"RATIONIZATION." Dr. Brimhall described this bis: word as "kidding one's self. The girl who says she has Bs in her subjects for the first and second terms of the closing semester ar.d doesn't need to study during the last six weeks as she'll pass any¬way," is "kidding" herself. If she gets an F (failure) or "W" (withdrawn) during the third term doesn't (cannot) get a sem¬ester grade. The attention of students is respectfully called to the above point. SENIOR ASSEMBLY. I Tle following program was be- ! ing rendered at the high school this afternoon at 2:15 o'clock: Senior orchestra. Class play, Ward Armstrong, Lawrence Van Dyke, Sidney Badcon, Tom Boyd, Frank Moritsen. Girl's quartet, Margaret Thomas, Edna Cullen, Helen Wilson, Gwen¬dolyn Johnson. Cornet solo, Fred Fretwell Reading, Virginia Malan. Male quartet, Alton Parker, Warren Smith, Sidney Norton, Bulon Budge. Class prophecy, Sidney Badcon. Clarinet solo, Melba Schade; Dancing Valse Brillante, Connie Shaw, Fern Fuller, Marion Shaw, j Banjo solo, John Cragun. Class will, by Bill Taylor. School song, student body. REACTION TO 'SELF-RELI¬ANCE," "A great book is a ship deep freighted with immortal treasures, breaking the sea of life into fade¬less beauty as it sails carrying to every shore seeds of truth, good¬ness, piety, love, to flower and fruit perennially in the soil of the heart and mind." This quotation reminds me of Emerson's essay, "Sself-Reliance," which is, indeed, "deep freighted with immortal treasures," treasures that have kindled in many a breast an ardent desire for improvement; have inspired many with a finer, higher, keener, sense of the pur¬poses of existence. Emerson's in¬tense suggestiveness has been a tonic to the will and understand¬ing of every one who has read his works. I know I have deep¬ened and enlarged in the moun¬tain atmosphere of his thought. Emerson was some generations ahead of his time, and .was un¬appreciated by a large class of his readers of the nineteenth century, but the people of today realize his wide wisdom in human affairs. Who has possessed in larger measure the national realism and the craving for profound belief? How many have handed to pos¬terity an equal number of quot¬able sentences, so pithy, so wise, so suggestive, so stimulating;? Wno has penetrated more deeply into the moral sense of . things? 1 Emerson's style is refined, keen, and subtle in illustration; compact, all armed with points and contrasts; usually elegant; often poetical by a sympathy with na¬ture; always calm. Report says that Emerson wrote on a page of five columns. His thought were jotted in the first, corrected in the second, enlarged, pruned and so on to the fifth, where the result was entire. This method of composition se¬cured conciseness of expression . and condensation of thought, j Of all my booltland friends, j Emerson is the dearest. I imagine ; him as a man with a very charm- ing personal character—gentle, willing to advise, and kindly in reproof—self-poised, yet modest, never cynical—calmly cordial, never demonstrative—august and I serene, yet intense. He lived irre- ! proachably, devoted to humin I 'good, and loyal to his own, priu- I j ciples. I imagine that Emerson ' : talked as he wrote—not continu- ously—logically, but abruptly, in¬tuitively. Emerson was a noble contrast to all meanness, flippancy, and sensuality; he protested forcibly against materialism, and taught men to have noble aspirations." If I remember nothing else in "Self-Reliance," I hope ,to remerr-i ber these three thoughts: "Guard I May 27 - 25 Ogden High School Notes Commencement exercises to¬night, Orpheum theatre, 8 o'clock j sharp. Remember, admission is by tickets only. Very sorry we cannot accommodate all who wish to attend. All students will register to- j morrow at 9:30 o'clock for next year's work. Class work will 3close j tomorrow evening and report ; cards will be handed out by ad- ji visory teachers Friday morning between 9 and 12 o'clock. GOOD FOR OGDEN. A teacher of the high school said publicly Tuesday night, "I re¬ceived more words of encourage¬ment and commendation in one hour on Friday afternoon last from patrons, than I received in ' nine years at the school where I formerly taught. I might add also that I have, during this year, re¬ceived more words of appreciation from Ogden high students than I received from former pupils in all my previous years of teaching ex¬perience. FINE PROGRAM. Senior program Tuesday after¬noon was a very good one and i was much appreciated by the , school. A most interesting feature was the presentation of the gifts to the school. (1) A beautiful picture of Ben Lomond painted by Mr. Salisbury,presented by the senior class, i (2) A beautiful picture, "Pop¬lar Trees," painted by A. B. Wright of Salt Lake and present¬ed to the school by the Girls' as¬sociation. A telescope presented by the Stellae club. The Ham And club has a super heterodoyne radio set to present but was unable to make a formal presentation at this time. The presentation of these choice gifts speaks volumes for the splendid attitude of the students. It means that students are learn¬ing that there is more joy in giv¬ing than in receiving, and devel¬oping a higher appreciation of their Alma Mater. WONDERFUL BANQUET. The Radio (Ham And) club members, their advisors, ladies and guests had a most enjoyable time at their first annual banquet given at the high school cafeteria Tuesday night. Each member of the club was presented by E. Wangsgard and each in turn in¬troduced his lady. The remarks of the various members illustrated what fine friendships are being developed in their interesting radio study; the great virtue of appreciation for one another and for advisors and for the school was very much in evidence. Another fine thing was shown in that two of the boys had as guests their mothers, one of whom in¬troduced his mother as "My Old Sweetheart"; another "My Fa!7" Another boy had his sister whom he introduced as "My sweet little sister." Scott Kellogg toasted Mr. Mer¬rill and D'.Orr Couzens his uncle, i Dr. Edward I. Rich, president of the board of education in choice. phrases. j Edgar Calder gave a report of i the accomplishment of the club and President-Elect Wayne Iverson outlined project of the club for next year. Jack Craven acted as toastmaster. Such organizations j as the Ham And club are great assets to the school. They are helping to build a wonderful high school and are very much ap- i predated by all who are interest- j ed in the Ogden High school. HANDSOME DIPLOMAS. i The board of education is show- 1 ing its appreciation of the school I again this year by giving the I graduates very fine sheepskin diplomas, neatly held in leather covers. These will be highly 1 treasured by the recipients. RECEPTION. After the exercises this evening 1 the faculty will entertain, the graduates at a reception in the j Berthana. This will mark the close of a very happy successful year, and will give opportunity for teachers and students to say "Farewell" and a "God speed you in the coming years." SCHOOL'S CONTRIBUTION. The graduates are probably wondering today just what the four years of high school has ! meant to them. They perhaps cannot realize as fully today as they will a few years hence. Very few perhaps will ever feel that it stands for a vast accumulation 11 of knowledge but all will perhaps ! j agree that it means most splendid j friendships, higher ideals, habits I! of thought, work and concentra- ! tion, a broader, more wholesome, ! sympathetic, optimistic outlook upon life, a certain appreciation 1 for higher and better things. I Commencement, let all remem- ber, is an appropriate name for the closing of high school clays, ; for the high school aims chiefly : if not solely to so prepare students j! that they may commence or enter lithe social, civic, home and industrial life of the world in an ef- j fectual and efficient way. Education is not by any means com- ijpleted but only begun. ENGLISH. 1 The greatest thing that man can learn is the idea of self-re- j liance. fThere are too many people ; in the world today who do noth- j ing but imitate the work of others. Emerson says, "Imitation is suicide," which is the truth. There would be nothing in this world to live for if everyone imitated the works of others, and no one de¬veloped any new ideas. The great inventors of the pres¬ent day did not obtain their ideas j by doing something that had al- i ready been done, but by being i self-reliant and original they hav J- found new sources and new ways I which were needed to carry on I the great work of the world. Many sons of wealthy fathers do not have the least idea of what is meant by being self-re¬liant because they never have to want for anything and money is as plentiful for him as the leaves on the trees. The great test would ; be to let these young gentlemen i have fo get out . to work and sup- I port themselves. Nine times out i of ten they would prove to be 1 failures because they have not been self-reliant. I have found by reading this essay that self-reliance is the' most valuable quality that any hu¬man being can ever hope to pos¬sess. When one is called upon to do a' thing one should be able to do it without having to get some one else to explain how, whether the thing that one is called upon j to do be that of war or the hap- j penings in every-day life, one should master the cause. It would be my advice to every student to read the great essay on "Self-Reliance." I am sure that it would not be a waste of time, but something to add to one's re¬sources, what other men have tried and found to be successful serves to benefit all. —Conrad Stanley. TYPEWRITING DEPARTMENT. The following students won cer¬tificates and medals for pro¬ficiency in typewriting during th3 month of May: Certificates of proficiency: Lloyd N. Bowen, Grace Nelson, Hal Armstrong, Gladys Wilson, Opal Burt, Frances Soderberg, Dallas Hess, Elmer Syphers, Louise Browning. i Bronze Medals: Jessie Lochhead, Ronald Whitaker, Hazel Cowan, Doris Payne, Loretta Call, Max Morrison, Hildred Griffin, Hazel Hyland. Silver Medals: Dallas Hess, Esther Taylor, Mabel Wilde. Gold Medal: Zona Power, on both Remington and Underwood typewriters. Ethel W. Franke, Instructor. May 27 - 25 Ogden High School notes The last day of regular school work. It should be the best as It is probably the happiest. QUESTSION ARISES. The first day of school and the last day of school are significant days. We wonder on which day students are really happiest. No joke—we do wonder! Consider it a little and even you may dis¬cover that you do not think what you think you think. On the first day of school stu¬dents size up their new teachers and teachers size up their stu¬dents. From the arc of one day's ! experience they construct a circle 1 of what the year's relationship j will be. Happy the pupil, happy I the teacher who looks back today and sees all the days between the first and the last filled with pleasant memories. A FORECAST. We prediqt that th. ra.(liiajAn2_ exercises in future years will be held at the close of the weeK after school work is finished—not in the middle of the week as this year. Excusing seniors early dis¬organizes class work, disturbs the feelings of other students who re- mam, throws several teachers out of employment, in short, lowers considerably the efficiency and standard of work and therefore must not occur again. Let us take it for granted now that regular class work will continue for all in the year 1926 until Thurs¬day evening before Decoration day. VERY SATISFACTORY. One of our fine critics who noted several things about bac¬calaureate services for unfavor¬able criticism remarked Wednes¬day night, "I haven't a single complaint to offer. The exercises were just splendid, beautiful, the best I ever attended." Thanks, come again. We aim to please. A LARGE CLASS. Three hundred twelve students received heir diplomas Wednes¬day night from high school. Tills is the largest class in the history of the school, Quite a contral¬to the first graduating class of the high school, 3 3 years ago. This first class consisted of seven members, all girls: Minnie Kiesel, Eva Kuhn, Rose Steler, Julietta Marks ,Minnie Shansenbach, Ida E. Shansenbach, Nellie Funge. The second class consisted of four members: Hattie Markle, Maud Star, Brownie Williams, Glen Warren. In all there have been graduated in the 33 years, 2,128 graduates. The suggestion has been made that the alumni should organize and become a power for educational advance¬ment in Ogden. "t - 7 1 TO CHANGE PLACES. .Every available bit of space on the Orpheum stage was occupied Wednesday night by the 312 grad-uates. All scenery was removed and chairs were extended rrom wall to wall. It is estimated that more than 400 students will be graduated next year, and that they cannot be accommodated on the stage. It is suggested that the graduates shall be given seats in the body of the hall and the parents on the stage