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Show PHI LAMBDA TAU Since the snow which we ordered seems to have been lost in the Christmas rush, we have decided that our bob-sleigh party will be a dancing party. The girls are going to invite their little boy friends (oh, deah) and the party promises to be the best ever. By the way, did you know that we had an artist in Phi Lambda? No? Well, we have. It is none other than the honorable Lucille Hales. She favored us with a reading call¬ed "Levinski at the Wedding," and, believe it or not, it was really good (even Madeline laughed!). _ PHYLLIS FREDRICKSON. AUNT JANE'S CORNER Dear Aunt Jane: Do you think it is too late to have hopes of getting a date for the Christmas dance? Or do you think there is still time for a boy to ask you? HOPEFUL . Answer: There is still plenty of time for the securing of dates for the Christ¬mas dance. The best time for get¬ting them is right away. May your hopes become realization. AUNT JANE. THE PRO OF AMENDMENT Mr. Editor: I have been carefully considering this matter of changing the consti¬tution in regard to the membership of Council, and I think this change should be made. The school itself should have representatives in Coun¬cil, and the clubs, as just a side line, should be represented bv a few elected members. The club consti¬tuted about one-fourth of the stu¬dents of Ogden high, yet they have more representatives in Council than the entire student body. I am glad this question has come up and I hope the students will give it its due consideration. AN INTERESTED STUDENT. Student's Council' ; Has Hot Discussion OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 13.—(Special) —At the Ogden high student coun¬cil held Tuesday, Ben Cartwright, a student, read the original arti¬cle In the high school constitution, which sets forth the membership of the council. He then presented j a proposed amendment. A heated : discussion ensued, which brought j forth a motion that a. debate on the , subject be held In a student assem- j bly.;. The motion being carried, Ben Cartwright challenged Henry Aiken to choose a colleague and debate. It was moved and seconded that the council accept the challenge and permit these students to choose their colleagues, the arrangement for the date to be left to principal J Merrill. Teachers Hear Lecture. OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 13.—(Special) —Ten teachers of the Ogden high faculty were present Wednesday evening at the opening lecture of the course of sixteen offered in Ogden by the extension division of the University of Utah. This is the "World Thinkers" course, which aims to interpret the master minds of the world. Dr. Abdullah Yusef Ali, gave the opening lecture. He was scheduled to talk on Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet of idealism, but he changed his subject to "Moham¬medanism." Radio Wiring Done. OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 13.—(Special) —Wiring of the rooms of Ogden high for the installation of a radio is now complete according to In¬structors Wangsgard and Claude Coray, who have the work in charge. Typists Get Awards OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 13.—(Special) Adelbert Farnsworth, teacher of typewriting at Ogden high, an-nounces the following awards for the month of November: Gold pin, Venna Hokanson; silver pin, Clar-ence Johnson, Liucllle Somers, Dor¬othy Woods, Ray Jacobson; silver pin, Evelyn Upton; bronze pin, ! Verda Hope, Ray Jacobson; certifi¬cates, William Taylor, Elda Black¬burn, Florence Gay, Ada Sailor, Gulnever Hess, Marion Maynard, Beth Tonks. CLUB DONATES FOR RADIO. OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 12.—(Special) j - —The Home Economics club of . Ogden high is the first organiza-tion of the school to make a con¬tribution toward the installation of a radio. On Tuesday the club donat-ed ten dollars. Dec. 16-1929 OGDEN . . High School News Thou wilt find rest from vain fan-' „' cies if thou wilt do every act in life as though it were thy last.— j' Marcus Aurelius. HOP NIGHT NEAR The big event has about reached . us. Only four more days until the seniors will find out whether or not their dance is a success. Our radio ' is at stake, students; give the upper- : classmen your support. Buy your . tickets from Ben Cartwright or Hod Nebeker or any of their deputies. . They are 75 cents for couples or 50 cents for stags. If you haven't a date, come anyway, anyhow, any¬time, but come. Let's make the Holly Hop the big financial success that we are so anxiously antici¬pating. CHATTER AND CHAFF O death, where is thy sting' Have you heard the sad news? Doc Stone will be unable to cut his capers again for us this year in basketball. His bad knee is, sorry to say, too bad to allow his performing for us when the basketball season starts. It's a bad break both for Ogden and for Stoney. Chuck Hetzel has got a spot. What do you think of that? He says he is going to give B company a break and strut his stuff in that group of ? Les Mayer announces that Grant Morse will be the best man at his wedding which will appear soon. However, Grant says that Les is go¬ing to be his lady in waiting. at the same wedding. Now you have a fight. Fight 'em, Tigers; fight 'em. The student body was royally en¬tertained by A. D. M. last Friday in assembly. May the rest of the clubs follow the examples with some crackerjack assemblies. WE 13 Our initiation, held last Satur¬day night, was a wow. Each boy who had the luck to be on the re- i ceiving end of that initiation is de¬lighted with the blister he received. Ask the man who owns one. j At meeting on Thursday we were , given three excellent talks by some of our members on the types of air¬plane engines. The 13 Christmas party was definitely decided on. As usual we hops it to be a big suc-cess. COMMENT It is said that Ogden High is the school of a few. Those who say this say that the school activities are enjoyed only by a few, that our school activities are not as univer¬sally attended as they should be. They maintain that our student body is the government of a few. Students, in you lies the power to correct this misinformed impression. It is your duty to shut out any such criticism. Only when school func¬tions, school problems, and school ideals are your activities and your ideals can we have a democracy in Ogden High. Make it a personal obligation to be wide awake on school affairs. Then bigger democ¬racy is desirable, not until. —The Editor. HALL OF FAME We nominate to our hall of fame: Athleen Budge. Athleen believes in the theory that "As you sow so shall you reap." Because concen-trated stuff always comes in small bundles. Because she knows the dif¬ference between water and hydrogen oxide. Because we have always cherished the idea of seeing her and her major dancing. Ruth Greaves. Because it runs in the family to be a Greaves. Because she has never found out what Sem¬per Felix means. Because she only spent six years at Central, breaking Ken Wheelwright's record of seven years. Because it is an honor to be the brother of Rex. Bedell Austin. She and Don have made up. Imagine Burke's embar¬rassment. Because we know now the answer to the old question, "What happens when an irresist- able force meets an immovable body?" Because she once got an in¬feriority complex when a teacher told her he didn't believe that an A plus could be made. LETTER TO EDITOR Dear Mr. Editor: What is the matter with our pres- ; cnt Council membership? Aren't 1 the members efficient? Aren't they ! active enough? Aren't they well ac¬quainted with the affairs of the school? Aren't they working in be¬half of the students and for the betterment of the school? Council consists, for the larger part, of those students who are most active in our school undertakings, students who have taken an interest in school affairs and have worked themselves up to the positions which they now hold. If they have been ambitious and efficient enough to do this, aren't they worth their seat in Council, to which they have worked themselves? These students of Council also consist of managers and editors of school publications. ' Who is there who can read our school papers and then say that we haven't an effi¬cient staff? Also, the editors and managers are fully acquainted with the affairs of the school. They have worked to gain their positions. Who, then, can say that they are not efficient? The intense interest of the other students is clearly shown by the turnout to the senior and junior . meetings. At the first senior meet- ing there were approximately 125 students. These 125 interested stu¬dents are represented in Council by their three class officers and four elected Council members besides. This makes seven students repre¬senting 125, a ratio of approximately one to eighteen. The results of the junior meetings were practically the same. Therefore, I find nothing wrong with the present Council member¬ship and I am positive that the ma-jority of students in the school do not feel that they are not being ef- ficiently and sufficiently represent¬ed. . I thank you. A STUDENT. "THE RETURN" "Nature contains the elements, in color and force of all pictures as the keyboard contains the notes of all music." "The artist is born to pick, and choose, and group with science these elements, that the result may be beautiful—as the musician gathers his notes, and forms his chords, un¬til he bring forth from chaos glor¬ious harmony." Donald Beuregard in his picture, "The Return," has taken a scene of nature, though commonplace, and made it beautiful. It is the picture of a farmer bringing his horses home at dusk. A few sheep are still grazing on the hill. The farmer is walking toward a barn. Near the barn is a haystack, and over the top of it we see a derrick. The roof of a house can be distinguished far¬ther away. Looking at the picture, a person feels the silence of the Arizona Indian country where Beu¬regard obtained the material for the picture. It seems like "the end of a perfect day." It portrays peace. Donald Beuregard was born in Fillmore, Utah, in 1886. As a boy, he loved to wander, and ran away at the age of 12 with an old trapper through Yellowstone where he sketched and explored. After this trip he traveled with a man who enlarged photographs. He went to Europe twice to study. He won sev¬eral prizes on his paintings, after which he felt capable of undertak¬ing the composition for the mural decorations for the capitol building at Santa Fe, New Mexico, for which he had been given the commission. His health began to fail, but re- 1 gardless, he painted on. He painted till he fell from the ladder—dead. He was only 29 years old at the time. His work is distinguished by his big, broad treatment, and though he is enthusiastic over color, he does not appeal to the vulgar taste. He does not deal in vagaries, but han¬dles his color in a bold, broad way. His pictures have the spirit of spon¬taneity and frankness. As I look at the picture, the first verse of Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" comes to my mind: "The curfew tolls the knell of part¬ing day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me." —Ethel Cox. BASKETBALL The Tigers received a trouncing at the hands of the East High Leop¬ards of Salt Lake. The first game of the practice series was played on East High's floor Wednesday. A 30 to 25 score gave the game to the Leopards, but only after a severe struggle. The boys were just warm¬ing up to win the next five prac¬tice games as well as the entire number of games for the series which will decide the champion for the division. The final tilt will not begin until after the holidays. At last we have something to look for¬ward to during such a lengthy vaca¬tion. Pantone, Mayer, and Hilton were the outstanding players.—L. S. TAU ETE NU On December 12, Tau Ete Nu was called to order by Vice President Shaw. Mr. Abplanalp was elected as the club's new advisor. A Christ¬mas party was planned and is to be held the 27th of December. Some one is in for a good time. June Tribe and Athleen Budge were ap¬pointed to arrange a program for the next meeting. Josephine Gale was appointed to take care1 of the scrap book. The club members will be sporting their new pins next Monday. Stop, look and listen! —Josephine Gale. Ogden . High School News Dec. 17, 1929 Be noble, and the nobleness that lies In other men, deeping but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own. —James Russell Lowell. THREE DAYS UNTIL HOP Dad Beeson is going to be Santa Claus—no foolin'. We're having a real time at the Holly Hop on Fri¬day next. What has Santa got for you at the dance? Tickets are 75 cents at the door. Help Ogden High to make itself a present of the new radio system that would so benefit the student body, and don't miss the Holly Hop. DO WE NEED CHANGE? Did you hear the debate in as- j sembly after school? You did if you are interested in the workings of your student body government. Now that the backers of the plan have shown you what tneir plan will do, and now that the opposition has shown you what it won't do, it is up to you, the student body, to say whether or not you want a change in student i - y government. If you want it, support the measure with all your enthusiasm; if you oppose the plan, voice your opposition. Let's either be on one side of the fence or the other. The question is of vital importance. Will you givfc your support or your opposition? CHATTER AND CHAFF Did you know that Perry Ward? has changed her name? Ask her about the details. It is a most in-teresting process, that of changing your name. One of our alumnae has sworn that he will neither shave nor have his hair cut until we win some kind of an athletic engagement. Maybe he will need a razor when the bas¬ketball team starts playing in earn¬est. Duane Darling is boasting a rath¬er sore anatomy. It seems that he was on the receiving end of one of We 13's paddles the other night at an initiation. Duane's name is "Rat No. 5, sir." An asteroid, so a Stellite told us, is a cross between a thing that won't hang together and one that will. If anyone can tell what sort of an animal that is, we would ap¬preciate the information. j Famous last words: I'm selling 1 1 tickets to the Holly Hop, too. REGARDING AW ARDS Do you know that the ten most valuable students at Ogden High , are the only official receivers of an ' Ogden High token of appreciation 1 for work done in behalf of the stu¬dent body? One student in every, 80 receives one of those treasured block O's every year. Last year only seven, including two girls, received the honored pin. Much has been said about awards for student body achievements; everyone seems to differ. Are you in favor of a few re¬ceiving a special honor? That is a point of personal opinion. Some say that special favors and honors show favoritism and are a menace to democratic schools. Some declare that awards are the best and only deserving way of rewarding meritorious effort. They maintain that the special honor acts as a spe¬cial incentive to be outstanding, an extra prod to outstanding effort. This is a thing to think abdut. Is the block O right? —The Editor. "IF I WERE KING" Friday night, Weber County High school presented the four-act play, "If I Were King." The story was centered in Paris at the time of King Louis XI. It was the story of a man who was ! raised from the streets of Paris to the office of high constable, which he held for one week, at the end of ; which he was driven into exile. However, during the week he was in office, he saved Paris, which was in - danger of being conquered by the " Burgundians, and won the heart of a beautiful lady. The players knew their parts and acted very well. It was not neces¬sary to give one prompting during the entire performance. ' The costumes were unique and picturesque. Five of the students, through their good work in the play, won membership in the honorary club of Weber. Congratulations, Weber, you did splendidly. THE DESERT ENCAMPMENT In the lavender-gray hush of a ' misty late Winter's night on a vast sloping prairie, a solitary tepee, half ; hidden by huge snowdrifts, huddles close to the frozen brown earth, patches of which are visible through the pale, frigid coverlet. A few 1 clumps of sage brush, valiant stir- 1 vivors of winter's cruel ravages, 1 cling forlornly about. The timid moon peers shyly through a mass of tattered clouds in a leaden sky. Be- fore the desolate tepee ,the domin- 1 ant note in the scene, an indistinct ' dark figure sits at a tiny fire, the j only to break of color in the bluish 5 lavender-gray setting. A wisp of colorless smoke, a supplication, a prayer for relief from, the heart¬rending solitude and cold, curls up to whatever gods may see and hear l the lowly watcher's plea. P The painting, "x he Desert En- f campment," by Donald Beauregard, 3 a former faculty member, occupies , a place of honor in Miss Hubbard's s room. It is one of a series of s paintings purchased by the board of f education from the artist to help fi- 3 nance his study in Europe. It brings i out the lyric quality in Beauregard, l "The Desert Encampment" is not 3 a happy picture, but in its rich i. hues and melancholy aspect, in the e hush of night on a desert, and in s the witchery of moonlight on snow, fe there is something restful and in¬spiring.—Lorna Evans. ASSEMBLY e Assembly was called to order by r President Stewart, i Ben Cartwright announced that next Tuesday regular council meet- ing will be conducted in the assem- a bly room. All the students are in- e vited to attend, for a debate on the a subject of the changing of the con- e stitution will be held, Ben Cart¬wright and Dee Bramwell uphold- _ ing the affirmative, and Henry Aiken and Doyle Jenson the nega¬tive. e Hod Nebeker announced that he ,f was selling ..ckets for the Holly .t Hop. t The program was in charge of Amigos del Mundo. It consisted of a s piano solo, given by Frances Foster; X a dialog, by Paul Sugar and Raymond Raty, a song by Dorothy t I Knowldon. The speaker of the day, Franklin S. Harris, president of Brigham Young university, was introduced |