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Show "To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler, and less trouble."-Mark Twain. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES. Today closes the fourth week of school. The work has progressed: thus far with less interruption or J retardation than ever before. Few- j er students have desired changes in subjects after beginning courses - than in other years. This means that students are learning better what they want, which is a very good thing. It is invariably a sign of weakness for a student to say, "I don't like this subject, I wantj to change." As we suggested Thursday it doesn't matter so much what one studies as how he J studies it. Moreover, the study of a subject that is entirely new, and presents difficulties, is the sort df thing that one needs. We progress by overcoming obstacles- not by following the path of least resistance, or the well-trodden path of ease. TRITE REMARKS. A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. Irregular things happen, regularly. i A go-getter is a person willing to try anything. It is not the spirit at the start "but the steady advance that wins success. Experience is what you get when you are looking for something else. GIRLS' ASSOCIATION. Another peppy meeting of the Girls' association was held Wednesday following the seventh period. This was a business session held primarily for the purpose of discussing plans for the mothers' tea, which is to be given Friday, Oct. 16. This event is one of the most important entertainments of the year. It not only affords an opportunity for the girls and their mothers to get better acquainted, but it also means "an afternoon off for mother." The enthusiastic support Qf ev- ery girl in the school shosvs that thissocial will be put over with a snappy grace befitting such an oc- casion. The committees wtere named and the plans are well under way for the most successful Mothers' Tea ever sponsored by the girls of Ogden High. Don't forget girls, Oct. 16, i? Mothers' Day for the Girls' asso-_ ciation. "For there can't be another, Another like mother; Let's show her a good time today." -Fern Davis. GOOD RULING. 'The board of education has recently made a ruling that no out-1 of-town football games may be played on a school day for the good and sufficient reason that they interfere seriously with class room work. The school authorities are determined that school work must not be retarded by irregularities of any sort; that the standards must be raised and more efficient work done. VIGILANT TEACHERS. Teachers are insisting untiringly that students be present at every class recitation and every study hour, so that the work may be done satisfactorily and the right habits established. Beginning Monday next students may not say "I forgot my excuse today; I'll bring it tomorrow." They'll simply have to have the exouse along after every abscnce or go home to get one. A NEW EXCUSE. . i Every sort of excuse we believe j lias now been offered for absence. The newest, latest and last of its kind was offered today: "I was detained by Howard Maughan. I had to help him fix his airplane." STUDENT BODY DANCE. We are sorry to have to announce that the student body dance which was to be held Fri-; day, Oct. 0. will have to be postponed. This does not mean, however, that we will not have our dance, but on the contrary it will be Just, that much better; for the committees will have that much more time to prepare for the Jolly jubiiee. So next Friday night, Oct. 16, be prepared to have the time of your lives at the biggest and best dance of the year. The student body is 100 per cent strong this year, so there is no reason in the world why every student should not come down to the ! Berthana next Friday and enjoy 1 the good time in store for him, NOTICE. Bring an extra dime or two: with you when you come to the! game Saturday. "Why?" Well, j just bring your money or you shall j be extremely sorry. GAA. AT LESS COST. We have complained heretofore about the excessive charges for school text books. We are pleased in this connection to announce that one prominent, reliable publishing firm is now publishing most of the high school classics in excellent style and workmanship at a reduction varying from 2 5 to 50 1 per cent. Now, let us hope the other book firms will d,o the same thing with respect to other text-1 books. Come oni Next! I GO TO CHURCH. j The following editorial taken ; from Collier's Weekly is given here because we feel that it is good advice for students, teachers, ; parents and all others: The arguments against going are many and of force. But the arguments for going are of greater number and of greater force. Within the church walls, world- i. ly though we may be, something j stirs within us, some wee small j, voice speaks, as nowhere else, i , Within that church we learn much j , of the Sermon on the Mount, and j . we feel more. i i Of course you recognize Christ's Sermon on the Mount as the best j of all guides through this life of . ours-that it points the one right i path. ( Get back of that mfflfRT'trM priest by being a worker with him ! from inside the walls. Help him I through your knowledge of the outside world to understand this J ' modern day and generation and j its needs. j While working insie and at his side, be you Protestant, Catholic c or Jew, explain to him, prove to " him, that this modern world longs, . it thirsts, for lessons drawn from f that Sermon on the Mount. Help him to comprehend that this gen- eration demands something more 3 than a guessing at wnether Jonah ( or the whale did the swallowing and is quite indifferent as to j whether Joshua or the sun stood ' still. 1 Go to church and demand there , shall be preached and shown to i us how to be more charitable, s more kindly, more considerate, J more upright, more tolerant, of all j other religions and creeds and thus more Christ-like. It's quite easy to stay outside the church and cheaply-Oh, so cheaply-criticize its ministers f and priests and their earnest ef- t forts. Slinging mud is far from j being a praisewortny avocation. j Get inside the walls and help t make that Sermon on the Mount Si a vital factor in our life. In no other way will this coun- ! try of yours become a still finer I America. "Show me a man who makes no j nistakes and I will show you a nan who doesn't do things."- Theodore Roosevelt. SPONSORS ELECTED. Among all the honors that come o high school girls, perhaps none j thers are so much coveted or de- j ired as to be selected as sponsors ; or the R. O. T. C. The following! ,'irls, therefore, who, were elected! sponsors on Friday last for the j year 1925-26, may consider them-j selves highly favorl: Colonel, Frieda Raethal. ! Major, Jean Warner. Captain company A, Lorna Jones, Captain company B, Winnifred Mans. Captain company C, Klea Passey. Captain company D, Virginia Boyle. i Captain company E, Inez Taylor. Captain, company F, Maurine Peck. Captain R. O. T. C. band, Marion lire. The girls will perhaps appear in I uniform at mothers' tea, scheduled for Friday afternoon next. It has also been suggested that the sponsors appear in uniform at the stu- i dent body dance on Friday eve- ning next. TITIAN LECTURE. On Wednesday, the student body j is offering another "treat assembly" in a presentation of one of Titan's masterpieces and a lecture by W. Crawford Anderson of Salt i Lake. The assembly is called at 12:45. MOTHERS' TEA. The above name includes all that i usually goes under the name "Par-i ' e-nts' Day." As the major portion j i of the visitors are mothers, they S j deserve the title--though it does j j not exclude the fathers, guardians: ; and other patrons and friends of the school. If the fathers will come, in sufficient numbers on Friday j next to outnumber the mothers, we 1 j shall take cognizance of the fact j in changing the name to "Father's Cocoa" next year. Come on Dad- j ! dies; this is your opportunity! WANTED. Fifty ex-students are desired to- j j night to register in junior English i j at the night school. Here is a j ! splendid opportunity for students J ; who are now working to get a one- ! , half or a full unit of credit in high j' i school English. The- course will; parallel closely the work given in j third year high-a study of drama, j fiction, essays, lyric, poetry and ' English composition. Come on, ex- i students, parents. fMends. This is j your chance. Room 206, 8:30: o'clock. LUNCH HOUR. -Two or three complaints have j been registered concerning the high I i school's lunch period. The com- j i "plaints aver that forty-five minutes i , is too short. We advise, in this con- nection, that the period is arranged ; to convenience the greater num- , ber, it being impossible for fully two-thirds of the students to go , home for noon luncheon. These j eat their lunches in fifteen min- , utes or less and consequently must wait thirty minutes afterward be- " ore continuing their classwork. Jnder the conditions a thirty-min- Me lunch period would be more Suitable, and would probably be 1 voted if put. up to the students. r! ' THE GAME. Our chances for division and state honors in football went glimmering with our defeat on Saturday. Naturally we were disap- : pointed in not winning that game, but we do not feel quite so badly about, it as we did about being defeated by West. We felt somewhat at fault in losing that game, but not so much on Saturday. The teams were very evenly matched and the game was intensely inter- jesting and thrilling from beginning to enS. The East seemed to have some little edge on us in some strategic piays and-at least had better luck in passing. One must admit also, that in Gardner Davis and Moyle East had three speedy, remarkable men and we pay tbfsm I 1 full credit and honor. We congratulate East on their victory and in tendering condolence to our boys we remind them that they fought well and we are immensely satisfied with them. They surely fought like "Tigers" and we have naught but praise and commendation. We congratulate East, too, on the splendid showing and support their student body gave and j we shall profit by their example. ' We shall exhibit a bit more pep, spirit and support at future games, ; all of which we shall win. I FRIDAY'S ASSEMBLY. ' We present herewith two stu- dents' reactions to Friday's assem- bly. Many excellent reports were made of Mr. Bingham's address, of ! which these given are fairlv typi- ! cal. MY REACTION. Although I have attended many ! assemblies which proved more in- ! teresting than the last, I have ! never attended one which had a I better speaker than yesterday's as- sernbly. J Although personally T am op- ! posed to speakers at the assemblies, as most of them talk a lot and say nothing, I found this man's speech instructive as well as interesting. He talked on the same old subject, that of getting an education and success will come after- i wards, but,, he introduced it in a ; new and interesting manner. I think though that he could have at- i least made it a trifle shorter as ! no matter how interesting, people I soon get tired of a long speech. I think that if the student body ! could have shorter and snappier j .talks and more music and entertainment. they would have a larger j attendance at the assemblies and j that the students as a whole would ! enjoy them much more. LECTURER SPEAKS. ; Wednesday morning at an over- crowded auditorium, Mr. Bingham, j prominent lecturer, inspired this stu- dents to greater achievements. He I pointed out very clearly the need ! of having a goal in life; some par- ! ticular thing to do. The subject of his talk was based on the word "are": A standing for ability, the i power to meet whatever overtakes lone; R for reliability, trustworthi- . I nfess; E for ego, personality, the j (ning that makes a person more than his body. He pointed out the need of ability in everyday life. Everyone has it and should develop it more fully. Ability is the power to meet tne situations of life, no matter how- difficult they may be, with the best i you have in you. Always be pre- pared for the unexpected. A young man, who was working as a car- r penter, met with an accident and J the removal of all fingers of one hand was necessary. He did not - give up and say he was beaten at, his own game, but, instead, went : on working with what, was left him. A few years later his left arm was cut off through carelessness of other workmen. Did he give up? He ran at the next election for county auditor. He received the place and since that time has filled many public offices. This is ability, ability to cope witli life. SECOND ESSENTIAL. Reliability is the second essential. Of what value is ability if vou have not reliability? If you are "reliable, you will have success. "Mr. Bingham owned a horse in his high school days. The reason tie thought so much of the horse was the fact she would stand without hitching. He could depend upon . that horse. When a class of high j I school students can take an exam-! ination without the presence of the! teacher and have- no copying, talk-' ing, or leaving the room, or in any other way try to find out informa- 1 tion about the questions, they are I reliable. They will stand without! being hitched. They possess re- I I liability |
