get a majority of the board elected who were favorable to new policies, theories or fads. The system of electing just one new member each year in a board of five has resulted in making the board a rather close corporation into which it is very hard to break. In something like 15 years no member of the board has failed of re-election. Prior to that time the entire board was voted on every two years. But this is not asking a question. A group of patrons of the high school are inclined to object to the $3 and $5 entrance fee levied on students entering that school to finance the student body activities. They word their objection like this: "A great many of the students are not interested in athletics and also many of them work on Saturdays and are not able to use their tickets. Again, some of the games are played outside the city, making the additional payment of a railroad fare necessary. This group of patrons consider this arbitrary assessment of $3, in some cases, and. $5, in others, as reflecting on the right of the Ogden City High school to be known as a "free" public school. They profess to have been advised by attorneys that there is no legal sanction for exacting this fee as one of the entrance requirements. The defense seems to be that it is better to make one collection at the beginning of the year than to have soliciting of funds going on throughout the year. The objection seems to be to the word "must." A student registering is met with a requirement in virtually these words: "You may not care or be able to attend the football, baseball and basketball games and other athletic events but you must buy a ticket—you must. You may not care or be able to attend the school dances and social events, but you must buy a ticket—you must." It is pointed out that the government of the United States has donated liberally of public lands for the support of free public schools in Utah and the state and the counties and cities have levied taxes freely. Then why this fee? In school matters, as in all governmental functions, there is the tendency to standardize, to want to pour all human minds into one set of candle moulds. This seems so desirable that there is the constant temptation to say "you must." On every hand we are met by prohibitions and compulsions. Prohibition says "you must not deface the walls of this building." Compulsion says, "Here is a ticket to the ball game. It costs so much. You must buy it. You must." Prohibition says: "You must not spit on the floor." Compulsion says: "Here is a uniform. Put it on and put up a deposit to guarantee that you return it in good order. You must." Of course, discipline must be maintained and a certain degree of uniformity exacted. But the tendency to standardize often leads to extremes. The Flathead Indian mother, yielding to tribal law, bound a board on the head of her child so that he grew up with a skull which sloped on about a 15-degree grade from the bridge of his nose to the back of his neck. But it is not done any more. The Chinese mother wrapped bandages tightly about the feet of her girls so that when they grew up they could brag of being able to wear number three shoes. But they are quitting that. At one time all Chinamen wore their hair braided in long queues and any man who failed to conform was considered a radical, an agitator and an undesirable citizen. But it is not done any more. Formerly all Turks were expected to wear a turban, but now their government has ordered them to adopt the hat as a headdress. But I started to ask a question. It is this: Has the school board a legal excuse for levying a fee for admission to the high school and, if so, has any student been excluded for failure to produce, and is there any reason to believe that any prospective student has failed to apply for admission because of this fee? O. A. KENNEDY. WEDNESDAY EVENING Oct 28-25 OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES “I believ in today. It is all that I possess. The past is of values only as it can make the life of today fuller and freer. There is no assurance of tomorrow. I must make good today.” --Charles Stelzle. UNIFORM FOR GIRLS Rear Admiral Ziegemeir told the students at assembly Tuesday of a visit to many high schools in Australia and New Zealand, where he found all the girls in uniform dress. He highly approved of the plan of uniform dress for girls and recommended it to the Ogden High school girls. United States Marshal Ward also gave a short interesting address at the assembly. LYON TO SPEAK Ensign Harry Lyon will speak at a special assembly to be called at 10:15 o'clock on Friday. Former alumni and friends are invited to the meeting. HAPPY OR OTHERWISE Hundreds of parents are happy tonight in receiving report of the work their sons and daughters are doing in high school. To know that one's own children are doing well—living up to their capacities and opportunities—is one of the chief joys of the parent. FORUM REPORT Monday night's debate at Forum was as instructive as it was interesting. Three men to a side— Bill Gunnell, John Griffin, Reed Ames, affirmative, versus Bill Stratford, Ed Hall, Frank Rose, negative—debated the question: Resolved, that Col. Mitchell's plan for national defense be adopted. The question was a big one, and was handled well by both sides, although the decision was unanimous for the affirmative. For next week it was decided that each member study up on parlimentary order, and that the meeting be so conducted as to afford practice in all lines of this drill.—Hal Armstrong, reporter. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED Several of the English classes observed Roosevelt's birthday Tuesday by reading together "Roosevelt's Letters to His Children.' These letters show the great man in a most charming aspect, as father, chum, counsellor and teacher; in addition they give many intimate details of the delightful home life which he created around himself. DISQUALIFIED The R. O. T. C. inoculates students with the habit of being prompt, regular, rependable. Just a little irregularity is scorned. Cadets must be absolutely up to the notch or they are disqualified. Any impropriety is censured with demerits and the cadet is disqualified for the month if his conduct falls below a certain high standard. As a result there is a fixed determination on the part of most boys in the unit to make good, and the vast majority do make good. Out of 525 boys enrolled this year it is with a deal of pleasure that we report that only eight boys were disqualified during the month of October. Their names are—but why publish "delinquents." Shouldn't we rather publish the 517 names of the boys who made good? JAMES T. HARWOOD J. T. Harwood, the picture of "Moon Stone Cove," the picture which the O. H. S. student body intends to purchase, was born in Lehi, Utah. Lehi's distant mountains and the low hills, the lake, the mountain streams, the orchard, and the grain patches, the truck garden, and the meadows—all were sources of inspiration, and from among these James T. Harwood found inspiration for a multitude of pictures. Harwood began his active study at the Acadamy of Design in San Francisco. Virgil Williams, the teacher, fired Harwood with such determination that he worked diligently and won all the honors that the school could bestow. Having hitched his wagon to a star he set out for the fountain-head of art—Paris. He was the first Utahn to be accepted with a picture in the Salon. After Harwood had entered this picture, he married and returned home and opened a studio, where he taught art as in the French schools. In 1903, Harwood again entered a picture in the Paris Salon, and since then, each year has found therein an exhibition of his work. Harwood is not tied to one medium but turns readily to oil, water color, pencil, pen and charcoal. Figure, landscape, still life, portrait, all have charms for him. Lake pictures he paints in various effects and with different mediums. These are especially charming. Physically, this painter is a magnificent type of manhood, strength and endurance. He has figured out how to utilize every waking moment of time in work and study and play. Mr. Harwood is versatile, conscientious and truthful, full of integrity, and noble in his conduct of life. Those qualities show in his work. An artist cannot get away from what he is. His work will tell the tale. The degree of sympathy, and the tenderness of the painter somehow gets into the paint. Harwood has mastered his tools and is now entering the best era of his career.—Jean Warner. PLEA FOR FREEDOM Every parent and high school student and perhaps grammar grade pupil should have heard the address of Mrs. Frances Jenkins of Cincinnati at the recent teachers' convention. The thoughts expressed were not new to the teacher, but we suspect they would be quite new to many if not to most parents. The theme of the address was this: "Freedom and Liberty for the Child as Well as the Adult." We are just coming to realize that the child is an individual and has his life to live. The conception of the past has been that since the child is immature he must live according to the whim and will of the adult. Parents and teachers have failed to get the child's. point of view or attitude, and consequently have ruled him, instead of giving him, under wise direction, the opportunity of ruling himself. It is much the same spirit in which kings formerly ruled—they were divinely appointed, or were bred to rule or had been given all the widsodm—so that they were entitled to rule. Long since we have done away with that idea, as we shall also do in the ruling and government of children. When we see things from the child's viewpoint we shall realize that he is a conscious individual, capable of self-direction, and has rights as well as privileges. We cannot have any sort of democracy among adults, unless we have also some democracy among children and youth. GETTING IN LINE In words as fashions, the same rule will hold. Alike fantastic if too new or old Be not the first by whom the new are tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. The above lines come to mind when we think of the mooted question of student body fees. The board of education granted us the fee, when it found that Ogden High school was the only school in the state that didn't have the student body fee. Long, long ago students came to see that school life need not necessarily confine itself to poring over books, but that some consideration must be given to the social urges of life. Games, parties, contests, activities of all sorts must be had to satisfy the craving of the human spirit. People like to mix with others, to play as well as work, to get just a little fun out of life. That is the reason that student bodies of high schools and colleges for many years past have been fostering athletics, dramatics, musical societies, debating societies and other activities through the medium of a student body fee, in much the same way as communities get paved roads, schools, water systems and other public needs. When the Ogden High school student body last year called the attention of the board of education to the fact that we were lagging behind in these respects and asked for a student body fee, the board said, "Go ahead, children, with your student body fee, and get these things you need. We only ask that you embarrass no one, and that you take care of those who are unable to pay." Oct 29-25 OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES "Were God to judge a man, no corner of his soul could recede from before the mirror of justice. Were men to judge a man they could not fathom every depth, but their decrees would be harsh and rigid, tinged with the selfishness hereditary in the human race." TRYOUTS HELD. About 60 students entered the tryouts for the school play Wednesday afternoon and evening. Although the students have had their lines a couple of days only, they had memorized them and made a very creditable showing. Each year the contest for parts becomes more interesting and more keen. We shall now await with eagerness the announcement of the successful contestants. TO "NEWS AND VIEWS." The high school expresses thanks and sincere appreciation for the kind words and praise Wednesday evening on our school band. We certainly are proud of our band. COUNCIL MEETING. Mr. Glen opened the meeting, held October 17, with the announcement that all financial matters concerning the student body dance had been adjusted. By previous arrangement, the constitutions of the Stellae, Gamma Kappa and Forum clubs were presented to the council. The constitution of the Stellae club was accepted with the recommendation that a separate office of secretary-treasurer be elected by the club. The constitution of the Forum was accepted upon the condition that a secretary be elected among the officers, and that the president gain the consent of the advisors when calling a special meeting of the club members. The constitution of the Gamma Kappa club was accepted with the reservation that the treasurer of the club co-operate With the treasurer of the council and turn over to him the dues and collections received from the club members. It was suggested that a typewritten notice be served by the secretary of the council to the treasurers of the various clubs to the same effect. The constitutions of the Ham-And club and the Carpe Diem club were assigned to be read at the next meeting of the council.