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Show THANKSGIVING. Thanksgiving day, I fear, If one the truth must touch, Is celebrated, not so much To thank the Lord for blessings o’er. As for the sake of getting more. --Will Carleton. THANKFUL FOR WHAT? Thanksgiving day is a day for giving and thanks. We, the students of Ogden High School are thankful for our splendid faculty. We are thankful for the privilege od attending Ogden High; although we would be much more thankful if we had a better building. We are thankful for all things that have been showered upon us. We are even thankful for a holiday. MODERN HAMLETS. We are all modern Hamlets at times, especially when it comes to getting lessons. We put off writing a theme, promising ourselves that we shall write it “tomorrow night.” But “tomorrow night” never comes, for it is always “today” and we are ever procrastinating. DAY BY DAY School of 1925-26 at the Ogden High school is very interesting. The pupil has a chance to learn if he isn’t too lazy or lacks the ambition to get his lessons. No doubt it is very uninteresting if the lessons are not kept up to date. As soon as a person gets behind his lessons he had best stop everything else until he catches up with the class. It is very easy to keep up with the rest of the class if a student puts forth an effort to get his lesson every day. It makes twice the work to make up back lessons and is the cause of many pupils disliking school and going through school in a “make-shift” way. If you hear a person make a remark that he just hates school, you can well determine that he is behind in his studies and is thinking more of a good time than of his lesson. HOW TO CUT A BABY’S HAIR Every little while my mother neglects to have my little brother’s hair cut until Saturday night. As he cannot go to Sunday school with it long, it must be cut, and the job is mine. One must have scissors (sharp one are best because dull ones are apt to pull the patient’s hair, causing him to squirm which unusually results in a catastrophe; clippers, a comb, a towel, patience and perseverance. Drape the towel about the infant’s shoulders and begin with the scissors to snip off stray bits of hair. Try to follow the line that the barber made. Do not cut the hair too short or the child will look like an indian with a scalp lock. Trim it as best as you can, admonishing the baby all the while to sit still. If he fails to take your advice and you cut a patch of hair that you didn’t mean to tim, you must begin all over, making a new line Clip, do not pull out, the hair that remains over the ears and on the neck. The comb and patience and perseverance must be used throughout the operation to smooth things over. Remove the towel and brush off hair that may have fallen on surface other than that of the towel. In conclusion, if the result is not as you had hoped, comfort the infant and yourself, for there is one consolation, hair will grow out again. --Ruth Craven. THANKSGIVING DAY I love Thanksgiving day. It is a day in which I have the teacher's permission to lay my books aside, and the dinner seems more appetizing. These are the two reasons why I seem never to for -l get Thanksgiving day, but nay! not only I, but practically all boys and girls. Alas! Is there a bigger breach judgment than giving these two typical, but common, reasons for feeling gay on this day? Is this what the day signified when it originated by those sturdy Puritans whom all true Americans hold in the highest esteem? No, decidedly not, it was meant for the purpose of just what the name signifies It should be a day of, prayer, or giving thanks to our benefactors, namely, our fathers and mothers and God, who have enabled us to reach this stage in unmolested by hardships which they have undoubtedly encouraged. Again, I will say that I as well as the many others who have this impression of the holiday should be kept 20 days and 20 long nights witholt food, to see if a little spirit of Thanksgiving could be stimulated. —Nano Piersanti. Tue. Dec 2 - 25 OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES THE NORTHERN LIGHT The Thanksgiving number of "Northern Light," an eight-page paper, magazine form, reflects credit upon Thelma Anderson, editor; Joe Halford, business manager, and through them upon the North Junior high school. The paper reflects the excellent work in the English department, and the wholesome activities in which the school is engaged. Any school might well be proud of such a publication. GOOD SERVANTS I keep six honest serving men; They taught me all I know; Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. RUDYARD KIPLING. VOLCANIC ERUPTION Authorities predict a serious volcanic eruption within the bounds of the Ogden high school. The time set is Friday, Dec. 4, at 3:30 or thereabouts. The cause of the quake is the desire of the girls' association to show the students and professors of O. H. S. a real lively good time in the form of a matinee dance. All aboard! FERN DAVIS. ASSEMBLIES A real good assembly is the making of a high school. By "real good." I mean an excellent program accompanied by good attendance and attention of the audience or making it a more schoolish term, "student body." I have been keeping track of the assemblies we have had this year and I think they have been very good. The programs have been full of life and the student body has had the good sense to keep still at the right time and to show enthusiasm at the right time. If any parents had been in our midst at the assemblies we have had this year, I am sure they would have enjoyed them as much as we have. As for assemblies: 'We don't care what they used to be We know what they are today." EDITH RATY. FOOTBALL Football season for the Ogden high school has passed for this school year, but the spirit that it carries with it will never die. This has been proved many ways. One can go out on the east side of the school building any noon hour and find a number of boys using an eraser for a football and enjoying all the thrills that can go with football considering the equipment that they have. The Ogden vs. L. D. S. game carried a school spirit that has not died down yet, not only because we were the winning side but also because the game was one of the best that the school had witnessed during the entire season. Football is becoming a national game not only on the field but on the school lawn also. N. F. LOBELLA. BASKET BALL Let's whoop and cheer For the time is here To play the game of ball, The colors will fly and the team Will play in the Ogden High School hall. THERON PETERSON. MILITARY DEPARTMENT Ogden Senior High School Ogden, Utah, Nov. 30Following are averages of the organizations composing of the reserve officers’ training corps, Ogden senior high school, Ogden, Utah, for the month of November, 1925: Per Cent Staff 986 Band 975 Co. A 969 Co. B 984 Co. C 977 Co. D 972 Co. E 1,000 Co. F 1,000 Companies E and F each having perfect records for the month will carry the guidon as follows: Company E from December 1 to 16, and Company F from Dec. 17 to 31. CARL J. DOCKLER, Captain Cavalry, D. O. L. P.M. S. and T. ASKS LETTERS Superintendent Hopkins is asking each graduating senior to write out an autobiography of life, giving date of birth, birthplace, ancestry, childhood, early schooling, reason for remaining in high school, friends, amusements, recreetions, future aims, etc. He says: "My one purpose is to get better acquainted with the pupils and to encourage them to think about themselves and their future." The faculty has decided to accept this "Story of My Life" in lieu of application for graduation. All students, therefore, who expect to graduate in 192 6 should consult an English teacher at once regarding the form of the paper, and write the story and hand it in within the next 10 days. ATTA BOY The boys are at it again. From one sport to another they go with untiring effort. After completing their football schedule they now turn their attention to basket ball. Over 35 men responded Monday night and Coach Kapple is well pleased with the material on hand this year, although losing five players from last year's team, the coach expects to turn out an exceptionally fine team this year. CARPENTRY SHOP The carpentry shop has gone so far without much notice, but now we intend to attract a little by showing our Christmas spirit and appreciation. This is how it is to be done: All boys in the shop are being requested to make toys for the Odd Fellows. The Odd Fellows will distribute the toys among the poor children of the city. Many little hearts will be gladdened by this so the boys and the Odd Fellow's will feel well repaid for their trouble and work. DONALD BASS. "THE SWEAT SHOP" Fall in. Fall in what? Why, the line, of course. The roll is called. Prepared, is shouted by the tardy girls that still remain in the dressing room unable to untie the knots in their shoes. The hall is quiet for a moment, then the gymnasium begins to shake. Why is this? Oh, the girls are marking time. The lines are separated and the class is at attention, ready to grasp orders. Pop! Some poor girl's knees have cracked. Phoee! A suit has ripped. A groan is heard, and a giggle bursts into a laugh. A frail young girl heaves a sigh and turns to the bleachers for aid. Laughing is heard when a limber young person demonstrates her ability by getting all tangled up. Oh, if one could see the girls demonstrating the neck exercise. As the neck is drawn out it resembles the neck of an ostrich swallowing an orange. Shouts of' glee are heard from the sidelines. Some unfortunate person is given a dirty look by her chum on the floor. The eye exercise is next. If the boys could only see the fair sex now! An eye is rolled from the right to the left, down and up, etc. The bell must be broken! One by one the girls glance toward the clock and heave a sigh. At last! The bell finally rings. The girls run pell-mell to the dressing room, only to find one shoe missing or their books misplaced. The maidens fall over each other in an attempt to leave the gymnasium. One by one they drag into class late, to hear the teacher say, "Tardy, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. What's the trouble?" "Gymnasium, sir," is the meek reply. Everything is understood. Dec 1 25 OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Survey of magazine reading done by Ogden High school pupils: Literary Digest, 479 students; Popular Science Monthly, 49; Review of Reviews, 16; Saturday Evening Post, 231; World's Work, 16; Travel, none; National Geographic, 104; American Mercury, 1; Outlook, 7; Atlantic Monthly, 13; Golden Book, 8; Forum, 2; Harper's, 11; Independent, 2; Mentor, 9; Scribner's, 1; American Magazine, 133; College Humor, 59; Liberty, 31; Cosmopolitan, 141; Boy's Life, 57; Youth's Companion, 8; Motion Picture ^Magazine, 2 8; Radio News, 28; Science and Invention, 29; Photoplay, 72; True Romances, 13; True Story, 65; Physical Culture, 18. The above is a partial report of the magazine reading of Ogden High school students. Students reported reading 168 different magazines. AGAINST DISEASE The Ogden City school board is co-operating with the public health bureau in the war against diphtheria. Consequently the board is recommending school inoculation for the students of high school. Many of the students have consented to the treatment, now it remains for their parents to consent. School patrons and parents are you backing the school board in this beneficial action? The treatment will be free of charge to those students desiring to take it. The upmost caution will be taken as to sanitary conditions. If you are in doubt as to the effects consult your family physician before consenting but if possible give the general cause the benefit of the doubt and aid in the control of this man-killer, diphtheria. —VERNAL TAYLOR. YOUR OWN APPLAUSE One impression a stranger visiting the Ogden High carries away with him is the fact that the students after they have given their yells always clap, shout and whistle as soon as they are finished with it. The students do not notice this or the effect it has. It has become a habit and they do not know how they ever acquired it. I recently attended a football game between Weber and the Agricultural college. The grandstand was not crowded, but the students were all life. The game was really exciting. When yells were given there was no added noise to detract from their meaning. All was quiet. It was so different from the high school that I could not help thinking about it and wondering why we spoil our yells with cheering. After the game, which Weber won, the crowd went to their homes. Most of the students were happy as very few were from Logan. I thought of Ogden High school and wondered why they carried their own applause? BASKETBALL Basketball practice has begun now, and while some of last year's stars will be missing, O. H. S. will not lose any chance to duplicate her performances of last year. |