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Show It isn’t the one who lacks confidence, but the one who relies on himself. It isn’t the one who chums with “I can’t,” but the one who says “I will.” It isn’t the things we do for the world, It isn’t the one who has hated his lot, but the one who has loved his pals. It isn’t the one who comes straggling in late, but the one who is always on time. It isn’t the one who is always untrue, but the one who is true to the last. It’s the one who is true blue to his colors; it’s the one who is honest and kind. It’s the one who never looks backward; it’s the one who is friend of us all. It’s the one who is much to his comrades, he’s the one who catches the worm. --Helen Wilcox. OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE The subject of vocational guidance is receiving much attention these days both from the school and the home. To find a suitable vocation is certainly one of the big tasks of life, and happy is that individual who know early what he wants to do, and who is reasonably sure that he will be able to do that thing well. One hundred and forty-four boys are applying this year for graduation. Perhaps more than half of these do not have any definite idea what they are going to do with life. Seventy of them, however, definitely plan on going to college. If the present intentions of these boys are carried out, they will be engaged during the next generation as follows: Architect 1, artists 2, automechanic 1, baker 1, business 21, coach 1, designer 2, chenists 2, dentists 5, engineers (electrical and civil) 22, explorer 1, farmers 2, government service 7, journalist 4, livestock grower 1, lawyers 6, mechanics 2, optometrist 1, physicians 7, rancher 1, teachers 0. TO BE IN OGDEN The United States commissioner of education, J. J. Tigert, will be in Ogden on Saturday and will deliver am address before the Ogden City teachers at Central Junior at 10:30 o’clock. Public is invited. KERR TO LECTURE On Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock Professor Kerr of the University of Utah will give an address at Central Junior High on the subject of “Life, Manners, Customs, History of the Indian.” THE “PUT-IT-OFFS” My friend, have you heard of the town of Yawn, On the banks of the River Slow, Where blooms the waitawhile flower fair, Where the sometimeorother scents the air, And the soft goeasies grow? It lies in the valley of Whatstheuse, In the province of Letterslide, That tired feeling is native there, It’s the home of the listless I don’t care, Where the Putitoffs abide. --American Journal of Education. SPEAKING OF THRIFT We mentioned thrift education in Thursday’s notes. That night we read this in a prominent magazine: “There were 34,652 children enrolled in Louisville schools on October 15. On that date there were also 34,652 savings accounts in the names of those children, the money being deposited through the school savings system. Total deposits were nearly $150,000 This is just one of the many ways in which modern children are being better educated than ever before. STEP ON IT Some people firmly believe in the perversity of human nature. According to their idea the way to get anything done right, is to demand the contrary. These people insist that our railroad accidents at crossings are largely due to our ill-advised signs, "Stop! Look! Listen!" They suggest we should get much better results if the railroads would put up this sign at every crossing, "Step On It; We'll Turn Out." FALSE REPORT Students who are in the habit of using the public library were much disturbed Thursday by the report that the new anti-vice squad of the city police department had raided the library and found whisky in the dictionary and consequently closed the joint. They were, however, considerably relieved when they found that it was a false rumor. NEW RESOLUTION No definite word has been given out, but it is quite apparent that the high school office force has definitely resolved not to be sociable this year, for they have bolted both gate and door and it is quite impossible now to get into the "Sanctum Sanctorum." We are not sure whether we are using these big Latin words facetiously or ironically, but, anyway, it does seem a shame to close up the school's only social center. ANOTHER PROSPECT A rumor was spread about school today to the effect that if the board of education fails to secure the new coliseum for high school purposes next year, they will proceed at once to add a gymnasium and assembly hall to the present structure, and will turn the present gymnasium into class rooms, so that about 400 more students can be accommodated at senior high next school year. Any plan that would relieve the congestion here and also accommodate all senior high students at one place would be welcomed by the students. SECOND SEMESTER Two weeks more and the school year is half over. On January 25 the second semester opens and teachers are now making preparations for new classes and new work. A goodly number of classes in biology, geometry, English, etc., are closing and other classes must be organized to take their places. GIRLS! WHICH IS THE REAL THING? "Class dismissed," said the prim gym teacher nearly half an hour before the bell should ring. The orderly, energetic girls walked swiftly into the modern, ideal dressing room. There is a pleasant conversation going on and no rush. The spacious room is an ideal resting place, and the merry laughter of. carefree girls may be heard upon the air. The bell rings and the neat girls walk quietly out, powder on straight, eyes glistening, every wisp of hair in place. What wonderful girls! "Class dismissed," cried the dainty gym teacher just two minutes before the bell should ring. Immediately the class of girls made a wild dash for the doors of two small dressing rooms. On the interior there was nothing to be seen but girls, girls, hot, packed into the small room as tightly as sardines in a can. "Hey, where's my shoe?" "Open the window." "Hook me up, will you?" "Ooooh," this very mournfully. "For gosh sakes, what's the matter with you?" "I've got a run in my sock!" "That's nothing. Get out of my way, will you, 'till I get this into I my locker?" "Somebody lend me a comb." "Gee, I'm sure a wreck." "Oh merciful heavens! I've locked my key in the locker." Sympathetic neighbors thrust forward keys, and precariously mounting the time worn bench, she forces the locker to yield its treasure. The bell rings. Shrieks rend the air. The next class rushes in and repeats the act of storming the bastile. Out the girls dash, considerably mussed up by the mob. Ariving at the next class, late of course, tremendously hot and, conscious that they look peculiar, the gymnastically inclined girls find the first moments of peace. —Margaret Hellewell. Jan 11 - 26 OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Live for something, have a purpose, And that purpose keep in view; Drifting like a helpless vessel, Thou can'st ne'er to life be true. Half the wrecks that strew life's ocean, If some star had been their guide, Might have long been riding safely But they drifted With the tide. ROBERT WHITAKER. CHEMISTRY CONTEST. Word has come to the high school that competing essays in the National Chemical society essay contest must be sent to the state chairman, Dr. George Thomas, president of the university, on or before February 1. This contest offers six four-year scholarships—valued at live hundred dollars each, acceptable in any of the nation's large universities, the six best papers handed in. It also offers a twenty-dollar gold piece to the best state paper, and honorable mention to the second best. We have heretofore won the last two prizes, and we propose this year to land one of the five hundred dollar prizes. Just watch us. A NEW SCHOOL TERM. A school term new Has just begun. It's recognized by few; For some it's fun. For the rest it's work; But have no FEAR, We'll never shirk, Our teachers are too NEAR. —THELMA DE YOUNG. OPPORTUNITY. Boys think they are it, when they make a hit, And show us a wonderful time, But, girls, here's our chance to wear the pants And make the boys step right in line. —FERN DAVIS. AMERICANISM. Tom Browning gave a most delightful and instructive talk before the student assembly on Friday last on the above subject. Tom has recently returned from a three years' study period in Germany, from which he has emerged with a finer and grander conception of American institutions and ideals. If one can accept a fervid testimony of another, every student must have left the assembly with more faith in America, and a stronger determination to live and propagate American customs and principles. LIFE'S EDUCATION. Wallace Buttrick recently gave expression to this great truth: "Education is for life, oven down to old age, if one is educated at all. The person who cannot say at the end of any calendar year, 'I have learned more during the past IS months than during any previous year of my life, does not belong with the company of immortals called educated persons." HIGHLY HONORED. It now appears that Woodrow Wilson had more University degrees than any other person of modern times. He received during his lifetime 18 degrees from American universities and nine from European universities. Eight. European cities granted President Wilson "honorary citizenship" or "freedom of the city" and he was made a field marshal in the Brazilian army. SUNDAY CLOTHES. "It may or may not be a sign of higher moral standards, but the average man now wears his Sunday clothes all he week."—Barrisburg Telegraph. OLD GLORY. "The only permanent wave is the one in Old Glory."—Omaha Bee. THE MITCHELL CASE. Every school student as well as every intelligent citizen has followed rather closely the trial and conviction of Colonel Mitchell. The press has much to say upon the subject, pro and con. Perhaps this from the Cincinnati Enquirer is as temperate and fair as any: "All things considered, the trial of Colonel Mitchell has been a good thing for the country, perhaps a good thing for the colonel himself. The entire problem of aviation and army organization is now very much to the fore, in and out or congress. This would not have been true had not Colonel Mitchell, regardless of personal consequence, faced the issue upon the government and the country." GRADUATES CHECKED. Principal Merrill announces that all the petitions for this year's graduation have been checked, and that a larger number of petitions, i relatively, than ever before will be granted by the graduation committee. Most students who wish to | graduate will, before May 25, have met all requirements, and will be granted diplomas. The graduating class will consist of more than 350 members—probably nearly 400. FALSE ASSUMPTION. U. S. Commissioner Tigert says that those Americans who assume that the way to make an Englishman's last days pleasant on earth is to tell him a good joke when he is young—that he'll get the point when old—is very much mistaken. That as a matter of fact that the ordinary Englishman has a much keener sense of humor than the average American. In support of this he told how three George Washington university students lost a perfectly good debate—one that they should by all means have easily won, simply because they lacked totally a sense of humor. The Englishmen won, not by argument, but simply by good nature. CANNED FOOTBALL. An obstreperous crowd of boys on the lawn of the Ogden High school caused me to throw on the brakes of my Cole Eight. Their general appearance indicated to me that a heated game of football; was in progress. I could see no resemblance whatever either in shape or material between a football and a can, but obviously this had little to do with the game as far as the contestants were concerned. After watching them play with all the wild abandon and fury of deadly enemies, making flying tackles, engineering sensational end runs, and executing brilliant plays, thought I—"This must indeed be peppy school; I think I'll lock the gears of my Cole Eight and look around." The kickoff! Jack Comer, the Red Grange of the lawn, received the ball and carried it to the five-yard line. For the next three downs they battered the line with all in their power and all with no avail. The opponents kicked out of the dangerous territory. George Glen received the ball and was downed in his tracks. Comer's signal was called, and once again he carried the ball to the five-yard line; they lacked the punch to put it over, and again the opponents kicked out of dangerous territory. This time Comer made one of his sensational runs for a touchdown. The bell sounded Can football was canned until another day. GERALD KENNEDY, HUGH STEWART. |