j either East or West after December 19 shall be - automatically i dropped from the association. We I presume this means especially Ogden and Provo, who have here­tofore agreed to play with them. SPIRIT OF THE INQUISITION There's something in the ruling ot U. A. A. that smacks of au­tocracy and persecution. Any or­ganization _ may expel its mem- ! lf 11 so desires but its juris- j fiction stops there. This spirit of boycott doeen't appeal to us at i j Its un-American and un­democratic. What if we should j suspend a student from school Jand then say, "We shall suspend, iany student who speaks or plays! With the Offender." We do not take kindly to that sort of doctrine GIRLS' MEETING j j Tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock all girls of the high school will meet in Central Junior i 1 to listen to a health talk to be j : given by Mrs. L. S. Merrill, for-j merly superintendent of nurses at 1 the Dee hospital. GOITRE PREVENTION Steps are being taken today at ! the high school to give treatment under the direction of the school : j physician. Dr. Barrett, for pre- i 1 vention of: goitre. Dr. Barrett ( ; is much interested in this work j ! and hopes that parents will re- spond seriously to the situation. He wishes it distinctly understood j that this is not a "treatment for goitre" but a treatment for "prevention of goitre" which is be- ! coming altogether too prevalent i in the state. The medical profession is united ! in the belief that goitre is caused by lack of iodine in the blood, j and the supply of iodine furnished I to the students will meet the cte- ! ficiency and prevent the forma- ! tion of goitre. J Helen Wilson lost her purse on ' 11 the street car Monday. The purse! j contained a five-dollar bill and I some small change. Fortunately ; the purse was picked up by the I right sort of high school boy, who j promptly handed it in at the office. It was soon reclaimed by the owner. FOR FATHERS ONLY , Does your son know you as vou i are? Do yoju know your son? Does he tell his innermost j secrets to you? Do you ever go hiking with I your boy? 1 Is it a fifty-fifty deal? j. You want him to do things j : for you; what are you doing for ; ; him ? 1 a Your responsibility goes beyond ! j the providing of food, clothing, ; shelter and educatoin. ; He is one of the citizens of to­morrow, perhaps a statesman. THERE ARE OTHERS We spoke the other day about pupils who cheat themselves by just "getting by" with their teachers. In the Muldoon article , mentioned recently, we find the ' story of adults who do the same J thing. There came to Muldoon's institute a celebrated novelist and j a millionaire doctor to be taught j how to live. The novelist was i fat; the doctor was lean. The novelist was given his dinner, a ! very small portion of lean meat, j plenty of green vegetables, a very small potato and one little roll, while the doctor had a large por­tion of fat meat, a big baked po­tato, and plenty ' of broad and butter. Each wanted what the other one had, so they secretly j exchanged plates-to fool Muldoon. The , latter, discovering their little scheme, sgid: "Don't think 1 am unaware of what has ' been going on at this table. I j want to say to you two men, if i you want to stay here, you'll have j to cut it out! Here's a man wno is a writer, and supposed to have j a little horse sense. Yet he 1 hasn't brains enough to see that : when I plan a thing it is for ihis I benefit and not for mine." MILITARY VS. CIVIC COURAGE Military courage is fine; but it i is not fine enough. It is heroic but it is not heroic enough. The courage of war is not mighty enough to win the victories of peace. The whole world is wait­ing for the development of a higher form of courage. The world can never 'be made what it ought to be by the use of physical force. The world can be made what it ought to be only by men who think and act like God. The world is plagued and tor­mented today by its cowardice. We are bound by all sorts of slaveries, and we lack the cour­age to break our shackles. We are lorded over by insolent and galling aristocracies and despotisms, and have not the courage : to pull them down. We are tied : hand and foot by outgrown tradi­tions and stupid conventionalities, J and have not the heroism to set i ourselves free. i CHARLES E. JEFFERSON, Good Housekeeping. Dec 10-24 Ogden High School Notes CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS. Monday and Tuesday next, De­cember 15 and 16, have been desig­nated as days in which students1 may bring offerings-fruits, jams, jellies, vegetables, provisions of all1 sorts-as Christmas offerings for' j the poor , of Ogden. These will be I gathered and distributed under the direction of the Children's Aid so­ciety. PLAY TONIGHT. Tonight the high school presents Booth Tarkington's comedy, "Clar­ence," in the Orpheum theatre. This promises to be one of the most finished productions the school has ever presented. DEBATE TO BE BROADCASTED. All interested in the Utah-Oxford debate on Saturday evening, this week, should iearn of a meth- of hearing it at home. The de­bate is "Resolved, That this house condemns the policy of France toward Germany since the war." The debate is to be broadcasted by j KFPI. If you wish to hear it . tune in at 268 meters. VALUABLE BOOKLETS. George Bergstrom of the auto- , mechanics department has received J complimentary set of booklets "Short Cuts to Power Transmission," from the Flexible Steel Lac- ! ing company, Chicago. These con- j tain valuable class work material, and are much appreciated by Mr. Bergstrom. TEACHERS' DINNER. Miss Etta Nelson of the high j sch-ool entertained the teachers of j! home economics at dinner in the j ; Spanish room of the Reed hotel Tuesday night. Aside from get- j ting acquainted, the teachers took occasion to talk over plans for their work. Those present in addition to the hostess, were: Margaret Smurthwaite, Helen Pixton, Claramay Browning, Josephine Kaufman, Florence Meyer, Matilda Hart, Orissa Burton, Margaret Corless, : Merle Chipman. j THE DIAET. At the meeting of the Diaet Mon­day afternoon, the question, "Re­solved that the Monroe Doctrine as a form of foreign policy should be abolished," was debated. Conrad Stanley and Maechel Scott were the speakers for the affirmative, and Milan Stevens and Godfrey Morgan for the negative. The judges j gave a "unanimous decision for the . f negative. VALUE OF AN EDUCATION. The cash value of a college edu­cation is 72,000, according to a re­cent report based on a long study I of the earning capacity of college graduates. The cash value of a 1 high school education is placed by the report at 33,000. THE. SCHOOLS' BIG ASSET. An institution is more or less like an individual: it has both reputa­tion and character. Frequently the j latter suffers on account of ill ! : gotten reputation. It is doubtful, : 1 however, whether either an indiv- idual or an institution ever attains l! a better reputation than it has . j character. The reason for this lies t n the disposition of mankind to 't I see and magnify evil, and to fail ! to see and appreciate the good. 3 j It is perhaps due to the fact tliter r j character lags behind reputation, ' that students are appealed to so I frequently to support the good j name of the school for however good the school may be in reality. ! there is always danger that its rep- ; utation will hardly equal it. THE FORUM. At our meeting Monday night there was an interesting debate be­tween Casper Woods and Jack Irv­ing, the two being admitted' to the waiting list. The club is planning a trip to Salt Lake on December 13 to hear : the international debate 'between Oxford and the University of Utah. I Malcolm Macdonald, son of the late I prime minister of England, is a , member of the Oxford team. The members are looking forward to this trip with a great deal of inter­est. Next week will be held the try- outs for tjie two remaining vacan- I cies. Those eligible to compete are1' Reid Ames, Jack Craven, Scott Kellogg, Jack Irving, Billy Gunnell, John Cragun, Edward Hall, and Warren Cross. The question, is: "Resolved, That the Ogden High school should adopt a mandatory student body fee of 5." There has been a great deal of interest in the tryouts this year and we expect close competition Monday night. ENGLISH SYSTEM OF DEBAT­ING. The English system of judging a debate to be tried out in Utah for j j the first time on Saturday night j ! is unique. The members of 1 he J audience will be given slips before I the debate, asking to check the fol-j lowing points (1) Strongly in favor I Of proposition, (2) mildly in favor of the proposition, (3) mildly op­posed to the proposition, (4) strongly opposed to the proposition. At the conclusion of the debate similar slips will be passed, and the slips from both compared and tallied to ascertain which side suc­ceeded in changing opinions of the greatest number. PEDAGOGY. In a discussion at faculty meet­ing the other night the point was made that a "threat is a challenge." If only parents and teach-' ers could realize how true this is j ; and how useless it is to scold, jand to nag, and to threaten, and j to preach, the cause of real educa-1 tion would be considerably ad- j vanced. The teacher's remark re-j minds of a little incident reported i by an old school master. Speak-1 ing of his own experience he said: ; "When we got the new desks in! our school, back home, our teacher seemed very anxious to have, j them kept in their virgin state, and j became quite animated as he walked up and down the aisle ful­minating against the possible of­fender. In the course of his sulphuric remarks he threatened con-j dign punishment upon the base mis­creant who should dare use his penknife on one of those deslft. His address was equal to a„course in 'Paradise Lost,' nor was it without its effect upon the audi­ence. Every boy in the room felt in his pocket to make sure that it contained his knife, and every one began to wonder just where he would find the whetstone when he went home. Henceforth wood carv­ing was a part of the regular order in our school, but it was done with­out special supervision. Of course, every boy could prove an alibi when his own desk was under observa­tion." WHO HAS A RIGHT TO LIFE? They say that we are free in America; yet it seems to us that we have yet other battles to fight before we shall be free from , prejudice, hatred, bigotry, narrow­ness, selfishness, and some few other vices that characterize hu­manity. There are still sime peo­ple who would hold the lasn over you and whip you into line. A conspicuous example is the Utah High School Athletic association, which, not being satisfied with dropping East, and West High schools out of the association, must pursue them now with "scorpions" and must ostracize any school which dares to schedule a game with them. Ogden has scheduled her divis­ional games, has met every require­ment of the state association, has in times past suffered humiliation j and unjust punishment at the I hands of Boss Moss to remain in and sustain the assocaition, but now the autocrat and his clique have decreed that if Ogden plays with naughty East or West, she too shall be driven from the associa­tion. In our opinion an organization that cannot stand on its merits is unworthy of existence in free America. An organization must have its rules, to be sure, but whenever it transcends its author-! ity by creating rules which have only for ttnir purpose the preven­tion of life or existence outside its organization, it seems to us about time to call a halt. Ogden will abide by a., the rules and regula-1 tions that pertain to the organiza­tion within itself, but when it comes to the point that the offi­cials of the organization dictate what she shall do and what she shall not do beyond this, we insist that they are superseding their authority, are manifesting an auto­cratic spirit that savors too much of Germany or the old iniquisition days of Spain to be tolerated ixf free America.