4-1-25 Ogden High School Notes At the culmination of a very fine lecture Tuesday night, Dr. Snoddy said "All young- people should resolve to do, not to be." Dr. Snoddy is right. The big­gest word in the English language is "service." Perhaps the worst word is "selfishness." Education should inculcate ideas of service rather than ideas of "being presi­dent or rich or powerful or any­thing else, FIRST OF APRIL. April 1! How do you like it ? j Very fine, thank you. Whatever! sort of weather we have now-a- j days we say: "It is seasonable and j good for the country." Whatever way the wind doth1 blow, Be that wind east or be it west, j Whatever way the wind doth blow,' For you and me that wind is best. There's something about a day like this-snow and rain and dark­ness and wind--that leads to sell control. It is not at all difficult to remain in school today, even, though it be April 1. ANOTHER TREAT. There vseems to be literally no; end of good things for high school students this year. It has just leaked out that the faculty con­templates putting- on a drama- ; whether tragedy or comedy we ,, know not-this spring. Just think j of it! With such actors a3 the j ' Misses Stone, Garrison, Edmunds, j and Messrs. Dockler, Gammell, Robbins, all under the direction of Miss Beck. It certainly ought to 1 be a hummer. We shall await with eager interest, CONTRACTS OUT. The board of education is mail­ing out contracts to teachers to-: day. We presume April 1 is chosen on purpose so that if any j teacher expects a raise-one can; say "April fool!" HOW TO GET FIRED. Another suggestion or two for j workers: i Look around for some one else's j business to attend to. Then go to it. The business for which you are paid can wait. Be sure to stop your work and have a good visit with everyone t who comes around. Your boss pays you for being sociable and a fine conversationalist. Be sure to employ frequently loud, abusive and sometimes even profane language. Stand up for your rights. Show who you are. He will speak to the cashier about you and give you salary due in ad­vance of regular pay day. SUCCESS. Success is a variable quantity. With one man it consists in mak­ing a million dollars; with another in keeping out of jail. The man who believes he owes e-erything tft His own efforts, is the person who is in danger of be- . hlng unduly grateful. SPONSORS ART LECTURE. Again the Girls' association is offering something new. This time the offering takes the form of art lectures by Le Conte Stewart on America's most famous paintings. Colored reproductions, of the pic­tures will be thrown on the screen with a lantern slide at the Central. Junior'auditorium between 4 and 5 o'clock on April 8 aid 9. The lectures are being offered two nights in order to accommodate everyone. A committee consisting of Less Purcell, chairman; Emma Beuhler, Jean Warner, May Jack, Phyllis Proudfit, Maurine Peck, Dorothy Higginbottom and Evelyn Pal­mer, has charge of the ticket sell­ing campaign. The committee is offering a picture to the second hour class that sells the most tick­ets before April 8. The proceeds are to help buy a picture to add to the collection started by the asso­ciation last year. FINE EXAMPLE. It is easily conceded that Springville High school stands out pre­eminently as the art center of schools of Utah. In this matter w all take off our hats to Springville. The student body-and we are told that the students are en- j titled to all the credit for the work the school has done-has now over 6000 worth of paintings. Every opring the school has an art ex­hibition which attracts people from all over the state. Today, April 1, tne 1925 exhi­bition onens, and will continue all through April-open daily from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. They tell us they have this year besides a wonderful collection of paintings of Utah artists, over a hundred paintings of famous artists from all over the j United States. BRIEF ACCEPTED. Thomas E. Johnston, a, senior, after preparing a careful brief for both the affirmative and negative sides of the state question for de­bate, "Resolved, that the United States should ratify the proposed twentieth amendment," was urged oy some of his friends to submit it to a publishing company in New York City. This he did. Almost immediately it was accepted and he was remunerated 5. On Tues­day he received a complimentary copy of the book called, "Hand Book Series-Child Labor," by Julia E. Johnsen, published by the W. H. Wilson Publishing company ! New York City. Tom's brief takes : up the first several pages. He is one of the school's best debaters, which is evidenced by his careful preparation of briefs. THE WEAK SPOT. In answer to the oft asked ques­tion, just where is the weakest spot in our American education from kindergarten to university, my answer is that it is found from about the fourth to the ninth grades, both inclusive. This opin­ion is based not only upon my studies of childhood and its capa- cities, which are, I believe, least understood and met here, but upon observations made in many visita­tions to school rooms in different parts of this and other countries. The powers of memory, the possi­bilities of mechanization, and doc­ility generally are at their height, and drill, authority and oven Dressur. which it is so hard to make effective in a democracy, cai 1 really do most just here; so thp he greatest loss, which we have sought in every part of the sys- ;em, is, I believe, found here. It s at this stage that greater di- lactic effectiveness is most of all leeded. G. STANLEY HALL.