keeping a secret. To some people the task of keeping a secret is simple and is heartily enjoyed, but to rne it is a very hard trial. The people who can Keep a secret in spite of all the begging, pleading, bribing, or "vowing not to tell anybody else," deserve the, most honorary degree ofreward. ' When someone confidentially j tells me a secret, I feel as though I were being entrusted with the i bonds of a large bank and .old ( to deliver them to a certain place the way to which is through ; dark streets and dangerous sec- ; tions of the city. The fiist day passes easily but as they get . larger in number and someone asks to be "let in" on It, things start to seem dark. A dear friend says, "Tell me, you know that I won't tell anyone else." But I can't breathe a word of it tor fear that sometime it might he found out that I can't keep a secret. So I politely make aft excuse and hurry away. Then Brother John appears and reminds me of a secret which I have always want­ed to know. He infers tnat if T disclose my secret, ho will tell his. This is about the greatest temptation of all, but as Percival would say, "Satan get behind me." ! After going this way fcr many days under such suspense the friend who let me "in" on the secret tells, me that he does not : mind if anyone should find out. so I immediately try to find Brother John to hear his secret. When after many hours of search I find him, he does not wish to trade. Thus ends most of my experi­ences concernings secrets. -Gerald Wailwork. 1-28-25 Ogden High School Notes The story of Tuesday night's j practice games can be told in very few words. Eleventh Ward 13, Ogden 46; O. U. R. & D. 26, Ogden 21. Mr. Kapple had an opportunity to try out all his men, and gave them some very fine practice. One fine thing about the team this year is that we have some mighty good substitutes, who fit into the machine exceedingly well. We are not unconquerable, but we have a mighty good team. The following letter was handed to all teachers of the high school today: Will you help the cause of "Good English" to this extent- that in every class you will, (1) show how good English is im­portant in your subject; (2) in­sist upon audible and distinct : enunciation; (3) commend reci­tations couched in good English; I (4) make greater use of the topical recitation in place of tne ! question and fragmentary answer ! method; (5) teach the correct j spelling and pronounciation of the words used in your subjects? Your for success, FLORENCE H. NEWCOMB, Head, English Dept. question for debate The state high school question for debate this year is: Resolved, that Utah should ratify the proposed twentieth amendment to the constitution ot the United States, which em­braces the child labor legislation, as passed by congress in June, 1924. The amendment in question reads as follows: "Section i. J That congress shall have power to limit? regulate and, prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age. "Section 2. The power of the several states is unimpaired by j the article, except that the oper- j ation of state laws shall be sus- 1 pended to the extent necessary ; j to the legislation enacted by cun- ; I gress." the ham and club B. C. "I got Oakland on my crystal set last night." D. C. "That's nothing. I got chili on my vest." From the above conversation, overheard at the meeting last J Thursday, a faint idea may be j formed as to the progress of the j radio club. We are even getting I better results from crystal sets as a result of our work. , revealed at east ! The secret is out. We've al- ; j ways been rather a mystery to i you, but we won't tax your imag­inations further. You've won- dered, and rightly, just why we became a club. _ The truth is, we realized that the school needed a benefactor, and we took it upon our shoulders to be that benefac­tor. You've all heard of O. H. S.'s poor, dilapidated, insufficient 1 laboratory equipment. The Stellae are here to remedy it. But we need your help. Thursday, February 5, there will - be a "Silver Star Drive," the stars admitting one to the gym. You've all bought poppies in the poppy drives. Charity begins at home. Buy a star. Promising great things, THE STELLAE. the L. J. H. chronicle .Lewis Junior High startled Og­den yesterday by issuing a full- . fledged eight-page paper, chris­tened "The L. J. H. Chronicle." The paper is chock full of school news, is well edited, has good humor and has splendid support of advertisers. Margaret Schmalz is the editor. William Johns is business manager, and these are each supported by four assistants j besides special reporters. The paper is to be published six j I times per year. The first issue j j is a very creditable one. We con- i; gratulate Lewis upon it. We j f wish the students every success in their new enterprise. f awaiting the thrill Today is a great day-a real : poet, one who has published sev­eral volumes of poetry, who has touched the heart strings of thousands, is coming to our 1 school. We are thrilled in antici- Ration. Tonight we shall be able I to answer the age-old question, "Which is greater, anticipation ur realization?" We believe the lat­ter is greater. Tonight we shall ! know. Welcome to our school, Mr. Cooke! telling the truth More and more students are bu­ll ing trained to speak the truth. Is it not more important that stu- dents should say what they think 1 -rather than what they think the l teacher wishes them to say? We i rather admire the frankness ana honesty of the student who wrote the following paper: Modern Poetry. There have been as many kinds 3 of poetry written during the modern era as there have been poets. I i Therefore, modern poetry is no : 1 slouch when it comes to amount, j I because modern poets are (as Sitting Bull and Rain-in-the-Face j 1 would have said) as numerous as I the sands of the seashore or the j I leaves on the trees. I As to the quality of all this I poetry I am not prepared to pass 1 judgment. Not having wasted I much time reading it I am not I familiar with those poems whicn 1 the critics would call good and'j 1 bad. To me none of it is good. : p The only modern poetry I ever ! I voluntarily read is that of Robert W. Service and Edgar A. Guest. I read that because at the time I had nothing better to do. 1 Most modern poetry sounds to me like the ravings of a maniac. Perhaps someone who is familiar with it would tell me that the reason I have such an opinion of I it is that I am too thick-skinned to be able to analyze the verse ji and get the joet's real meaning. Then I should remind this party that there are more interesting j things to be analyzed than poems, and that if one wishes to rack his brains let him work out a solu­tion to some one of our important social and economic problems. And when I am told that poet­ry is a means of spiritual uplift I cannot help but tliin'fc that if a ' person desires such uplift he j should help to fill up one of the ; ! numerous empty pews in churches. Why not use them for that rea- 1 son instead of turning to poetic ' riddles? World of Nature. Predominating among modern poetry, or all poetry for that mat­ter, are those poems which pro­fess to be nature studies. I ask why a person who is surrounded by the wonders of nature, as we westerners certainly are, should sit in an easy chair and try to see the Great Mother through somebody else's eyes, through uie medium of poetry? Is it laziness, indifference, or not having time that prompts a person to do this, when right at his back door is a world of nature? This question would be easily answered if this were a congested, densely popu- S lated district where people would j be forced to travel miles to see J a mountain; but hemmed in as we are by high mountains, deep, j fertile valleys, unpolluted streams and abundanc of wild plant and j: animal life, it is incomprehensible 11 -to me, at least. "Wnen I want J to study nature I take an after- L noon's excursion into our beau-l! tiful Wasatch range. Here, if na- i ture holds any attraction for me-i1 and it is a dead man, indeed, who does not experience some degree jc of emotion when brought thus close to her-my thoughts are ' poems in themselves. Makes no u difference whether or not I am L choked up with emotion (I never j was) or whether the thought j' would have the rhyme or the I rhythm if it were written down i on paper. j Then we have some patriotic j-, poems. When I read a patriotic poem I inevitably think of these j c lines from Scott, "Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who ,! ne'er to himself hath said, 'This 1 is my own, my native land'." And ,1 when I see a column of soldiers passing with the band at the ;; column's head playing the Star Spangled Banner, I have that ting- j ling sensation along my spine, the I same as every other man has. But I sincerely hope, when the time comes, that I am needed (if it ever does), I will not have to turn to poetry for either the cour­age or the inspiration necessary to do my duty. For Others Only. In conclusion,' I would like to say that I believe strongly in the : axiom, "A place for everything, j and everything in its place." I think the same thing of poetry, j' It has no place In my life and the j less I see of it the better I am i bound to like it. Therefore, I ;; wish to leave poetry strictly In j its right place, in the hands, of : those who really enjoy it. 1 An aviation commission to study ways and means of helping devel­opment of aerial transportation' lines now touching at Geneva has been appointed by the Swiss government. Jan 29-25 Ogden High School Notes Cooke came, he saw, he con­quered. He gave us a very delight­ful assembly, one of the best of the year. Come again, Mr. Cooke, j Wednesday was a very busy day j for Edmund Vance Cooke. He talked and read at the four junior, high schools.-at senior high school, at Rotary club and at Central Junior to public school teachers and j the public-seven addresses in all j --and he's not running for any of- I fice either. Superintendent Hopkins was present at all gatherings and i enjoyed them all. He regards Mr. Cooke as a rare entertainer and a fine preacher of high ideals. u. of u. freshmen Tomorrow night O. H. S. basketball team will meet the University; of Utah freshmen in the high school! ; gymnasium. This will be an un-; ' usually interesting game. To en­courage patronage admission has j ;j been reduced to 2 5c. Miss Irma Van Zweden rendered t 5 a French horn solo in a very pleasing style at Wednesday's as­sembly. dr. stranquist friday Dr. Henry Stranquist will talk .to R. O. T. C. unit tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock in Central Junior on the subject of "First Aid." SONG RECITAL 1 Tonight at 8:30 o'clock in Central Junior, Mark Robinson presents an j- g even dozen of his; music pupils in j 3 song recital. The high school is! interested in this recital for one- half of these students are alumni of the Ogden High school. Professor Robinson is to be compli- mented and highly commended on the splendid work he is doing in music and for the development of j musical appreciation in Ogden. orchestral work All the high schools in Ogden now have good school orchestras. Those who were at Central Junior 3 Wednesday afternoon must have been delighted with the splendid 3 work of the Central school orchestra under the direction of Instruct­or Clem Crapo. The splendid work in music is not the least of the s fine things of which the Ogden schools are justly proud. ANTICIPATION GREATEST Yep, without disparagement to ! Edmund Vance-for we liked him t very much-s-anticipating him was t greater than realizing him. We ex- ; pected something very wonderful 5 in a poet, and he is just like an . ordinary man. He recites well, but . not any better than-well, Mr. Blank; and he looks a lot like- well, Burdette Smith, and some 3 people called him "Cookie." ; The assistant superintendent of schools, Ida Fitzsimmons, and Mrs. W. Karl Hopkins attended assem- bly Wednesday to hear Mr. Cooke. CLOCKS RUNNING For the first time in several years the. clocks in all the rooms j of the school are running regular- j ly now-thanks to Mr. Wangsgard and the physics class. The clocks . are all regulated by a master clock ! in the physics laboratory and are . keeping perfect time. j vocational work , Vocational work has received a new impetus during the week . owing to a large increase of en- ; rollment in all departments. The teachers feel very much encour- j aged. DIFFICULT ART. If students and patrons would; J appreciate the fact that teachers ' admit they are not perfect-to the I contrary that they are very fallible ( and make many mistakes-but that they are willing and anxious to learn, perhaps we would get Elong quite a bit better in our school f work. Here is a reminiscense from , an old school teacher that is full I of interest and instruction: "I had , occasion or, rather, I took occa- sion at one time to punish a boy h with a fair degree of severetv (may the Lord forgive me) arid now I know that in so doing I was guilty of a grave error. What I m interpreted as mjsconducJLaui, straining at his leash in an effort to extricate himself from the in­cubus of the negative self feeling. He was. and probably is a dull fel- I low and realized that he could not cope with the other boys in the j school studies, and so was but try­ing to win some notice in other fields of activity. To him notoriety was preferable to obscurity (and to whom is it not?) If I had only been wise I would have turned his j inclination to good account and might have helped him to self mas- I tery, if not to mastery of Algebra. He yearned for the emotion of ela- tion, and I was trying to perpetuate his emotion of subjection. If Methuselah had been a schoolmas­ter he might have attained profi­ciency by the time he reached the age Of nine hundred and sixty- eight years if he had been a clos? observer, a close student of meth­ods, and had been able and willing to profit by his own mistakes." out of the air. By Listener-in. "It is quite a romantic thought to wonder what the early settlers would have said if they had been told that the church bells in San Francisco were heard in Ogden. ' is what an Ogden radio tan thinks of the accomplishments of radio. It is very probable that a person making such a statement in those days would have been adjudged B witch and sentenced to the gallows. - Such has been the progress cfl radio. Fifty years from now, or I 9 maybe less than that, we will iookj back and joke about and admire! I the quaint receiving and transmit-1 I ting sets which we have today. The Ham And Club.