Dec 11-24 Ogden High School Notes THE SCHOOL PLAY. By general acclamation the play presented Wednesday night was one of the most finished success­ful presentations the school has ever attempted. The play itself is far removed from the melodramat­ic and the ludicrous which charac- terizes so many plays nowadays, and requires character delineation and subtlety of act-ng. that very- few amateurs would dare to at­tempt. h The fine thing about the play is that high school youngtsers can be I to skillfully trained as to attempt ! .uch difficult roles and can suc- ceed so well. Every member of the I cast is entitled to high praise and commendation as also the instruc­tor. The play reflects credit upon all participants and the school it- i self. The opirJion of Ogden hign school must have been raised at least a notch in the m;nd of any­one who witnessed that most splen­did production. The added features of the pres­entation the announcers, singers, entertainers, etc., helped to make every moment pleasant and de­lightful. The student body was out in force and played their part as auditors' and spectators in a high- ly Satisfactory manner. The teachers, board of education, super­intendent and patrons and all con­cerned are expressing appreciation today of the high morale and spirit j of the school. Teachers are complimenting Miss Beck today also on the fact that the arduous task of putting on the j school play was accomplished with i practically no interference with ; -egular school work. Although ;hose taking pait spent a great i ,nany hours in rehearsing for the production, they kept up with reg­ular school work and missed prac- : t-cally no classes. OGDEN HIGH IS HIGH. In a compilation of attendance j records for city schools in Novem- ber, made recently by Supt. W. K. Hopkins, Ogden high was found to , have attained first place with an ' i average daily attendance of 956 per cent. The competition w close and keen, the Dee school coming second witii an average of 95.5 per cent. The attendance and punctuality in all schools were very satisfactory and Supt Hopkins has expressed his appreciation of the results achieved. TYPICAL COMMENT. The following note received by Miss Beck this morning from the assistant superintendent of schools is typical of the sort of complimenj pouring in from all quarters: k Ogden, Utah, Dec. 11, 1924 Dear Miss Beck: .g ; Sorry I cannot see you thie i morning to tell you how vei "splendid the play was. Spokik ; words are so much "fuller" i- i warmth than written words; tbr I play was a wonderful success. V 'are very' proud oi v Jti and yo 1 girls and boys. Most sincerely, IDA FITZSIMMONS Mrs. Beck of American Fork from American Fork tc wi; ne.?.5 and enjoy the school play. R In addition to appreciation the work of the caa1, Miss Beck wishes also to express her deep ap­preciation to the manager, Tom Johnson, who handled the business end of the performance in a very j satisfactory manner. Miss Annette Goodwin, a former' instructor in English, visited the high school Wednesday. Miss Goodwin is on hep- way to California to spend the wintei. GAMMA KAPPA PRIZE. The judges for Gamma Kappa prize Christmas story contest con­sisting of Mrs. W. R Ernmett, Mrs. C. C. Wilson and Frank Francis, rendered their decision Wednesday night. The prize goes to Garff Wilson. THE HEARST SHOOT. I The following letter concerning the Hearst rifle conest is of in- terest to Ogden: Subject: National Rifle Competi­tion. To: P. M. S. & T„ Ogden Senior High School, Ogden, Utah. I The National Rifle competition between units of the Reserve Of­ficers' Training Corps in high schools will be continued this year along the same lines as that o last year. William Randolph Hearst, who awarded the handsome trophies and medals, has asked me to again invite you to enter' ofte or more teams. In connection with this, it has been the policy of Mr. Hearst's pa- pers to give publicity to eve-ry unit possible. i The preliminary outline of the rules is enclosed with this letter. The final and detailed rules gov­erning the competition will be for­warded with the official targets, which will be sent you from this office upon the receipt of your en­tries. Substitutions may be made by notifying this office up to the time of the beginning of the offi­cial firing. Will you please send in your en- ! tries at the earliest possible date? F. L. BEALS, Major, U. S. Army, Rtd., P. M. S. & T. The Artistic Floral company pre­sented the office Wednesday with a beautiful jardiniere for the beau­tiful fern that , decorat es the office. GIRLS' ASSEMBLY. The second of a ter.es of talks to girls was given Wednesday morning at the Central Junior auditorium under the auspices of the Girls' association.- Miss Lucy King, vice presidentof the Girls' association, presided and the following program was carried cut: Girls' quartet, "Thinking of You," Klea Passey, Maurine Peck, Norma Hill, Dorothy Israelson. Reading, "The Limitations of Youth," Genieve Moyes. Talk, "The Health of the High School Girl," Mrs. L. S. Merrill. Solo, "All the World is Waiting for Sunrise," Maurine Peck. Mrs. Merrill, who was formerlv ruperintendent of nurs.es at the Dee hospital, presented her subject m a- most interesting and instruc­tive manner. The girls hope to hear her again. The series of talk.-- began with mat of Mrs. Caroline Bichsel on character building. 1 he next talk will be given b Mrs. J. R. Mor­rill relative to the art collection ! which the Girls' association started in high school. This will' be fbilowod by the presentation of vocations for girls by women who are interested in giis' work. i 1 Among those who will speak' during the school year are Miss Fitzsimmons, assistant superin-, tendent of schools; Miss Stewart, j supervisor of recreational work in Salt Lake; Miss Wallace of the Og­den furniture store; Mrs. Tanner of Weber college; Miss Browning of Dee hospital and Miss Harris of the Carnegie library. A VITAL TOPIC. The proposed amendment to the constitution on the child labor sit­uation in America is one of the paramount issues of the day and deserves the careful ccnsideration of every citizen. The history; .eachers of the high school are tak-1 ing pains to see to it that all stu­dents are informed on this vitproblem. . m Mrs. Coolidge's fifth period class Wednesday Miss Ruth Lockhead gave an especially good talk favorable to. the passage of tha amendment. This class has select­ed the name "History Hounds" as f.n official title. CHEATING. A cheat as defined by some au­thorities is also a liar and a thief. To develop the habit of cheating ! in school is to form a foundation j for a bad career in later life. What ! seems to be very disgraceful to a student is to cheat and then to be found out, but what is a hundred times worse is to cheat and not to be found out. The general accepted idea of a cheat is derived from the fact that .f a student should Cheat in any '-f his undertakings, whether they be lessons or in sports, and then take the credit for his good work he is not only a cheat but also a liar, lcause he had handed in the work with the intent to make the in­structor believe it wag his own; and if asked if th ? material was' nis own the student would un­doubtedly answer yr-s. A' cheat! naturally becomes a thief, because ! order to chea.. onc must steal the ideas of a fellow 'student and men use them as his cwn. j A student who has the habit of: cheating is to be pitied rather tham scorned, because the habit wil 1 lay an important ard harmful part in the student's later life Ha wi'll be handicapped with the'bad element and a great amount of time, which could have been used to advance himself, v.ill have to be used m overcoming nis weakness' before he can start a happy and prosperous life. A student who! thefts and is caught very seldom j lies the art again out instead works hard&r in order to have the incident forgotten but the student who cheats'and is no. caught gains! nothing but loses much, because it i acts as an encouragement for him! to do it again. From time to timei the haoit grows and the student is! taken m the clutches of It until! afrthief' he becomes a Profession-j Thus-take ye the lesson while ye may! RAYMOND THOMAS. 'Clarence' is well recieved Large Audience Enjoys Comedy By O. H. S. Students Having as a basis the highly I entertaining four-act comedy by "j Booth Tarkington, "Clarence,"the '' j gala night fierformanae of the i Ogden High school students at ! the Orepbeum theatre Wednesday ! night turned out to be a thor- ough success. The theatre was filled almost to capacity by the students, their parents and friends. The ' whole affair w-as under the direction of Reva C. Beck. There was plenty of ap­plause and laughter. The .crowd .seemed to be in a good natured mood and willing to pardon any- little blunders that might occur, but the "breaks" were few' and trifling. The plot of "Clarence" is fa­miliar to many theatregoers as it had long runs as a stage produc- SgTtn a-Rc? tbin. wag" filmed with Wallie Reed as the star. X' f .veteran; ill and out of work, id ;taken into a wealthy ' family and there becomes the centerof a domestic storm, finally winning tiie affection of the wife, the flapper daughter and the govern­ess. How he straightens out the muddle aid wins the governess as his bride, along with the ap­pointment as a college professor, is a story filled with smiles. The ! acting was excellent and the tsage settings and costumes in perfect taste. Those who took part were: Mrs. Martyn, Emily Lynch; Mr. Wheeler, Franklyn Richards; Mrs. Wheeler, Dorothy Israelson; Bob­by Wheeler, Garff Wilson; Cora Wheeler, Winifred Mans; Violet Pinney, Jean Warner; Clarence, Sidney Badcon," Delia, Beth Winker; Dinwiddie (butler), Harper Culley; Hubert Stem, Forbes Campbell. Tom Johnson was business man- ! ager and Harper Culley the stage manager. Miss Erica Berne and Warren Smith were the announcers. Be- fore the show started, school ! cheers were given under the lead- ! ership of George Glen and Casper Woods. Specialties were given ! between the acts. Twenty-seven j girls in chorus sang under the j direction of Reed Gammell, and a smaller group of boys under his direction also gave a couple if songs that went over well. 1 Fern Pardoe, in a Bowery girl's j costume, amused the crowd with a comic affair, "The Cat's Meow," and Harder Culley, another hu­morous recitation, "A Little Bug'll Get You." Girls of the domestic science department conducted a candy sale and found a good de­mand. FRIDAY EVENING, DEC Ogden High School notes DO YOU KNOW Clothing stores are running out of stock and working overtime. Hairdressers and barbers have all convenient dates taken for next week. Tickets are going fast; if you are thinking of getting one, you better get a rustle on you. Have you forgotten Friday, De­cember 19? THE BEST EVER, The material for the Christmas Classicum is in and the magazine will be out the latter part of next week. We are assured that it will j be the best issue of several years, i at least. MAKING GOOD. The Journal of Engineering, University of Virginia, came to our library Thursday. A glance at the first page shows that P. A. Beck, Jr. (Andy) O. H. S. class of '22, is associate gditor of the magazine; also that he is an initiate of Theta Tau fraternity. CHRISTMAS CANDY. The dramatic cast desire to ex­press their thanks and apprecia­tion to Miss Merle Chipman, in­structor in domestic science, and her girls who made and sold the cady at the performance Wed­nesday evening. "It was simply delicious"-better, if you will take our word for it than could be purchased anywhere else. In our notes Thursday we in­advertently omitted the name of Harper Culley as stage manager bf the play. Much of the man­ager's success was due to the splendid assistance rendered by Harper. Mrs. Chipman and Mrs. Beck of American Fork, mothers of two of our popular teachers, favored f ; the high school with a.short visit: Thursday. They, camc to Ogden to witness the school play and j w€re delighted with it. They were pleased also with the scnool as i they found it. The high morale of the student body impresses all ! visitors. I The assembly today wa. under s t he auspices of the Stelar club. Dr. John E. Carver was; to deliver an address upon the sulject of astronomy. FINANCIAL RETORT. .Manager Tom Johnston made .1 h f dlcwing report today on "C a;'en o." i E .p ti.S' r: Orpheum theatre. rent, 200; Orpheum theatie, stage help, 56.70; Reva Beok (books and mike-up), 8; Link Tiffany, studio, photographs, 22- Wright, (Sign fcloth), 1.36: Browning Co., cardboard, 1. Total, 2N9.0. Receipts: Sales cf. tickets 166.50; appropriated from stu­dent body, 122.65. TdU', 28: .06. This would indicate tha. the play cost the student bouv about 22 eents per member. :'o' at all Js bad, eh! In addition to the seats that B ; were sold, the student body mem- t I bers occupied dollar, seats which made a holise of 650. The high school is indebted to the following for generous ass;st- ance inthe gala night: Art de­partment, under direction of Mr. Stewart; Miller Furniture com­pany, Dumke Floral company; 1 Glenn Bros.-Roberts company; , Scoville Printing company; Alhambra theatre.