BAD CHILDREN A sthudy was recently made in New York of nearly a thousand children who were brought before ! ho juvenile court for various crimes and misdemeanors. It was discovered that 79 per cent of these were suffering from decided physical defects. When we pay physicians to per­form operations on tonsils, ade­noids and other defects found in ' tho underprivileged child, we shall not only better his condition and make his life happier, but we shall get big returns on the money in­vested by preventing criminal careers. WAYSIDE GATHERINGS Voice on Phone: "Henry is sick today and cannot attend classes. He requested me to notify you." Office clerk: "All right, who is this speaking?" Voice: "This is my room mate." A wag recently made a remark about education that makes one smile. 1-Ie says, "The three R's of modern education are rah! rah! rah!" Self-preservation is the first law of nature, but that is no rea­son why a man should stay pickled. First student: "Hey there! Don't spit on the floor!" Second student: "What's mat­ter; floor leak?" He: Did you ever hear about the baby chickens raising feathers' on the installment plan? She: Why, no; how's that? He: A little down today and more down each week. Teacher: How is it you te- 1 lieve in hell and not in heaven? Student: Because I can, catch it. "Daddy, can you still do tricks?" "What do you mean, my son; do tricks?" "Well, mamma says you used to drink like a fish."-Toronto Goblin. Father: "How is it, young man, that I find you kissing my daugh­ter? How is it, I ask you?" Young man: "Oh, it's grear! It's great!"-Belle Hop. The old lady: "And, my son, j now that you are returning to ; school, always remember that you ! are the light of my life." i Student: "You bet I will. And i here's hoping that your llgnt doesn't fail again." Doctor: "You cough more easi­ly this morning." Patient: "Yes, I've been prac­ticing all night." ANSWERED It was the end of the scene;" the heroine was starving. j "Bread," she cried. "Give me bread!" And then the curtain came down with a roll. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS A recent writer denominates Douglas Fairbanks as "the most popular man in the world." Ac­cording to this writer, Fairbanks is popular because he encourages, inspires men. He says: "It may be almost subconscious, but he stimulates us to fight for our am- bit.ions and to laugh at the same j time. No reward in friendship or in gold can be too much for j such a service." "A fundamental idea found in all of Doug's pictures is a defi­ance of fate, a breaking of the. chains of circumstance, and we can add to this the discovery that happiness is yours-if you go forth and earn it." Surely, if the characterization be true, Fairbanks is doing a fine work in the world. He may be compared with a great teacher, a great preacher-or better, it may be said he is both teacher and reached-a great educational 1 fore. Jan 6-25 Ogden High School Notes The basketball team, having properly trimmed the A. C. fresh­men on Friday evening, next will j journey over to Malad on Saturday .and meet Malad High school's ! fast aggregation Saturday night. School was resumed Monday with as much regularity as if there had been no vacation. The attend­ance was good and students mani­fested a disposition to get down to hard work. TAKE YOUR IODINE TODAY. Dr. Barrett, school physician, recommends that every teacher, parent and pupil read the article in the Saturday Evening Post of Jan. 3 by Dr. Woods Hutchinson on "Please Pass the Iodine." He feels sure that a reading of that article will convret anyone to the advisability of taking the iodine treatment offered by the schools. Miss Myrna Morsehead has ac­cepted a position with the U. P. Railroad company and will not re­turn to school. Miss Morsehead has, however, practically complet­ed graduation requirements, and will be graduated in May. Instructor Elmer T. Nail of the carpentry department was indis­posed Monday and was unable to return to school. THE STOCK SHOW. Every boy and some, if not all, of the girls of the High school should visit the stock show this week. It is a big affair. It is a very important affair. It adver­tises one of the basic industries of the west. It is educational in that it gives a concrete idea of what the men of the west are do­ing in this all-important industry. A student who does not know the different types and breeds of cattle, hogs, sheep, etc., and what scientific breeding is doing in these days is ignorant, indeed 'Why go to school, if we are to close our eyes and ears and minds to the world about us? GAINING FAME It is with great pleasure that we note the - advancement of former high school students to a place in th world's wrork. In December, James Weston Bird, a graduate of Ogden High school and of the law school of the Untversiiy of Utah, was admitted to the bar and en­tered upon his law practice in Salt Hake, joining the firm of Dawson, Bird and Irvine. DANCE TICKETS The big day is nearing! Remem­ber Friday night, January 9, at the Berthana. Girls, get your dates. Seniors wishing tickets may obtain them from Martha Wright, juniors from Ella Parker, and sophomores from Helen Vogel. Since tickets will not be sold at the door, be sure to get them now. VOCATIONAL CONFERENCE. Ogden High school has an invi­tation again this year to send rep­resentatives to the annual voca­tional conference at Bozeman, Montana, Feb. 2-5, inclusive. At this conference all of the statesl of the northwest are represented and speakers of national promin­ence are in attendance. Last year Theron Jost, Fred Gentsch and William Taylor represented the high school at this convention and , they reported having had a most interesting time. Stu-dents who are Interested in this conference : should notify their advisors. M. J. Abbey, state supervisor of agricultural education in Montana, says of our boys who attended the i convention last year: "We were greatly pleased "with these young fellows and want even more of them to come this present year." COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA We recommend that students break away from their studies for an hour tonight and attend the musicale at the Junior High school given by the Community orches­tra. To appreciate good music is a big thing in education. To be­gin early to foster, support and help civic enterprises is another fine thing. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PLUCK James B. Duke, tobacco king, of Duke's Mixture and Bull Dur­ham fame, says he's going to have the fun of distributing some of his accumulated wealth. He gave North Carolina and other southern universities recently 40,000,000. j But better than this, he gives to all young men the story of his life and the secret of his success. He says, "I have succeeded in busi­ness not because I have more nat­ural ability than many people who have not succeeded, but because I have applied myself harder and stuck to it longer. ... I resolved from the time I was a mere lad to do a big business. I loved bus­iness better than anything else. I worked from early morning to late at night-I was sorry to have to leave off at night and glad when morning came so that I could get at it again. Any young man with ordinary intelligence can succeed if he is willing to apply himself. Su­perior brains are not necessary." ment than the entire nation in 1880, and New York alone had an enrollment nearly twice as large. The figures for 1920 are interest­ing: Illinois, 127,694; Ohio, 133,888; ; Pennsylvania, 137,967; California, j .162,650; New York, 219,589. ILLITERACY IN U. S. Despite our pride in our Ameri­can school system, statistics con­cerning illiteracy are appalling. If you can think in items of millions, consider these: 4,931,905 confess­ed illiterates with no schooling whatsoever; 3,084,733 native born illiterates, (there were about 3,000,000 people, all told, in Amer­ica during Revolutionary days; 1,242,572 native white illiterates; 1,437,783 children between the agds of 7 and 13, not attending any kind of educational institution; 1,340,- 625 men, a little more than one in every five, rejected in the draft as unfit for military service. SUPERSTITIONS. It is very amusing to notice how many of our respected citizens, j who faithfully attend church every j Sunday have their pet supersti- ; tions. It may be just a horror of j a black cat crossing their path. It j may be that they are afraid to j walk under a ladder. This is more j sensible than many others because j there is a possibility of the ladder j falling. But I have seen a well educated charming woman hur­riedly leave a party because sne ' happened to be the thirteenth guest. A man once gave us a very good talk on the crude forms of wor­ship in the savage tribes. He was very much amused at their habit of carrying a little bag containing bits of feather, skin, wood and lit- t,le bits of stone to ward off evil spirits. Now this man would never admit it, but ten chances to, one he carries a dingy rabbit's foot, for good luck. Is there much dif­ference between the savage's charm bag to ward off evil spirits and his rabbit foot for luck? There are so many silly super­stitions most people have one, and malriy have more. I have seen my mother turn pale and become real­ly frightened at a bird flying in the door. My unt once scolded me severly for opening an um­brella in the house, because it was a sign of death in the family. I waited two years for this expected death, and when a distant cousin died, it took me quite awhile to get over the feeling that it was my fault. All these things make me wonder if we are really as highly civilized as we would like people to think. OLIVE BADGER. Jan 7 Wed Ogden High School Notes Tuesday night's Stantiard-Examiner published a list of 75 j Ogden students who are attend­ing the University of Utah. We afe confident that there are even more than that number attend­ing. The work of eliminating tardi-_ ness at high school goes merrily ;on. WTeekly reports of all tardi­ness are being made by each I teacher to the office. Miss Maud Milne entered high school this week, having trans- ferred from Elko, Nevada. TAKES VACANCY. Miss, Emma Chesney has kind­ly consented to take Miss Beau- lieu's French class until the close of the semester. It is likely that 1 a teacher will be secured to take i charge of the office machine' work before the week closes, j Meanwhile, the students are : working by themselves as best 1 they can. Miss Elva Peterson, a former student, is entering the University of Washington at Seattle this week. Clinton Pugmire is entering the University of Utah. The office force acknowledges greetings from a former student, Thomas Norton, who is in In­dianapolis, and Nadine Foutz, a former teacher, who is in Phila­delphia. IN OLD LOUISIANA. The music department is very busy these days rehearaing "In Old Louisiana," an opera which will be put on next month. FINE NOTE BOOKS. At the spring exhibition, pat­rons will see some of tne finest note-book,s ever prepared at the ' f high school. There steems to be j a great interest in this work in all departments. BANKS HELP SCHOOLS. Representatives of The Amer­ican Bankers' association called at the high school Tuesday and offered to furnish speakers for classes or groups to treat ihe fol­lowing topics: The General Idea of the Bank. Lending the Bank's Money.. The Bank and Your Invest­ments. The Relationship Between Farmer and Banker. How Banks Aid Commerce. The Federal Reserve System. As these are subjects upon .which every high school student should be informed, advantage will be talien of this generous offer, and arrangements will be j made to have as many of the j talks as possible. COUNCIL REPORT January 6, 1925. Meeting was called to order by the president. Roll was called ; and the minutes of the previous ! meeting were read and approved, j Due to the absence of a report from the finance committee, the proposed amendment to the con­stitution was carried over until next meeting. Letters from the Preston High school and East High were read and filed by the secretary. The motion was maGe and car­ried that the Student Body as­sociation have its own letter heads. These letter heads to be printed on the school muitigraph. j Franklyn Richards reported that the athletic department has not been checked up on yet for student body membership. Meeting adjourned by motion.