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Show Sept 14-25 Ogden High School Notes Zip! Boom! Bah! We are back at school again and here are the high shool notes. The high schooi boy did not "creep unwillingly back to school again," either. He seemed glad to be back. REGISTRATION The registration on Friday was unusually large and was completed with dispatch. Regular class- work began today, with many classes full to overflowing. Miss Keener secured more than ; a fair share of pupils, registering ; 181 in her five English classes. ! Mr. Wangsgard was a close sec- ond with 175 in history and civics. Mrs. Grace Stone Blackham topped the list with 30 3 in girls' physical education classes. NEW TEACHERS Students were much interested in "looking over" the new teachers. They noted how.they looked on Friday and they are observing how they act today, and are forecasting how they'll teach. Among the new teachers we note the following: Miss Bowman, who comes from Great Falls, Mont., English; Miss Marguerite Hubbard, who taught last year at North Washington, English; Miss Glick, who taught last year in the Idaho School of Technology, Pocatello, office machines; Mr. Child, who has taught several years in Provo High school, electrical construction and carpentry; Mr. Rich, who recently returned from extended study in Europe, biology; D. H. Nelson, who has assisted in science work for -several years in the Utah Agricultural college, mathmetics and science; Mr. Lammers, an erstwhile member of Sousa's band and a prominent Ogden musician, band; Mrs. Raymond, during past five years librarian at Logan High school, library; Miss Alvord, language teacher at Central Junior two years ago. returns from a year's study in France, French; LeRoy Nelson, a prominent Ogden attorney, commercial law. These teachers all come highly recommended and promise to be fine additions to our splendid faculty. The prospects for a successful year were never brighter. FINE TROPHY CASE The first object to attract the attention of students entering the high school is the beautiful new glass trophy case jjii the second floor near the office. The case was made by the Salt Lake Cabinet and Fixture company and was presented to the school by the management of the 1924-1925 year book. The silver trophies- have all been polished and artistically arranged in the case and make a very beautiful appearance. FROM FLORIDA J. E. Beeson returned to Ogden on Saturday from a very de- lighU'ul trip to Florida. Mr. Beeson was induced several years ago to invest in some Florida land and made the trip partially to ascertain whether he had a lemon or a bonanza. He was delighted to learn that it is the latter and that he has a choice piece or two of very valuable land. Congratulations, Dad, we rejoice with you in your good fortune. FORMER TEACHER Mr. Beeson reports a very delightful visit with Miss Carrie Knapp, former art. instructor at the high school, who is now a prominent and successful real estate dealer in Florida. Miss Knapp is enjoying splendid health and sends love and greetings to all Ogden friends. CONSPICUOUS CHILD Among the noticeable things at the high school we observe a "child" who is exactly six feet seven inches tall. We faithfully promise to look up to him this year. We are the more ready to promise this as we note a very happy smile at the top and the youngster appears to be of a very happy, genial disposition. He will 1 play center on the faculty basket- ' ball squad. STONE-COOLIDGE We shall suffer a little incon- ! venience for a while this year for we cannot properly say "Miss Stone" now. We must say "Mrs. Blackham," and when we say "Mrs. Coolidge" we must blush appropriately and stammer, "Pardon me, I mean Mrs. Irwin." Sam Blackham, a promising young attorney, and Harry Irwin, : an efficient bachelor engineer in the city engineering department, are the gentlemen responsible for this confusion, but we are going to forgive them as they seem to have brought so mudh joy and happiness to these popular teachers of ours. MANDATORY FEE The older students are very ' ! much elated this year because the 3 : board of education finally yielded last spring to the granting of ' their frequent and insistent peti- i : tion for a mandatory student body fee to carry on student body activities. The fee is being freely and promptly paid and the stu- I dents feel that success will characterize all the activities without all the work and worry that has i characterized all undertakings in i the past. Besides, the students will s now be entitled to attend all a league games and the school i drama at a very nominal price. - Without a ticket students have I usually had to pay 50 cents to air game, which they will now at- j tend for about 15 or 20 cents. ; In addition to this they will also 1 have, without expense, a subscrip- " tlon to the Classicum, and those j who have paid the higher fee will i ; ' also get the year book. Ogden was , a long time in getting in line, as j practically all the high schools and colleges all over the country have been operating under this splendid system for years, but we shall appreciate it the ! more for our long wait and the inconvenience we have suffered, j All cadets from the Senior high, the Junior Central High and the Lewis High Schools will form or organization on Tuesday morning at 8: 30 o'clock at the Senior High school, Sept 15 - 25 Ogden High School Notes Just think of it! Sixty boys j came out Monday night for football. Guess we shall have to ask somebody to donate some more suits. There's some mighty husky material showing up, too. We shall have a wonderfully good team and a very good second squad. The first big league game is : scheduled at Salt Lake with West Side on October 3. Less than three weeks to get ready! We shall have to hustle. "Red" Wade asked Monday to have his record sent to the University of Colorado. Lucky Colorado. Wre shall he&r again about this lad. ASSEMBLY CALLED i Jim Ure, president of student body, will call an assembly on Thursday. This will be a "peppy assembly" at which the program of year's activities will be outlined. Yellmasters wil also be elected at this assembly. DESERVE PRAISE OVer 900 students are registered. The 5 fee has been paid by 493 students and the 3 fee by 400. It is estimated that some 20 or 2 5 students have not yet paid the fee, which reminds us that the business-like management of student body officers of 1923-24 left about 1200 in the treasury. One thousand dollars has been placed in a savings account, and whatever balance remains af- j ter meeting a few small bills will ! also be credited to this account. The officials of this year will not be obliged to work so hard nor worry so much about finances, but they will be just as careful y as possible in all expenditures and jj . ; will try to add as much to the savings account. Maybe the stu- 1 dent body shall be able some day to build a new high school. They j ' will, at least, be able to do some- ; thing handsome in building up a library or an art department, or J a museum, or something really worth while, when we get the i new building. A NEW SMILE Vacation hasn't been entirely in : 5 vain. Some of the students have - _ evidently been reading H. C. Whitwer during the summer for , c ' when one of the teachers asked j T for a smile, a pert student piped j t, up: "A brisk wind had- chilled ! the ordinarily warm Pacific till js? honestly it was as cold as a mother-in-law's embrace." WELCOME VISITOR 1 Warren Leigh, erstwhile in- I a structor in the commercial depart- l ment, made a pleasant visit at the high school Monday. Mr. Leigh has been studying at Northwestern university during the past two i , years, and will do some instruct- ' ing at that institution this year. ' He is working also for his Ph. D. degree. His thesis will be upon the subject of commercial marketing. STUDENTS TRAVEL I One hundred 1925 graduates have already had transcripts of their records sent to various colleges and universities. The class j' numbered 312, which shows that j more than one-third of the class ! will go on to college this year. Of course, the major portion of j thes3 will go to state and private j institutions nearby, but we shall j have quite a representation in ! colleges throughout the country as is shown by the following: Florence Draney and William Lutzker Avill go to the University of Southern California; Erica Berne and Godfrey Morgan are j already at Berkeley; Edith Carter j ! will go to Gooding College, Idaho; ; I Laura Gooch to Albion Normal, Albion, Idaho, and Virginia Vance i j will go to the University of Idaho at Moscow; Walter Ellingson, , '; Richard Forbes and Ellis Wade j j will go to University of Colorado at Boulder; Ronald Bothwell will : j go to Cornell college, Iowa; Mary Eldredge and Helen Tollefson have gone to Northwestern university at Evanston, Ills.; Eidney Badcon will go to Stanford, California; Elva Peterson and Alice Pack j are at University of Washington, : i at Seattle; Jake Reynolds is at West Point. LEARN TO SPELL A post-graduate of a high school (not ours, of course) who studied one year at Ogden High, sent "recently for his record. He wrote: ! "I am attending colledge at -. Will you send the credits to the colledge if they have not j been mailed, i "Respectively yours, i i . "P. S.-"Wishing Ogden lots of sucess in the coming year." In addition to the above, he also misspelled the principal's name-all of which seems quite inexcusable. If we do not learn to spell and to express ourselves with some degree of accuracy in grade and high school, isn't our ' learning somewhat vain? Let us 1 hope that Ogden High school students will at least overcome the demons of carelessness and slov- 1 enlim ss in the use of our vernacular. INTERESTING LETTER The following interesting letter j was received from Mrs. J. Fred Anderson (Celena Beaulieu, instructor for five years in Ogden High school): "Good morning. I'll be thinking of all of you Monday morning. How I'd love to be with you in room 114 once more. "I enjoy keeping house, but no one will ever know how I miss the Ogden boys and girls! All kinds of good wishes to all. "Always, "CELENA." This letter is very much appreciated by Ogden teachers and students; and it does verify again the attraction that Ogden and Ogden students have for teachers. Teaching in Ogden isn't just like teaching anywhere. It's different and it does offer unusual pleasures and satisfactions. Mrs. Anderson also inclosed 't j number of interesting clippings I that will be incorporated in the I I school notes later. "HAM AND'' jji Static electricity, 'neverything. The Radio club is back again, and we shall hold our first meeting on Thursday. All members re- j member this date and be there. Watelv our smoke, f SCOTT KELLOGG Reporter, Sept 16-25 Ogden High School Note The new "smile" in Tuesday's notes should, of course, have been -"single." Literature, ordinary con- versation, all of life is enriched by ! our frequent use of simile-the rhe- torical figure one uses when he notes an obvious resemblence between two things respecting some particular feature, but which, in most respects, are very much alike. "He fought like a lion" is a common simile. "Ia the infinite meadows of heaven blossomed the lovely stars-the forget-me-nots of the angels" is one step beyond the simile and is a not-to.-be-forgotten metaphor. Now doesn't that sound learned! Well, friends, that's what we are doing all the time at the high school-learning new things that are true, beautiful and good. GREAT IDEAL i The theory of education is that! ! a knowledge of things that are j true, beautiful and good comes somehow or another to be translated into rich, true, beautiful living. If this doesn't happen, then education is largely useless and vain. SPEAKING OF EXPENSE Just a very few patrons have complained that the mandatory student body fee required at the high school this year works a hardship upon them. Let this be admitted. It is difficult for many people to meet their daily expenses. But high school students must have th iir games and their entertainment-and the cheapest way to get them is to buy student body tickets at. the beginning of the year, ju?t as adults buy lyceum or chau- tauqua tickets. COST OF BOOKS To us it seems that the activity fee is just as necessary as the books we are obliged to buy at exorbitant prices. If the expenses of attending high school are to be lessened, it seems to us it might be wih respect to our books. Isn't it possible to formulate some plan whereby the necessary books might -be secured at less expense? We think it is possible, and we hope that something will be done, as the buying of many texts each year is indeed a burden that is difficult to bear. |