AMERICA PROUD "There is nothing of .which the American educator is prouder ' than of the wide diffusion of free 1 high school education in the ' country. And he has a right to be proud." ' -H. L. A .Fisher. BE NOT DISCOURAGED Students who get low marks or even fail at school need not be : discouraged; they may yet suc- ceed if they have other qualities ! such as steadiness, perseverajnce, ' special aptitude for work not yet discovered, determination, indus­try. Current issue of Collier's Us attention to the fact that Whistler, who painted and etched beautiful pictures, and Poe, wno wrote derful poems and stories, were both dropped from the military academy at West Point. Samuel Morse, who invented the telegraph, only became interested in science and invention after he liad ap­parently failed in painting and sculpture. To these names might be added scores of men who are famous, though regarded as dullards at school. No, the school criterion doesn't always hold good. It might be comforting to know and remem­ber this. PRIMARY ELECTION Petitions for president, vice president and secretary, for years 1925 and 1926, will be due April 17. ! The following are the provisions of the constitution relative to stu­dent body elections: Sec. 1. A primary election shall j be held the first week of the third term of the second semester. The final election shall be held one week later. Sec. 2. Candidates for the of- j fices of president, vice president and secretary must be passing in all subjects at the time of nom­ination. Candidates for other of­fices must be passing in three sub­jects. Any officer whose work is unsatisfactory in two subjects in any term is automatically re­moved from office. Special elec­tions shall be called to mi vac­ancies made in this manner. Sec. 3. All nomination papers must be filed with the secretary of the student body two days be­fore the primary election, Sec. 4. Nomination papers must be signed by 50 members of j the constituency which is to se- ! lect the officer. Sec. 5. The president, vice president and secretary shall be nominated and elected by the whole school. 4-7-25 Ogden High School Notes AMERICAN ART. All interested in art should be sure to attend the illustrated lec­ture at Central Junior Wednesday or Thursday at 4 p. m. Mr. Stew­art will illustrate and explain the development of art" in America. It will be a little education of itself to hear this talk and to see i these pictures. The lectui'e is sponsored by the Girls' associa­tion and has for its object the development of art appreciation. BOOK DEDICATION. The senior class has decided to dedicate the year book to Miss Evelyn Dobbs. The management of the Classicalia has been under the direction-of Miss Dobbs dur­ing the past two years whic.h has made possible the publication. The dedication threfore is most ap­propriate. EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY In this tremendously rich ma­terial civilization of ours there seems to have developed the idea . that a high school and college j education are necessary to pre­pare one to take his place in so- ; ciety. This means, seemingly, that ! j the major portion of one's time j up to the age of 22 or 2 3 must j be spent within school room walls. ; This leaves one but little time j and less opportunity to become a j self-supporting individual until j this long period of tutelage is i passed, and then in thousands of cases, the individual finds himself . incapable of fitting in. This sit­uation has caused earnest stu­dents to inquire if there is not something radically wrong with this educational theory. Such facts as these are presented: DECLINE TO MARRY In the old days the growing child was not a dependent mem­ber of the family group, but was taught early some form of cre­ative work and thereby furnished the ffiSSStM! opportunities to be­come ' se 1 f - su p p o rtt-ftg . The creative impulses" of youth are manifested very early in life and if they are not allowed to function until after the twen­ties, the chances are that they will never function adequately or fittingly; that society should so organize itself that all youths, should be self-supporting as early as 14 or 15, instead of 22 or 23. The present theory makes a great many people doubt their ability properly to rear a family and in thousands of cases refuse to take the risk. EARNING WAY EARLY In view of these facts and many other facts bearing upon the situation, the thought is being j given out by many leaders that j we should by some' hook or crook get back to earlier day practices and make it not only possible but obligatory upon every youth to engage early in some form of profitable labor; that he learn' early to work with his hands as well as his head; that he be al­lowed to participate earlier in the world's work and become a cre­ator of wealth instead of mere distributor or consumer. The experience of high school, teachers seems to approve of this latter conception and to regard those students who have to work" to help support themselves while1 at school as not handicapped bur placed at a distinct advantage over all others in the race of life. REFECTIONS ON OBITUARIES When I sit down to read after my day's work, I generally pick up. the evening paper. I always find in burning headlines some corruption of our government or severe criticism of some man who is really trying to benefit humani­ty but who has, unhappily, strayed from the worn and beaten paths set by precedent. After reading these criticisms, I begin to reflect. There seems to be something wrong with the peo­ple of the world because we do not recognize a man's greatness until he has passed into the Great : Beyond, where the lauding of his earthly friends will do him no good. Why not recognize his worth here? The death notices of great men are usually very different from previous articles printed about them. If the man is noted at all, no matter how many and severe his criticisms have been before, they are always forgotten in the resume of his life. Only the man's daring and most noble deeds are recorded. After a man dies he receives praise-his mistakes 1 and wrong doings are made known to him before his death. How amused some men would be if they could only read the honors and. plaudits given them after death-never before. How amused they would be to find out how great a hypocrite Mr. X is. How I wish that I could be alive to read my death notice so that I could see what an "honored and I esteemed citizen" I am-after death. For my part I would rath­er be praised before death and criticized afterwards, so I could really see how valuable I am. I reflect on these hypocritical death notices with great sorrow and think of the day when we shall all be awarded and judged, truly, according to our deeds, by One who is beyond criticism. MABEL, REYNOLDS. 4-6-25 Ogden High School notes (notes crowded out) THE LEWIS CONTEST Students are advised that the 1 time is very near when the triangular oratorical contest of Ogden, Box Elder and Davis is to 1 beheld. Each school presents two speakers on patriotic or education- j al topics, with 10-minute time n limits. The school that wins gets a beau- If tiful silver cup; the student who 1 wins first place a 50 gold watch, i the second prize is a gold pin. 1 All of these prizes are offered by J. S. Lewis. The contest this year will be held in Brigham City. The students who expect to par­ticipate in this contest should ad­vise Miss Beck at once. ALUMNI HONORED. Clifford and Gerald Rassweiler, O. H. S. alumni, are making fine records. Clifford has been given his Ph. D. degree and has accepted a position with the DuPont Powder company; Gerald who has been a post-graduate assistant at the Uni­versity of Illinois, has been chosen professor of public speaking at Beloit College, Michigan. VISITORS AT HIGH SCHOOL Supt. Howard Alston and all members of the board of education of Park City were visitors at the high school this morning. They were very pleased with what they saw here. HONORS FOR TEACHER J. W. Connell, instructor in me­chanical drawing, receives favor­able notice in the April Industrial Arts Magazine for having invented a very practical, useful blackboard compass for classes in mechanical drawing and mathematics. Aside from the article of commendation the magazine gave a full page il­lustration of the compass. 4-9-'25 Ogden High School Notes Tennis and swimming contests Will be held this year in con­nection with the state track and field events. Baseball will also be featured, but Ogden will not enter a team in this latter sport. Coach Kapple feels that he has more than his hands full in con­nection with other events. Box Elder is perhaps the only school in this division that will enter a baseball team in the state meet. OFFERS TROPHY The Ogden Kiwanis club is of- ; fering a trophy cup to the win­ners of the Junior High School league of Ogden in baseball. Several high school teachers S have received very flattering of- ! fers for positions in other locali­ties, but it is thought most of them will be turned down as they feel very much attached to Ogden and prefer to remain here even though salary inducements are not quite so flattering as in other iocalities. Miss Edith Merrill of the mod­ern language department has re­ceived a flattering offer to teach junior college work in a promi­nent school in Arizona. TREAT PROMISED On Tuesday morning next, April 14, the high school students will be favored again by an address , by Dr. F. E. Barker, who made I such a profound impression upon the students when he visited us last year. Dr. Barker, former physician to President Taft, is employed by Rotary International to talk j throughout the world on health and related topics pertaining to wise and sane living. The doctor has spok'en perhaps to more high school audiences than any other American, and we doubt whether any other man has influenced and helped so many students as Dr. Barker. THE CAUSE OF HEALTH Good health is life's greatest ; asset. Training and educating for health is theoretically recog- . nized as the school's first duty, s What use, they say, of training ; -the mind when the body that supports it is ill nourished, dis­eased, disabled? There are 22 million school , children in the United States. It i is estimated that of these there are more than 6 12 millions un­dernourished; one million suf­fering from diseased tonsils and adenoids; four million with de­fective vision; five million with defective hearing; 15 million have dental defects that need atten­tion. These statistics are appal- g ling--though reliable physicians who have made careful survey as­sure us that they are in no wise exaggerated. Assuredly it would seem, then, that Ave have here a problem that might well claim the attention of all parents and school people-a problem com­pared to which the mere impart­ing of instruction sinks into in­significance. TEACHERS AND EDUCATION H. L. A. Fisher, former min­ister of Great Britain, observed last year after visiting America that the attractions of the busi­ness career injure the public school system of America by de­priving it of able teachers. He regards this as most unfortunate for, as he wisely says: "In edu­cation everything depends upon the teacher; if the teacher is good, education is good; if the teacher is indifferent, education is in­different. The recruitment of the teaching profession is therefore a matter of first civic importance. THE CHILD'S PLEA Some call me the child of to­day. I am also the citizen of tomorrow. School boards are beginning to put me in the foreground. I hope they will think of me when they plan to spend school money. I like good school buildings, but I need happy teachers, too, who know how to help me. Next to parents, teachers do the most for me. RELAY RACES The following boys will par­ticipate in relay races tomor­row at Salt Lake: 440-yard-Morrison, Kennedy, Cox, Budge. 880-yard-Morrison, Kennedy, Jones, Budge. Mile-Sawyer, Burrows, New­man, Wade. Two-mile-Wade, Weir, Griffin, McClean. 880-yard medley - McClean, Taylor, Vanderhoof, Norton, Clark and Thompson. INTERESTING TESTS The domestic science departs ment i3 conducting a very inter­esting experiment in dietetics this week. On Tuesday a group of six-year-old children were in­vited over from the Madison school to partake of a luncheon that contained all the necessary food elements for children of that age. Today a group of eight and nine-year-olds came over to en­joy a dinner appropriate to their age. The girls in this department will be expert cooks and dieti­tians when they finish this sec­ond year work. AN INNOVATION Superintendent Hopkins an­nounces that under the new law tfWWfHk&S', nineum, w abiwngton, Americans, Lincoln, Washinton, etc. 5 vrcafter by appropriate, fcB JlJ- 'schools rathFTW! rC Arbor day win arso -after this The program this yeaH calls for a holiday n day.